“You're the most exceptional students of your year, yet your bickering wreaks havoc on everyone at the academia!” The grandmaster, a gangly woman with purple hair swooped up in impossible swirls, snapped. “I will no longer stand for this, not in the kingdom’s most prestigious academy. It’s final, go pack.” She concluded, leaving you and Theo to sulk out of her office that always seemed to reek with the scent of peppermint.

Though her choice was upsetting, attempting to disobey the grandmaster was paramount to aiming a fire spell at your own face… not smart, and doomed to end in pain. So there was no choice but to pack your bags, and get ready for the world's most unpleasant field trip. The punishment for arguing with the knight all the time not a pretty one.

To encourage a companionship between Ralient’s brightest students it had been arranged for the two of you to travel to a village on the edge of the kingdom, one that was poor and in disrepair. There you would live together and help the people rebuild. Fail to get along within the six month time period allotted, and both of you would be expelled upon returning to the academia.

Yet, before you could scurry off to shovel years worth of stuff into boxes for an unwanted moving day, you had to first get past the knight standing in the middle of the hallway. His sword glinting in the sunlight as he pointed it at you, his golden eyes filled with fury. “Listen here little wizard. When we get out there, I’m in charge. And don't use magic, we don’t need your silly spells going haywire due to your incompetency.” Theo sneered, adjusting the weapon in his gloved hand as he spoke.