Chapter 53

[Third Person's PoV]

Futarou practically skipped down the steps as he made his way to the breakfast table.

When he arrived, he saw that everyone had dark circles under their eyes, except for Raiha, who looked well-rested.

Isanari sat with his arms on the table and his fingers interlocked, looking downwards. "Futarou," he called, looking up with the same baggy eyes.

"Next time... make sure to soundproof your room... I beg of you."

"..."

"You guys heard that?"

"YES!" they all shouted, aggrieved and exasperated.

Futarou blushed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, I didn't realize."

Everyone released a tired sigh, until they heard...

"Heard what? What are you guys talking about?" Raiha asked, looking at them in confusion.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing at all. Don't worry about it, alright?" they all tried to say as they quickly changed the topic.

Grayfia appeared from the kitchen with a cart of plates, pancakes, and juices, placing them on the table for them to eat, performing her duties as a maid.

As Futarou ate, he noticed something weird about the Template:

[Template: Monkey D. Luffy]

[Completion Rate: 34%]

'Why did it jump so quickly? It normally takes me days for it to go up by one,' he pondered.

As he began to think, the answer immediately came to him. 'Ah, it's due to my fight with Tohru. It all makes sense now. I was fighting a dragon, something Luffy himself had done.'

After Futarou finished breakfast, he went out to start his daily quests.

...

A week later...

Futarou stood in front of a mirror, fixing his hair. He was wearing a school uniform: a black blazer with golden outlines, a white dress shirt underneath, black pants, and a black tie. The logo of the school rested on his left chest.

He tried styling his hair in different ways before settling on parting it down the middle. He reached out his hands and willed both Shusui and Chastiefol toward him.

He put Shusui at his side as usual and Chastiefol on his back. Meanwhile, Tohru, Scáthach, and Grayfia decided to go to his summoner space where they could still watch over him.

Puck, as always, sat on his head, while Orion lay on his left shoulder and Voltara sat, swinging her feet, on his right shoulder.

"EEVEE~" she cried out as she jumped from his bed into his arms, where he carried her.

"So this is it," Puck said, patting Futarou on the head. "The moment you've been training for. It's the start of the Hunters Academy!"

Futarou smiled and nodded in agreement as he exited his room and walked downstairs. He saw his father crying while Raiha comforted him by rubbing his back.

As Isanari looked at Futarou, he cried even harder. "My son is all grown up! He's on his way to become the best hunter this world has ever seen!"

Futarou heard a car horn outside and said, "Well, old man, looks like my ride's here."

Raiha went up and hugged Futarou. "Have fun, Onii-chan!"

Futarou smiled as he ruffled her hair. "Thanks."

With that, he made his exit and found a limousine waiting for him by the entrance. As he got in, he saw Erza sitting down, waiting for him.

"This is actually the first time I've seen you without your armor on," Futarou teased.

Erza didn't reply and practically snatched Eevee from Futarou's lap, starting to baby her. "Your summons are just absolutely the cutest. As for the reason I'm not wearing it, it's only for today since it's the first day of school."

The limousine started to drive while Erza continued to play with Eevee.

On the way, Erza asked, "What about your little girlfriend? Why didn't you walk to school with her?"

Futarou raised a brow at her tone, amused. 'No way…' he thought. "One, we haven't really made it official. We decided we were going too fast and made the choice to slow it down, starting off as friends. So technically, she isn't 'my little girlfriend' as you put it. And two, she's going with her sisters, whom you already met when you were stalking me," Futarou teased.

Erza's face turned red as she blushed. "I WASN'T STALKING!"

Futarou put a hand on his chin and made noises as if he was thinking. "Following me in secret, without my knowledge, and staying far away so I didn't notice you… sounds like stalking to me."

"It was Raiha's idea, okay?" Erza continued to blush as she looked to the side.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Futarou continued to tease. "The great Erza Scarlet, deflecting blame onto a little girl… that isn't very knightly. And if I'm not mistaken, was that a little bit of jealousy I detected earlier?"

"I wasn't jealous," Erza pouted while playing with Eevee's stomach.

Futarou didn't say anything else and looked at her with a satisfied expression.

It wasn't long before they arrived at the gates of the school. Just like Futarou remembered, the school towered over all the other buildings.

Erza opened the door, and Eevee was the first one to jump out.

"EEVEE~!" She announced her presence to everyone.

Everyone wearing the school uniform turned towards the noise. Once Eevee saw everyone looking at her, she started to walk like a runway model, performing a catwalk.

As Futarou and Erza exited, they looked at Eevee in amusement as her tail swayed back and forth with her head held high.

"Awww~" some of the girls let out, seeing Eevee's cuteness. Some of the guys were even affected, watching with a smile, while others resumed walking as if it wasn't any of their business.

When they entered, they made their way past a sign that pointed towards the classroom they were assigned to.

It didn't take long before they stood in front of a large door with "A-1" on it. Erza and Futarou both looked at each other before entering.

Futarou raised a brow when looking inside the classroom. 'It looks like a college lecture hall in here.'

As Futarou quickly scanned the surroundings, he saw some familiar faces—faces he recognized from some anime and some he didn't recognize at all. The seats were still mostly empty for the most part.

Futarou and Erza then entered and chose to sit at the back of the class. Eevee jumped onto his lap, putting her two front paws on the table and looking ahead as if she herself was taking the course.

Soon, more and more people started to enter. Some gave Futarou a weird look due to the fact that he was practically wearing his summons. Futarou then saw that the quintuplets themselves had entered.

When Miku saw him, her face grew red and she gave him a little wave. Seeing where Miku was waving, Yotsuba and Ichika grew mischievous grins as they grabbed her hand and pushed her towards Futarou.

"Yo!" Yotsuba said with a hand slightly raised. "It's nice to see you again, Futarou," she said happily.

The others also said their hellos and sat down next to each other in front of him.

As everyone sat down, they detected a large pressure coming from outside the door, which caused Futarou to raise a brow while some started having a bit of difficulty breathing, even though most of them were A-ranked.

Erza was also perfectly fine and didn't look the least bit affected, while Eevee turned towards the door and let out little growls.

The door slid open slightly, revealing the homeroom teacher. Futarou, seeing who it was, looked a bit surprised.

Since after all, it was…

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A/N: I absolutely have no idea as who to put for the homeroom teacher, please help me decide 🥺

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