103 C98 He did the mash, he did the monster mash!

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"Your highnesses Princess Ruby and Prince Syrin we've been expecting you." He says as he bows formally to us. "I'm vice-principal Gerard Michal. There's a morning assembly for all new students in the auditorium. The doors to the auditorium are directly behind me. Please enter and find your seats."

"Nice to meet you. Thanks for the information. We'll head into the auditorium now so we aren't late." I say and Ruby greets him as well.

After our quick conversation, we enter the auditorium. The place is filled with rows of seats and a big stage on the far end of the room. Most of the students were already seated and waiting. Everyone was greeting one another with a bit of awkwardness. The first day of school is always awkward though. Many of the more knowledgeable children bowed as we passed them. They must be Noble children. This school has two types of children. Noble children and children with parents wealthy enough to pay their tuition. I also heard that you could also get in free on a scholarship, but that rarely happens.

When we took our seats, no one sat beside us. They probably think that if they aren't invited, it would be disrespectful to just sit near royalty. I don't really care who sits next to me and if I know Ruby well enough then she doesn't care either. After waiting for a few minutes, all of the students were seated. The stage lights up and an elderly man with monkey characteristics walks out from backstage. He walks to a podium as his cane taps the stage with every step he takes. When he walked out from behind the stage, I got a message from Souei.

'Master, this man is the strongest person I've seen since coming to this world.'

'Huh, that's interesting. Do you know what rank he is?'

'Rank 98 fighter.'

'Wow, he's only two ranks away from your rank Souei.'

That's right. Souei has reached rank 100. He said that he feels the ranks go higher, but he can't seem to break the barrier. If my intuition is correct, then the key to reaching a higher rank is in the dungeon city that Souei found. He hasn't entered the city yet, as I want to explore it along with Souei. Since I have school now, I will have to wait for a while. As long as the dungeon city doesn't start launching an attack on the surface, I'll leave them alone until I'm ready to explore. I doubt they will attack the surface anyway. If they haven't done it by now, I don't think they will. At least not anytime soon.

Back to the man on stage. When he gets to the podium, he leans his cane up against it. Clearing his throat with a cough or two, he looks over the students with an appraising eye.

"Hello, children. My name is Cedric Coulson and I'm the principal of this fine academy." He greets us warmly with a worn voice. "Before we move forward any further, would everyone please stand from your seats?" The students stand and wait to hear the reason they needed to stand. "Would their highnesses prince Syrin and princess Ruby please come to the front of the stage?" We do as we're told and move to the front of the stage with confused expressions. "Everyone please join me in bowing to his highness Syrin Fortis and her highness Ruby Bestia." Everyone in the room does as they're told and bows to us including the principal.

After bowing to us, everyone stood up and were directed to take their seats once again. We also took our seats as the principal started talking again.

"That is the last time that anyone in this school will bow to either of you." The principal says as he stares at both Ruby and I. "From here moving forward until they graduate, their highnesses Syrin and Ruby are to be treated as any other student. Feel free to treat them as you would treat any other student walking these halls. There will be no special treatment or exceptions made for either of you. For those of you that are worried, don't be. I've spoken to their parents and they agreed that this is how it should be." He announces to the crowd.

That got the room talking. Everyone started whispering to each other and gossiping. While the students were talking, Ruby and I looked at each other and smiled. If everyone actually treats us normally, it will make our school life so much easier. Some will still treat us differently, but we can't do anything about that. When the crowd calms down, the principal starts talking again.

"I would like to welcome all of you to Sitworth Academy! I hope all of you enjoy your time here and create many joyous memories to look back on. Now that that's out of the way, let's split you all up into your designated classes. When your name is called please form a line behind the teacher that called it." He says and a bunch of teachers walk out and start calling people's names.

My name was called before Ruby, but the person that called it shocked me. Stood there along with the other teachers is Princess Aella. She's dressed professionally with a clipboard in hand. I think the fact that my name was on her clipboard shocked her as well. This must be the work of that meddling old man. Whatever, this works just fine for me. Hehe, my fiancé is my teacher. This sure is some fine development. I may have to thank the beast king the next time I see him. Ruby was also assigned to Aellas class. This seemed to brighten Aellas mood as she called her sisters name with a smile on her face.

With everyone lined up behind their respective teacher, they guide us to our classrooms. While walking to the classroom, I couldn't keep the teasing smile off my face as Aella did her best to ignore my existence. School is going to be a lot more fun than I thought it would be.