The 3 who were arguing with the clerk looked stunned and could not understand how someone could just ignore them like that.
The other noble young woman and the old man were also surprised but they did not say anything. It was their group who was holding up the line after all.
The clerk was the most relaxed after Nathan. She was getting tired of getting yelled at by the other customers and was happy to have someone else come up.
"Of course. Let me look up your reservation."
The clerk opened up the reservation book and looked through it until she found Nathan's name.
"I see. I have found your reservation. But it says that you were supposed to have a double room. Are you waiting for your partner or anything?"
But the clerk immediately regretted the words as soon as they came out of her mouth.
The trio from before was upset because they wanted a double room since they had picked up the silent girl and her old bodyguard when they were at the gates.
Just judging by her clothes and the ay the bodyguard had a powerful magus aura, they knew that she was from a powerful family that they should try to get to know.
So when they found out that she had no place to stay because they arrived earlier than planned, the group offered to allow her to share one of their rooms.
But the issue came when they had gotten to the hotel and realized that they had ordered only one double room and 2 single rooms.
If it was just the noble girl, she could share with the other noble girl while the two boys each took a single room for themselves.
But since the girl brought a servant with her, neither of the boys was willing to share the room with him, even if he was a powerful magus.
Thus, they were arguing about finding another double room.
Nathan was aware of this due to how loud they were being but he did not care nor did he blame the clerk for accidentally revealing his room size.
At first, Nathan was supposed to come with his mother for the enrollment period but the mission she was on was taking longer than expected and she found out that was not able to come only a week prior.
Phil on the other hand got a promotion and became one of the heads of the garrison in their town. With his new position though, he could not request leave with such short notice.
Thus, Nathan had to travel to the capital by himself. At least that was his plan. His aunt stopped by for a visit the day before he was supposed to leave so she decided to come with him as a form of vacation.
"No. My Aunt went to sit in the lobby to wait but we are both ready."
The clerk nodded without saying anything else before she passed the room key to Nathan.
"Your room will be on the second floor and is room number 7. I hope you enjoy your stay and get into the academy of your desires."
Nathan thanked her before taking his key in his free hand and walking toward the stairs. But before he could take more than 5 steps, both of the noble boys walked in front of him and seemed as if they had no intention of standing aside.
Nathan looked at both of them behind his mask with cold eyes. The hand that was originally only holding onto his key was now gripping the small knife he kept up his sleeve.
The boy on the left was the first to speak.
"My name is..."
But before he could continue, he was interrupted by Nathan.
"I don't care about your name, your father's name, whatever bullshit accomplishments you have made up to sound great in front of other nobles, what your talent is like, or what school you are destined for.
You can't have my room. Next time you want to kiss up to someone, make sure you have the actual ability to do so."
Without waiting for a response, he pushed past the pair and made his way up the stairs under the surprised gaze of all those in the lobby. His Aunt followed him up the steps toward the rooom.
It took them a moment to recover but both the noble boys as well as the noble girl they arrived with began to curse Nathan behind his back.
"Who the hell does he think he is?"
"Yeah. Acting like a bigshot but not even willing to show his face."
"The guy is probably weak and was hoping we would not remember his name. What was it again?"
"Umm. I'm not sure. What was his name again?"
"Don't ask me. I don't remember the names of weaklings."
While the 3 discussed amongst themselves, the noble girl they were trying to impress and her escort had left them and the inn when no one was paying attention.