Just like the last time he was summoned, he got out of his chair and began to follow Rose. He looked back at Thomas, who began to give him a thumbs up while wearing a somewhat envious face on him. Cecily waved him goodbye, and then went back to ignoring Thomas once more.

Rose began walking towards William's office, with Allen following right behind her. Any students that happened to be passing by in the halls would stop to look at Rose as they walked. While it would seem normal the Student Council President would get attention, Allen thought it would rather get uneasy or annoying after awhile.

"So, do you know why the Head Director of the school would be asking for an F rank personally?," she asked as they walked.

"I at least have somewhat of an idea as to why," Allen responded. "You see, he used to be my mentor and taught me how to use magic back when I was younger".

Rose stopped for a moment right outside William's office door. She turned around at him with a very confused look on her face.

"Wait what you're saying is, William was your ment-," Rose began to ask but was interrupted suddenly.

"I can hear you both outside my door," William's voice could be clearly heard from inside. "You both may come in".

Rose stood there a moment with a look on her face that said she wanted to finish what she was saying, but then ultimately she decided to turn back around and open the door. Allen followed her inside.

William was once again working on paperwork at his desk. Just how much paperwork does he have to do?, Allen thought. When he saw them finally come in, he stopped working on his paperwork and put his pen down.

"Ah, welcome," William greeted them. "Please, take a seat. Both of you".

"Wait, I thought you needed just Allen?," Rose asked, confused.

"Rose, if I just needed Allen I could've had someone else from the Student Council grab him, just like the last time I spoke with him," William responded.

"True, I had wondered why you asked me personally to get him. Either way, once you are finished I will be swiftly returning to my duties," Rose told him as both Allen and her sat down at the chairs in front of his desk.

"Now then," William began to speak. "Allen, you do recall what we talked about from our last meeting, yes?"

"Yes, I remember," Allen responded. "How you had to add such conditions to allow me to attend this academy. But what does this have to do with this meeting?"

Rose looked highly confused as she looked at both of them. "Wait, you're the student who was given special conditions to be allowed into this academy?," she asked.

"Yes that's correct. I was accepted under the condition that I would start as F rank, have to make C rank by the end of the year, and win 4 consecutive battles in the tournament," Allen told her.

Once again she looked at Allen, then back at William, and back at Allen in the most confused look Allen had ever seen.

"Wait William, you can't be serious. You accepted a student into the academy under such conditions? An F rank?," she asked him.

"Indeed I did. You see, Allen's air magic is so weak he cannot even produce an air elemental circle. Therefore, the other directors would not allow him into the academy, not even as an F rank," he explained.

"Wait, you can't be serious," Rose said, raising her voice. "He can't even produce an air elemental circle, yet you let him into the academy? I can't even-,"

"What Allen lacks in is general magic use," William interrupted her. "Casting air elemental spells in his case, using an air elemental circle. This is the basis and the foundation for the academy and how we generally determine ranking. However, we began to grade mages on other factors such as duel statistics when the academy first adopted the Magical Knights Tournament and duels within the Academy due to the massive increase for the need of magical knights and their skills. Magical Knights must be proficient in battle if they ever hope to defend the country"

"So you mean, Allen is proficient in duels? I had heard he had defeated Charles Rivertide in the exam duel, but wasn't sure if that actually was true," Rose asked him.

"Yes, I did defeat him," Allen chimed in. "While I am not the best in air magic, I make use of it in other ways".

"You see Rose, Allen uses a trick called mana manipulation. This allows him to control his inner mana within his body to give him an edge in battle. Instead of casting out his inner mana in the form of physical elemental magic using an elemental circle, he can instead manipulate the mana inside of him. While he still isn't fully proficient in it yet, he has a firm grasp of the basics of it," William explained.

"M-mana manipulation? I have never heard of such a thing. Controlling mana within your body? Where did you learn this from Allen?," she still asked, still very confused.

"I learned it from William, of course," Allen explained. "Although, I didn't know that was what it was called, William".

"Yes, the technique I taught you is called mana manipulation. I just didn't want to tell you its name until now. It is a very unique technique very few can pull off, least of now," William explained.

"Very few can pull off?", Rose raised her voice even louder this time. "Do you mean literally no mage out there aside from what seems like you two? William, as far as I am aware, no one knows of this. Shouldn't you go forward with something like this?"

"I have my reasons for keeping something like this a secret. Someone long ago taught me this, and it's a rather unique technique I wish to keep a secret for the most part," William explained.

"I still don't get why you would keep such a thing a secret, but back to what we were originally here for. Why tell me all of this?," Rose asked William.

"As I explained previously, Allen is weak when it comes to general magic use. However, he can use a mana manipulation technique instead of this. Also similar to you Rose, he fights with a sword. So I had a rather interesting idea for the both of you," he looked at both of them with a rather interesting look on his face.

"Wha- what do you mean, William?," Rose looked at him, still not cleared of her confusion since the moment they began to talk to him.

