BUYING A BARON TITLE
When I walked to the class in the academy the next morning, the mood among those I met was of horror and consternation. News spread across the academy and probably the entire kingdom about how I crippled my entire class because they disrespected me.
"Are you sure he almost killed his entire class because they refused to bow to him?" someone whispered and asked.
"He is too arrogant for a new student in our academy", another added.
"We better stay clear from this monster", a third person suggested.
"Did you beat the whole class with just one punch?" Cassandra asked me.
"The students are only around Jupiter tier, even the entire class of them could not match Orion's strength", Asterix told us.
"The student's group body strengthening magic is able to amplify their magic, I wonder what the use of the magic is", I asked Asterix.
"The group strengthening magic is a part of the academy's famous Avatar summoning. By channeling their magic together, the students could summon a powerful Avatar to fight with them, like the large elephant that you defeated", Asterix explained to me.
"But the elephant is toothless and couldn't attack at all", I said to her.
"There are other group channeling magics that the students will master that could give their summoned avatar greater strength and even magic abilities. This magic is good for weaker templars combining their magic to battle more powerful ones", Asterix told me.
"I guess I won't have a chance to practice that magic in my class when almost my entire class is in the hospital", I told them.
"You are such a Bully, who will want to practice with you, besides me", Cassandra said to me.
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For the next two weeks, I had the class almost entirely to myself and my fans. So, I have the teacher's attention mostly to myself. The other students weren't interested in class but had the opportunity to study with me, who became the latest idol in the academy.
While I was studying, Asterix went to the academy's library on my behalf to check the books there. Without anybody noticing, she scanned most of the books in the library. These books would form the new procurements for our magic library.
In a week's time, I've learned everything that I needed to learn from my class.
"Oriese, you are a remarkable talent. In a week, you have mastered everything that I can teach for the next three years besides our group enhancement practices", Sagamy told me.
"But I am not making much progress in my group channeling exercises", I complained to the teacher.
"That is because the girls keep touching you instead of practicing", the teacher said to himself.
During the group practice sessions, the girls in my class wore unusually thin clothing so that when we hugged to practice group channeling magic, our touch felt almost like skin. Little magic channeled between us but my fans were thrilled by the experience.
"Erm… maybe it's because there are too few students to practice with you", Sagamy told me.
"We can continue with the group exercises after the students come back to school", I replied to him.
"Yeah, as if they will want to practice with you. They will probably avoid my class as long as you are in it", Sagamy told himself in his mind.
"Erm… I think group enhancement is not suitable for you. You are the solo fighter type. There is nothing that the curriculum can teach you, you graduated from my class", Sagamy told me with relief.
"Graduated? So fast? I thought the Avatar summoning magic is the pride of the academy," I asked Sagamy.
My teacher Sagamy was eager to get rid of me from his class because as long as I was here, the students that I put into the hospital, even when they recovered, would not come back to his class.
"Erm… Don't worry, this is not the end of your studies. Class studies may be over for you, but your practical should start soon", Sagamy told me.
"Practical?" I asked.
"Yes, a major part of the academy's training is to go through trials and challenges. You have studied all our theories, it is time you put those theories to work for you", Sagamy told me.
"How do I do that?" I asked him.
"You can choose the many missions that we provide for students in the mission center. Completing the missions will increase your assessments. With the rise of your assessments, you will be ranked in the Academy's Knight rankings. That will affect the grade you will obtain upon graduation", Sagamy told me.
"What are the grades?" I asked him.
"You will be graded as an ordinary graduate or a ranked graduate. The ranks start from Baron to Viscount to Count to Marquis to Duke to Prince", Teacher Sagamy explained to me.
"Is there a way to progress faster in the assessments than grinding on missions?" I asked the teacher.
"Well, you can make a donation to the academy and be promoted to the rank of Baron immediately. Most of the scions who couldn't graduate with a title will opt for the donation. Beyond that, other than completing missions, you must defeat the higher-ranking knights in the Knight ranking for the quickest promotion in your grades", Teacher Sagamy told me.
"Why didn't you say so earlier, I'll donate enough to become a Baron immediately", I told the teacher.
"Are you sure, you will need to make several million Aurs in donations?" he asked me.
"That is not a problem. And one more thing, where can I access better templar skills in the academy. I've seen everything in the library, they are not advance magic", I asked the teacher.
"You've seen everything in our library?" he asked me in disbelief, but he added, "The academy has advanced skills and artifacts as rewards for students who complete higher grade missions".
"Thanks for your information", I thanked the teacher.
"No problem, Baron Oriese", he replied to me with a smile.
So, class was over for me, and I graduated with the rank of Baron, less than one month after I joined the Knight Templar Academy. But education is a continuous and for many, a life-long process.
Now begins my post-graduate education.
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