The entire classroom remained silent. Even Brak no longer dared to speak.
The woman stood at the front of the room with her arms folded behind her back, her golden eyes moving across the students one after another like blades scanning for weakness.
Leo gazed at the woman as an unknown feeling crawled into his soul. Looking at her he could tell she was a teacher but asides that she was looking exceptionally strong. Leo could almost compare her to Yariel but no one was better than his aunt.
Finally, Brak straightened himself painfully and spoke first.
"He attacked first."
Leo looked at him in disbelief.
"You lifted off the ground by my neck."
Brak pointed aggressively. "Because you insulted !"
"I asked you to move."
"You said it disrespectfully!"
"I literally said please."
A few students almost laughed before imdiately suppressing it after feeling the teacher’s posture shift slightly.
The woman’s gaze moved toward Leo.
"And your response was violence."
Leo nodded honestly.
"Yes."
Silence settled into the class again. Everyone’s expression was the sa — they were all stunned. Typically, one would have argued and give excuses but accepting straight up without a hint of fear was sothing rarely seen.
"Interesting." The woman said.
Her gaze lingered on Leo for a few seconds longer before shifting toward the shattered desk beside Brak.
"Na."
"Leo Atlantis."
"Brak Ironheart."
The mont Brak said his surna, several students reacted slightly. Leo noticed it imdiately.
"Weren’t you in this class last year sester?" The woman asked Brak.
"Yes..but—"
"But you failed," she cut him off. "And the first thing you do after given a second chance is to bully new students. And you’re also bad at that also. Tch, what a waste for the Ironheart Family."
Brak gritted his teeth and clenched his fists but the woman simply tilted her neck amused by his reaction as if waiting for him to pounce on her.
No such thing happened, as the pink haired boy finally spoke. "Don’t even think about it. You’ll get hospitalized and expelled."
The woman nodded once before turning around and writing sothing across the black tallic board behind her.
AURA THEORY
Without turning back, she spoke.
"If either of you damages academy property again, I will personally throw you from the eastern tower."
Only after that did she finally face the class once more.
"My na is Instructor Seraphine Vale. Capricorn D’s Aura Theory instructor."
She paused briefly.
"Before we begin, understand sothing clearly. This academy does not care about your family nas."
Her golden eyes swept across the room.
"Not your clans. Not your wealth. Not your political value."
Then her gaze landed directly on Leo.
"Once you enter this classroom, talent is the only thing that matters."
Brak quietly returned to his seat.
Leo did the sa.
The pink-haired student casually sat near the window without saying a word.
Instructor Seraphine picked up one of the books from the desk.
"Now then."
She opened it slowly. "Tell ." Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"What exactly is aura?"
Not expecting a reply, she continued. "Aura is sothing we can’t define yet. No one knows who or what created aura but from the knowledge humanity had gathered so far, aura was never ant for Primoria."
"Instead it was ant for Asgard, Gehenna and Eldrath. Humanity only started using aura during the Age Of Astrali where we found out about the existence of other realms, traveled there and brought aura back to our world through contracts. Pacting beca the foundation of modern Aura Farming. Humans ford contracts with beings connected to Aura and slowly learned how to cultivate it properly instead of letting it consu them entirely."
Instructor Seraphine calmly flipped a page of the textbook while the class listened attentively.
"Of course, the process wasn’t perfect. Early Aura Farrs were unstable, violent, and half insane most of the ti. Many lost themselves before humanity even understood what Aura truly was."
A student near the back frowned slightly. "Then why continue using it?"
The woman looked at him.
"Because powerless humans die very quickly."
Leo rested his chin on his palm while listening quietly. Unlike the boring political teachings at Atlantis, this actually sounded useful.
Seraphine continued walking slowly across the classroom.
"Aura is not simply energy. That’s the first thing most ignorant people misunderstand. Aura carries intent, influence, and traces of where it originated from. The stronger the Aura, the more influence it possesses over the user."
Several students imdiately stiffened.
"Relax. If Aura corrupted people that easily then half this academy would’ve lost their minds already."
Leo silently glanced at Brak.
’So probably already have.’
Brak noticed the glance and narrowed his eyes aggressively.
Leo looked away innocently.
"Humanity eventually developed the Aura System after the appearance of the Crimson Orb in Primoria. Before then, Aura cultivation was primitive and extrely dangerous."
’Developed? Elara just brought the system from nowhere.’
He wanted to argue but he didn’t think it was a good idea since the academy might have changed most things to make the teachings healthy and fully academic.
As she spoke, she wrote several words across the board using glowing chalk ford from Aura itself.
AURA. SYSTEM. PATH. VOLU.
"The Aura System exists to stabilize humanity’s connection with Aura. It monitors growth, compatibility, ranking, and several other factors you are not qualified to fully understand yet."
That imdiately caught the classroom’s attention. Not qualified?
The students looked interested but Seraphine ignored their curiosity entirely.
"The mont you Awaken, your soul forms what is known as an Aura Core. That Core becos the center of your cultivation and allows Aura to circulate through your body properly."
She turned toward the class again.
"Without an Aura Core, humans cannot evolve through Aura safely."
A silver-haired girl raised her hand.
"Instructor, what determines soone’s Path?"
"Compatibility."
"Compatibility with what exactly?"
"Your soul."
The instructor leaned against the desk calmly.
"Every human soul reacts differently to Aura. So align better with Celestial influence. Others naturally lean toward corruption and beco Tenebris. So possess compatibility with elents, beasts, constructs, ntal influence, or stranger things."
Her eyes briefly landed on Leo.
"And occasionally... abnormalities appear."
Several students imdiately glanced toward him again.
Leo almost groaned.
’Can everyone stop staring at like I’m diseased?’
The pink-haired student near the window lazily rested his face against his hand while observing everything silently.
"For now, all you need to understand is this," Seraphine continued. "Your Path affects your growth, Aura behavior, fighting style, and in so cases... even personality."
That line made Leo pause slightly.
He imdiately rembered the strange aggression he sotis felt during fights. Wait, he always felt aggression even before awakening.
’Arghh.’
The teacher continued before anyone could ask questions.
"The stronger you beco, the deeper Aura integrates with your existence. This is why ntal discipline is important for every Aura Farr."
Brak suddenly raised his hand.
The entire class looked surprised. Even Seraphine raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Speak."
"What happens if soone loses control completely?"
"They beco Condemned."
Leo knew this already so he didn’t pay much attention to it.
"Madness of Aura occurs when the soul collapses under pressure Aura was never ant to carry. So beco monsters. Others lose their sanity entirely while retaining human intelligence."
A student swallowed nervously.
"Can they be cured?"
"No."
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