"Yeah, I still don't get what you are trying to tell us William. Why do you always have to be so confusing with your words?," Allen said, with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Sorry about that. I suppose I can be a little confusing and different in how I talk," William let out a laugh. "But in any case, I'll clear both of your confusions. Since both of you fight with a sword, I think both of you could make a great pair. You could learn a lot from each other. So I think you shoul-"

"Wait, are you saying what I think you're saying?," Rose interrupted him. "You want me to-"

"Yes, I do," William interrupted her this time. "I think both of you should train together. While Rose is more experienced, I think both of you have much to gain in this. Allen can train for the tournament later this year, and Rose you will have someone to train with who also uses a sword. While there isn't much Allen could teach you in return, you could learn a thing or two with him. I can assure you he would surprise you"

Rose sat there, looking at William with utter bewilderment. Allen sat there, stunned at what William had to say. "Train with Rose, of all people?, Allen thought. "The Student Council President? Not only is she leagues ahead of him when it comes to magic and skill, but he will become an even bigger target at school than he already is".

"William, are you sure this is a good idea?," Allen finally spoke up. "I wouldn't mind training with her, but I think it would cause unwanted attention for the both of us. Not only that, but she is the Student Council President and an A rank at that. Meanwhile, I am an F rank".

"Exactly William. While I suspect that Allen may seem stronger than he appears, I don't think us two pairing up may be an overall good idea. With my duties as Student Council President, I don't get enough time as it is to train on my own as I would like to," Rose stated.

"Look, I understand both of your concerns. I see why you both would think this is a bad idea. However, I haven't told you the last part of my reasonings," William spoke with a hint of seriousness in his voice, like he meant something deeper with what he said.

"Your last part of reasonings?," Rose asked, curious. "And what that might be?".

"Both of you are similar in the way you fight with a sword and I am confident that you both have something to learn from each other. Plus Rose, you are currently the only student I can trust to train him with his magic as well", he explained.

"What do you mean when you say she's the only one you can trust?", Allen asked.

"I've known Rose and her family for quite some time. While there are some things I don't see eye-to-eye with her parents, I can at least trust them alongside Rose. Rose is someone you can trust with your real magic, Allen".

Rose looked very confused while Allen fully understood what he meant.

"What do you mean by his real magic? Is his air magic actually stronger than how he appears? Is that what you meant William? Because you were just explaining how he can't even produce an air elemental circle ", she asked him.

"Go ahead Allen, show her. You can fully trust her with this information", he indicated towards Allen's right hand.

Allen stared down at his hand to take a moment to think. "I don't understand why William would think this is safe to do, even if he's known her for a long time. But knowing William, I'm sure that showing her this will be okay to do" Allen thought to himself. Once he gave that moment to think, he looked back at Rose and William once more.

"Alright, I understand. But I still don't get why she would need to know this anyways," he explained while taking his single glove off of his right hand.

"Wait, what are you-," Rose was asking before she realized what had just happened.

Allen had summoned a small fire elemental circle right above his right hand, just barely touching it. It then produced Allen's real magic, fire magic. It was only a little flame, small enough to be blown out just like a candle. He had it there for a few moments before he made it immediately disappear, alongside the elemental circle.

Rose stood in shock for a moment. She couldn't believe what she just witnessed. After all, fire mages are rare as it comes, and if one came to be known, they would be surely executed. She looked over at William, her face still in shock.

"You mean he's… he's a fire mage? William you can't be serious, allowing a fire mage here to the academy!," she yelled. "Do you know what will happen to him if he's-".

"I understand your concerns and your feelings on this" William interrupted. "However, you can trust me that he as well as I will do our best to keep his magic a secret. This is ultimately the reason why I asked you to train him. You being a water mage, one best suited to match his typing, would be best to train him. You can teach him how to better use his air magic, while also preventing the use of his fire magic. Should he use his fire magic, you could use your water magic to quickly remove it".

"B-But this is still just… This is too dangerous William!," Rose raised her voice with concern. "You know how I feel about fire mages, but I won't let this affect how I treat Allen. But this is still too dangerous. He can't attend this academy-,"

"I have already decided that I want to attend this academy," Allen interrupted her. "I understand that if my fire magic is exposed, I can surely be killed. William understands this as well. But I have already made up my mind. I want to become a magical knight and protect people. I also want to change how people think about fire magic. It seems unrealistic that someone is killed just because they are a fire mage, even if they have done no wrong. I will not stop until I have achieved my goal".

Rose sat for a moment, thinking. There were a lot of thoughts going on in her head at once. She looked back at Allen and began to calmly speak.

"I now understand why your air magic is weak. It is because your fire magic cancels it out. Since fire magic is strong against air magic, you unfortunately can barely use your air magic. You can't use your fire magic since that would get you killed, putting you at a high disadvantage when trying to become a magical knight. But if that's what you are going for, then so be it. I will not stop you, as I have my own goals for attending this academy. I just hope both of you understand what may happen," Rose exclaimed.

"Yes, we have been fully aware of this since the beginning," William explained. "Allen's goals will not change, nor will mine. I also understand what your goals are and wish to help you with that. As such, I think it would be best for you to train together".

"I see what you mean," Rose began to say. "But unfortunately I will have to decline your offer William. I- I will think about it. There's a lot on my mind right now so just give me time to think about it. But for now, I decline".

"Very well, thank you for your time Rose," William smiled as Rose got out of her seat.

"Nice meeting you," Allen waved her goodbye as she began to open the office door.

She had just opened the door but stopped for a moment. She looked back at William and Allen like she wanted to say something, but ended up turning around and left. She had closed the door behind her and her footsteps could be heard getting quieter and quieter as she left back to her student council duties.