A few days passed, and the Academy's schedule was as strict as always.
Students of different Arcane Paths rarely overlapped, each path having its own specialized curriculum. But there were a handful of common subjects that every candidate had to attend…
Some of them were the Mystical Artifact Study, Basic Alchemy, History of the Twelve Paths, and Arcane Ethics.
It was during Mystical Artifact Study that Ruth and Rice first crossed paths.
Professor Halden had brought out a collection of ancient relics, blades, talismans, and fragments of array cores. Students were tasked with examining them, identifying flaws, and hypothesizing their original functions…
Some of them had runes, but needless to say, even Combat Arts must learn about such runes since most of their weapons were provided by the Rune Arts Faction. After all, they were all about fighting and required good weapons as well.
For that reason, they must learn how to identify runes.
