The train stops at Miche's station where all the other students from other schools and academies will be dropping off as well.
The moment he stepped out of the train with his luggage, he had already seen multiple Mythia walking, floating, or flying around the station with their tamers in tow. One can say that the place looked like a zoo due to the number of Mythias all around. If not for the humans accompanying them, one would think that these Mythias are flocking here for food or something.
Mythia. They are the beasts of this world, and one would say the "animals" in other terms, but they are more known for their current name Mythia nowadays, after humans discovered their inherited power and how they can help shape the world.
They range from big to small, wild and docile. Each with strengths and weaknesses. But since they are still strong beasts, they are not just something so easy to acquire or tame willy-nally. That's where tamers come in.
Mythia can be tamed by the tamers who are capable of subduing Mythias or even eliminating them if they become dangerous. One can say that with the existence of these tamers, one has made the world safer from dangers that wild Mythias and dangerous Mythias that would prey on humans. No one knows who started it, but according to the studies, Mythia taming dates back to the age when people were still considered a "primitive era," as cave paintings suggest that the ancestors of the human race had already tamed Mythias and considered them as their partners. Either way, the way of taming is an ancient thing that continues to work to this day.
Miche is not confident about this Mythia thing at all. Although he is excited to learn, there is a chance he will have trouble learning about it. According to what he has heard from others, people who became tamers are quite capable and have handled Mythia quite a lot. The earlier one handled Mythias, the better. Of course, that was not what Miche was worried about. What he is more worried about is the taming process that Black Fang Academy is going to conduct. Black Fang Academy allows the students to tame a beast by taming one in the Forest of Selection, a place that is considered "Newbie Tamer Friendly" considering that the Mythias present there are strong Mythias that are good for Tamers just starting out. For people who have experience, this will be easy and they might even take this opportunity to take a chance to tame a strong Mythia.
But that's where the problem lies. Miche has no experience whatsoever related to Mythia. In fact, he doesn't even have a simple dog or cat as Mythias pets. This will be his first experience that would be related to Mythias themselves.
"What have I gotten myself into...?" Miche shook his head.
Just as he was wondering where to go next, he heard the voice of someone.
"Students of the Black Fang Academy, anyone who is going to the Black Fang Academy, follow me," a young man wearing a uniform similar to his uniform right now is currently gathering the students who are from Black Fang Academy.
Approaching the group, the young man who is calling immediately beckons him near. "Are you a freshman? Come, we will be departing soon. Come join the group before you get lost. Don't wander too far or the instructors will not be held responsible if an accident comes for you."
Miche nodded. He was briefed before that there would be someone who would be escorting the students to the academy by the train station, and one would know if they were the one as they would be wearing a uniform of the Black Fang Academy. That guy earlier, he could tell it was a senior student with his uniform having the Roman Numeral "IV" emblazoned on his uniform. With his being "I" one can easily tell who is a senior and a freshman.
Soon, a few more students arrived and the group grew bigger. Seeing the group is big enough, the senior heads over to the nearby seat and pats the sleeping man a few times.
"Sir... hey Sir, wake up."
However, the person he was waking up with seemed not to wake up even after a few taps. After a few tries of doing so, he soon gave up doing it. But he decided to do something else.
"Juju, sic him lightly. Make sure to wake him up."
All of a sudden, a little red monkey appeared out of thin air and jumps straight to the sleeping man, and proceed to scratch the poor guy. Miche knew that was a Mythia and the way it appears out of thin air is the way to store and summon the Mythia out.
"AAAAAAH! WHAT THE F*CK?" the sleeping guy woke up in surprise, grab the monkey that is scratching him, and throw it where the monkey was immediately caught by the guy who summoned it. Once he grabbed the monkey, he made a fistbump with it before the monkey disappeared once again.
"Good that you are awake, Professor. The students are all gathered and we are ready to go."
"Why did you wake me up like that? Damn, and here I was dreaming something good," the sleepy professor grumbled.
"Well, if you really wanted to sleep that much on the seat, I don't mind. But we will leave you behind. I doubt you would like to walk from here all the way to the academy, yes?"
"Fine, fine. But next time, wake me up normally and not sic me with your damn monkey."
Seeing how the Mythia do all of that things he just saw, Miche is amazed. Although he is still nervous about the upcoming task, he will have to brace himself.
With the professor finally awake and the students are gathered, they all exited the station and a bus waits them. It has the logo of the academy which means it is specifically waiting for them to send them to their final destination which is the Academy.
"Alright, enter the bus in pairs. Boy and girl. No complaining. This is the rule, so can't disobey them. It's also good to socialize with your opposite gender and not just hang out with the other boys or girls."
Hearing this, those who had come as friends decided to split up but decided to sit on adjacent seats to keep chatting. It doesn't matter who they are paired with. Of course, it seems that only a few people are people who knew each other beforehand. Most of the students who entered the bus, including Miche, did not know anyone. With the Senior student earlier pairing each student with one another, Miche is soon paired with a girl with short black hair. She holds a small cat in her arms, sleeping soundly. Miche couldn't help but stare at the little cat in her arms. It looks like a kitten, but it seems that it wasn't since it doesn't seem so helpless, it was just being spoiled and letting its owner do the carrying.
They sat near the main entrance door with Miche near the window. As he stares at the little cat on her arms, Miche didn't realize that the lady who was holding the cat is currently looking at him, who already noticed his gaze towards her cat.
"Wanna pet her?" she asked.
"Does she bite?"
"Not really. Perhaps she will scratch if she doesn't like the way you rub her fur but otherwise, she is docile, even to strangers."
"Then don't mind if I do."
Miche started petting the little cat and the latter seems to enjoy it as he can hear her purr and closing her eyes as he scratches the cat's chin before rubbing her head. As he does so, a voice suddenly speaks and surprising Miche who was totally focused on petting the cat.
"[Compatible target. You have 1 stat point available. Would you like to implant the stat point to the target?]"
Upon hearing this, he looked at the girl beside him and asked. "Did you say something?"
"Huh? No?"
"What? Then who was talking?"
"Uh...aside from the professor still instructing the students going inside the bus, no one else is speaking near us. Are you okay?"
"Huh? Ah...yeah. Must've been my imagination."
He withdrew his hands and looked at it for a bit. The fur of the cat was nice, but his mind was still occupied with what had just happened earlier. Who was that speaking just now? And he even remembered what was said.
"Stat point. That's the same thing I heard not too long ago. And the voice, that voice was the same voice when I heard it earlier. What the hell is going on?"
As he was contemplating what just happened, the engine of the bus roared.
"Alright, sit tight everyone. In just a few minutes, we will arrive at the academy and everyone should head straight to the registrar to record your arrival and get your dorm number."
Miche closed his hands and decided to stop thinking about what just happened. It must just have been his imagination and nothing more.