Prologue 15 (Part 1) Journey To School (3) and Small Talk (2).

They parked in the late Afternoon at about 4:00 in a traffic that stretched on for miles. The extensive waiting line of vehicles both on ground and air would make one think that there was a global pandemic and the citizens had no choice but to escape Jhoklon in assured hopes of redemption. Kazu Nini poked her head out of the window and took it back, sighing.

"Hey, mama." Mako smiled at the address. "How about I answer questions but you give me more Memory Balls in return?"

She pinched her chin, then answered, "okay." Mako Nini sat up then reached into the air to grab an apple which she threw at her niece. "You would not have to eat such, you know." She grabbed another one for herself. "You would be getting better foods there, that can actually help with cultivation."

"Foods," the younger pixie had a skeptical look, "that can help with cultivation?"

"Yes, indeed."

"How does that work?"

"If Ko-jin can be in the air, then it is part of what plants can get through photosynthesis. In fact, they have their own classification."

"Plants?"

"You do not believe me." She sat up, "you either were taught and you never cared or you were never taught in which I wasted money on your High-school."

"Enlighten me, before we begin our game."

Mako Nini looked at her strangely. "You seem to want to know about cultivation."

"No, I am just motivated to know more about you."

Mako studied her then spoke. "Trees, are broken into specifications – in regards to cultivation – according to age. They can range from 10-year, 100-year, 1,000-year, 10,000-year, 100,000-year, 1,000,000-year and so on." Mako took a bite of her apple. "If I were to bite off a Million-year fruit, I could transform."

"Transform?" Now she arched her brow.

"Physically, Mentally, Potentially and so forth."

Kazu Nini tilted her head to the side. "I think the apple I ate is making my head fuzzy."

"See, where beings get Heavenly Tribulations because of their growth, trees get Human Tribulations."

Between her aunt's serious face and the inflow of information Kazu Nini thought her aunt might just be serious, so she took a bite. "Human Tribulation."

"Yeah, when Species and animals see fruits, they want them. That yearn to eat them causes assort of Tribulation for them which continue all their life. But when they reach the 1,000 benchmarks, they also begin to get heavenly Tribulations."

"It is not every time I see a fruit that I want to eat it."

"You have not seen one bathed in a tribulation. See, a tree is connected to the Earth – earthly Energy and it gets Water which is either recycled from Humans and the world, not forgetting waste like manure – Worldly energy – rays from the Sun – Cosmic or Heavenly energy, and then Ko-jin when it hits the thousand-year mark." She waited liking the fact that she had the girl's attention. "Now, when fruits have blossomed after the mixture of all these energies, they are like nothing you have had before. Even 100-year fruits taste different, you have not just tried them."

"Okay, okay, they exist but what makes you think this Civic Tertiary Institution might have some? Also, I have not forgotten about my rewards and your questions."

"They might be given out as some sort of rewards, you know. Like completing tasks, forming your own clubs and all that."

"You know," Kazu Nini perched her head out of the window and brought it back in, "every next second is time closer to the School, meaning less rewards from you."

Mako sighed and leaned back into her seat. "Geography; what are the 3 types of land?"

"Pfft, easy." The niece lighted up, "Sub-Terra, Mountain-Ether and Dust-Land." She looked smug.

"Any classification for these?"

"Where is my Memory Ball?"

"Can't make them too easy."

She pouted but still answered even after getting tiered and crossing her arms. "Dirt-Lands are on the surface of Hyol and they have 4 classifications, namely - Humble; 10 miles, Adequate; 100 miles, Comfortable 1,000 miles and Luxurious 10,000 miles."

"You know there is more."

Kazu Nini had used marks to get into school, so she was not worried that she did not know. Mako Nini just did not want it to become too easy for her; life was not too easy. Especially for the overconfident or the ignorant.

"Yeah, there are Dystopias, which usually have 4 lanes for transportation and mostly deal in Bronze and Silver Hyur with lsand mass Humble or Adequate. Populations here are usually dense and can even reach a billion. Here, Beasts Veins are not too popular but Earth Veins are Treated scarcely as one is barely ever found, and when they are, they are usually privatized. Metropolises are better than Dystopias and they usually Deal with Silver and Gold Hyur, having Land Masses that are Adequate or Comfortable. Population is from a million and higher to a trillion. The Beast Veins here are not scarce at all and Earth Veins here are more frequent as some can even be in recreational areas. However, Heavenly veins are very rare. The Utopias," yearning flashed in her eyes. "Usually Gold and Platinum Hyur. Beastly veins are common place, Earthly Veins are almost infrequent and Heavenly Veins are not so scarce. Population here is selected so it is more controlled even if they are higher than billions. Havin ancient heritages and the like."

"Do you cram text books?" Mako Nini looked suspiciously at her niece and the younger girl threw and apple at her, which she caught and laughed before she finished with a smack of her rosy lips. "I'm listening."

