Because their new master was not prepared to begin to train them, they had to return home and wait till tomorrow to come again.
They were now standing in the principal's office again and they were looking at their new master.
"As you know, my surname is Black. To know each other better I will tell you my name too. I am Cleopatra Black and I am a 6th Star knight. Maybe you are asking yourselves why such a strong person is only the headmaster of a second rank academy, that everyone tries to avoid. My response is: Do not ask and care about it. Now tell me about you."
Max, Noah, David, and Sabrina told their background and what they did last year. Only Noah and Max did not say their exact origin and said only things that everyone already knew.
"Ok, as I see you already trained very well, but you did not have a training plan or trained some specific muscles. To breakthrough to the 4th Star knight, you need to develop some specific muscles more than others, if not your base will not allow you to advance further. I even think that it was destiny that you came to me at this critical point of yours."
"If you had advanced to 4th Star knight before you came here, you would have stuck in the 4th Star rank forever."
"I warn you, from today on till I say the contrary, you are not allowed to practice the Mana Breath technique."
"As I see you have a lot of weights on you. I want you to take it off and place them in the corner."
Noah, David, and Sabrina were confused, they did not take these weights for a long time and they were not accustomed walking or training without it. But they took it off and they felt noticeably light, like feathers.
"Wow, I forgot how to walk without the weights. I think these were 100 kilograms, that we had on us."
"You are right, I feel like a baby now."
Sabrina and David were relieved to take these weights off, they had it for so long on that sometimes they forgot that they wore it.
Then Principal Black said:
"You all never used your power for hundred percent, and you do not know how to use it. At first you will go to the training ground and run till you fall on the ground. If anybody stops before reaching their limit, then I will punish you. Now go."
"Yes"
Noah, David, and Sabrina quickly left the office and went to the training grounds. Max wanted to go with them too, but he was stopped by principal Black.
"Max, wait. You must wait till you begin with your training. Come with at first, I want to show you something."
Max nodded and then followed her. Principal Black lead him to a big building in the academy ground and then she gave him a token.
"Inject your mana here and then you can use it to enter the library freely. You can learn everything you want, but it is better for you to learn slowly and only the things you need. I know you had a hard past, but you should not force yourself. Am I right young master Clinton from Rosal Empire?"
Max was shocked, he never imagined to be recognized here in Goldenkrone Empire and not from a principal of a small academy.
"How… this is not possible."
Principal Black smiled and replied:
"You may not remember me because you were very young, but I was the best friend of your mother and I can recognize you, even if you grow up to an adult."
Then her expression turned sad and said:
"I am sorry that I could not help you all, but your situation was too complicated, and I am from Goldenkrone Empire, so I could not interfere with the matters of the Rosal Empire. I wanted to find you and bring you with me, but as I reached Rosal Empire you were already gone, and your family annihilated."
Max remembered the days before his family was annihilated and felt a huge flow of negative sentiments. He wanted to forget about what happened a few years ago, but it was too difficult.
But then he was hugged by the principal.
"I promised your mother to take care about you, but I failed, and you had to go through so much. It is my mistake and I deserve to be punished."
Max felt the care from principal Black and felt a type of sentiment he forgot. It was like when his mother hugged him as he was a little boy.
But he did not know what to say, he knew that it was not her mistake. His mother told him to wait for someone, who was coming to take him away, but he ran away and after a few years he was enslaved, and he lost his freedom till Noah and the others came.
"it is not your mistake; I was too idiotic and didn't waited for you. I am really sorry, but if I didn't run away at this moment, I wouldn't grow so strong and meet so good friends."
"It seems like you found very good friends, that you take care about. That is good."
"Now come with me to the library, you have still a long way before you."
Then she showed him the library and gave him a private study room before she left the library again.
"I know you want to take revenge for your family, but I want you to wait till you are strong enough. I already lost my best friend; I do not want to lose you too."
Then she left the library without giving him time to agree or to reply.
Max felt real love from her, but not the romantical love but mother love.