Early at dawn, Rin woke up from her sleep without any reminders or needing to be woken up.
She had only been in this luxurious room for a day or two, but after all, the basic ability of living things was adaptation, and she had adapted well enough to survive until today in the slum district.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she went to the bathroom to wash her face. Then she changed into her uniform, and immediately went to the academy's staff cafeteria.
It wasn't even 5 o'clock yet, but the place was already as crowded as it should be.
Entering the building, she still looked around in awe.
"Yo, morning little Rin," several of her colleagues greeted her.
Rin smiled stiffly as she responded, "Uh, morning too."
Compared to those sexy women and men, Rin was practically a child. And the truth was that she wasn't even 10 yet!
While they were of the same species, the difference in their height was quite a contrast.
Arcnis.
They had pointed ears like elves, short hairless tails, and an overall appearance that was similar to humans. But unlike elf, their lifespan is short, even shorter than humans with the oldest recorded in their history being only 57 years old—of course, this is not including the Sapiens, who could live for hundred years.
Males will start puberty and become fully mature at 18 years old, with a maximum height of 3 meters. Females on the other hand, mature latter at 20 years old for puberty and 25 fully adult.
The main reason why young Arcnis girls are always troublesome.
As compensation for the age limitation, Arcnis are very superior in many areas including biological growth. For example, a 10 year old Arcnis will have intelligence comparable to an adult human, and at 12 years old, their physique is also comparable. At 20 years old, their physical strength is equivalent to two adult humans.
High individual intelligence triggers innovation and the development of super fast civilization.
High physical strength results in super efficient work.
In addition, their reproductive ability is also no less surprising. A male Arcnis can father 1000 or more children in his lifetime, while females can give birth to half that number if their children are twins. In fact, there was a certain woman who was recorded in Arcnis history as the "Great Mother" who became the mother of over 5000 children in her 46 years of life.
If Arcnis were placed on the same planet as humans, in just 100 years, humans would be left behind in the stone age while they would already be cooking using iron tools and fire. Their superiority would ensure they became the kings of that world.
That was roughly the comparison.
But unfortunately, in this world Arcnis was not the overlord. It would not be wrong to say that they were a kind of "hard-to-kill cockroaches that lived in cracks of the houses" in this world.
"Here you go, kid," the cafeteria worker smiled as she gave him extra meat on his plate, "we have to make sure you grow up well!"
"Uh, thank you.."
Deep down, Rin knew that those were nothing more than fake words. Including the kind gazes from everyone, were they sincere?
No.
It was all thanks to his background that was tied to Instructor Fang.
If he had come to this place with no background at all, just a little kid who had trouble even lifting a trash cart, who would care about him?
'They don't look tired at all though, how amazing.'
She looked her fellow workers, chatting and eating happily with no trace of fatigue even though yesterday was truly a hell for the freshmen and hard work as well for them. It's just the third day, but Rin has lost count of how many times she wished to go back to her old place.
'Well, at least the food is delicious!' Rin began to eat her breakfast happily.
For a kid from the slums like her, breakfast was a luxury, especially a delicious one.
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…
Dark green waist long hair, light green eyes, almost black skin, 170cm tall—Selin, one of the less than 500 women who worked as manual staff on this big academy, walked out of her room happily.
After all it's barely morning, why wouldn't she be all bright and happy?
Not to mention, this is her dream come true.
That's right, Selin has always been dreamed of becoming Mekan academy's tutor.
Or at least, who, in this whole domain, that didn't dream of becoming a part of this prestigious institution? It wasn't exaggeration to say that anyone whose name got connected with this academy, will have their own social standing in society.
And well although right now she was nothing but a laborer here, to be able to work at her dream place was still a luxury for her. Selin wasn't particularly a smart kid nor anything special but ordinary young girl one could find anywhere. But through sheer luck, she managed to get here. She couldn't be more grateful.
Thus, why wouldn't she cherish every moment of it?
'It's another happy school life with cute and earnest students…'
Technically tho, none of students here "cute".
'Ah, that boy from yesterday was so handsome… to bad he's traumatized at home now..'
Technically, she's correct about that.
'Boy.. boy… I should be more approachable with them.. and then.. a forbidden romance… hehehe…'
After all, Selin was only a young girl.
'Ah, they're so cute and handsome! When will we do it anyway? Didn't manual staff should help them train? Instructor Fang's too strict even though he got a boner himself while looking at those green leaf! …but they're so cute, I wonder how'd their dick looks like…'
She couldn't help but daydream.
Before long, she passed through cafetaria door and got yelled at by someone for spacing out while walking almost aimlessly. Apologizing profusely, she immediately lined for breakfast.
'There she is!' she caught the sight of Rin eating alone on the corner, 'I have to stay close with her!'
