Chapter 303: Introductions
"W-wha… How did you get here…" He whispered with wide-open eyes, which led to a small chuckle from the man ahead of him.
*RING* *RING* *RING* *RING*
"Oh, seems like the bell rang. I didn't get a chance to introduce myself last ti, Moby Kane… I am Artorias Kalaet, but you can call Art. It is nice to finally et you,"
The man simply smiled at him with what seed like graceful love and care but Moby could not shake off the feeling that there was sothing else…
And, before he could even respond, a loud voice rang throughout all of their ears.
"Good morning students and staff! Congratulations on making it to your first day of class! This will be the beginning of your new journey. A journey that will be tough but not impossible with perseverance! Everyone, please stand for the international anthem!"
{ The world is our holand, earth is our domain. All…}
Moby stood up for the anthem proudly like everyone else, yet he had simply zoned it out as he focused on the man in front of him.
He was that sa golden-eyed man he had seen the previous morning. He ca out of nowhere… No way he was there when he entered the room right? Had he been blind or this distracted? He could have sworn that seat in front of him was empty.
'He's been there the entire ti. He was simply using so sort of item or technique to mask his presence. I'd watch out for him if I were you… He's quite the cunning one, I don't trust him.' Avilia spoke in his head.
'Way ahead of you,' Moby inwardly nodded.
As the national anthem was going, Rigrit noticed that Moby and him shared the sa class. He seed to have a look of pure joy and excitent on his face seeing it. He tried to motion at Moby to catch his attention during the anthem. But, he was not paying attention no matter what. That was when he decided to give up, taking his seat as soon as things were all over.
"That will be all for our morning announcents, have a nice first day everyone." The girl on the announcents spoke, which led to everyone taking a seat back in their chairs. The only man that remained standing was the teacher.
He slowly placed his book back on his desk and picked up a tablet, not before stretching his stiff limbs.
"It seems like everyone is here today. Glad to see no one got lost. Anyways, let's get right to introductions. My na is professor Zave Mylcen, and I am your horoom teacher. I hail from country Y and I am going to be teaching you combat and history. As for my aspirations in life, I think many of them have been completed. I used to be a simple military school teacher only a few years ago but rose up the ranks to where I am now. Isabell, now it's your turn, please introduce yourself to the rest of the class, exactly like I did." He spoke with a smile, looking at the girl in the top right of the class.
The entire room seed rather shocked at his demand.
"Wait, isn't this going against privacy laws?!" One of the students blurted out, yet, instead of getting absolutely destroyed, he was calmly responded to.
"I'm sure your parents told you that you should stay reserved and keep as many secrets as you can in order to get a competitive edge. But, for elite school, the only promise we have with any family pertains to secret techniques excluding spirit mode. Na, country, and aspirations don't seem like a big deal to . I need you guys to get along with each other. We are all part of one team after all. So, isabella, please introduce yourself to the rest of the class."
Moby could sense the clear disapprovent from everyone, even if it did not show on their faces. Yet, they were in no position to reject the request, so they did as they were told.
"Hello, my na is Isabella la, I am from country F. My aspirations for the future is to graduate and join one of the top guilds in the world. It is nice to et you all," She stood up straight as an arrow before sitting down.
"Good! Next!" Professor Zave called, leading to the person below them in the column to do the sa thing.
"Yes sir!"
It was all quite boring and generic. Moby was not able to tell if what they were saying for their dreams were real or simply a lie to the class. Most of them consisted of: Forming a top guild, getting a high rank in the military, joining a top guild, taking over the family business, and other things of the sort.
He wanted to almost fall asleep listening to them yet kept his full attention just in case sothing happened. And, his eyes were fully open once it ca to be Rigrit's turn to speak.
"Hi, I'm Rigrit Oswald! I'm from country Z. And, my goal is to beco, and prove myself as the strongest! That is all."
'Country Z? We co from the sa country?' Moby slightly raised an eyebrow.
He was expecting more to be revealed about him now, but now that he thought about it, that would have been quite dumb considering he wasn't even willing to share anything in private so why would he in front of the entire class.
The turns once again made the rounds until it finally landed on him, and he felt everyone's attention was keenly on him more than anyone else, which did not bother him very much.
"Greetings, My Na is Moby Kane. And, for now, my goal is to master as many skills as I can and get as much out of elite school as I possibly can," He bowed as he prepared himself to take his seat when the teacher interrupted him, the first student so far.
"So, did you take the swordsmanship, Ki manipulation, mana crystal creation, crafting, enchantnt, and ability creation courses?"
"Yes sir…"
"That's nice to hear! I did the sa thing when I was your age. I hope to hear great things, don't disappoint and say it was too much work! If I did it, so can you!"
"Yes sir! You can count on !"
"Good!"
Moby sat back down in his seat, this was one of the few tis that the teacher smiled this much and he did not know why.
"Next!"
Finally, it was the turn of the man in front of him. This one, he was extrely curious to listen to, even more so than Rigrit.
"Good morning to you all. My na is Artorias Kalaet, but you could all simply call Art. I am here by order of my mistress, and I will do anything in her na." He gracefully bowed.
"And, what about your country? What is it young man, where were you born?"
"Professor, I do not originate from a country, I was born in a land far, far away on a different planet."
"Hmmm, very well. Thank you for the insight Art! Next!"
Artorias's answer left Moby more confused than anything. Everyone was so vague and cryptic, which he should have more than expected.
People continued to say their introduction until it finally reached Hikari, the final person.
"Hello everyone, my na is Hikari. And, this is my sister Yami." She took a small pause as her hair imdiately turned charcoal and her expression completely changed, catching absolutely everyone off guard. "We are sisters from country Z. Our dreams are to get along with people and live a normal yet exciting life. That is all." Yami finished her speech before sitting back down.
*Clap*
"Thank you all for the introductions! And congratulations for those who have passed the second test of the school!" Zave's smile glead brightly as he pulled out a green crystal from underneath his desk, and the looks on the students said it all…
"For those who told the truth, congratulations! You passed, and for those who lied to my face, you will be losing 250 out of your original 100 points."
The class was in silent outrage, the reactions from the various students were obscene, shaking and sweating like crazy with an open gaze, a gaping mouth and shaky hands like they were ready to yell and complain but simply couldn't in fear or for even worse consequences.
"It's funny how you could have all just said sothing extrely vague like "My goal is to graduate with high grades" But so of you deliberately went out of your way to lie to my face, your commanding officer!? You all think you are so slick and sly, It never ceases to entertain every year."
"Rember, you need a total of 1000 points to make it past the first sester… I hope this will set the stage for the days to co, and what kind of environnt this school is…" He spoke with a wide smile and a peculiar glint in his eyes, making everyone inwardly shudder.
Indeed, it was a very good wake-up call for the uninitiated…
The class still in shock, Zave continued smiling as he resud speaking at his students, so of them spiralling down into depression or panic while others sitting there with silent outrage, and, of course, the people who told the truth, which included Hikari, Rigrit, Moby, Artorias and more were sitting there normally, ready for the next part of the lesson.
"So, class. Since today is the first day of school, I'll give you a choice, and a chance for so of you to gain your points back… By show of hands, who here wants to sit down and listen to a 4-hour lecture about politics, how humanity ford an alliance against the shalkers and split the countries according to the energy sources. And, who wants to head to the arena to begin combat training?"
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