Entrance Ceremony

(Noah's Pov)

Till the next day, I kept practicing until I finally narrowed down the time to 3 minutes, to kill 1000 slimes without the use of any components of the world's power.

Yes, all I did was grind for the whole day.

After that, I went back to my room at night, slept and woke up, took a bath, took out a protein bar, ate it, drank my coffee, and left the room to go to the entrance ceremony.

No, I don't want to hear that my life sounds kinda bland.

Anyway, today's day when the school will officially start and from tomorrow, classes.

The influx of students could be seen walking around me, many students who arrived just today.

You might question why they were coming late but the academy has a rule, no outside contact for the next 3 years.

Well, more accurately, the students are not allowed to leave the academy grounds for the next 3 years except in a few cases.

They can talk with people outside using phones and stuff but they can't go outside not only that but people from outside are also prohibited from coming to meet the students.

Now, you might wonder how am I going to clear the hidden dungeons if I am going to be stuck in here.

Well, you will understand when you see how the rules in the academy work.

Slowly I started pouring mana, aura, soul energy, and myst into my eyes, expanding the vision that a normal eye couldn't have, and took a look all around me.

What I was searching for were 20 students, those 20 students who were the main focus of the story.

Hm?

1,2,3..11... 19... 

Where is the main protagonist?

I thought as I tried focusing on finding the protagonist among the crowd of students.

"Um... Excuse me, may I ask how long the entrance ceremony will last?"

I turned towards the hand tapping on my left shoulder from behind me.

What greeted my sight wasn't something I was expecting.

...

It was the protagonist.

In flesh.

"About an hour or so, then you will need to go to classes you have been assigned and afterward the introduction with your teacher and some stuff will go on and then you are good to go home, regular classes will begin from tomorrow" I answered.

"Thank you. And.. um... you shouldn't pour mana in your eyes unless necessary, my master once told me that it could lead to serious problems including weakening of your eyesight or even blindness, unless you have B above proficiency in mana which I am assuming you most likely don't since you seem to be a first year like me."

...

Enyo is an SSS+ ranker, I learned from the best. I am not losing my eyesight. It is a delicate process yes, having high proficiency is important but your intelligence also plays a role in the overlapping of mana or any other component with your body parts.

The better the intelligence and proficiency the better your control will be.

It's pretty simple, High intelligence and high proficiency, welp you don't even ask if you are good to go.

High intelligence and low proficiency? Will work, just be careful.

Low intelligence and High proficiency? Will work, just be careful.

Low intelligence and low proficiency? You are fucked.

Avg intelligence and Avg proficiency? Okayish, don't overdo it.

In my case, my proficiency is fine and my intelligence is off the charts, the level of concentration I need during the delicate control is the same as breathing to me, so yeah, unlike your master who doesn't have a brain and needs to pull through it using nothing by high proficiency, I am different.

Enyo had high intelligence and high proficiency and she could basically view entirely of her own continent if she wanted to.

It wasn't easy to hide from her but I managed to somehow back then.

...

No, wait.

That's not the problem, the problem is how the hell did he know about what I am doing with my eyes?

Shit, I am still not good enough, am I? Enyo wouldn't even let others realize that she had poured mana into her eyes.

Also, who is his master?

The heck?

Dude, you were trained in a lab!

Not by a single person but by multiple people who taught you various things that people your age don't know how to do or will learn later down the line.

Oh, wait, yeah, you came with your fake storyline in this academy. I forgot for a second.

"Thanks for the worry, I will think about what you said and yes, I am a first-year student, G+ranked. Noah." I said matching his pace.

"Aqua. It's nice to meet you! And I hope you really give it some serious thought" He replied with a smile.

I nodded.

Now what?

What do I say now?

"If you don't mind me asking which class are you in?" Aqua asked.

"For now, A-2" I replied.

"For now?" He asked, his left eyebrow arching.

He seemed to be confused, welp, he will understand after some time.

"Yes, for now."

"...Can we change classes?"

At least he isn't a complete dumbass. But he still got used by the observers. A protagonist who lost in his own story is ...pathetic or pitiful?

"No, not on your own whims" I replied

"I don't understand ..." His voice trailed off, his confusion apparent on his face as he looked towards me to explain more but after understanding I was not going to divulge more information on the topic he decided to let it go and began speaking "Oh, I am in A-1, if you need any help, feel free to ask! My dorm room is Y-1-10-01."

I nodded and with that, the conversation came to an end.

Yes, I didn't tell him about my dorm room, I mean, he didn't ask so why should I?

Fortunately, we reached our destination as well.

"Well, see you later!" Aqua said waving his hand as he moved towards the line of his own class.

And then I waited until the entrance ceremony began and he showed himself.

The headmaster of the academy.

