I created my own system

Once upon a time Gods came to Bunag and unexpectedly fell in love with mortals. One such god fell in love with a mere lumberjack. She cherished the mortal despite its humble background however time wasn't on their side. Mortals have a very limited time which the Gods felt pain for.

The goddess known for her beauty and grace felt despair over the lumberjack's death. She sired children from him however it wasn't enough to stop her grief. As she fell in pain her heart turned cold until it covered the land with snow. The snowy lands that used to be found only in the north extend due to the grief of the Goddess.

Knowing the chaos she had done and how the snow began to fill the world she decided to seal the cold energy she had spread.

Using the flower she first received from the lumberjack, she began to seal the ice. The deep-rooted snow that swallowed the world was later devoured and sealed inside a flower. The world then returns to normal and the sun warms the land once again.

The flower was later known as the Azure Frost Lotus. A flower that once warms the heart of the goddess however now it is filled with chilling ambience.

Apollo looked at the flower as he recalled its said background.

"So this is weak?" he thought as he scanned each feature it had.

The petals boast a striking deep shade of blue. Each petal features an intricate set of patterns that resemble delicate frost crystals or the patterns of snowflakes. These patterns are etched with a subtle glister, creating a mesmerizing effect as the light touches it.

If you look closely enough you will also realize how the designs shift gently, the patterns are moving making Apollo take a closer look at the flower. The combination of vibrant blue and moving patterns made the magical quality of the flower even more ethereal.

"The flower is actually quite young Apollo" Jillian said quite amused at her friend's reaction to the flower.

"Young?"

"Ah, yes it is young, I reckon when I was kid legends about the flower were rampant on our land" This time it was Lothar who spoke.

"The information you gave us actually has a small missing information. It didn't say anything about the flower's maturity. The original flower which the goddess used gave birth to countless offspring, though it was weaker than the original, I believe it will still be good for your research.

The flower is quite young since it hasn't absorbed enough frost yet so its power is way weaker than it should be"

Lothar's explanation made Apollo understand everything so now here is the question.

Will the young flower be able to satisfy Apollo's research or must he look for an older one?

"Have you looked into other areas?"

"We did Apollo but the azure lotus are extremely rare so it is almost impossible to look for another one"

"I see"

Apollo began to contemplate since he could use the power of time to accelerate its growth but he didn't know if such a thing could be good or bad for the plant.

"Simply making it old will be enough to bring its power, it must absorb enough frost to ensure its stable growth" he thought so.

"Perhaps if I venture the other side of the shelf, I might be able to spot another lotus"

"What!"

The three children were taken aback by Lothar's words and the first to react was Keith.

"Father that place is too dangerous!"

"Son I am a child of God and my power stems from them. I will not be harmed believe me"

"Father, not even our blessings were able to save us when the monastery attacked, how can you be sure you will be fine when the other side of the shelves might contain magical beasts beyond your capacity? What is even worse is that you might meet creatures on our enemy's side" he reasoned while Apollo and Jillian agreed to him.

"We can't be certain what the other side holds so it is best we stay on the grounds we are used to" Apollo said to him.

"But we can't achieve anything if we can't take a risk"

"Father"

Keith looked stern while his voice was becoming deeper as he spoke against his father's wishes.

"Sir Lothar listen to your side please, you are the only one he has left"

Apollo's words were like a sharp blade that wound the heart of Keith's father.

"Chief please listen to Keith, beside Apollo can definitely think of a solution, right Apollo"

"Of course, Jillian, I already know what to do and sir Lothar doesn't need to do something dangerous"

"See, so leave everything to him, so Apollo what do you plan to do?"

"Simple I will go to the other side instead of sir Lothar"

"Eh?"

"What!"

"Hahaha"

Jillian became baffled, Keith was exasperated while Lothar only laughed liking the boy's daring attitude.

"I will go with you Apollo, you don't know the ways to the snow you might get yourself in trouble. Then you two will return to the academy"

"But father"

"Chief!"

"No more buts, it's been decided me and you friend will travel to the inner shelf while you focus on your studies"

"But Apollo is our classmate" Keith tried to argue.

"And do the two of you have multiple bodies? No, just one so just accept what I said"

Lothar fired back and made his son shut his mouth.

"Young Lionheart, will it be alright if I tag along?"

When Lothar asked that both Jillian and Keith looked at him as if telling him to say no. This created pressure that made Apollo confused about what to say.

"O-of course...sir Lother I would be glad to be guided by you"

In the end, he chose to go the opposite of what his friends wanted making them look at him angrily.

"Sorry it's just I need a person who is familiar with this place" he thought while giving the two his best apologetic face.

At the same time at the Academy, even after a week, the buzz brought by a Zenith rank dungeon was still a hot topic.

All sorts of stories came by one of them was the prince's men securing a stable amount of treasures and artifacts for their faction. The fame he has now is far better than the first start of the school year. However opposite to him was the situation of Eros. The heir of the lions has no one to back him up even when he is doing good things to improve his image.

The mud his friend had made was too sticky that it couldn't be removed by a simple washing.

"Teacher how come it didn't work!"

{Don't worry my dear student, another opportunity will present itself please just calm down}

A voice rang out from the other side of the communication device though his messages weren't able to calm the worrying heart of Eros.

"I am sorry for acting like this teacher, even when you had sent you other students I still failed to clean up my image. I think you are right another opportunity will definitely arise"

Eros remains positive while holding the communication tool in his hand.

"Teacher"

{Yes?}

"Thank you"

{My dear child there is no need to thank me}

A smile emerged on Eros's face before sharing his new plan to recover his still dirtied reputation.

Unbeknownst to him the culprit of his misfortune and the reason why he could recover no matter how many times he tries to get back, calmly sips tea given by his friends. Every time his brother came up with something that would view him in a better light, it would suddenly backfire on him.

He was miserable but did not lose hope though he didn't know that there was someone behind, his younger brother.

"Apollo for some reason you look a bit happy"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Arabella noticed while giving him another serving of cheesecake.

"Don't bother with him Ara lately has been looking like a lunatic, sometimes he looks stressed but give him a few hours and he will be all smiles"

Mckenzie said while dumping a chunk of cake on his mouth.

"Mckenzie I know you are like this since you are still being bothered by our professor"

"Yeah! And why the hell do you look so unbothered by it!"

He retorted while taking another serving of cake.

"Well, truth be told even I felt a bit annoyed about how they repeatedly nag us about the clubs" Alicia unexpectedly said gaining Apollo's attention.

"What? You seem surprised Apollo"

"I thought you of all people won't mind their nagging"

"I have my own limitation and currently reaching it"

[Well they have been hearing the same thing again and again this past few days so of course they will feel annoyed]

Jeremiah said to Apollo since he was the only one who didn't seem to be affected.

"Alright since we have a problem with clubs we should look for a solution"

"Apollo I don't wanna join clubs" Blair immediately said before his friend could even say which club they should be joining.

"Blair when did I say we would join clubs"

"What do you mean?"

"What else we will make our own obviously"