I left that arena with an odd sensation. As soom as I was out of sight from that SSS girl, my mind became clearer. I had no idea what over me. The girl was pretty, but that would not make me obsessed with her just like that, there had to be something more going on.
Everyone in rank H was escorted towards a building on the outskirts of the academy's campus. This was a prefect spot to keep the unimportant, out of sight and out of mind. This building was to be our dormitory. All of the dorms of the academy used some kind of spatial ability to house all of its students despite their size.
It looked quite run down but I did not want to complain. There were broken boards strewn about, windows were busted, and many of the appliances could use an overhaul.
When we reached the front steps, a tall boy stepped out to greet us. He had shaggy brown hair, wore a hoodie with jeans, and had dark circles under his eyes.
"Hello everybody, my name is Clark Green, and I am the Senior H Rank Administrator. I hope that you will all come to know and trust me to guide you through your time here." Clark said with a gentle smile.
A few moments of silence passed before he continued, "I have assigned each of you to a room and two roommates. The left wing of the dorms are for females and the right are for males. While males and females are allowed to fraternize, staying overnight in the wrong wing is strictly prohibited. That is all for now, uniforms and syllabi are laid out on your beds, get some sleep".
With that I looked up at a list on the door, my name had the numbers (4)-386 next to them. I could gather that this meant portal number four and door number three hundred and eighty six. It seemed that the academy used portals to house their students, but these weren't like dungeons they were smaller and gave off a violet hue. These were most likely created by someone's ability.
I stepped through my designated portal and was greeted by a long hallway being illuminated by one dim yellow light bulb. I found my room door and turned the knob, as it opened I was met with two rummaging around the place. They turned to look at me simultaneously with curiosity.
"Hi, I'm Jake Miller, I guess I was the last to show up huh," I said with a bit of forced laughter as to break the tension.
"Sup Jake, the name is Brady Sullivan, get in here and help us tidy up this place already brother," the kid said as he kept rummaging through cabinets.
"Hey man, I'm Finn, I don't really like my surname so I choose to only go by Finn," the other boy said walking over to shake my hand.
Brady and Finn were a stark contrast to each other as Brady was tall and muscular with black hair and brown eyes. Finn on the other hand, was shorter and lean with blonde hair and blue eyes. Both were handsome in their own right though.
We quickly explored the entire space as we familiarized ourselves with the layout of the rooms. We had one bedroom to share, equipped with one set of bunk beds and one twin sized bed on the parallel wall. There was a dresser with three rows of four drawers on the only other wall and one small alarm clock sitting on top if it.
There was also a restroom that came with one toilet, one shower, and one medicine cabinet with three slots to store items. The living area wasn't much as it was an empty room with one couch that had a small table next to it. The kitchen was even more bare with only a microwave, a cabinet to store food, and a table with three chairs.
After things were relatively cleaned, we all decided that it would be best to shower and then head to bed. The showers were admittedly miserable as the hot water was nonexistent. We all said our goodnights as we chose beds with Finn on the twin bed, Brady on the bottom bunk and me on the top.
I thought about what Aldin's fancy S class quarters must be like but quickly dismissed the thought as I found that jealousy was never going to fix my predicament. What I needed was to lay low, keep attention off of me, and absorb enough monster cores to reach G rank.
I would use whatever means necessary to climb the ladder one rank at a time.
Before we all fell asleep, something came to my mind. "Hey guys, do you remember the SSS rank girl?"
"Oh yeah, it was strange, I felt like I wanted to marry her or something. I don't know, but whatever, she might be cute but old Brady here lives life on the edge, nobody guides me except for the open road!" Brady declared, shooting his fist into the air.
"Hmm, I had a very similar feeling when seeing her in the arena, maybe she has an area of effect type of skill that came with her ability," Finn said as if trying to figure it out as he spoke.
We decided to drop it for the night and get some rest as classes would begin early in the morning, and I had much I needed to do.