Blue Orchid Academy

Next day,

Blue Orchid Academy,

Located at the Royal Orchid valley, one of the beautiful places of the Human continent. The entire 'U-shaped' valley nestled between the mountains, it was at least 20 kilometers long and six kilometers wide.

At the entrance of the valley, is a naturally flowing watercourse. If one wants to enter the academy, they have to cross the bridge erected by the academy.

The academy was found in the center of the valley, enshrouded by the Royal blue orchid flowering plants.

If a person who loves nature visit this place, he won't ever want to leave. It's how heavenly this valley is, a paradise created by mother nature.

The Blue orchid academy embraced most of the valley while ancient-looking buildings, private cottages, training fields, ponds, and wood-filled region covered the academy and connected by a stone pathway.

Gin found the academy pleasant to his eyes, but he couldn't shake off this strange feeling like he didn't belong here. It's maybe because he hasn't met the students and got familiar with them.

Last night, he slept in the room given by the academy, a private one. It was a huge room, at least 10 peoples can live with him, comfortably, without getting cramped.

His room was located on the second floor of the 10-story building, while each floor can host 100 students. It was said, there were 15 such buildings constructed just for Grade-1 students.

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The Blue Orchid academy has three grades of students; Grade-1, Grade-2, and Grade-3 students.

Grade-1 students – A newly joined or freshmen students whose strength falls under the Physique Enrichment stage.

Grade-2 Students – An experienced students who completed at least two missions and whose strength reached the Seal opening Stage.

Garde-3 Student – Student whose strength reached the Seal Destruction stage or who have killed at least two Fiend commanders.

Grade-1 students have no specific class, they all come under the same division. As for Garde-2 students, they have a multitude of classes.

The students were classed based on their Elemental affinity and Spirit seal.

Some of the Elemental affinity classes are Fire Affinity class, Water affinity class, Wind affinity class, Lightning affinity class, and so on.

As for Spirit seal, they were divided based on the seals and how rare they are. For Example Garyx, his spirit seal can strike one soul and falls under the category soul-type spirit seals.

Like that, there are other categories: Weapon-type spirit seals, Beast-type Spirit seals, Elemental-type spirit seals, and Fairy-type Spirit seals.

Weapon-type spirit seal – All spirit seals that resemble a weapon falls under this category; swords, spears, knives, daggers, etc.

Beast-Type Spirit seal – A good example is Rodrix's spirit seal which mirrored that of a Dragon.

Elemental-type Spirit seal – This type of spirit seal is simple and common, that doesn't take any forms. Each affinity has a different color and symbol.

For example, the Fire-Elemental Spirit seal will look like a burning golden ball like that of a sun. It doesn't mean they are weak, in a sense, they are stronger than other types of spirit seals.

Fairy-Type Spirit seals – They are the rarest type of spirit seals in the world and they are also called Embodiment of Gods. When a powerful expert falls naturally, a strand of their soul will transform into a spirit seal and pick a genius on their own.

There are various requirements for it to succeed and no one knows how it's done. It was a mystery to date.

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Gin rinsed himself and wore a new set of clothes; a dark blue shirt and cream-colored pants.

After reaching the academy last night, he already informed Hammer, Astro, Shaun, and Dean Alfin about what happened and they don't have to worry anymore.

Even so, the experts sent by Shaun's father didn't leave. In order to be sure, they planned to stay and watch over his friends for another month.

It gave Gin peace of mind.

What he found shocking is, Dean Alfin became a teacher at the Rising Dragon academy while his fellow senior students also joined the academy as students.

He planned to meet them today, but before that, he needs to complete a lot of formalities since he's a new student.

Thankfully, Luna agreed to help him with formalities. With her by his side, he won't face any issues.

"Knock...Knock!"

"Oi Gin, are you ready?" Luna's voice came from the other side of the door. He opened his door and saw Luna who was dressed in her academy ocean-blue jacket.

After locking the door, Gin followed Luna while the latter acted as a guide and introduced everything about the academy.

Along the way, many sent a cursory glance at Gin and greeted Luna respectfully by addressing, 'Little Miss Luna'.

This exaggerated scene bewildered him a little, even though her sister is powerful it doesn't mean they need to use the honorifics like 'Little Miss' to address Luna.

He directly asked Luna about this, "Hehe, it's because my mother is the current Dean of the Blue Orchid academy."

"What?" He didn't expect such a reply.

'What the hell?' Her mother is Dean, her sister is someone who everyone fears. What about her father? He couldn't be the President of the Human Union, right?

"What about your father?" Gin curiously asked.

As soon as he asked the question, there was sadness in her face while her eyes reddened a little. "He died when I was just a child, I couldn't even remember his face well!"

"I am sorry," Gin quickly apologized, he didn't expect his casual question would bring up Luna's unpleasant memories.

Sometimes he overlooks the fact, she's just a little girl. Gin gazed at Luna's face for some time, making her feel uncomfortable.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

"I wanted to ask you, why's your sister is way different than you? Whether your personality, appearance, or behavior nothing matches your sister's." Gin asked with a serious face.

He felt guilty for bringing up her painful memories, so he gingerly diverted the topic and asked her a question.

"Hehe, that's because we are sisters related by the same father but different mothers." Luna giggled. Just a mention of her sister changed Luna's mood, while smile returned to her face.

From this, one could tell the happy memories of her sister occupied her heart more than anything.

After sprinting for 20 minutes, they soon reached a large building with a board stating 'Academy Office'.

Gin went inside to complete the formalities, it was a several step process and he was asked to provide many details like his parent's name, his previous academy name, and so on.

As for his student token, he can only get it after someone check his background and verify there's nothing wrong with his identity.

It's to prevent the 'Fiends' from sneaking into the academy. Not just Blue orchid, every other academy, and organizations follow these procedures.

It took nearly 4 hours to complete all the formalities and questions fired at him, not even the battle with the Fiends had exhausted him this much.

Gin came out drained, but he soon faced another problem. Since he didn't finish breakfast in the morning, his stomach began its protest by 'growling' as it pleases.

Hearing the growling sound, he heard a suppressed laugh like someone trying their best to stifle the laughter. Gin glanced towards the source and spotted a young woman who looked around 20.

Gin gave a friendly smile and looked around, searching for Luna's silhouette; she's nowhere to be seen. Gin knows Luna probably ran off, knowing it would take time for him to complete the formalities.

"I haven't seen you around here, are you new to the academy?" The young woman came forward and asked.

Looking at the golden-haired woman, Gin smilingly replied, "Yes, Miss."

He sensed the woman has already reached the 'Seal Opening stage' and opened at least 8 hidden seals. He didn't expect to meet such a strong woman during his first day.

"No need for 'miss', just call me Bryza." She replied. Her hair was curly, knotted into a bun at her nape. She looked beautiful with her slender figure and fair skin.

Her faded jeans matched perfectly with her white academy jacket that had a sky-blue rim; an attire distinct to Grade-2 students.

She didn't expect to meet such an interesting freshman student who can distinguish her strength with a glance. She naturally knows only someone who saw through her true strength would use the honorifics like miss, madam, senior, or sister.

"Did you need any help?" Bryza asked.

"Yes, can you tell me how to reach the food court?" Gin asked.

After hearing the directions from Bryza, he thanked her and dashed off towards the direction pointed by her.