One More Time: Rebirth

Chapter 44: Information

It has been a few weeks since we came to school. I have gone around and saw the level of the students. Except for the fourth year students and the fifth year students, the level of the other students wasn't that high. Though they could be the same as Setsuna and aren't rated properly due to the biases of the ranking system of the Northern Kingdom.

Also, as I said before this school was freaking gigantic! I've been here for a few weeks, and I still haven't seen everything it has to offer. Well, that's mostly Tsukiyomi's fault as she was only ever interested in eating food. I remember the first time we went out to eat, she didn't even want to eat claiming that noble Ethereals such as her do not need such sustenance. Now she keeps on eating until the chefs of the different restaurants cry in fear.

Aside from looking around the school, having classes, training, eating meals from different restaurants, I was also gathering intelligence. At first, I wasn't bothered by the other kingdoms, since my dad told me the Northern Kingdom was the strongest. But after learning about the Eastern Kingdom, I knew that the title of the strongest kingdom might have been my dad's bias opinion.

So after I decided to gather information, I learned quite a few things. There are multiple students here that came from both the Eastern and Western Kingdoms. I learned that most students from the Eastern Kingdom came here after being banished. If they weren't banished or fleeing they wouldn't be able to come study in the Northern Kingdom, for the pride of the Eastern Kingdom was as large the sky. They would never allow their real prodigies to study anywhere else but their homeland. So the only people in the Northern Kingdom that came from the Eastern Kingdom were considered traitors, defects, or at worst criminals.

The Northern Kingdom knowing of the traditions of the Eastern Kingdom they knew full well that the so called criminals that came to their land weren't nearly as bad as the Eastern Kingdom makes them out to be. So after listening to their side of the story, most of the supposed refugees were allowed into the Northern Kingdom.

On the other hand, I learned that the Western Kingdom had a different view from the Eastern Kingdom. They wanted to learn, and they wanted to learn everything they could. They didn't look down on the other two Kingdoms and wanted to learn from them. So they tried sending most of their outstanding youngsters to both kingdoms. Unfortunately, the Eastern Kingdom didn't want them and denied them access to their kingdom.

On the other hand, the Northern Kingdom accepted all of the Western Kingdom students. They didn't mind sharing knowledge with the other kingdoms. The Western Kingdom shared a lot of their inventions with the Northern Kingdom.

I now have a basic understanding of the three known human Kingdoms. It would seem that the Eastern Kingdom was a more militaristic Kingdom, it also boasts to have the largest human army. Though it had no warriors that use spells, their sword techniques were said to be so deadly they have no use for spells. Seeing Setsuna who was only ranked as a challenger, which was basically a D rank here in the Northern Kingdom. I came to the conclusion that it was possible that the sword techniques of the Eastern Kingdom could rival or surpass the four sword style of the Northern Kingdom. I also learned from Setsuna there were dozens of different sword schools in the Eastern Kingdom.

As for the Western Kingdom, their technological advancement was second to none. They had the greatest human blacksmiths and engineers that could rival the legendary dwarven race. One of their inventions was a weapon that could shoot small metal orbs, these weapons were called rifles. These rifles had the same strength as a small fireball. Although weak it could be used by anyone and it could be fired in quick succession, unlike the fireball spell. Aside from that, the Western Kingdom had created numerous technological marvels, that the Northern Kingdom only has access to a few.

So unlike the Eastern and Western Kingdom, the Northern Kingdom relied on both sword and magic. Though it's swordsmanship might not be able to rival the swordsmanship of the Eastern Kingdom, I believe that with spells it was an even match. It also had its interest in the advancement of technology created by the Western Kingdom. So they sent some of their alchemists to the Western Kingdom to learn.

I have gathered a lot of information regarding the three known human kingdoms. But for some reason, as I was gathering information I could also hear something from here and there about the True Humanity.

So as I was walking with Tsukiyomi and Setsuna I couldn't help but ask.

"Have you guys heard of the True Humanity?"

"I have no interest in such a group." Tsukiyomi answered showing no interest in the topic.

"I have heard of the True Humanity back in the Eastern Kingdom. I think they're a cult of some kind that claims that only humans are worthy to exist in this world. They keep on claiming that every other race were just abominations that were once humans and forsaken the right path."