The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Sleepless Nights

Karl was nearly too excited to sleep that night, and he was at breakfast first thing in the morning, just after the sun came up, and he decided that it must be somewhat acceptable to leave his room. But he wasn't the only one that was excited about their first day off since arriving at the Academy, and the common areas were already packed with students planning what they were going to do for the day.

The consensus was that they should explore every bit of the grounds today so that they could find all the best spots for the next time that they had a bit of time off, but that would put a serious damper on his plans for a calm day of studying with Dana.

She joined him while he was eating, looking just as tired as he felt after a sleepless night.

"Good morning. It looks like we misjudged the best spot to study today." Dana greeted him as she sat down with a bowl of oatmeal and a beverage that was so incredibly bright green that Karl was certain it must be toxic.

She softly giggled at the concerned look on his face, then sipped the drink.

"It's an energy drink, they keep them in the fridge over there for students who spend too much time awake studying. It's not as bad as it looks." She explained.

Karl nodded reluctantly. They had them at the corner store at home, but he'd never seen one that colour before. The miners liked the ones that were mixed with coffee or juice, depending which side of their shift they were on.

Karl tapped his mug. "I will stick with coffee, thanks. But if it's going to be far too loud to study in the garden, why don't we go to the patio in my room? It's plenty large enough, and there is a spell that isolates it from the rest of the campus. It's perfectly silent, and there is a good table out there."

"That actually sounds really pleasant. My room is incredibly loud, you can hear the explosions from the students on three sides practising, and I swear if it was any worse you could hear them breathing."

Neither of them noticed the many envious glances they were getting as they left the cafeteria, or the flurry of conversation surrounding whether they had known each other before they arrived at the Academy, or if they had met for the first time on the way in.

With all the studying that they needed to do during the first few weeks here, gossip was all that they had time for to distract themselves. The students were taken straight from school to the Academy, so they had none of their old belongings with them except what they had at class.

Some of the students from the larger towns had brought packed school backpacks full of memories, and they had to cram it all into the Academy issued backpack when they left the train, but Karl hadn't actually owned anything worth keeping.

The only real restriction that the elites advised in advance was not to bring clothing, as the chosen students would be required to be in uniform at the Academy, and outfits would be provided for special events.