Ten days flew away as if it was nothing. The Chayas are now used to their new lifestyle at Aarambh. Waking up in the morning at 4 in the morning and reporting in threes. They were to stand behind their seniors. Then the morning run of five kilometers would start which they had to complete within 15 minutes, that is, 3 minutes for 1 kilometer. Then they were given 10 minutes to relax and then morning stretching, and yoga followed by meditation. After another one-hour break in which they were instructed to fresh up and bath. Then they were given their breakfast which had a handful of rice, 2 wheat chapattis, dal, sambar, mixed veg curry, salad and some fruits. Later they were left to explore the campus or to play some sports or train with their weapons. The lunch would be a light meal of ragi mudde. Later mostly the newbies would be in their room chatting with their mates or spending time with their non-human bonds or having a light walk. Then there would be the dinner having light food like idly or some rolls. Getting used to the new routine, the Chayas found themselves good friends in those ten days of spending time with each other.

Finally, the day came. It was the first day of the 76th year of the academy. Students were excited.

"Hey dumbos, still not ready."

"Kai, wait for us to put on our pants and first put on the zip of your jeans or else you'll be insulted in your very first day."

"What?!! *looking down* Shit, shit, shit! I'll put on my zip first *zip*"

Isavaka and Sahas started laughing at Kai. It was time that all three of them were about to go out of the room when Anji ran towards the bed next to the door, climbed it and leaped upon Isavaka's stretched arm and sat upon his shoulder. The four of them came out of the room. Sahas took the room key and locked the room when the next-door newbies started to make fun of Sahas lack of confidence. Sahas tensed up and dropped the key when kai pointed the tip of his staff on the person standing middle of those three and said, "Don't dare make fun of my dude, or else, whole Aastrana will make fun of you!"

Their neighbors ran away. Sahas bent down, took the key and closed the door and handed the key to Kai. The four of them walked towards the dorm office and handed their key in. They walked past the dorm entrance and entered the common area. Aarav followed by two other gold yielders, Anmol and Zaid came towards Isavaka.

"Hey pest. Crying with a gold yielder for safety. You loser"

"Loser is you who having golden sword still taking two other gold yielders behind you, Aarav."

"You dare call Aarav by his name!"

"Who the bloody ass@#!e is you to speak between them. If you have some big d!@k show that to some b!@#h not us."

"What did you say son of a b!@#h! I'll f!@k you hard if I see you once again in front of me!"

"*Cough* May I know why I am feeling that you are fighting on your very first day. Should I take it as a reason for your detention young men?"

"W-We are sorry madam. I-It will not repeat again."

"I hope so."

Grinning his teeth, Aarav and Zaid turns away. Anmol turns toward them and request apologies and follows them. It was woman whose voice could make a nightingale jealous. Her long black hair and those cute big eyes in that maiden could make anyone fall for her. Even God would be confused that is she a divine goddess in the form of a mere human. Her beauty was directly proportional to the extensive knowledge on grandhas is what heard from the seniors.

"ESTING-TESTING... I request all the students to line up as per their current class in the institute. I, Venu Deva, the Principal of this great institute welcome all the students to be part of this beautiful new year and even welcome every one of you to the beautiful and memorable years of your life in Aastrana! Now I'll be introducing them to the faculties to the newbies. This year, our institute has recorded the highest number of gold yielders in a single shaft in the world. This year's sword master, the one who was famous as the blood fang of the west, is none other than Mr. Stephan Delve, the most ferocious swordsman in the world. Next, this year's spear master is, the person told to have amount less talent to bring out potential of new budding leaves, the person who founded the Rin Yu-Jin style's model 4, Mr. Kusakabe Jin. The next one is the Wind of the Staff, the person who killed 18,000 demons using his staff, he might look old, but he is the most feared Staff yielder, he is none other than, Mr. Faluknama Khan. I request the Vice Principal to continue."

"Namaste students, I am Kosalendra, the Vice Principal of this legacy. I continue by introducing the Axe master, the person with the title of the cutter of 15 Demon Pillars, Mr. Anjandri Guru Dev. Following Guru sir, the next I would like to introduce the Shield guru, the person who could guard the whole coast alone during the Lankan war, considered to be the youngest Pratha ever joined, I introduce you to Ms. Rakshita Jain. Following madam, I introduce to the ex-Grandha Pratha, the woman with many tales on her, the lady who is considered to retire as a Pratha for her passion of teaching, I introduce everyone to the new faculty, Ms. Radha Devi. I finally invite you to the last faculty of the underrated archery department, I introduce you all to the most feared archer in the history, the person who shot down 100 demons with one single blow, the person bestowed to kill, the Ten Regur Demons, yes, those ten demons who invaded us and destroyed much of our prosperous soil. This person devoured each one of them when he was a vagabond. I introduce everyone to master Arjun Raghavendra. This concludes the introduction of your teachers. Now please follow your teachers and go to your practice areas for your first day. We, the Aastrana administration wish you good luck. Thank you and now dismiss.”

As the Principal and the Vice-Principal walk away to their chambers, all the newbies start talking within themselves. Isavaka turns towards Sahas and Kai and the three of them bid farewell and move towards their respective classes.

There were students around 50 to 60 in number, when they turn away witnessing Isavaka’s presence. A student yelled and said,” What is THIS astra-less boy doing here? He should be picking garbage.” He said these words without knowing that a huge presence, their Master, Arjun was standing behind him.

“YOU! I punish you that from now till the 1st of the next semester you will not sit in my class. YOU SHALL ONLY SQUAT AND LITSEN TO THE THEORY CLASSES! Understood!”

Arjun had three-fourths of his face covered with a black metal mask. Only his left eye was visible to everyone. It was said that he was once a candidate for the next king. He crossed his hands and started moving forward. Everyone followed him.

They had a long walk towards the archers’ training zone. It was a huge facility built in the middle of a dense forest. It had a huge tree house which could fit 10,000 students at once. Arjun stopped them there and turned towards them. He said,” From now on you shall call me as ‘Master’: ‘Can I stand up, master?’, ‘Can I use the washroom, master?’, etc. Remember boys and girls, the training will be harsh... The training will be harsh. Now introduce yourselves by telling your name and class. Now start!”

“I am Ranjith and-”

“I don’t want to listen ‘I am’, ‘I yield’ and such stuff. I want you to say only your name, take a pause and then your class, take a pause and then your hobbies. Am I clear?!”

Everyone shouted, “YES, MASTER!”

“Ok. Now start.”

“Ranjith Gar... Bronze class... Drawing and basketball.”

“Vinitha Kumari... Mud class... Sleeping.”

It continued for a while. Finally, it was the last guy of this batch:

“Isavaka... Shadow class... Making friends and *low voice* getting hated.”

“Hahaha... Getting hated is your hobby huh? I’ll say, get hated if you want to get respected. *Breathe in* ARE YOU ALL READY TO GET TRAINED WITH ME?!”

Everyone shouted, “YES, MASTER!”

“Ok then let me give you all the brush up of what we are going to do this year. Starting from the tomorrow we will predominantly working on your...”, talking all what they are going to learn with his thrilling words, Arjun concluded by, “And lastly, welcome to your new life, my idiots.”