The next day on Tuesday, two people were walking around with an extra pip in their steps, Mason and Hans .
Hans could be seen wearing the brown leather glove with pride like it was the most prized possession in the world .
Mason also was in high spirits, the flaming Glove although defective has proven that the scope of his power relied on understanding and imagination. He was exhilarated thinking of the things he could do with this power .
Inside the combat and weapons training class , Mason could see the glances that were being thrown in his direction and could also hear the whispers.
" I heard that the last guy that he shot was Micheal Peterson, his father is the owner of the red rock guild ." One student said
" I heard it took at least three healers to stabilize him and after that he might not be able to walk for a month. "
As Mason heard this he tried as hard as possible not to smile at the notion that someone who attacked him was in pain.
" Today, I would like to begin the class by sparring with Herr Mason. " The instructor said in a loud voice.
Mason didn't want this , but the instructors tone gave no indication that the matter was to be discussed so he decided to just get it over with .
He came to the center of the class with the instructor and then put up his hand. Then the instructor motioned for him to strike first which he did by sending a couple of flailing blows that were very convincing, it was apparent that he didn't want to be in this position so he was end it quickly.
The instructor casually dodged the punches before kicking the side of Mason's head which Mason blocked but allowed the momentum to push him off so he could land on the ground few meters away from the instructor.
" I give up . " Mason said , raising his hand .
" This is what happens when one is overconfident in his half baked abilities and attacks a senior student, a mere commoner dog who doesn't know his place needs to be put down." The instructor said , rushing forward and kicked Mason who was on the floor sending him sliding in the floor .
Now Mason was angry , his blood was boiling . He stood up from the ground took of his coat revealing the pistol and the holster but he did not reach for the gun , rather he unclipped the holster and placed it on the ground. He also placed his dagger on the floor.
Without warning he sprinted towards the instructor in the middle of the room . He leapt of the ground and gave a running drop kick to the instructors chest. The kick wasn't in any way lethal but it had its desired effect which was to gauge the strength of the instructor.
The kick flung the instructor back but he stabilized himself using his hands to prop him off the floor and into a back flip.
The instructor rushed back up to Mason delivering a series of strong punches causing Mason to focus on blocking with no avenue to counterattack . Then suddenly, he ducked as the instructors fist was approaching the side of his head and gave a devastating punch to the instructors liver .
The instructor brushed it off as if nothing happened before suddenly an excruciating pain washed over the man causing him legs to give out and also making him to throw up bile.
Mason had actually won , but it was not actually over . He needed to send a strong message that he wasn't like the other commoners that will bend over and take a beating because they wanted to please someone who believed that they were nobility and therefore untouchable. He was different from the others.
He then used the force to draw his knife to him . His plan was to use the knife to separate the instructors jaw and then cut out his tongue but before he could proceed, someone sent a gust of wind that knocked him off the instructor.
When he looked up from his position, it was Lambert. Mason was now wondering what he did to be in this situation in this very moment in time .
He was still in a daze when he saw Lambert launch a stream of fire towards him . He braced for impact but it never came because Hans had conjured a wall of blue flame that swallowed up the flames of Lambert.
" I believe this belongs to you . " Hans said giving Mason his gun.
" Thank you." Mason replied.
Now the situation in the hall had become tense the Mason and the Austrian five were now in a face off with Lambert and his goons with a blue flame in the middle that was eating up every bit of flamable material in the room.
Suddenly the hot air inside the room dropped down several degrees below zero, it was obvious because there were ice crystals forming on glass and ceramic surfaces.
" No need to explain yourselves, I saw everything. "
It was the Dean, Adolf and he was visibly pissed off.
Few hours later after severe verbal trashing and deliberation by different faculty members, a punishment was finally decided .
Although dueling and fighting was not outlawed , they had destroyed academy property and had almost murdered an instructor in the process .
Their punishment was a joint operation between the Prussian, Russian, Japanese empires and the Ming dynasty.
This was going to be a two month long operation to flush out slavers operating from the four empires .
After the deliberation was over Mason was asked to stay behind in the chamber . Several faculty members were there and the flame glove was on the table.
" You are a first year student is that correct? "
" Yes that is correct." Mason answered
" And curriculum of the first year enchantment class is the fundamentals of rune magic is that correct? "
" Yes that is correct." Mason answered again.
" Can you explain to us why a first year student still studying the fundamentals of rune magic is capable of successfully making a fifth year level item."
The words that fell out of Mason's mouth next caused the whole chamber to fall into an uproar.
" The item , sir is defective."
" Defective, how can you say it is defective?" The rune professor asked .
" It did not reach its desired effect." Mason replied, " Anything more than that would have to wait as I am still doing my research."
When Mason left the entire chamber erupted into a debate on what to do about Mason , clearly he was a genius.
Eventually they all decided to place the matter on hold till they had observed his progress further.