He who Bends Time

Auran Malckoy stood in the corridor leading to his room, gazing at the darkness that swallowed the hallway. Just a moment before, he had been in the headmaster’s office and received his final allowance from his family.

He was a member of the proud Malckoy family, a family that bound its name to magic. In this family, every member was a remarkable magic user who pressured themselves to be masters of magic.

"Master of Magic" was a title that the most noble of the Malckoy house held. Bearing this name meant that one had mastered the field of magic they chose to follow and had acquired unique powers for themselves. For the Malckoy family, the title of Master of Magic was their whole purpose and end goal. Household members would start to pursue this dream from an early age, beginning with the academy run by the Malckoy family.

There, the Malckoy family descendants would first choose a field they would want to pursue, and to graduate from the academy, one must develop their own theory. It was then that the Malckoy family would acknowledge their descendant as their own.

If the candidate failed to develop their own theory in magic, they could still graduate from the academy, but not as a direct descendant of the Malckoy family. That person would also lose the aid of the family and the pathway to becoming a Master of Magic.

So for Auran, receiving his final allowance from the family meant that he was on the verge of being expelled as a direct descendant of the Malckoy family, and if that happened, the dream of becoming a Master of Magic would become an almost impossible feat.

It had been four years since he enrolled in the academy, and others who enrolled the same year as him had already graduated after developing theories in the fields of magic they chose and started walking their own paths.

But Auran was still here at the academy. He had not developed a theory in the field he had chosen.

"Where did it go wrong?"

Auran gazed at the darkness, feeling emptiness inside, just like it. Developing a new theory in magic is not an easy feat an ordinary magician could achieve, but members of the Malckoy family are anything but ordinary. From an early age, they shows exceptional talent in magic, and their aptitude for magic was far higher than anyone else’s in other noble family’s.

In terms of understanding, the Malckoy family inherently shows smarter and more intelligent traits for their age. Being able to develop a new theory in magic to be accepted into the direct lineage is the only test that fits those with gifted talent and aptitude.