The Magician of Sound

"Do you want to join the Military Academy?"

When this question was uttered, Kai became speechless. The person who nonchalantly guided him for the test was suddenly filled with enthusiasm.

Kai turned his head to Michelle and asked, "Military Academy? Isn\'t it supposed to be the Magical Academy?"

"I\'ll explain it to you later," Michelle said before glaring at Ruslan. "You can\'t do that, you know. He\'s going to join the Magical Academy."

"You are Graham family\'s princess, you must surely know that what you\'re doing is completely ruining his talent, right?" Ruslan said while narrowing his eyes.

"No. What I know is that if he joins the Military Academy, his talent will be wasted," she said calmly.

"You… I can assure you with this test alone, he will only become a D-rank magician. It will be different if he joins the Military Academy. He has the physical ability he needs. In fact, he\'ll be the best in the Military Academy," he said while clenching his fists.

Kai frowned upon seeing this.

"Fufu… The test can\'t measure his talent completely. This is why people never know him." She smiled. "If everyone knows about his power, then I can be sure they\'ll say that the Magical Academy will be the best for him."

"You… I will report this to my superior, and I am sure he\'ll back me up and request a transfer to the Military Academy." Ruslan said as he grabbed the paper that had Kai\'s information.

"You\'re free to try, but he\'ll join the Magical Academy no matter what," she said to Ruslan, who was walking away.

Kai looked at her in confusion. "Can you explain it to me?"

"There are two academies in this base: The Magical Academy and the Military Academy. Both have their own strengths, so no one is the best.

"The Military Academy is an academy for people to join the army. They would be stationed and wait for orders just like in the army. You won\'t have any freedom in that academy. You must be wondering why we have physical tests. The answer lies in the Military Academy.

"In the Military Academy, they focus on your ability in wielding weapons. Which means, they focus on your swords. Most people that join this academy are people who don\'t have enough magic power or have weak elements.

"This is the reason why he asked you to join the Military Academy. He underestimates your sound magic and only cares about your physical abilities.

"Meanwhile, the Magical Academy is similar to what you know in United Asia, although, I have to say, the education system here is pretty different. We don\'t have a practical class as we\'re immediately thrown to the outside world.

"We\'ll form a group of five no matter the grades and get missions from the academy. The people from United Asia think you can prepare yourself after dying a few times, but that\'s complete bullshit. Just like when someone plays a game and dies many times, they will become insane if the real him will die if he dies in the game once.

"So, the education system here is to let the students get used to the real thing immediately. Ah, if you\'re wondering whether I have a group or not, I don\'t have one at the moment. Because of my power, they usually ask me to help other groups, and I don\'t have a desire to build one. So, maybe I\'ll build one if you join the group." She looked at him.

"Sure. But I think it will be better if my sister joins too. You said no matter the grades, right?"

"Yeah. That\'s the plan. I\'m planning to invite Tasha and that girl, Ayaka, was it… Anyway, that makes it four. As for our instructor, I can get my teacher to be our instructor. Or do you want to get your teacher as our instructor?" she asked.

Kai shook his head. "She has done so much, and I\'m sure she won\'t be a teacher again since she\'s met her best friend."

"Well, you might be right. We can visit her after this," she said.

Kai nodded. "What about the last member?"

"The last member, huh… I don\'t know anyone fitting, so I\'ll leave it vacant for the time being. If only Sakura is here," she sighed.

"Indeed." Kai nodded. "It\'s easier if you know people."

"Wait, now that I think about it, isn\'t this group basically your harem? You have Tasha and me together with the soon-to-be member Ayaka. If we add Sakura here…" She glanced at him as she made a smug smile.

"You and my sister aside, I\'m not that close to Ayaka in particular. Besides, Sakura isn\'t here." He shook his head.

"Hmm… I\'m just saying since she feels like a candidate to me." She pouted as she hugged him before saying. "Well, since Sakura isn\'t here, I should get you another harem member for this group, right?"

"Just a normal member, please." Kai sighed. "My hand is already full with you and my sister. I never see Sakura after that day, so... sigh."

"Fine, fine. I was just kidding," she relented. "Well, we\'ll leave it vacant for the time being. If there\'s someone who fits, we\'ll get them to our group."

"Yeah." Kai nodded. "By the way, I know the difference between the two academies, but I still don\'t know the use on the battlefield."

"Ah, it\'s simple. If we were in the medieval era, the Military Academy would be like a normal army, and you\'ll be stationed in one place and wait for orders. Meanwhile, the Magical Academy would be a special roaming force. We\'ll get a mission after another and go from one place to another. After we finish our mission, we can go back. Just like my last mission, where I needed to leave for a few months," she briefly explained.

"I see." Kai nodded.

"Well, you\'ll get all your doubts answered after you come to the academy. We should wait for your card outside. It should be finished in less than an hour," she said.

"All right."

Not long after that, Kai got his new ID card. And surprisingly, he had two ranks, which were his physical rank and magic rank. His magic rank was the same as his previous rank in United Asia. At the same time, he had a ridiculous score in the physical rank.

ID: 0000016487448 (US Base)

Name: Kai Carter

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Education: -

Physical Rank: S++

Magic Rank: D (720)

He found something that intrigued him. "What are those numbers beside my magic rank?"

"That\'s your magic power. Normal people will have 1,000 to 4,000, while people that have bigger capacity will have 4,000 to 7,000. It already guarantees them C rank in magic alone, and if they combine it with their elements, they\'ll easily reach B or A-rank.

"If I\'m not mistaken, Ayaka has 6,800 while Tasha originally has 3,000 points. Well, because she has the space element, she\'s still an S-rank. But normally, S-rank magicians would have over 10,000. This is mine," she said as she took out her ID card to show to Kai.

ID: 0000002467711 (US Base)

Name: Michelle Graham

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Education: Sacred Elite Magic Academy

Physical Rank: A

Magic Rank: S (14,780)

"Of course, if you have all of your magic power right now, your number should be around thirty thousand. I\'m sure of it," she confidently said. "Well, this is good since we can hide both of you and Tasha from a lot things, albeit you being an unorthodox sound magician guarantees unwarranted attention. And with your other identity… Ah, looks like I\'ve talked too much."

His expression turned dark when she mentioned his other identity. Michelle immediately stopped when she reached that point. "Since we\'ve gotten your ID card, we can apply you to my school… Fufu, I\'ll use all my power to get you into the same class as mine."

"You can do whatever you want, just don\'t go overboard," Kai reminded as he handed his ID card.

"Of course. I know the limit," she cheerfully assured. "Then, we should go to the hospital right now and visit your teacher as well as mine.

Kai nodded.

...Unbeknownst to them, two people were fighting because of Kai. It was Ruslan and his superior.

"Why? His ability is most suited for the Military Academy." Ruslan shouted.

"Haiz, you don\'t know anything." His superior was an old man. Although he was wearing a formal suit, there was his military uniform with three stars. He was a former lieutenant general, and he knew far more than Ruslan did. If Michael Graham were here and said something about Leo, he would immediately recognize that name.

"Is this because of the Graham family? We should report this to the higher-ups. It will be such a waste to see someone like him enlist to the Magical Academy!"

"This is not from the Graham family, but from the higher-ups. If this were the army, I would have already ordered you to shut up." The old man glared at Ruslan. "This matter is closed here, and you shall never mention anything about this to others. If not, I can see you court-martialed."

Ruslan wanted to talk back, but he didn\'t dare to do so. He knew what it meant to be court-martialed. He could only grit his teeth as he left the room. "I will excuse myself."

"Sigh…" The old man let out a long sigh.