"Thank you for the ride" I hopped off and bowed "have a nice day"
"haha, thank you young man" the man smiled "do you know how to get to the academy?"
"uhh…no I do not" I chuckled sheepishly, I can't exactly talk about reincarnation and all that. Might as well pretend to be clueless
"ah you must be from overseas" the old man stated "It's the biggest building due north, you can sign up there"
Hmm, scratch that. I'm from overseas now
"ah tha-" I said, only to be interrupted again. This is getting old.
"dear, we need to deliver our wheat. We might be late" the lady stated. I'm assuming that they must be farmers, or merchants maybe.
"that's right!" the old man exclaimed "we wouldn't want that, hope we see you around young man"
They rode off into the distance, leaving me in the middle of nowhere. Guess I should start exploring.
Jokes aside, I truly am grateful for the Overseer. I see people bustling about, carrying groceries, jewelry, and items I've never seen. The air seems to always have the smell of fresh baked bread, and children were running around laughing. As I walked further ahead, I see people building structures using wings, or carrying huge metal poles by themselves. I noticed some people handing out pieces of paper around, I grabbed one out of curiosity.
Dailon academy is open for sign in (must be 16+)
Benefits include:
-free housing
-resources
-designated hunting field
Please go to the academy sign-in by following the light
A sparkling light trailed towards the direction behind me. Oh, I've been going the wrong way the entire time. I am quite intrigued by the 'hunting ground', My stomach chose that moment to start grumbling. Ah, I can't do anything on an empty stomach. I walked towards the smell of bread and meat and soon arrived in front of a shop called "Quick-grab" with a small girl standing in front of an odd looking cashier machine.
"Hello kind sir!" she spoke. Oh my lord, little children are adorable. And no, I am not a pedophile.
I smiled and walked up to the food on display, none of which I know of. There is "skillik" sandwich, fresh bread, and a "guto" sandwich which looks like a squid… oh dear, It's still moving.
"hello, can I have one fresh bread?" I asked
"Okie dokie!" I see her mash some buttons on the machine and ran off towards the back of the shop shouting "new customer! New customer! Wait, do I even have money? I checked my pocket and found a envelope that I didn't noticed was there, it had 30 copper coins and a note "1 silver=100 copper, 1 gold=100 silver" why couldn't the Overseer just tell me that in the beginning? I looked down and found more words "P.S I didn't tell you before because… I forgot". This dude is hilarious. A muscular man appeared and walked up to the table,
"hey kid, let's see. You wanted…uhh…95 fresh bread?" He asked with a look of utter confusion
"umm no, I asked for 1" I blinked. He burst out laughing which made me nearly jumped back
"you must've met my daughter huh?" he chuckled "1 fresh bread would be 5 copper"
"ah, that makes more sense" I smiled "she nearly made me broke"
"haha, indeed!" he soon retrieved the bread, I paid, and went on my way.
I soon arrived at the academy's entrance. The gate was huge and decorated with marble and gold, beyond that was a well-paved rock path with symbols engraved on it. Short, green lawn on both ends that seemed to be endless and 2 stunning lady standing on each side.
"Hello, are you signing up?" the lady on my left said with a sweet and gentle voice, her clothing were casual and outlined her elegant curves and smooth legs.
"uhh yes, I'm…you…who umm…me sign down" as you can see, this is the reason why I am surrounded by girls in my past life. I wonder if I can use my magic to dig myself a hole, because apparently, full sentences do not exist in my mind!
"umm… ok, you just have to prick your finger and print here with your blood" she says, pointing on a piece of paper that appeared in her hand. I can also hear the other lady giggling, and my face could rival the heat of the sun. I did as I was told, the moment I pressed the paper with my blood, the symbols on the path lighted up and I was sucked in like a tube and zoomed across the field. The grass became a line and the lighting from the rune became a blur while the building became bigger and bigger, of course I didn't notice any of that since I was screaming for hel- uhh joy, I was screaming with joy. I started to slow down and floated down gently in a ballroom filled with people talking, running about. There was staircases leading up to another level but it was walled off. Not only was there a lot, but there was people with… CAT EARS! And DOG TAILS! And a lot of blood on there claws!, my inner weeb is ignited! Just kidding, I they look pretty but those claws and blood scared me. I went towards a corner and started eating my "fresh bread" which is basically a baguette. As I'm eating, a dude walked up to me.
"hey, how's it going?" he asked "can I have some..?"
"hmm.." I place my finger on my chin, then smiled "nope"
"what, c'mon man" he pleaded "I didn't bring any food and you seem nicest"
"what about her?" I pointed towards the girl with six bags of chips, she had long, stripped sleeves with baggy pants and huge round glasses, she had a katana latched horizontally across her shoulder to hip "she has food, and looks nice"
"ohhhh no, I tried to ask but holy… she has no mercy when I comes to food" he shivered
I sighed and broke a section off my bread, he took it.
"so why did you join the academy?" he asked between bites
"umm, the benefits?" I responded
"yeah, same with me. I'm hoping to hunt monster cores so I can sell for some money, my family needs money" he spoke, "but I need to get stronger first"
"monster cores?" I asked
"yeah monster cores, every monster above C grade has a monster core" he paused "wait… you never learned about monster cores?"
"oh yeah I did" I lied…well it's the same with many RPG games so technically, I didn't lie. Then a voice appeared above the stairs, cutting through all the other voices like it wasn't there. A lady walked down the stairs, captivating everyone around her, male and female alike. She wore a starry night dress and red velvet high heels, how can she even walk down the stairs at all?
"Hello everyone, I am going to be your entrance examiner. I will also be the teacher of those that pass" the lady said. I avoided my gaze towards her and saw every single male with fire burning in their eyes, it was kinda funny.
"here is your first test, pair up with someone and knock out another pair. Then you may move on" she continued "starting now"
Me and the other dude locked eyes, the same thought raced through our mind. We brought our back against each other
"I never got your name" I asked
"you may call me Nickle, partner" he smiled
"don't fail me now" I stretched my leg
This is going to be awesome.