Meanwhile, the driver frowned apprehensively in thought as he continued to converse with the female teacher with the students behind the latter chatting amongst themselves and the former listening and observing closely.
"Anyway, just be careful when going outside. It's been quite a mess in Ateneo recently."
With that, the entourage with the female teacher bid goodbye and exited the huge gates. The driver then continued walking inside and ignoring the others behind following him.
Not long after they walked in a pathway and coming out, Yani and the others came across a huge oval field.
In the center of the oval field was a building like a greenhouse with glass walls visible from outside. Mesmerizing arrays of different colorful flowers were sorrounding around it.
Curiously enough, even though the time was literally already midnight, students with different uniforms-- mainly white, could still be seen wandering about inside and outside.
Thinking back to when the bus drove into the city, Yani was instantly reminded of the still lively and bright lights in the city in the middle of the night.
Looking back now, Yani thought it was indeed strange.
Instead of becoming deserted and quiet because of the night where everyone was supposed to be asleep, the place on the other hand was bustling with activity.
If this was another school, the students wandering outside would've already been caught due to the curfew.
But not here, they appeared to be studying something seriously with the various tools inside looking like professional scientists.
Further back around the oval field was what appeared to be the the education block and some other massive architecture like a library museum at the side.
Passing by the buildings close to the education block, their group entered a smaller building situated left of the education block.
Inside was a receptionist seriously looking through documents and checking some paperwork's.
Tap... tap..
Hearing the tapping sounds, the busy receptionist immediately perked up, noticing the driver and the others.
She quickly glanced at the group, briefly counting them in her mind before giving out exactly nine black cards to the driver; the man then giving it to each one of them respectively.
The last one to receive it was Yani. As Yani took the black card, she instinctively catched the card thrown to her.
"Your on your own now. Be sure to check the rules and regulations before you show up for your first night in school."
With that, he walked out, not caring about them looking at him speechless at how casual and unreliable this man was.
Shrugging, Yani held her belongings and the card tightly, quickly traversing her way to the female dormitories and leaving behind the others still figuring out what to do.
She had a hard time finding the room as the dormitory was big but after asking more students she saw on the way and running about in the dormitory going in circles, Yani finally found it.
The room was on the second floor room 2100, the last room on the second floor.
It perfectly fitted her requirements for a quiet place to stay. However, the inside of the room was rather dull. There was only a wooden bed, pillow and a blanket.
Not even a table or a chair and other basic appliances could be seen. But fortunately, it was clean.
Yani checked it thoroughly, frowning.
Her small house was better than this. There was not even a toilet in this room!
Beep... beep..
Her cellphone rang with notifications, temporarily taking her attention away from the bare room.
-- Connecting Phone to Academy...
-- Connected Successfully!
Student Name: Yani
Credits: 20 points
Merits: 0
Contributions: none
At this moment, Yani was reading the countless notifications on her phone, somewhat feeling a little surprised as she looked at the contents carefully.
It was just right for her current situation, she thought.
After all, she still needed this timely credits sent to her phone by the school since the school doesn't allow money as currency.
Moreover, looking at the basic credit points of 20 given by the school, she felt that the school was rather stingy.
Yani shook her head, throwing the little thoughts out of her mind. She started searching for information on her phone, curiously clicking the app that appeared out of nowhere.
Opening the app, she saw many information about the school as well as the rules and regulations.
It was basically like a school forum but is way more advanced and has more usage than one.
For example, there was missions section where every commissions information could be found waiting to be picked and completed.
Another would be the auction page. As the name suggests, it's where most of the students sell their high quality goods since it was the most cost-effective for them.
Clicking on the trading section, she saw many interesting products, pills, weapons and weird devices that she didn't know the function of.
However, noticing the prices, her unchanging expression almost cracked.
The prices ranges from 10 points up. Her balance were seriously lacking. She didn't even know if it would be enough for her daily food expenses.
Looking at the common goods displayed, the cheapest was 8 points which was basically just a bottle containing 3 pieces of fasting pills that could last for a day.
Those who bought fasting pills are usually those who couldn't afford to eat nutritious food.
Since apparently, food was much more expensive than some pills, specially foods that can improve their abilities and talents.