After checking his phone, William found out a few interesting things, firstly that this 'world' was a novel, infact, it was the last novel he was reading before he came here, it was basically your typical academy novel with the MC being an orphan with an op skill, and a system, and saving the world with his powers. Thinking about the MC, William muttered quietly
"This will be tough, Very tough."
To survive in this world, one needed great power, And William was just a normal boy from earth, he barely had any, so he had to figure out a way he could survive.
'Although I have an advantage in knowing the plot of the novel, my existence alone will probably destroy the plotline if I try to gain any strength, I have read that plot too many times. So my best course of action would be to befriend the MC, that way I can ensure myself remaining in the academy and have someone to protect me if needed.'
The original novel's MC was a very nice guy, Very Nice. Hell, too nice for his own good even. And he was also insanely talented, so the academy always did everything he asked, and he was very loyal to his friends, So William's plan Is to stay close to MC and make him protect him, nice plan.
'Befriending the MC, Ethan, will not be that hard, i mean I know everything there is to know about the guy, i probably even know him more than he knows himself!'
Another interesting thing William found out is that the academy starts today at 9, and the time is already 7:45 and he still hasn't got ready.
So, he quickly got up, took a quick shower, went to the closet, or at least what looked like one, and wore the uniform that he saw online, that of the school. Finishing up, he looked at the time, it was already 8:15 so 45 minutes until class begins.
'I am fucked.'
Leaving the apartment and running down the stairs, he exited the apartment complex, only to find himself frozen in place.
'Uh... How the hell am I supposed to get there?'
***
Standing Infront of a door that had 'S1' written on it, Was a tall young man, with long black hair left loose, wearing a school uniform, his eyes were crimson red.
It was William, Who had somehow managed to find his way to the school. Turns out, it was a few streets away from his apartment complex, But he spent nearly an hour to get were he was, so he was late for class.
'Late for the first day, so I need a good execuse, and of course it's also the class of the main cast, talk about luck eh?'
Feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement, he knocked on the door and entered cutting the teacher off mid speech. immediately after entering, all eyes turned to him. And his eyes were on the teacher, so they locked eyes and stayed like that for a minute.
'Well this is awkward, i should say something'
"Sorry si-"
"Name?"
"What?"
"Your name, what is it?"
"It's William Dave, Sir."
"Ok, So, William, why are you so late for your first day?"
"Well, Sir, I took a taxi to here and the driver asked for too much money, so I spent too much time arguing with him and came late."
"Oh, but here it says that you live in building 32, exactly 5 a minute walk to the academy."
William was screaming internally.
'How the hell does he know so much?'
"Ah well Sir I had to run an errand at a place far away from the academy, so I grabbed a taxi to come."
"But taxi's are free to students?"
"Oh they are?"
William Maintained a surprised expression on his face, while still locking eyes with the professor, they kept staring at each other silently for a bit. Then the professor broke the silence with a chuckle
"You're very interesting , William.
Go take a seat, but take care, if this happens again, you will get at least five grades deducted from your total."
"Thank you, Sir"
William looked around for a seat. to his luck, the seat next to a boy, who perfectly fit the description of the Ethan, and went to sit next to him. William started with the greetings.
"Morning."
"Good morning."
Taking a good look at the guy who was probably Ethan, he saw that he was a very good looking guy, he had red hair, purple eyes, and a face you would never forget seeing, certainly not the most handsome guy he has ever seen, but he surely was handsome.
"To recap for the student who just arrived, my name is Mister Oliver, your homeroom teacher, and today I will just be briefing you about the school year."
Returning his focus back to the professor, he saw that Mr Oliver looked exactly like how you'd expect a teacher to look like, he had blond hair and green eyes, and he was extremely handsome, he had a muscular build and a very imposing aura, Exactly how you'd expect a teacher to look like.
'Why the hell is everybody so average except the teacher and Ethan??'
"To begin with, In the next few days there will be a placement exam to determine your ranks, The exam will be a physical one, The first will test your Endurance, then Mana, then Stamina, And lastly there would be a Virtual Battle Royale to test fighting abilities."
'I already know all this stuff, and so does Ethan, as his powers are literally the ability to see the future, lucky bastard.'
Taking this as an opportunity, William tried to make some small talk with Ethan.
"So what do you think about this placement exam stuff?"
He asked in a hushed voice.
"Well the academy does this every year."
"I know, but I mean why, isn't the entrance exam enough?"
"It actually isn't, Entrance exams are made to see the competence of the examinees to see who will get accepted, while the ranking exam is more to showcase the fighting prowess of a student to get a better look on how they use their skills."
"That makes alot of sense actually, so, how do you think the battle royale is going to work?"
Staying silent for a few seconds, Ethan answered
"Like a battle royale? How the hell do you think they are going to work?"