You've settled into the guild

Two years went by since you enrolled in the magic school. You were very busy in this time. You always had to compete with other students who are much more experienced. But it seems you have some notable talent for magic. It took you three months until you were able to focus your mana for the first time. You were not able to write a rune at this time, but according to your teachers, this was above average. Most students needed more time for this.

The following years you found out that learning magic is similar to learning a language. The runes are like sounds and combined they create words. And these words can become spells. This can become very dangerous, because a wrong collection of runes can have unpredictable results. The first time you casted a real spell you almost lost your whole right arm. Good thing your teachers prepared for this and were immediately at your side to help you. According to them, this is normal for a first try.

The more you learned about magic, the better you got and after one and a half year, you were able to cast basic spells without endangering yourself or the people around you. At this stage, you were allowed to assist other mages in their work for the guild. There were always some people or even whole villages who had a problem that magic could solve. Monster attacks, bandits, curses, strange injuries or simply dry weather that would ruin some farmers harvest. The guild gets paid for helping people with their problems.

You also had to visit non-magic classes to learn how to read, write, calculate and such things. You must admit that this was more difficult than you thought. And much to your excitement, some of your memories from your old life returned. Or at least you think so, since it could probably also be dreams. You saw yourself in an office chatting with a man you never saw before, eating pizza with the guy think was your brother and being in a bar having cocktails with another woman while keeping some guys at bay. You remembered who Gandalf and Tolkien are. When Goren reminded you to Gandalf, you had no idea who it was. Still, there are huge gaps between your memories. You believe that learning to read again opened some kind of barrier in your mind. And maybe more of it will come back if you do something else that you did in your old life.

However, this new world is something you really like too. You had some interesting chats with people from different species and you learn things that you never even dreamed about. You met fascinating, scary and ugly monsters on your missions for the guild, talked with ghosts, lifted a curse on a strange artefact and had adventures with your friends that you would probably remember for the rest of this life.

And speaking about friends, Luna and Omboran have proven to be really good friends. Most students from noble families refused to work with a peasant child like you. But Luna, who is a noble’s daughter, is always there for your and seems to consider you to be a little sister. Or maybe even more. She is kind of protective towards you and on several occasions, she tried to flirt with you. You get the feeling she likes you more than just a friend. And to your surprise you found out that, unlike in medieval times of earth, the societies of Calitian seem to have no prejudice or rejection of same-sex couples. Or at least the ones in Priluxandria have none.

Omboran on the other hand tried to act more like some kind of a buddy. He is often fooling around and more or less pulls you away from your duties whenever you need a break. He even encouraged you to bend or break some minor rules to have some fun. But when you got in trouble for his silly actions, he sneaked into the laundry room and helped you washing robes for the entire day. You like him for his carefree way but you are a little worried that he might have similar feelings for you than Luna. He was also kind and flirty towards you, but you were not sure if this was something serious for him. But then, on the day of your 18th birthday, you found a letter with a rose in front of your door. Omboran directly asked you out. You were overwhelmed and to your shame, almost a week has passed and you still own him an answer. You fear that one day you probably have to make a decision that would hurt one of your best friends. Or maybe both.

However, right at the moment, you are distracted from your worries. You are in the bathroom of the guild and enjoy some clean water on your naked skin while Luna gently brushes your hair. She has appointed herself as your personal hair stylist and allow nobody else to get close to your hair. While bathing and getting your hair done, you chat about some meaningless things.

“… and no matter how often I told him, he seems to be too stupid to realize the simple difference between these runes,” tells Luna and shakes her head, “really, how ignorant can somebody be. He is here for a whole year longer than both of us but no, he rather freezes half of his desk than listening to some simple advice.”

“Maybe you should just let him shiver for some time before unfreezing him,” you suggest amused, “or how about this curse you >accidentally< put on this guy, Loran I think was his name. You know, the rain cloud that followed him everywhere.”

“That was a little sleight of hand at best,” Luna replies and finishes her work at your hair, “easy to cast but also easy to break. This stubborn troll would learn nothing out of it. Despite, this, it was really an accident. I … mixed up a few runes. Well, maybe I shouldn’t complain about other people then, right. Whatever, I am done and you better get out of the water. You will end up still wrinkled like a raisin.”

You sigh and get out of the small basin. While reaching for a towel, you feel the eyes of your friend on your ass. It is nothing new to be honest. Luna once even told you out of the blue that she is envious about your breasts because they are a little bigger than hers. You don’t think she has any reason for this. She has a fantastic body. You never thought you would consider another girl to be hot, but you can’t help but stare at her curves sometimes. But much more secretly than she does with you.

“Hey, honey, before you go, I wanted to ask you something,” Luna says and seems to look for the right words, “do you have plans for tomorrow? There are some traveling actors in town. We could go there after class and watch a show.”

“Sounds nice, but I already accepted another mission for the guild,” you answer a little sad, “you know, my tuition fee does not pay for itself.”

This is only half true. You also don’t want to go out with Lune too much while Omboran still expects your answer to his invitation.

“You know, my family is quite rich and influential,” Luna says and ties a towel around her hips too, “we can easily cover your depts. You just have to … well … agree to be my servant for the rest of your life. But that’s all.”

“Funny,” you reply and cross your arms, “if you don’t mind, I will get dressed now. Enough ogling for free.”

“Speaking about free, my services are not for free either,” Luna tells you with a demanding grin, “I expect the usual payment for doing your hair.”