Chapter 91: Reward For Testing
“Well, did everyone understand?” asked Rundel.
He had spent several minutes explaining to the students about the workings and economic system based on the academy’s Acmy currencies.
All this so they wouldn’t get lost in the process.
“Yes!” they affirmed.
Rundel nodded with a serious expression. “Well, you may realize that with those coins you can buy food and other things, items, information, you can buy anything, so use the Acmy coins you earn wisely,” after a pause, he continued:
“Class Zero students were given Acmy coins and the top performers were given a considerable amount of coins, basically, those who demonstrated the most in both the Path Test and the Combat Tests.”
Saying the latter, Professor Rundel looked at both Theos and Astaroth. After all, they were both the most talented and powerful in their respective tests in their study group.
Yes, there were two study groups, each entering on a different schedule.
“Now, Astaroth, as being the most talented in group 02, I gave him his corresponding Acmy coins. However, since Theos disappeared yesterday, I was unable to give him his reward,” saying this, Rundel signaled Theos to come over.
Theos rose from his seat and calmly stopped as he reached toward Rundel.
The professor held out his hand, and on top of it, 10 gold coins caught Theos’ attention. ‘Did I do so well to receive 10 gold coins? Alan in the original novel only got 5…’, he thought to himself with a bit of astonishment.
But come to think of it, it’s normal, after all, he is more talented than the original Alan, as well as having a higher status and greater fame.
Theos grabbed the ten gold coins. “Thank you,” he thanked briefly, before turning away and returning to his business next to Alice and Luna.
Rundel nodded. Staring at each student, he gave a small sigh. “Okay, this is the first day, so you won’t have classes or anything like that. It’s just a little guide to make you aware of the academic system here at The Academy. If you have any questions, just say so.”
Rundel sat down, waiting for questions from some of his students. It didn’t take long before someone raised their hand.
Rundel signaled for him to stand up and ask the question. The person who raised their hand rose from their seat. Belia, with a frown, asked her question.
“Professor, and isn’t there anything or any mission that The Academy is forcing us to do?”.
Rundel opened his eyes a little, surprised by the girl’s bold question. Still, he answered calmly, “Yes, there are some missions that you will have to do on a mandatory basis. Rather, they are like events; for example, in a week, you will have to go to a Cave where recently there have been rumors that several Monsters inhabit, even a Lost Monster.”
Professor Rundel’s answer, full of serenity and naturalness, made the students frown.
“Thank you for responding,” Belia thanked with a slight smile, returning to her seat.
After that, no one seemed to have any intention of asking a question, so Professor Rundel decided to end the class right there.
But just before he left, he addressed all the students for the last time today, “As last news, I tell you that The Academy has a group on an app, I’m not much of a tech lover, but here’s the code for you to join” he said, pulling a hologram out of his hand suddenly.
The hologram showed quite a lot of letters, lines, and stripes, which reminded Theos of a QR fuck.
Quickly the students pulled out their phones and scanned the code, including Theos, knowing full well the importance of this group.
‘All the information we will receive will be sent there, so it’s better to join and check every day every news,’ he thought, sitting back down after scanning the code.
Seeing that he had nothing more to do, Rundel opened the door, walking out with his briefcase in hand and a serious expression.
“He sure is the typical serious and strict professor,” Theos muttered with a smile, already knowing the professor’s personality from the novel.
“Oops, that was quite a bit of information,” Alice muttered, propping her head with her hand.
“Well, it wasn’t that much trouble,” Luna said between yawns, her eyes twinkling threatening to fall asleep at any moment.
Theos saw all this, so, first he kept the Acmy coins in his storage ring.
Afterward, he helped carry Luna and Alice to their respective rooms so they could rest.
Under the eyes of the Class Zero students, Theos helped Luna and Alice out of the classroom and out of Student Building 01.
A few minutes passed.
“Uh, thank you very much,” they both thanked being carried by Theos, one on his back and the other carried princess style.
This made them blush deeply, but they still didn’t refuse. Pitifully for them, there was not a single girl in the vicinity for them to witness such a scene.
It wasn’t that they wanted to be seen by other women or anything, but they wanted to mark territory as if to say, “This man is mine.”
But for now, they enjoyed a moment together.
Minutes passed and the three of them chatted, laughing and joking with each other, until finally Theos arrived at the building where The Academy set up Luna and Alice’s living quarters.
“Well, here we are,” Theos said; still, he didn’t stop at all but entered the Building even though it’s an all-girls Building.
The same scene happened yesterday; Theos felt a Déjá Vu. First, the female guard scolded him, but after seeing that he was from an important family, she let him go and even let him enter the building freely.
“This Academy is a bit corrupt,” Theos muttered, but he wasn’t complaining at all; he couldn’t complain about something that, for him, is beneficial, right?
They reached the elevator; it went up a few floors until they reached floor 06, where, according to Luna and Alice, their rooms were.
“Here,” Alice said, loaded on Theos’ back.
“Here,” Luna affirmed, being in Theos’ arms princess style.
Theos realized that Luna and Alice were neighbors, living across the street from each other.
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