After passing the first test they were given rooms, only three were allowed to stay in a room, they had each bed personal to them and their wardrobe, the only thing they had together was a general Dinning hall and all the student ate in unison, it was a complete dilemma for the princes who has always had everything to themselves, that they had to live with people. Rein and Jon luckily ended up in the same room, alongside a timid looking Northern boy that reminded Rein of Seth, the timid boy princess Quetzalxochitl would order around, the northern boy wore a rectangular glasses, his hair was deep black he was also short unlike Rein who was outstandingly tall, Jon was short too, but was still taller the the northern boy.
"my name is Stanhope Blythe"
His head was still facing towards the ground as he introduced himself.
Zolin bent down and tried to look at his face from beneath.
"don't you know your name doesn't really matter anymore since we all have received our name tags according to the nickname we submitted,.... And why are you being so shy...?"
"no... What are you!.... doing here.... why won't you go to your room?"
"come on Rein don't be childish over rooms, I'll leave when it's time to sleep, you don't know what it's like staying with two articians their gazes are tearing into me, i can tell those bastards hate me so much"
He faces the timid boy and taps his shoulder making him flinch a little, "anyway be good northern boy"
He laid on Rein's bed.
Jon smiled as he looked at Rein stare at Zolin in frustration, he walked towards his wardrobe and began to unpack his loads.
Rein walked towards his wardrobe and began to unpack, he spoke to the the cadet who still stood there.
You should really unpack and get some sleep it will be stressful starting from tomorrow.
"Yes sir"
Rein sighed,
'he's just too timid'
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Everyone gathered in the Dinning hall to have breakfast, every student walked in with four types of uniform, well the fourth type was only akin to only four students.
The cadets wore a simple black uniform with few decorations they had their shoulder decorated with their rank badges and their name tag seated on their chest, the lieutenants had a maroon colored uniform, with many other designs, their cloth was lined with black thread, and unlike the Cadet who wore black inner dress black trouser and black colored coat, with a black colored waist belt on the coat which made them look like reapers, the lieutenant and every other ranks wore white inner clothes and black trouser. The lieutenants belt was colored maroon, with black designs on it.
The captains had a deep green uniform coat with maroon colored linings, green belt also. While the majors were totally different and stood out in the crowd. They wore bright red coat, white inner dress, white trousers, bright red colored belt and the had a white shoulder belt which everyone else did not have, alongside a white military cap.
No doubt they looked beautiful.
Rein sat there staring at the two served fried young chickens with the poussins served on top of the pilaf with dill and mint leaves scattered over it, he could smell the elegant aroma of sumac, truth he has never tasted this dish before but it thrilled him to want to find out how his first breakfast in this academy would be, he picked up his utensils, looked around and saw how others ate, he cut the fried young chicken and picked it with his fork the placed it in the pilaf rolled it in and took it out, taking it straight to his mouth.
He had no explanation for the sweetness that circulated his mouth and munched on the soft part of the chicken he had cut, he just wanted it to last forever, he admired the beauty of the dish and soon entered a trance while eating.
"I didn't know you were a food monger?"
He was woken Zolin's voice, who dropped his utensils and wipes his mouth with the napkin that was placed in front of him, he then took the glass of thick milk and gulped it, Rein had finished his whole meal, every other person including Zolin barely finished one chicken while he had finished two and was looking towards Zolin with the eyes that spoke "can I have yours" Zolin stood up,
"you don't want to be late on your first lecture..."
"I don't mind, so far I can eat a beautiful dish like this I'll even miss my class for it, let me tell you Zolin a beautiful day starts with a beautiful food"
"shut your mouth you food monger, you've had a beautiful food already you're just greedy for more and that's how a beautiful day is turned into nightmare for you"
Zolin shook his head and left, leaving only Rein at the lieutenant Dinning table, Rein stared into Zolin and every other person's leftover.
"but it was really good...."
"was it?"
Rein flinched at the thick voice that answered behind his back, he turned to see an old man, short but muscular, he was very short and was obviously a dwarf race.
"I cooked this dish, don't worry come find me in the kitchen sometime, I'll let you try all my beautiful and delicious dishes just tell them Mr Kuwoski, they'll lead you to me."
"really?...."
Rein looked at the man with eyes of admiration as the man answered him,
"yes but right now you have to go to class, or else things will be hard for you."
"okay sir, mr Kuwo....."
"Kuwoski, don't forget Ku... Wo... Ski"
"okay Mr Kuwoski, thank you"
Rein bowed his head and ran out of the now empty dining hall.
"it's really is beautiful to see someone enjoy my dishes like he did, perhaps this time in the academy will not be boring for me now that we have Easterners."
Every class was akin to ranks that is, cadet only attended cadet class till they ranked up and begin to attend lieutenant class, likewise in other ranks, it was until they ranked up.
