Lily's POV
After our classes for the day ended, our homeroom professor, Alan Equinor, a man with a somewhat handsome face and an S rank, sounded annoyed as he said to us "Those of you who haven't submitted the team list yet must do so by tomorrow, or else you will be fined."
Today is Aestiva 33, 2314, marking the 19th day since the opening ceremony, and I still haven't confirmed a single member for my team. All my friends have already formed their teams, and I feel like a sore thumb sticking out. Arghhh, I'm so embarrassed I want to die, well, not really.
Jokes aside, I really have to find a team right NOW.
"Hello, if I may be so bold as to ask, is there someone in this class with the path of Mage who is still not in any team? We are just short one member, so we would really like to have someone. We a-"
"Me, I will join your team." (Lily)
"-re from Class A."
"Eh?"
"Oh, thank you very much."
"Ah no, I mean-"
Eh? What? From Class A?
"Are you Lily Adams, the one who scored first in Theory during the entrance examination?"
"Yes?"
"Wow, we really are lucky to have you in our team."
Wait, I got accepted? But I wanted to be in an academic team.
Aren't Class A students all prodigies in combat? Why are they in our class asking for teammates?
"Alright, I have submitted the team list to our homeroom teacher, and he said that he was with your homeroom teacher as well, so he has finalized the list as well."
"Ah? Thanks?"
"Alright let's meet at the cafeteria in one hour, see ya."
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"Wait, who are my teammates? Fuck I didn't pay any attention to anything."
Crap, in my panic, I didn't pay attention to anything they said. I don't even know their names, except for their hair color. Why the heck didn't I listen to them completely?
Okay, so one is Lavy, another is Whitey, and the last one is Blacky. Now let's just hope for the best.
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Hmm, I'm on the battlefield. Now, where are my allies?
Should I scream, 'Lily reporting! Come and rescue this lost lamb, dear brothers and sisters of my team!
What should I do?
Where should I go?
Should I just go back to my room and meet them tomorrow? Yeah, that sounds like the best plan.
"Lily over here."
Now, who is shouting someone's name in this cafeteria? Don't they realize that the person will feel embarrassed?
Wait, that's my name, and the voice sounds familiar.
"Hm?" I turned towards the source of the sound and discovered a beauty with lavender hair waving her hands in my direction, accompanied by five more people.
Ah, one of the persons did have lavender hair, and the other two had white and black hair. They are sitting there as well, so I think that is my team. I hope so.
"Sorry for being late, I got held up with my friends."
"Ah, no worries. We are not discussing anything important right now. I just gathered us all so that we can introduce ourselves to each other," Lavy said. Is she an angel?
Wow, now that I am paying attention, Whitey and Blacky are handsome, and this other person with red hair is handsome as well. The other two girls with pink and yellow hair are pretty too. I think, except for these two girls, we all have a charm attribute of 7, while these two have 6 or something between 6 and 7.
"Ah, by the way, let's introduce ourselves once again. My name is Iselia Cromwell, and my overall rank is 75. My combat rank is 65, and my theory rank is 159," the girl with lavender hair and eyes introduced herself.
'She is pretty, control yourself Lily'
"My name is Maria Silvania. My overall rank is 73, combat rank is 66, and theory rank is 126. Ah, by the way, your room is right next to mine, only if you are the only one with the name Lily Adams in our Academy," the girl with yellow hair and green eyes introduced herself. For some reason, she gives me the creeps, but oh well.
"Ah, then, that would really be me, as I also saw your name in front of the door on the room next to mine. Oh, my name is Lily Adams. My overall rank is 4121, combat rank is 4975, and theory rank is 1." Next, it was me who introduced. Did I do well? I hope so.
"It really is a coincidence; I am living right next to Maria, by the way. I am Alice Morningstar. My overall rank is 45, combat rank is 95, and theory rank is 2. It's a pleasure to meet you," the pink-haired and blue-eyed girl introduced herself.
"Wait, you are a Noble?" I exclaimed right after hearing her introduction.
In the world, there are very few royals and nobles left. There are only three royal families and fourteen noble families in existence in the human domain, and the one in front of me is a noble as well.
The Morningstar family is a noble family said to create the greatest of healers.
"Hm? Yes, I am, but if you are thinking that I specialize in healing, then you are wrong."
"But isn't the Morningstar family said to have the greatest healers?"
"Yes, we are, but my aptitude is not in healing. In fact, I just want to learn everything related to runes."
"Ah so that's why you applied for this Academy."
"Yes, I did. After all, this academy has the greatest rune grandmaster as the instructor, so I want to learn from him."
"But he is not that free. After all, many people want to be taught by him," the boy with white hair and brown eyes said.
"Yes, that is true. I just hope that he teaches us in the 2nd Semester. By the way, Glenn, introduce yourself," Alice replied and looked at Whitey with warm eyes.
'Wait, is something going on between them? This early? Seriously, youngsters these days' I monologued like an elderly person and looked at them with dead eyes.
"Okay, I am Glenn Maxwell from the Maxwell family. I am a Knight. My affinity is Earth and Lightning. My overall rank is 1, combat rank is 1, and theory rank is 4."
"Oh, we forgot to mention our paths and affinities. I am an assassin, and my affinities are ice and shadow," Maria spoke and did a teehee. She is still giving me creeps, perhaps because of her shadow affinity? I hope so.
"Then I should say mine as well. I am just your typical psion with water and wind affinity," Iselia spoke right after. Damn, I want to eat her.
"Ah, I am a mage, and my affinities are Fire and Ice," I added this time.
"Wow, you have a rare opposite affinity. Ah, let me introduce myself. I am Bruce Wayne. I am a summoner, and my affinity is Lightning. My overall rank is 2, combat rank is 2, and theory rank is 8. And would you beleive that Alice is Glenn's fiancée," the guy with red hair and purple eyes introduced himself. Damn, he has long hair like a girl.
"Rajesh Kumar, Healer. Affinities: Fire, Metal, and Darkness. Overall Rank 3, Combat Rank 3, Theory Rank 5," the guy with black hair and blue eyes said, um, coldly? Curtly? Don't know. I better not piss him off. He looks scary.
"So, what sh-" "Wait, you two are engaged? And is it real that people still get politically married in this day and age?" Cutting off Iselia, I exclaimed loudly, loud enough for other students around us to hear.
And now, because of my outburst, everyone is looking at us, then me, and then at the two couples whose heads are lowered, and they are blushing furiously.
Wait, by their reaction, there is no rejection. So, are they in consent? Wow.
"W-well, it is not political. We just fell in love, and so the engagement happened," Alice replied while shyly glancing at Glenn.
"Ahaha, I think we should go somewhere else," awkwardly Bruce said, feeling second-hand embarrassment. Well, even I am feeling embarrassed, so I just agreed with him, and we all moved out of the cafeteria after submitting our empty plates and cups.
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Same Date, Night
Third Person POV
"Master, our team is finalized," a young girl reported to the handsome young man on the screen of her phone.
"Who are all of your teammates?" The young man with black hair and red eyes asked coldly.
"Iselia Cromwell, Lily Adams, Glenn Maxwell, Alice Morningstar, Rajesh Kumar, and Bruce Wayne, along with me," Maria said with a reverent voice.
"Contact Silvane; he will give you further notice, and don't mess up under any circumstances," came a cold voice from the phone.
"Yes, Master".