Chapter 19

(Ichika's POV)

I woke up the next day with the terminal on the desk, they really wanted to make sure the students were on time to even put an alarm clock on it.

I got up and took a quick shower to wake up and dried off. I looked at myself in the mirror, before leaving. A year ago, my hair started to stand on end in some parts instead of getting all straight, due to pressure from the [Zodiac Beasts] people, I let the back grow to stick to a ponytail on the back of the neck even close to the middle of my back. And I had grown well, I was almost six feet tall, and I still had room for me to grow.

I left the bathroom and put on the uniform that was there, Chifuyu-nee must have said my measurements, or someone had a very good eye, as they fit perfectly. I took the material, which was already there, took my visor and left it hanging around my neck, left the room and went straight to the classroom.

Wherever I went, all the girls looked at me, when I returned my gaze, some of them turned red and accelerated their pace. That was clearly embarrassing, I wondered if the ones that turned red had seen me running around the Academy.

I got to my room, which was 'Class 1-1', and went in, as the door was already open. As expected, there were only women there and they all looked at me when I entered, and it was only half the room, but only two people who really stood out. The first was a blonde girl with long hair and light blue eyes, I couldn't see her body properly because she was sitting, and I was sure she was a foreigner, if it were to kick a country, I would say England.

The other one already made me happy, it was a girl with long brown hair who was stuck in a ponytail, which was a little messy to the point of being divided into two parts, by a green and black ribbon, she had dark blue eyes. She was a friend I hadn't seen in ten years.

(Ichika): "Houki!" - I called her while I went to her.

I felt the gaze of the other girls, as well as I saw some of them look at Houki ugly, but I just went to her.

(Houki): "Ichika..."

(Ichika): "How long. About ten years, no? How are you?"

(Houki): "I'm fine..."

(Ichika): "Congratulations on winning the Kendo championship."

(Houki): "H-how did you know?"

(Ichika): "I read it in the newspaper."

(Houki): "How about you? How have you been?" - She said while fiddling with one half of her ponytail.

(Ichika): "Very well, I was lonely without you, but I managed to get by. What about your family?"

(Houki): "They are fine." - she said as she moved her hair even more and turned a little red.

I just felt the looks in our direction increase, which meant that the rest of the class had arrived, I turned around and saw them all staring at us, and I was thinking about how to stop them without looking scary, but Maya-Sensei arrived at room which made everyone look at it.

(Maya): "Everyone in their places, please." - She said as she went to a bench in front of the blackboard.

(Ichika): "We will talk later." - I said to Houki, while going to my place.

When I sat in front of Maya-Sensei, we looked at each other and she got a little red, it seems that yesterday's incident was still in her head, at that time I heard the other students talking, and apparently they were girls who they already knew the teacher.

(Student 1): "Why is Maya-Sensei red like that?"

(Student 2): "There is a rumor that yesterday, Orimura-kun saw Maya-Sensei with only her underwear on."

(Student 3): "Really!?"

I didn't know if they were trying to whisper, but I could hear everything, and Maya-Sensei must also have been able to hear it, because she got even redder. This basically served as confirmation for the rumor. I saw that Houki was looking at me angrily. If just seeing someone in underwear already left her like this, what would she try to do to me if she found out that I was no longer a virgin?

Maya-Sensei managed to calm down and coughed to get the students' attention.

(Maya): "Students, congratulations on your approval! I will be your assistant teacher, Yamada Maya."

A hologram with her name appeared on her right.

(Maya): "As of today, everyone here is an IS Academy student. This academy is a boarding school, where you will be together during and after classes. We will help each other and get along in the next three years." - while she spoke the holograms were changing.

None of the students said anything, I just felt their eyes on me, although I managed to see some alternating between me and Maya-Sensei. That clearly made her uncomfortable.

(Maya): "S-So, let's start with the presentations. Let's see, we will follow in alphabetical order."

(???????): "With pleasure. My name is Cecilia Alcott. Feel honored."

I turned around and saw the blonde girl standing I could see that some parts of her hair looked like drills, and that her uniform was different from the others, while the others wore a short skirt, she wore a long skirt, and she had a beautiful voluptuous body. She had an upper class attitude and refined actions. However, her arrogance was unpleasant.

Soon after she spoke and sat down, a hologram with my name appeared on my desk, and I realized it was my turn to introduce myself.

(Ichika): "Nice to meet you. My name is Orimura Ichika."

At that time my sister entered the room.

(Maya): "Ah! Chifuyu-Sensei! Is the meeting over yet?"

(Chifuyu): "Yes. Sorry to leave you alone at the class presentation."

I sat down while Chifuyu-nee went to the side of Maya-Sensei.

(Chifuyu): "Students! I am your teacher, Orimura Chifuyu! My job is to make them useful this year."

The moment she stopped talking, the whole room became a racket with the students' screams.

(Student 4): "Chifuyu-sama! It's the real Chifuyu-sama!"

(Student 5): "I came to this school because I admire you a lot, Onee-sama!"

(Student 6): "I could die for you!"

That made me a little scared by the degree of fanaticism that those girls had for my sister, but I think it was to be expected from the popularity of 'The strongest woman in the world!'.

(Chifuyu): "How can there be so many idiots in the same place? Will all idiots always be placed in my room?" - She said while placing her hand on her forehead with a tired expression on her face.

(Students): "Onee-sama!"

(Student 7): "Onee-sama, abuse me a little more!"

(Student 8): "Treat us with love sometimes too!"