Selin wasn't a smartass, but even young prostitute who loves cocks like her could tell a thing or two about why she could ended up here.
"Hola~" Selin put her plate beside Rin's and sat down, "Morning~"
"Uhm, morning," Rin didn't bother turning around and continued eating.
"Hey, don't be so cold, we girls should get along!" the girl laughed.
Rin glanced at her briefly. She obviously knew who this girl was, after all they could be considered as a fellow workers, back at the slum and here. But back then, or more like a week ago, they're nothing but stranger with Rin as a lowly waiter and Selin as the most popular sex worker on their workplace. They didn't even get to saw each other in daily basis before.
So for young girl Rin, having Selin greet her so merrily in the morning was too unusual.
"Uh, huh, sorry about that."
"It's okay, it's okay~" Selin smiled, "More importantly, do you still remember our schedule today?"
"Sure, today we'll——"
Snow.
A vast expanse of snow.
Rin looked at the snowdrifts below from the plane's window with a gloomy expression. It wasn't that she hated snow, but she knew this snow wasn't normal. Besides, it was summer with three suns in the sky, how could there be a snow field like this?
'…talk about wasting money..' he grumbled in his mind as he glanced at the other members of the plane.
Plane.
Well, it was a plane, but it wasn't a pile of metal like the ones we have, but rather a trailer-like object attached to a giant beast that looked like a cross between a bird and an insect.
From a distance, this creature would look like a human carrying a baby on its front.
Inside the "plane", all the handsome and beautiful teenagers who had soiled themselves yesterday were all present without exception, while the only academy workers were Rin, Selin, and three men.
'It's all for these rich kids, huh.'
If Rin had as much money as it took to create this snowfield in her hands, she would have transformed the slum district that was once her home into a luxurious area—well, that is if she wasn't killed or tricked in the process.
'What are we going to do here anyway?' Rin wondered as she looked at the young people around her chatting and laughing.
At this moment, the hatch slowly opened from the outside, startling everyone.
A manly voice boomed from outside, "Newbie, prepare to jump!"
"…"
"..."
"WHAT?!"
The inside of the plane suddenly became very noisy.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!"
"No! I don't want to!"
"WE ARE MORE THAN 1500 METERS ABOVE THE GROUND, YOU IDIOT!"
"JUST jump if you want, don't invite us!"
Everyone was naturally angry, it came from fear.
It was only natural.
"Blah blah blah~" Fang entered the plane, although the temperature outside was not warm, his clothes were still the same kind as yesterday.
His feet were inside impressive beast skin boots, producing especially frightening footsteps.
"You have two choices; Jump or I'll Drop You."
"Are you stupid? I want to go home—"
Before the boy could finish his sentence, a hand grabbed his neck like an iron clamp and under the horrified gazes of the youngsters, threw—Yes, threw not dropped—him down.
"KYAAAAAAA—"
In just a split second, even his screams were lost in the wind.
"…."
"…."
"…."
"Alright, don't just stand there and waste time. Jump or I'll drop you?"
"BUT YOU THROWED HIM LIKE YOU WAS THROWING A PEBBLE!" someone shouted in frustration.
"He'll still fall, right?"
Fang spoke casually, so casually that it made Rin and the other passengers at a loss for words.
"…."
"…crazy, this guy is crazy!"
"Instructor my ass! I'm going to tell my dad that this guy is just a lunatic!"
Fang sighed, 'Geez, every year, the quality of students keeps decreasing. We really have to change the way parents educate their children or Arcnis will continue to be a parasite in this world…'
Frustrated, Fang started throwing them away.
Literally.
As if he wasn't throwing his fellow students but throwing out the trash in his room.
Whoever he reached for ended up on the ground.
"Uwaaaaa!"
"HE'S GONNA KILL US! RUN! RUN! HE'S GONNA KILL US ALL!"
The rich kids started to get hysterical. Luckily it was a plane with the pilot outside, if it was inside like ours, there would definitely be some idiot trying to take over the controls.
Rin and her colleagues were naturally dragged into the current. Selin was trying to protect her little colleague, but what could she do? They were separated and Rin was now curled up in a corner, trying to protect her small frame from being trampled. Over time, the intensity of the screams increased but the quantity decreased.
While all this was happening, Rin did not panic, after all she was a worker and not a student—
"EH?"
"If this wasn't training, you would have died first from curling up like that!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAA—" Rin screamed as hard as she could.
But what could her small voice do?
She was still falling.
Fast, very fast.
So fast that it was hard to even open her eyes.
So fast that her own voice couldn't be heard.
So fast that—
"I DON'T WANT TO DIEEEEEEE!"
But those who fall from above must reach the ground, and Rin was clearly no exception. Rin wanted to curl up but couldn't, her tears flowed—In an instant, Rin's small body hit the snow surface, creating a hole two meters deep.
