Old Times

Mr. Han Becker calms her down, he knows she might be nervous, it's her first day of training, it's not so simple to practice magic and take the physical test, it's going to take a bit more of her energy.

"Luke, this is her first day, it's normal to be nervous, just concentrate on your training, okay?"

Justin is all smiles for Ana, but he also notices a certain discomfort in her, as he throws another sandbag on Luke's back, he can't move one arm, but the other is in perfect condition. He then goes to get one of the training dummies, it's not that heavy, he puts it in the middle of the Garden and asks Ana to make a move and hit the dummy, he hands her a dagger, he then explains.

"Well Ana, let's start with the basics, you have to hit the doll... but it's not for..."

When he is interrupted by Ana, throwing the dagger into the middle of the doll's forehead, they feel a chill at the moment, and are surprised by her aim, Luke even stops what he was doing, he looks at Justin, and starts laughing, it wasn't supposed to hit the doll like that.

Luke then goes over to the dummy and explains:

"Excellent aim, but you can't hit a demon like that, you could be disqualified, you should just mark it with the dagger, I think that's what Justin was going to say."

Justin also felt a chill run down his spine, he controlled himself not to laugh nervously, he agreed with what Luke said.

Ana then has second thoughts and asks:

"But isn't the test about hunting demons?

Luke looks serious and thoughtful, while Justin explains:

"Not like that, Luke and I are descendants of demons here, I think your parents must have explained it to you, so we can't be ruthless with our own race, we just hunt down escaped demons who are threats to humans, and keep the peace of our city, that's the main idea of the Test and being a hunter."

Ana realizes her question, for a moment she has forgotten this detail, she is in the house of descendants of demons, she has heard a lot about it and has had to read a lot about it too, she swallows dryly, bad time to say it Ana.

"Oh I'm sorry, it's a lot of information to process...it's all new to me...I've read so much about it, it was an oversight on my part."

Luke interrupts her and says:

"You need to think before you speak Ana, and come to training focused from now on, one mistake from you could get in the way of me and Justin, keep that in mind, my father may be the Time Conjuring Wizard now, but he won't be able to help at Test time, the three of us will be on our own!"

Ana has just remembered that she is on the side of Han Becker, the current Time Conjuring Magician, one of the main Magicians, responsible for maintaining the Gate of Hell and preventing escaped demons from coming to the world of Humans.

(God, I knew it wasn't good for me to open my mouth today...I'm standing next to a super-powerful Magician, and two descendants of demons in front of me, I'm digging my own grave, I thought yesterday would be my last day, but today could be my last day of life...I feel like I'm watching a movie of my 15 years of life, going through my head right now, is this how we feel when we're going to die?....bom,at least that's what they say.)

Ana remains silent for the rest of the training time, she pays attention to what has to be done, and how she has to train on the equipment, she feels exhausted, 2 hours have passed as if they were 10 minutes, Ana finishes her training, helps put the equipment away and then changes, and sits in the side garden of the house, looking at the high walls of the house while waiting for her Father to come and pick her up, she continues to think:

(I definitely wanted to jump these walls and run, I didn't want to be here...)

When, out of nowhere, Luke arrives with a glass of juice, he looks at Ana and notices that she is staring at the wall, so he sneaks up close to her and says in her ear:

"Do you want to jump over the wall?"

Ana is startled, and at the same time feels a chill. She didn't expect someone to come so close to her, her heart starts racing, she tries to control her breathing, it was probably the fright, at least that's what she tries to put in her head, she looks away and for the first time looks at Luke, as he sits down on the bench next to her.

(Wow, what a fright he had wanted to have, calm down heart it was just a fright...as he came close to me without me noticing, I would have noticed...right? Well, why does he look so handsome, I hadn't really noticed, is it that enchantment that demons have? I've read about it in magic books...that must be it, stay strong Ana, that charm won't shake you!)