Everyone around the table where a bit tense as the old man sit on the other side before he start to speak :

“Good now that everyone is here we can start …”

He look at everyone and with a serious face before he continue :

“The foundation want to threaten our laziness by sending us fighting inside the great void we need an excuse any one as an idea ?”

Old man a bit shock but not really surprised the foundation always try to find an excuse to make them work but he was shielded they don’t send people that have disciples.

Suddenly an idea start to form inside his mind :

“I have a simple answer everyone need to take disciples the foundation will have nothing to say about it!”

Everyone turn toward him looking at him like he was the biggest genius they ever see.

The next day the four kids where facing the butler he look at them before he start speaking :

“The holder progress is divided into realms the first is the core genesis but to reach it you need to manipulate universal energy …”

The four kids focus on what he was saying he continue :

“I will inject a bit of it inside each of you I want you to try to feel it.”

That how the four kids spend the next the few days struggling to feel anything. Each day the butler was making them to the same thing again and again…

And one week pass without any progress the group started to feel bad from their lack of progress but the butler continue to support them.

After a mouth Gold was the first to feel something a faint feeling that quickly disappear he quickly turn toward the butler:

“I think I feel something a wisp of energy.”

The butler say to continue try to keep this feeling as long has possible the training continue …

After a week the old man finally come back after calling everyone for a meeting after the breakfast he look at the four kids before he start to speak :

“How many succeed to feel the world energy when I was away.”

The butler appear before he start to answer back:

“They all succeed at least once they have all gained the minimum mastery to go further in their training.”

He was happy to learn that he was not wrong on them knowing he as taken him a full year to reach this level he was happy to know he will not have to wait this long to start the serious part.

“Good we will start the next part of your training immediately continue your basic training I need to go fetch a few things before we can proceed.”

After he finish speaking he quickly disappear from sight the butler quickly make them continue their training.

The old man step outside the portal he look at the Head Quarter of the federation a bit annoyed.

“Here we go again.”

He start to slowly fly toward the entrance not really excited to talk the paper people after reaching the entrance the guard seem a bit surprised to see him :

“Old man you have a new passion for the Head Quarter to come back this quickly.”

The other guard was looking he was trying to not laugh at the comment of his companion after taking a few seconds to calm down and seeing that the old was loosing his patience he ask the old man:

“So why are you here. You know you need a reason to enter.”

Old man was really starting to feel annoyed at the two guard before he answer with a cold tone :

“I need to go the administration.”

The two suddenly become calm their face become deadly serious without saying a word they let him pass.

He slowly walk inside of the corridor feeling the dread of what coming as he reach the central hall his destination was under him he walk toward the down stair has he walk down the anxiety building up.

After stepping out of the last step he was standing in front of what they all call the gate of hell he take a deep breath before he slowly push the door.

As he look into the abyss he see the first demon sitting on behind her desk waiting for an innocent soul to fall into the trap.

She start to speak :

“Welcome to the administration what I can do for you.”

That smile she know how much suffering I will to go through before I escape from this place after taking a deep breath he answer back:

“Here to register my disciples.”

With that demonic smile she point toward one of the doors behind her. He know what coming he walk slowly toward the door he push slowly the door he cross the entrance he see a man sitting behind a desk filled with towers of paper the man point toward the chair on the other side of the desk.

He slowly walk toward the door before he slowly push the door he start to see inside the room was a massive desk filled with tower of paper the man behind the desk was looking at him with an unmoving serious face.

After looking at each other for a few minutes, he point the chair on the other side and after waiting for the old man to sit before he start to speak:

“Old man what are you doing here you not here for one of your joke. You know it’s not the place for that.”

He start to feel the sweat he know that the administration it’s the only place he can’t mess with after taking a second to calm down he answer back :

“I’m here to register my disciples.”

The man was displaying a bit of surprise before he return to his emotionless face. He start to search in the mountain of paper surrounding him before he start to stack paper one by one.

Slowly the pile grew into a two metre tower of administrative paper seeing this monstrous tower a feeling of dread start to fill him.

He start filling and signed again and again...