The smell of burnt paper lingers the air, the smoke cleared and William was able to see what the Vault of Names has given to him. It was a symbol different from any other on the page. It has 3 circles together in a triangle; the symbol of a sword was burnt into the top circle, the bottom left circle has a bow in it and the bottom right circle was a pointed hat. The symbols were burnt nicely into the paper, right beside William’s name.
“Well, congratulations, Mr. Rosewood, you’ve earned yourself a big title there.” Said Elena, amused, “What?” asked William but Elena turned to the curious crowd, none of them have seen such a dramatic classification. “Everyone, please give Mr. Rosewood a grand applause, after millions of years, Mr. Rosewood shall be the 4th Son of Immortals!” The crowd roared and cheered wildly, the teachers at the back clapped their hands as well. William looked at Elena, confused.
“What’s going on?” he asked again, “You’re an Immortal, Mr. Rosewood. You’re the strongest of all classes, the one which I stated when I escorted you to your dormitory.” Replied Elena, “Oh…. So what’s the difference between an Immortal and the other three classes?” asked William, “Well, to make long story short, you’ll have to do three times the work of everybody in this hall.” answered Elena. William still wore the confused expression, Elena laughed and patted him on the back, “Don’t worry, come to my office later, I’ll explain it to you thoroughly. Now back to your seat, others are waiting.” William nodded and got off the podium. Some people were still cheering for the new found Immortal, but to William, this just proves that he is still a freak among the others.
After he settled down onto his seat, Aaron began to blabber in excitement, “Dude, you’re the Immortal! How awesome is that?” “Give him some space, Aaron, he needs air” shot Gabrielle, “He looks fine to me, right, buddy? An Immortal probably means he doesn’t even need to breathe at all!” said Aaron; he was as excited as a small boy getting his Christmas gift. “Are you okay?” asked Gabrielle with a caring tone, “I’m fine, thanks….” Muttered William, he played with the purple meat on his plate absently, his mind drifting elsewhere. William thought he would fit in into this new world, where everyone was suppose to be the same, but he thought wrong; even in this world filled with strange and new things, he is still the odd one out. What does it take for him to live a typical life? Does being Immortal changes things for the better? Or is it for the worse?
After the Classification is done, the students returned to their own conversation. Some passed William and congratulate him. William decided to keep it low, but Aaron isn’t helping; he was telling everyone at his table that William the Immortal is his friend and everyone should respect him. At this point, William wished he could do something to shut him up, but that was proven impossible from the attempts he tried to keep him quiet. Meanwhile, Gabrielle (who sat across him) was keeping quiet, drinking her bizarre fruit punch all by herself and smiled when she made eye contact with anyone.
This was the second room in the Institute William has entered; the office was dim and made ofwood. As William walked in, the floor creaked and the smell of paint lingered in the office. The light in the room was orange and it was dim, the source came from the oil lamp that sits at the edge of a long, well-designed wooden table. The surroundings consist of bookshelves of thousands of books, all dusty and unused for ages. A bottle of glass, it contained bubbly violet fluid and a few cocktail glasses were placed at the other edge of the table.
Elena took a seat behind the table, onto the grand wooden cushioned chair; she gestured William to take a seat across her, he obeyed. Elena pulled the cork out of the glass bottle and poured the liquid into a cocktail, she gestured it at William, “What’s that?” “Grape Liquor, it contains 1% of Dragon’s Blood, a very umm…… nice elixir.” answered Elena,
“Am I even up to age for that?”
“You should be able to handle it.”
“I don’t know, in my world, I’m still underage.”
“Fine, be that way.”
She took a sip of the liquor; she shook her head a little and played her cocktail glass absently. “So…. Regarding on being an Immortal…?” started William, “Right, well…. Immortal, same as the other classes, were chosen by fate when one is born, whether it’s heritage or a new generation, one cannot simply choose his class for it has been set down by destiny.” Said Elena, she leaned onto her chair and continued playing with her cocktail glass, “But Immortals are so rare, that only 1/100000 of 1% chance in the world to have a baby Immortal born, which usually takes around one million years to have an Immortal born or none.” “So be proud of yourself for being God’s most powerful creation;” William nodded at every pause she made, to tell her that he is still listening. Elena took another sip and continued, “but being the most powerful creations comes with big responsibility, you have to master every class’ skills and techniques before you are a true Immortal, and to master one class would usually take 4years of intense training, but all three? It’ll take more than 12years to complete the task, I’m afraid.” “So…. Is there any different purpose of an Immortal?” asked William, “Well…. I’m afraid it’s too early to tell you that. For now, you will have to attend all three classes and the overall subjects. And you have to take private lessons with the Classes’ teachers, so you’ll understand better in the three Classes and not get confused in the process.” She answered as William sighed, she leaned towards him and met his eyes, “I know, it sounds like there’s a hell lots of work to do, but you’re destined to do so, and you’re not alone. I’m an Immortal too, I’m here to help.” William smiled as she downed the liquor in one gulp, she shivered a bit and waved at him, “Go to bed, you have a busy day tomorrow.” William nodded, thanked his Headmaster and went for the door. Before he exited the office, he heard Elena said, “Don’t forget your private lesson tomorrow, it’s going to be held after sun sets.” William nodded as he walked out of the office.
When William entered his room, he expected Aaron to pounce at him, but he was already in bed, sleeping soundly. William undressed himself and pulled on his pyjamas, he turned off the lights and laid on his bed, pondering once more. He still couldn’t believe all these have happened to him. Once so lonely, now he was brought to this world, where people are almost like him. It was a bittersweet thing; he now has friends, something he lost for the passed years; he is still rather different from others, but it doesn’t matter now. Everything will change…… very soon…..
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