Destroyer of Ice and Fire

Chapter 3: Giant bloodline and elven bloodline, going on stage!

　　"Name!"

　　"Ayrin."

　　"Age!"

　　"Sixteen years old!"

　　"Address!"

　　"Cororin Town."

　　"Hrm? The deserted town?"

　　Carter was bent over the registration desk, in the middle of scribbling something. He lifted his head, a little surprised.

　　In his impression, there weren't many youngsters left in Cororin, that small town with a declining mining area. He’d also heard the residents there were barely subsisting on some barren copper ore.

　　His brows scrunched up when he took a good look at Ayrin. His hair was a dry yellow, he wore clothes made from fabrics Carter couldn't recognize, and his height was more befitting a boy no older than fourteen. "You’re called Ayrin, from Cororin Town? You’re really sixteen years old?"

　　"That’s right, what’s wrong?"

　　Ayrin examined the young teacher in turn at the same time the latter observed him, on this Holy Spring Tone Street the registration was taking place on.

　　Holy Spring Tone Street was one of the four main avenues in St. Lauren City. The street had a twelve tone fountain on it, sitting in the plaza in the middle of the street. A many great shops stood on both sides, a rich diversity of decorative patterns made from multicolored glossed stones laid on the ground in front of the shops… From the colorful store signs to the eye-catching blue academy clothes on Carter, embroidered with the words "Holy Dawn Academy," everything was a novel experience for the young Ayrin. He'd never been in such a big city before.

　　"Cororin? Isn’t it that deserted town? Didn’t they say there’s no youngster left there anymore? Haha, little shorty from Cororin, aren’t you too short for a sixteen years old?"

　　A red-haired young man lining up behind Ayrin suddenly burst out with great laughter before Carter could speak.

　　This red-haired young man was half a head taller than Ayrin, with a round face, faint freckles, and an arrogant expression.

　　"Hm? This is?" Carter’s gaze fell on the red-haired young man and the meadow viper symbol on his clothes. His pupils subconsciously shrank.

　　"You are?" Ayrin was used to being made fun of by the miners, and didn’t actually get angry. He turned around and looked at the red-haired young man. "Am I really too short?"

　　"Listen carefully! I am Moss, from the Quinn clan!"

　　The red haired youth looked just like he'd been waiting for an opportunity to show off. He laughed loudly in a very arrogant manner, even while a.s.suming a very puerile posture.

　　"As I thought!" Carter’s eyes flashed. He looked all smiles at the red-haired youngster and Ayrin, not interrupting them for the moment.

　　"Haha, little shorty, of course you're too short." Moss laughed out loud and gesticulated toward Ayrin. "Look, I’m only fourteen years old, but I’m still half a head taller than you."

　　Ayrin scratched his head, a little depressed. "So that means I’m really a little too short."

　　Moss blinked, then he immediately laughed rambunctiously in an even louder voice. "Are you an idiot? You don’t even know if you’re a shorty or not?"

　　"That’s because I’m the only one around my age in Cororin, there’s no one else to compare to." Ayrin answered in a natural tone on the surface,and cursed old Ginns on the inside, "You’ve really done well ravaging little children…"

　　"This guy is truly silly enough, he won’t get angry even like this?" Carter heaved a gentle sigh when he saw that Ayrin didn't seem the least bit angry at being called a little shorty. He said, "Alright, Ayrin from Cororin, next you need to pay a hundred silver coins and we'll sort out the academy entrance procedures."

　　Ayrin’s disbelieving voice rose abruptly, "What! One hundred silver coins! You actually need a hundred silver coins, this is a little too much right?"

　　Carter rubbed his ears gone numb from the tremors and looked at Ayrin's big reaction. He explained, "These hundred silver coins include not only tuition and lodging for one year, they also include expenses for the academy clothing as well as some school trips."

　　"You already need so much for a single year…" Ayrin pulled Carter's sleeve. "Can’t you make it a bit cheaper?"

　　"Haha, little shorty, don’t tell you can’t even pay the tuition? Don’t tell me you directly ran here without knowing how much the tuition for one year at Holy Dawn Academy costs?" The red-haired Moss suddenly laughed rambunctiously once again. "There’s actually someone who bargains even for tuition fees."

　　"Saving up silver shouldn’t have been easy actually, looking at you. You awakened at only sixteen and you’re also so thin and weak, it doesn’t look like you’re someone with any special bloodline either." The wild laughter vanished and Moss' face became all seriousness. "It shouldn’t be very useful even if you were to enter Holy Dawn Academy and study here. My advice to you, better not waste the silver coins that took you a great deal of efforts to save."