After packing up their things, Arthur and Valerie used the teleporting gate and then rode the carriage the rest of the way. It only took a day and nothing eventful happened.
After a day long journey the could finally see the greatest academy in the continent, It was incredibly large and had a lot of students and staff. Their were a lot of buildings and many interesting things.
They walked to the entrance where they needed to show their ID and proof of enrollment, they did and the young teacher's assistant almost fainted when he saw the names. A prince from the greatest empire on the continent and with him was the descendent of the hero who sealed the Demon King. He quickly gave them the okay.
"Wow it's quite big, and there's even a magic barrier up, so anyone who isn't in the system will block them."
Arthur said observing his surroundings and the magic they used.
'It's decent , but modern magic itself is weak when compared to Ancient magic. Modern magic lacks the power efficiency and speed of Ancient magic.'
Arthur learned ancient magic from his mother, his first magic lesson was on ancient magic. He could be considered a beginner in modern magic because he didn't see the point in wasting time on something inferior.
'Anyway I hear the principle was an SSS-rank adventurer and chose to remain independent and became the principle of Krono-academy. I haven't met any other SSS-rank adventurers, the world is big and I never really needed help in any of my quests.'
Arthur thought while exploring with Valerie. The academy was split into four Majors, Magic, Warrior, Healing and Scholar. The dorms were not split by majors but just gender. After exploring different places together, they eventually went to their dorm room, to rest for tomorrow.
As Arthur unpacked his luggage, he looked around his new room, in which he'll spend the first semester in. After first semester the first year's ranking will be clear and then rooms will be divided by rank, the higher the rank the better the room and other such privileges.
'I'll try to be in the top 10, probably around 8 or 9th place. I don't want to be recognized as a genius among geniuses, but just a regular genius. First place in the Warrior major would be Valerie, we'll probably be in the same building second semester if I place in the top 10.'
Arthur then slept still not knowing what to expect for tomorrow.
The next day Arthur and Valerie met up and went to the orientation together. They went into the large auditorium and sat down near the back. Everyone was talking with each other and mingling, after 5 minutes someone walked on stage and onto the podium.
A young woman with pink hair and a gentle aura around her. She spoke into the mic.
"Welcome first years, my name is Aisha Augustus and I am a fourth year student and also the student council president. The students of this academy are the future for the continent..."
"Did you know that she's the student council president?"
Arthur asked with a worried tone. Valerie laughed then answered.
"Yup, but I thought it would be more fun if you didn't know."
'Damnit.'
After a long speech everyone got up and gave Aisha a standing ovation except Arthur. Aisha then scouted the audience until her eyes landed on Arthur, she then smiled and waved at him.
Arthur shuddered and got the chills. After the Orientation ended with the professors and other teaching staff coming up and introducing themselves, it was time for the first years to go to their first class. Arthur and Valerie said their goodbye and went their way.
After following the directions shown on his student card, which functions with the mix of technology and magic, he reached his class. Introduction to magic, class-1A. He entered the class to see it was empty, he was the first one to reach. He then chose the seat in the furthest back corner of the class, so he wouldn't have to be bombarded with people.
He then placed his head on his arms which rested on the table and closed his eyes. Although his eyes were closed he always had a magic spell that was always on that had a barrier outlined around his body. He also used a magic spell called EchoVision which allowed him to sense his surroundings and to make a mental image of it without his eyesight.
He heard and 'saw' more and more people come into the classroom until the seats were full and the teacher came in. He then rose his head and opened his eyes, to show that he was listening and not sleeping during the first class.
The teacher was a woman in her thirties, she was of Noble pedigree which was obvious because of her noble aura but she was also a famous adventurer that was well-known. A S-rank adventurer FireStorm. It seemed that the other students were shocked that such a powerful magician would be their teacher starting from first year.
"Okay class, I will be your homeroom teacher for this semester you can address me as Ms. Firestorm, as today is the first day, we'll start with introductions."
'There are 300 students, if each student takes 10 seconds, that'll still be 50 minutes on introductions. I guess first day we won't be doing anything.'
"Okay we'll start in seating order, first row, starting from your right to left go."
Arthur really didn't know who was going to be in his class. He only ever went to one social gathering full of nobles and never again. So his knowledge on the politics and nobles in the continent were very limited.
A few students stood up and said their introduction, but based on their mana Arthur didn't pay them much attention, then it was the turn of a boy and girl, with Black hair and black eyes. They had much more mana than everyone less and had a little less than the Instructor a S-rank adventurer. Arthur's mana was so massive that it was impossible to detect, but he also wore 10 artifact rings that kept eating his mana. But doing so, makes his body produce more mana, so when trying to suppress his mana, it was increasing his mana.
"Hello, my name is Mirabelle Ambrosius."
"Hello everyone, my name is Marius Ambrosius, pleasure to meet you."
The class started whispering.
"They're the famous Ambrosius twins."
"I heard that their the greatest talent seen in the history of the family since the Previous Great Arch-Mage 3000 years ago."
'Hmm, I guess their my cousins then, since mother is half Ambrosius.'
No one else came close to the twins in terms of talent, after everyone else went it was Arthur's turn. He stood up from his spot and introduced himself.
"Hello, my name is Arthur Augustine."
He said and nodded his head. There were more whispers than when the twins introduced themselves.
"That's the youngest member of the Augustus royal family?"
"The Introverted third prince?"
Everyone turned towards him to see what the mysterious prince looked like. They weren't surprised to see a handsome face, every member of the Augustus royal family were stunning. His features were distinct though, with Black hair and Red eyes, he looked handsome but intimating.
He saw the Ambrosius twins look at him, Marius smiled and nodded while Mirabelle nodded with her blank face, he reciprocated. After Introductions that took around an hour was done, the class ended with Ms. Firestorm telling them that tomorrow would be their last day to switch seats. Everyone in the class had the same schedule, as in the first semester of the first year, they had no choice in what they wanted to do.
The next class was a combined class for the two combat majors.