This story is that of a little boy who just turned 5 and is on his way to the royal capital from his parents' family estate in the fief of Trolan. He was very excited because he would finally be able to find out what his oddity is. For every 5-year-old child, this was a momentous occasion. this is the day where they see if they will be able to enter the academy or be left behind by society.
He got his number and his number was 1756. He was frustrated that he would have to wait but he would do whatever it took to get into the academy.
He went there with his older brother Nathan because he needed to get a new sword, his broke from over-use and old age. Nathan's oddity was fire, it fit his personality quite well. Nathan was the heir so the only thing Caleb could do was hope for a rare oddity and high score and go to the academy.
Because he was a noble he would already have a high score but he was nerves about the oddity because the academy only let children in if their oddity was rare or if they had a score above 65. And most children only had a score of about 35 so if he didn't have a rare oddity, he would have to get at least 65.
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After 2 and a half days of waiting, he was finally tested with a score of 70 and a dark oddity, he finally knew, he was able to go to the academy when he turned 10. He would have to do a lot of preparing because he wanted to skip a grade and go into the second year of schooling that they offer at the academy. After over 3 months of preparations, he failed the test by 3 points. He was devastated because he wouldn't be able to take it again until next year.
He made a deal with his parents that if he passed the second year exam they would get him his own room, but because he didn't he was forced to share a room with a commoner. He finally got to the academy to be greeted by a commoner boy in a shared dorm room. He wasn't very happy about having to share a room but later be found out that quite a lot of students there were commoners that had a good score or a rare oddity. But his roommate just had a good score, his score was 70 just like his cousin that went there with him. His roommate who he later found out was named Tom came with his cousin that had the oddity of time.
Tom asks him if he wants to explore the campus with them but Caleb refuses.
Caleb Ep 1 End~
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