We arrived at the residence and asked one of the staff if we could use the gravity room, she said yes and led us to a room to put on special suits that monitored our condition and to choose how much gravity we wanted to use, when we finished the configurations we were handed training swords and entered the room.
"It feels heavier than when I wore the bracelets."
I moved around a bit to get used to it, as I had already more or less experienced this kind of pressure it wasn't too hard to adapt
Ria and I got into position and started sparring, the extra weight made it difficult is dodging but with the help of my instincts I managed to dodge Ria's attacks and counterattack.
After 10 minutes of melee we started using mana, Ria threw her energy cuts at me and I did my best to avoid them with the help of my instincts and lightning steps, but the problem was that although the gravity was higher than normal, the distance attacks made with mana did not see a decrease in their speed, so I had to dodge the attacks at their original speed.
I tried to predict where they were heading to be able to move before and so I could dodge them, this strategy worked for some but others managed to damage me, the most annoying thing is that I knew that those attacks could hit me with the help of my instincts but I could not move my body in time because of the increased gravity.
"This is very annoying."
Using more mana than normal I moved with the lightning steps and approached Ria.
Clank
Our swords clashed and we started a melee fight again, after another 30 minutes we decided enough was enough and left the gravity room.
I was covered in sweat, when I got to my room I went straight to the shower and put on a shirt and pants that were in the closet and collapsed on the bed falling asleep in microseconds.
*
"...ye"
"What's that?"
"Oy..."
"Is someone calling me?"
"HEY! Wake up you stupid hermaphrodite!"
Ria screamed at the top of her lungs and reacted.
"Finally, I've been trying to wake you up for like 5 minutes!"
"What? What time is it?"
"It's 6:17 hurry up or we'll be late!"
"Yes, yes!"
I got dressed as fast as I could still half asleep and left with Ria to go to class.
"How can someone sleep completely cut off from the outside?"
"It's my gift"
"Sigh~ Sometimes I wonder how I could lose to someone like you."
"Well if it bothers you so much get as strong as you can and defeat me."
"That's the plan"
We were walking quietly through the school until I saw a very familiar person.
"The main character"
He was walking towards his class talking to a girl next to him.
"Looks like the first event is about to start".
This makes me a little excited, watching it is going to be a lot more interesting than reading about it
"Hey, pick up the pace, I don't want to get scolded for being late because of you."
"Coming~"
We got to class and this time I sat in a place farther away from the main characters, but I didn't count on one thing.
Puck
A small fire spirit approached me at high speed and started hugging my face like a child seeing his father after school.
And it wasn't just the fire spirit, the other spirits also approached me at great speed to hug me and in a short time I was already enveloped by these little creatures.
"I'm so sorry, it looks like they missed you."
Silfy walked over to my seat and spoke in an embarrassed voice.
"If it's not too much trouble, could I sit next to you from now on, I think it will calm the spirits down a bit.
Well, it looks like I won't be able to escape this time.
"Yeah...no problem."
"Great!"
Silfy said with a radiant smile on her face and sat down next to me, after that teacher Cintia arrived.
"Good morning everyone, as today is the second day we will start with the theoretical activities, and after lunch you will head to the training field to meet your combat instructor"
After giving the announcement the class started, he just gave an introduction to the topics we will be giving this year and gave a small talk about the ways to use mana, as this was information I already knew I started to fall asleep.
I woke up much earlier than usual and that after training for 1 hour with Ria in the gravity room so I was still tired, and the feeling of comfort these spirits were giving me didn't help either.
"Student Noah."
Watching me nod off, Miss Cintia said my name and automatically all the spirits hid behind me and Silfy.
"Could you tell me the ways in which mana is used and why?"
Easy, the author of this novel loved his world building, and the ways to use mana was one of the most repeated themes of the novel.
"The 2 ways to use mana are as used by warriors, who absorb mana and spread it throughout their body through veins, blood, bones and muscles, this is to allow them to enhance the body efficiently making them physically superior to a mage or normal person, but they are not able to cast very complex spells. And the mages, who instead of scattering the mana throughout their body condense it in the so called mana core, this they do this because in order to be able to cast a spell a higher mana condensation is needed which could not be achieved if the mana is scattered throughout the body, but this also does not allow them to be very physically strong like a warrior even though they enhance their body with mana."
"Right, but pay more attention to the class next time."
"Yes."
After that the class continued as normal until the bell rang.
"Do you want to eat together?"
"Mmm."
Even though I said I wouldn't get too involved with the main characters it's hard to say no to that smiling face 2 times in a row.
"I'm going to ask."
"I'm coming with you."
I approached Ria's seat along with Silfy.
"Hi."
"..."
"Can you come eat with us?"
"Hi, my name is Silfy, nice to meet you."
After looking at her for a while, Ria turned to me and asked.
"Will she pay for her own food?"
"Yes"
"Then I don't mind"
When we got the go ahead we walked to the dining room with Silfy, many people turned to look at us while we were walking, I'm sure it was because of Ria and Silfy, after all they are very beautiful girls, although some looks were also directed towards me.
We arrived and ordered our food, as always my tray was full, today I was hungrier because of the training, so I ordered more than yesterday, Ria's face was scary when she looked at me but I was happy with my food.
We sat down to eat and I had a nice chat with Silfy in which Ria didn't participate much, I also saw the main character eating with the same girl he was talking to this morning.
At the end of lunch time teacher Cintia guided us to the training field where the one who guided us in the entrance test was waiting for us.
"Hello everyone, it's a pleasure, my name is Nobu and from today I will be your combat instructor."
He had the same youthful aura and radiant smile as before, he really lifted the spirits with his presence.
"Today is the first day, so let's do a kind of presentation, one by one I want you to attack me so I can evaluate your skills and give you the orientation that best suits you."
When they heard these words they were surprised, but then they remembered that this was an instructor from the best academy in the world so they became alert.
When the class began, Professor Nobu called the students at random to approach, the first was Samantha who wore gauntlets that covered her entire arm like a piece of armor, her attacks were fast and forceful but failed to impact the professor, and when he finished analyzing her, he knocked her out with a single blow that none of those present could see.
The second was Ria, who used her energy cuts to keep her distance but the professor smashed them with a single hand and also knocked Ria out with a single blow that no one could see, this pazo with each of the class A, even Lilia Sylvester the strongest of the class could not do anything.
"Last one, Noah."
Everyone else was passed out on the floor some already woke up like Samantha, Lilia and Ria but the others were still passed out.
I cautiously approached the professor and then started moving around him using the lightning steps and attacking him from3 all directions but none of my attacks managed to even graze a hair on him.
When I was about to finish the fight I threw the blow that I used to knock out the others, but thanks to my instincts I managed to feel it but it was too fast and I couldn't avoid it, the professor who noticed that I could feel his attack showed a usual expression followed by a big smile.
"Alright, let's conclude it this way, I will continue to ask you to face me in the following days, get ready."
Leaving those words I left the training field, when I woke up Ria immediately took me to the gravity room to between training, it seemed that her defeat had motivated her.
That was my routine for the next week, go to class, eat with Ria and Silfy, fight with professor Nobu and then continue training in the gravity room with Ria, at one point Samanta also joined the training and we started to train in the gym with her to improve our condition.
On a day that seemed normal she was having lunch with Ria and Silfy until a commotion started.
"Why don't you mind your own business, you class D vermin!"
The first event started