(Chifuyu): "Be quiet! I will make you memorize the basic knowledge about IS for the next six months. Until the beginning of the practical classes, get used to the basic maneuvers, understand? If you understand, then answer, and if not understood, respond anyway. "

(Class 1-1): "Yes!"

We finished the presentations, and started classes. As I had already seen all this when I wanted to dismantle an IS, that was a bore for me. And my sister realized that.

(Chifuyu): "Is my class tedious, Orimura?"

(Ichika): "To be honest, a little bit."

They all seemed to hold their breath when I said that, even Maya-Sensei. Chifuyu-nee moved her arm to try to hit me with the book in her hand, but I stopped with my hand and held the book.

She tried to take the book out of my hand, but to no avail, she said nothing but her eyes widened at that, but as she had possibly seen me lift half a ton as if it were nothing, I wasn't going to hold it. After a while I dropped the book and she went back to where she was.

The class continued without any problems, when it was time for the first break, Chifuyu-nee and Maya-Sensei left the room. And she quickly took on a girl outside the room, I could see because part of the wall was glass, so I could see all the girls staring at me. It was already pissing. I got up and went to Houki.

(Ichika): "Hey, Houki."

(Houki): "You look very popular, Ichika."

(Ichika): "I think at least a third just want my help to get close to my sister. And speaking of that, and Tabane-san? Any news from her?"

(Houki): "She calls me every now and then, but I haven't seen her in person in a while... and how did you do that?"

(Ichika): "What is 'that'?"

(Houki): "Hold Orimura-Sensei's blow."

(Ichika): "I've been training for the past few years, you know."

We continued to make small talk until our teachers came back. In the middle of the class, Maya-Sensei gave me a very large book about various IS properties, as it seemed different from what I was able to see, I gladly accepted.

After class ended, and we entered the second recess, Houki went somewhere. As I didn't have much to do, I activated my viewfinder and had Iris scan, to see if I could find the [Phantom Task] spies, they could pass one up. As she found nothing, I turned off the display and took it out and right after that I saw Cecilia Alcot in front of me.

(Cecilia): "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

(Ichika): "What can I help you with?"

(Cecilia): "I think you have manners, feel honored that I decided to talk to you."

(Ichika): "I don't know why, I don't even know you."

She was clearly outraged by my response, but I saw no reason to increase or put up with her ego.

(Cecilia): "You don't know who I am? Cecilia Alcott? The candidate for national representative of England who got the highest marks in the entrance exam ?!"

(Ichika): "So you are a national representative..."

It seems that I got it right up to the nationality, and that explained her snobbish air, possibly it should be from some noble house, since England still maintained this system.

(Cecilia): "The fact that you are in the same class as a figure as celebrated as I am is practically a miracle. You are very lucky. Have you managed to understand the reality of the facts?"

At the time, I considered myself unlucky to have to put up with a girl with a princess complex.

(Ichika): "If you say so."

(Cecilia): "Are you making fun of me?"

(Ichika): "You are free to think what you want."

(Cecilia): "Know that I am an elite of the elite, who managed to defeat an instructor!"

(Ichika): "I also defeated one, and with just one stroke."

(Cecilia): "What?!" - the astonishment on her face was evident.

(Ichika): "The video of the fight was on the news, how did you not see it?" - I said in a slightly mocking tone.

I decided not to comment on the fact that I was still taking it easy, as clearly it would 'break' emotionally.

(Cecilia): "Did you defeat an instructor?"

(Ichika): "She was pissed after I managed to activate the IS."

At that time the bell rang, it was time for class to start over.

(Cecilia): "We will continue this conversation later." - she said as she walked away from me.

The last period started and ended without any problems. I managed to get out of the Academy before being surrounded by the girls. I wish I could change places with Rooster-san that it wasn't the bed of roses he thought it was. I went to my room and realized that the shower was on, it looks like I got a roommate. However, the person in the shower heard me opening the door and spoke from inside, and the worst thing was that I recognized the voice.

(?????): "Is somebody there?"

(Ichika): "Yes, your new roommate, Houki."

The shower was even turned off after I said that.

(Ichika): "I'll wait outside. Knock on the bedroom door when you're done." - I said before leaving the room.

I was leaning against the door while waiting for Houki, the girls who went to their rooms came to talk to me saying why I was outside, at that time I heard the door slam and I entered the room.

Houki had dressed in the clothes that are used in the kendo dojo, she was sitting on the end of the bed near the window.

(Houki): "What are your intentions, Ichika?"

(Ichika): "Trying to get out alive. I thought they would give me a room just for me."

(Houki): "Why did you choose this room?"

(Ichika): "I've been in this room since yesterday, Houki. So who would have to answer these questions is you."

She blushed and simply looked away. I knew that she has a severe and disciplined personality, because of the family dojo, it has always been that way since we were children, that was one of the reasons why many boys made fun of her when we were children.

(Ichika): "Anyway. It looks like we're going to have to share a room. Do you want to set times or something?"

(Houki): "I have the right to shower from 7 pm to 8 pm, and you from 8 pm to 9 pm."

(Ichika): "It's fine with me. Since you took your shower, I will use the shower. If you are going to change, do it in the meantime."

I took a shower and dried off, when I left, Houki already had a purple robe with a black belt attached.

(Ichika): "That robe looked good on you."

She turned a little red when I praised her. I always thought Houki was a beautiful girl, but seeing her like this I realized that she really was a beauty.

(Houki): "It's time for us to sleep." - she said as she turned off the light on her side and stood back to me.

As this was what she wanted I decided to go to sleep too, after all asking Iris to do another analysis of the place with her around would be a problem.

And so it was my first day at that Academy.

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