"The Underdark, more commonly known as the Sub-Terra are much more than both The Sky Mountain and Dirt Lands. These include Surface Shafts, Rumbling Subways, Disturbed Channels, Underground Tunnels, Underpass Antre, Polished Den, Mysterious Chambers, Enigmatic Caverns, Earthly Subterrane, Heavenly Hollows and Cosmic Shelters."

"All these differ from each other as the percentage of the Veins and for Underground spaces like that, it only a difference of depth, The range of which goes from 10, 50, 100 miles and so on and so forth. They sometimes use Vein Crystals for currency but Hyur is still accepted, and Vein percentage, Surface Shafts might have 10% Earthly Vein and 1 percent Beast Vein, Rumbling Subways could own 20% Earthly Vein and 2% Beast Vein and so on and so forth. Like the Dirt-Lands, Bronze Hyur might be acceptable for some while not for others.

"Sky Mountains," she paused, "are usually always founded on Heavenly Veins and are broken into Sky Dirt, Sky Rock, Sky Highland and Sky Heaven. Usually, Mountains floating above ground because of their foundation of Heavenly vein, the least being 25%, they also use Formations or their Beast veins to make them unique. Sky Mountains have Beast Veins that keep them 'rooted' to a place, most of the times at least as they strive to find places with Identical Heaven Vein and Best Vein. Here, Hyur usage is split according to Either into Sky Dirt, Sky Rock, Sky Highland and Sky Heaven but they begin with Gold Hyur usually."

Mako Nini threw her a Memory Ball which she caught in glee. "What is a vein and what is the scale of Hyol?"

"A Vein is a concentration of Natural Energy that is formed with Time or Artificially, which have natural or artificial Formations that keep them in place. The Natural or Artificial versions both have formed cores that can give out a dense supply of Ko-jin, or precious materials that can be used to make Potent Artifacts or inheritance Palaces."

She held her hand up, "tell me more, then let me know the scale of Hyol and the bodies around it."

"Heavenly veins focus on Attracting Ko-jin, producing Natural Potent Artifacts and Heavenly Tribulation first. Earthly Veins focus on Physique, Attributes, latent potential of the being and Precious Crystals whereas Beast Veins help races specifically, lending tributes to Ko-jin so that it is more centered on giving benefits to certain specie over the other."

Mako Nini tossed another Memory Ball and Kazu Nini continued. "Hyol is a massive planet. Using Earth as a standard, it is 100 times the gravity, mass and scale of Jupiter (14,298,400km). So is our star, our sun that is (139,280,029.15 km), and the fellow planets besides us."

Mako Tossed her the last Memory Ball, then removed the restriction of three so that she could view these three extra ones when she was still in the Divine Early Stage of Cultivation but left the others. Kazu Nini was ecstatic and glad that she had more Memory Balls in her hand and safely put them in her bag.

"Guard those closely, I might not be seeing you for a while."

"Are you going on a trip?"

"Not a trip, more of a vacation of sorts. I will have to get used to the loneliness."

"When will you be back?"

"I… don't know right now."

Kazu Nini was frowning now. "Why did you not tell me earlier? How would I contact you?"

"Do not worry, you have a Telewatch, now."

Kazu Nini paused then laughed in embarrassment. "Right, I forgot." She looked outside her window. "I can see the gates now."

"Still about 4 miles away, you should focus on cultivation things like this would be easy for you."

She rolled her eyes, "I get it, I get it."

The traffic for vehicles and carriages stretched for a long time, the heat from the sun in their sky was not bothering and just in the background. She looked outside her window to see some luxurious carriages that were led by Unicorns, others by Wyrms and some lesser ones by Ogre or Cyclops both towering tens of feet. Far out and into the air lanes, a galloping Pegasus was attached to another carriage that poured out oppressive aura, following an insect that looked like a mosquito but was big enough to have a chair strapped to it, from which the owner seemed to be the only one riding it. Its forcefull aura was no less than the Pegasus and parted the air about themselves, fellow passengers moving out of the way in obeisance.

"Make way!"

"Move!"

Kazu Nini dragged her eyes back to the ground, where she should certainly not be disturbed even from the rude approaching vehicle, to notice that the Cyclops was not carrying a carriage but had someone on its neck. This person had a robe that covered her face and the figures' entire body. A pink sash loosely hanging about the waist and Kazu Nini only found out it was a she because of the bra outline on the clothing. That could be an act of wind, but even aprt from that she just somehow *felt* that it as female. The lady conversed with the Cyclops who laughed but when she turned to meetr Kazu Nini's eyes, Kazu Nini did not find a face where a face should be.

Reeling back from shock, she noticed that kids from other carriages had stuck out their Telewatches and were taking pictures of another to be student, the one on the Unicorn. His hair fell to his back, although the sides were shaven only allowing the middle to reach the center of his spine and it was the same color of his unicorns', a pale white. Between his hair and his Jaw line, Kazu Nini was wondering why people were taking pictures; people who were mostly girls.

She rolled her eyes.