Rein was able to enter the class before their class instructor. It was a beautiful classroom and each table and chair was akin to two student, Rein sighted Zolin already seated with a blonde haired busty girl.
'that bastard, a man will always be a man'
Rein walked in but there was no empty sit on sight not until he searched further and found a seat by the window a black haired girl that had a straight face on her, she was neither smiling nor frowning, Rein sat beside her, she glared at Rein and soon threw her face towards the window.
'she's giving the don't talk to me vibe, well I don't plan to, either in fact I like it when we are silent like this.... Oh God I love the fresh breeze'
Their instructor walked in, she was a female and her stature reminded Rein of Amelia.
'I miss them'
the instructor dropped her book and adjusted her rectangular glasses, she then began to call the names of each lieutenant in order to make sure everyone was present of course she called according to their nicknames. After she finished she faced the board and took a board pen and began to scribble a chart on the board her bosom dangled as she moved.
"in the academy there are three things you have to do that will lay groundworks to how far you'll go in this academy..."
She pointed to the board
"... Pets and mounts are categorized as one and they are all under mythical beasts so it doesn't really matter which one of the two you've got, of course you won't be needing mount to move within the academy, but they're are test and games in which you'll be needing mounts, be it an ordinary animal or ordinary beast or mythical beast once registered as pet cannot be used as mounts, once registered as mounts cannot be used as pet, so be careful in making your decisions, you'll be trained on how to tame beast before you're then allowed to go hunt one yourself and submit them..."
She pointed to another part of the board,
"Second, accumulated points, how you do well in class, test, games, hunt and any activities is scored according to points and when you break rules your points are reduced alongside other punishment if you break an important rule, they must have told you, you can only rank up by passing tests, that's the basic and easy way, the hard and complicated way is also by accumulating enough points to rank up, for example the cadets have 10 points, while you lieutenants have 100 points each, the Captain rank has 1000 point each, the Major rank has 10 000 point each, the lieutenant colonel rank has 100 000 points, there may be wide varieties of activities on the academy but as low as 1 point can issued per activity, so you must perform, outstandingly well to dream of ranking up through accumulated points, besides that once your accumulated points depletes to the point of a lower rank, you'll be demoted, so if your 100 points depletes to 10 you'll be demoted to a cadet, also if you don't accumulate at least one point in ten days, ten accumulate points (A.P) would automatically be removed from your accumulated points, so you can't afford to slack, as I said wide varieties of activities has been made available for you to be able to accumulate points but we'll come back to that part later."
By this time the whole classroom was already murmuring it showed that they have realized how scary this place is going to be the girl beside Rein did not speak a word, however Rein too did not speak a word, well... He was asleep.
".... SILENCE!! "
The whole classroom went mute as she shouted,
"The last.... "
She pointed to another part of the board,
".... Your area of expertise, this is very important because it will mould your path, this is known as JOB in the academy, if you choose to be a magician that's your job, a warrior or whatever you choose its your job, however the academy will not force you to take a job, but it is highly recommended that you do not be jack of all trades and master of none... Then let's go back to..... "
She looked forward and saw a student who was sleeping, she gripped the board pen and threw it at him.
[you have received 549 damages]
[you have entered bleed state]
The pen pierced Rein's cheek and he continued to continuously bleed.
Rein was jolted out of his sleep, 'why on earth is a her damage so high, it's just a pen!'
"minus 10 points for you"
The whole class began to laugh,
On the right arm of Rein's uniform 100 was written in a silver plate, it immediately turned to 90. Now Rein was at the bottom of the class.
The girl beside him scoffed and murmured "useless.."
'you too useless' Rein replied her in his head.
The instructor continued,
"students are expected to form party, as much as the test is akin to individual, activities are not, activities are done in parties, so you are expected to form parties, as much as a hundred can be in a party its none of our business so far the party leader can manage them well, because teamwork is very important in activities, but you're only allowed to be at least three in a party, the party leader, assistant party leader and one member. Party can be chosen regardless if ranks, a cadet can be with a lieutenant and major or captain in one party, party is not restricted to ranks. Also, parties are given one area in the academy to be in charge of, this will be further explained when you are in a party and are ready to receive your party domain. An average of three activities are held in a week don't miss out on any, and there are especially grand activities such as the Founding day ceremony which is three months away, prepare for it as it will be a medium for you to gain a large amount of A.P"
She looked at Rein,
"well that will be all for the fundamentals, I am the class monitor, Instructor Zanna Sutton, you can call me Miss Zan, I have nothing else to teach you, I'll give you the time table and you will have to go to each classes where the things pertaining to the Job you want are being taught, each jobs hold four to six classes, make sure you don't miss none, before then go to the library and find out about jobs in Agravia's chamber. We'll be meeting again tomorrow morning for the roll call and if I have any other important information."
She packed her book and went out of the class, immediately the students began to walk out it was obvious where they were going, no one was going to wait around, they had to find a job and start attending class.