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"Hello, I am Regis Randolph. The current headmaster of Hero's Nurturing High School. An SS+ ranker. I am looking forward to seeing how you all will fare in this academy" He paused as he moved his head from left to right looking at the crowd of students and then nodded and continued "I am sure you are all delighted to have become a part of our school and so are we. The hard work, persistence, potential, and talent that you showed during your entrance examination, I hope you keep that up with the same vigor during your stay inside the academy. There will be many times when you might think that the academy is being unfair but please believe in us and our curriculum. That is all I want to say." He concluded within a minute

Damn. This guy must be hating the ceremony more than us.

A huge round of applause followed right after.

He stepped back and gave the mic to someone else.

Regis Randolph, someone who used to be a member of Eldis organization.

Hm? What is Eldis Organization? Well, the power is divided among the Central government and the Eldis organization.

Eldis Organization first came into existence when a group of people banded together to bring back the society order that was destroyed.

After the war with demons and other species ended and peace finally came, new struggles emerged.

Villains came into existence, in a world of fantasy, it was far more harmful. These villains ran amok, committing atrocious acts one after another and the damages were huge. 

To stop these villains came heroes.

The first heroes of our generation formed an organization called Eldis Organization.

Yes, this is how we replaced the term criminals with villains and police with heroes.

Of course, the first generation is dead, and now the Eldis organization is filled with different people, and what can I say, their leader is an old hag who also happens to be an SS+ ranker.

Well, all high members of the Eldis Organization are SS+ rankers.

Do I still need to explain why they are in so much power?

Only the central government has any control over them and even that is only because Eldis organization doesn't retaliate and wants to remain bound by the laws and regulations like any other person.

...On the surface.

Oh, we drifted off the topic, Regis Randolph, yes, the man who I was talking about.

This guy is going to be quite a pain in the ass.

No matter what anyone says or how they favor him, I would never. This guy is fucking hypocrite.

Believing in him is the same as proving yourself to be stupid

The Entrance Ceremony continued while I made sure to keep an eye on his body language trying to extract as much information as I could about him while remaining unnoticed.

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Once the entrance ceremony ended, I started walking towards my classroom.

There are a total of 20 classrooms, A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, and so on till J-2.

Each class consists of 100 students.

These students all belong to the Hero course.

Other 1st year students who belong to other departments, I don't know much about them or how things are for them.

Arriving in the classroom, I looked around until I found the back empty seat and occupied it. The seating arrangement in the classroom was similar to how college students usually have in their lecture halls.

Oh well.

The was no blackboard but a projection screen for holograph which will be used. None of the students have any textbooks in their hands but tablets for e-books, it doesn't mean you can't study from physical textbooks, it's just people in this world prefer e-books.

...Fucking show-offs.

I slumped in my seat.

Students were chattering among themselves, already forming groups, while I sat..remained slumped on my seat in the corner.

Slowly the classroom kept on filling.

There was not a single student in this class who was part of the main cast.

For real?

The fuck.

Whatever. I had planned to observe at least someone from the main cast if they happen to be in my class to check with my novel information on how much they resemble and all that but it seems like it wouldn't happen.

There's still a chance that someone might show up in the classroom.

"System-san, go and look for the 20 kids I told you the appearances of, are they already settled in their classroom? Is no one gonna come here?" I muttered and asked the system.

In less than 10 seconds the system showed itself up.

[They are all already seated in their own classroom]

Well, great.

Peace for a month, I guess.

"Um? Is this seat occupied?" A girly voice entered my ears and I turned towards it to find a girl, still slumped in my seat.

"Sure is occupied for my sleeping" I replied and turned my head away once again.

Ignoring the girl who sat beside me with a loud bang, enough for me to hear but not loud enough for others to hear it.

"If you want to sleep, you shouldn't have come" The girl beside me said.

"If you were going to sit here anyway, there was no reason to have asked" I replied leisurely and she hmped away.

Weird girl.

"My name is Julianna. Yours?" She said.

"...Noah."

We are going to be classmates, at least knowing the name is the least I could do. If I am not going to make an effort to know others better use the effort others are making to know me.

But she is weird, is she angry at me or not?

"You are weird." her grumpy voice reached my ears and I turned towards her.

"We haven't even talked that much yet and you are labeling me as a weirdo already? What the fuck is wrong with you girl?" I asked looking at her, her expression looked a bit sad but ...soon changed.

"I find you weird but in a good way." She said with a smile.

How exactly? And why is she smiling?

Before I could say anything else, the bell rang and just then, at the precise moment, a man entered the classroom wearing a suit.

This guy came into the class wearing a suit...

If you don't know what a suit means let me say it in laymen's terms, he is wearing a coat, underneath it a white shirt along with a tie and pants! 

What is wrong with all these people?