The next day—
It is the real first day for the students, which is filled with excitement and anticipation.
Regis was quietly walking down the hallway on the second floor of the academic building. He came to a stop when he sees the room he's looking for.
Looking up at the plate with Year 1 Class 1 on it, his feet halt.
The time is currently 8:15 AM.
The morning homeroom started at 8:00 AM sharp so he was, without a doubt, late. But what Regis read that heroes always come a little late so he took a little walk to bask in the healthy morning sunlight and purposely came late.
Since it was the first homeroom class, the professors would make a lot of announcements and introductions which so boring Regis almost wanted to skip the homeroom.
'Oh well... It should be a good time now, I suppose.'
Regis opened the door to the classroom and takes a step forward. He glanced at his surroundings and look at the students who are going to be his classmates for the next three years.
The students in classroom number twenty. A little bit few compared to the other classes. It doesn't seem like there is an equal number of guys and girls. Perhaps, the number of girls might be a little bit more.
The students look at him including Arias who's now his beloved girlfriend. He saw the look in her eyes, it's like they are waiting for him.
Following that, the person who appears to be the homeroom teacher — actually the male professor in charge from the opening ceremony yesterday, turns his gaze on him.
He seems to be expecting him to be late for his class.
"Hi, Regis Falna. Welcome to year 1 class 1."
"This is your class, huh?"
"Ah-ah-ah, I can't have you coming into the classroom with that manner of speaking..."
"So this is your class, huh, Professor? I'm very 'glad' to have you as my teacher." said Regis with an obvious hint of sarcasm.
The male professor's lips, curl up into a grin and he says, "I'm Robert Browns. Twenty-one. It's okay not to address me as Professor, so you can just call me Sir Robert."
"Yes, Sir."
Robert Browns, the senior of Regis in learning magic from Manaria and the only successor of the Witch of Time Axel's magic. They had known each other for a very long time and they are like sworn brothers.
"That's good. Well then, let me introduce the late student. This young man here is, Regis Farna. He's transferring into our academy from the admission of a certain individual. Despite that, as a magician, his skills, learned from heaven knows where are not too shabby and he probably won't be a burden to everyone." said Robert as seriously as he can, but deep inside he was trying to suppress his laughter.
Regis raised an eyebrow on the introduction being made for him. He refrained himself in refute the things he heard because he's too lazy to do so but—
"He said that he's only interested in powerful magic, and in big-breasted girls, according to himself. During the interview, I was really surprised to meet a piece of trash who had the audacity to declare that openly! Well, do you have anything you want to add?"
"When did I say the second one?!" Regis retorted in annoyance.
"Then, you like smaller one?" Robert asked with a look of disbelief.
"Don't ask me about my preferences, you four-eyed pervert!" a hint of danger finally laced his voice. If not for him pretending a normal student, they might already turn this classroom into a small battlefield.
"Well, let's leave it like that. Anyway, please re-introduce yourself." sensing Regis' anger, Robert quickly
Regis quickly suppressed his annoyance and looked at the students with half-opened eyes. By now, he was already done checking the faces of most of the students.
Eight guys and Twelve girls, if Regis included himself, it will be a total of twenty-one students for this class.
All of them had an air of being elites and nobles. Obviously, if you don't have skills or influence here, you can't do a single thing. They are always treated like king and queen except that their power is on a different level from the true royal family.
Individuals who were not granted to be from those family or not having talents for magic and knighthood were considered like stepping stones for them.
'….Elites, huh.' Regis inwardly muttered.
Every gaze in the room centered on him.
There were students who were intrigued, students who couldn't care less, students who seemed to stare deeply, and students who were on guard.
Transfer students were always the subject of attention, but this was rather excessive.
Just one girl stared at Regis with a complicated expression, the reasoning for which Regis was feeling puzzled.
'What's wrong with her? I haven't seen her before...'
The girl was giving him a piercing gaze which is enough to give a normal person some chills.
Ignoring the scowling girl, Regis smile faintly and introduced himself in the class.
"Regis Falna, 17 years of age. Interests are reading and sleeping. No special talents. If you discover one please tell me."
Adding a bit of witty substance to the end, Regis finishes his self-introduction, before walking to the right of the classroom and taking his seat at the empty seat at the back.
Luckily, the only empty seat remaining is on the left side of Arias, the one near the window.
When he was walking toward his seat, using his acute senses, he heard a few whispers from his classmates saying,
'So that's the special transfer student...'
'He's that bastard. He touched the princess yesterday...!'
'So the reserved seat beside the princess is for him?!'
'What his relationship with the princess, I heard some student spotted them on a date last night at the central.'
In just a span of a single night, almost every student already know of what happened yesterday. Even their date last night was already known by many.
"Why do I feel someone played a hand in this arrangement? We're actually seatmates." Regis revealed a teasing smile and look at the frame of his new girlfriend.
"...I didn't request this. Still, I'm happy to have this arrangement."
At Regis words, Arias could only sigh followed by a sweet smile.
A very warm of a welcome, it seems. As expected of this cute childhood friend of mine.
"Of course you are. After everything happened last night—"
Regis still had a few words for Arias, but she suddenly interrupted him.
"Don't talk about that right now, pervert."
Having said her piece, she abruptly turned away. Arias a slight blush blossomed in her face.
"Heh... How cute." a short laugh escaped his mouth.
The images of the event last night flashed in his mind. After a long while, Regis sighed as he narrows his eyes and looks out the window.
"Let's wait and see what will happen in the future."