"…"
For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
"…I'm still alive? Really?"
Snot and tears filled her face, she tried to get up, only to be hit by pain.
"Ouch!" she looked at her feet and, "AHHHH! MY LEGS BROKEN! MY RIBS BROKEN! EVEN MY ARMS BROKEN!"
"…"
Fang, who had just landed on his feet, looked at Rin with a grim expression. Annoyed by her little scream, he approached, crouched into the hole, and slapped the little girl across the face, "Oh SHUT UP! You're embarrassing me!"
"...."
At first she just quiet, but then...
"Waaaaa… you slap me.. hurts, it's hurt…" Rin cried just like a child, no, a baby.
"Uncle you are so cruel! Waaa...."
"Holy mother…" Fang was almost speechless.
"My legs, my arms, my ribs.." Rin cried to the sky with her eyes closed, "…and uncle slapped me… uwaaaa… waaa!"
"Uh, Rin, I think you should see your condition again…" came Selin's soft voice.
"What is there to see! I'm broken! I'm already broken! I won't be able to live normally! Uwaaaa…!" but Rin was still looking at her feet, and at that moment her cries stopped as if she was choking.
"…."
"….haish, kids these days." Fang sighed helplessly.
"…."
No longer crying, Rin saw that all the wounds she had and the pain that had just attacked her, without exception, were gone. As if they had never existed in the first place.
Rin looked around, only to find that not only Fang or Selin, but perhaps everyone on the plane, were now looking at her.
"…."
Rin felt like crying, for reasons that were of course different from before.
"Alright, alright, enough with the show," Fang shouted, drawing everyone's attention, "Thanks to our little worker's performance, you all don't feel so bad anymore, right?"
Fang was naturally referring to the kids who had peed or cried.
Yes, they felt really bad about peeing at their age, plus it happened again after yesterday and was caused by the same person. If it weren't for the frightening physical difference and his status as an instructor, these kids might have ganged up on him.
But after seeing Rin's reaction…
"Ah, crying like that, what a kid. Luckily I'm not like that."
That was roughly what they were thinking.
"Can we take a break?"
"Yeah, my legs are so weak…"
"Take a break?" Fang smiled widely, "Sure, of course you can!"
The students' faces instantly brightened.
"But just you guys, okay? Since you guys were busy laughing at little Rin just now, I thought it would be better if we just get started so…"
At this moment, the howls of beasts could be heard from afar, causing the students' smiles to freeze.
Fang began to explain, "You must have noticed, but this isn't natural snow at all. Still, it's just as cold, right? In this area, there's a group of beasts known as the Roga. Ah, they're so cute, I'm sure you'll like them. The thing is, they're the rulers of this place. We just came by beast transport, so in their eyes your fall must be like a stampede. So…"
The howls and roars of the beasts were getting closer.
The people's faces paled.
"What are you going to do? Ah don't worry, you can run."
Those words were like honey, even though they were actually poison.
"Of course there's a risk. Hmm, yes, if you guys stay and fight… kill one or two Roga, I'll give you a round of applause! If you're run away like a pussy, you'll be on Ohmo's list," Fang smiled broadly, "Have you chosen?"
From the faces of the rich kids, it was clear what their choice was.
But when the word "Ohmo" was brought up…
"FUCKKKK! FUCK YOU!!!!!"
"TOO MUCH! THIS IS TOO MUCH!"
"ARGHHHHHH! FIGHT! I MUST FUCKING FIGHT!"
"WEAPON! WHERE'S THE WEAPON?!"
"Weapon?" Fang smiled innocently (disgusting considering his face), "Who said you guys could use weapons?"
"DAMNITTTTTT!"
Rin, who had climbed out of the hole and stood up with Selina's help, watched everything that happened with a blank expression.
These rich kids, their jaws trembling not from the cold but from obvious fear and disapproval of being treated like this. But none of them left. Instead, they forced their legs to stay and obey Fang's words.
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"All this… for the sake of becoming a Sapien?"
As Rin wondered, invaders began to appear on the horizon. And it wasn't just them.
It wasn't just the four-legged creatures Roga, but there were also flying ones.
"Oh? Guys, looks like others wants to have some fun too!"
All students screamed in frustration, "FUCKKKKKK!!!!!"
Just like that, the freshmen enjoyed their third day on their favorite academy.
But truly, they're a prodigy among prodigies. Although falling, getting thrown, from such altitude really did surprise them, none of them are actually wounded. In fact from all the people present, Rin is the only person who got hurt. But she couldn't be blamed though.
After all she was but a lowly Arcnis, with no direct bloodline or whatsoever. So there's no way she could awaken the clan's exclusive talent like others.
But what's surprising even for Fang is, "Not bad, looks like I didn't just brought a cock sleeves home."
Seeing worm-like movement under Selin's skin, he smiled.