Never again.
I’m never going into that giant tube again.
What kind of transportation method is that?
It just made me want to puke…and I wasn’t the only one. 90% of my class was currently puking right as they landed at the end of the plastic tube. The only positive about this was that they hadn’t puked inside the tube.
Argh…imagine gliding down a vomit-covered slide. That sounds like actual hell because it probably was.
Still, after some time, the rest of the first years joined us, and we were about to go ahead and leave for the actual city. Because, at the moment, we were still on the outskirts, and there was one person who had been waiting for us.
It was a mermaid. I had never seen one in my entire life. But they existed. Though, that was the least strange part about all this. I thought that when I reached down there, I would be drowning until I died since we were basically underwater. But no, there is some sort of giant bubble around Atlantis that makes it possible to breathe. It’s strange, I know, and I have no idea how they managed that, but it’s there.
The mermaid also had legs. I was only able to know she was one because she transformed right in front of us. Her mermaid tail changed into legs right in front of our eyes. And I had to admit, she was pretty, like…really pretty. She had long red hair that reached the lower end of her back, and her body was simply incredible. She was wearing a bikini that revealed most of it, and it really was nice to look at, and I wasn’t shying away from looking at it.
Still, I had no choice but to stop looking at her as the other classes arrived one after another.
“Is everyone here?” She shouted for everyone to hear.
The professors all looked at one another and nodded. I spotted Ava in the process, as she had also come on the outing. However, she was keeping her distance; my guess was that it was because of her daughter since she had been acting very normal earlier when we were alone.
Her shyness from when I had first met was completely gone.
“Yes! We’re ready to go!”
The one who answered was Thorin, who was the first one to follow right behind the mermaid.
“Great! Let’s go.”
She walked in front of us, and we followed right behind. It seemed we wouldn’t be going inside another transportation method, which was all I wanted because I could feel the puke coming right back up as we walked.
Time passed quickly as I talked to some of my students on the way there. It was casual conversations about their training. However, there were some students who would be scared of me when I approached them. It would be quite annoying to deal with, but I just shrugged. I knew seeing a dead body must have shocked them greatly, so I just left them alone.
“What are we going to do over there?” Darla asked.
To be honest, I had no clue. I wasn’t the one who had planned all this. It was the Royal Academy. They should have been the ones to prepare an itinerary for us, but…they hadn’t given us anything, leaving it up to the professors to think of everything.
That fucking director. Next time I see her, she’ll get an earful.
“I heard there’s a tournament that’s about to start. We might as well participate, what do y’all think?”
The students murmured between each other as I could hear both answers coming out of their mouths. Some wanted to, others didn’t want to. However, all their answers changed right as another teacher came up to me. It seemed he had heard me talk to them about the tournament.
“The Apex Class wants to participate in the Atlantis Tournament? How odd!” The unknown professor exclaimed. “I was thinking of making my class participate too!”
I frowned before turning around toward the professor who had just spoken up, and the first word that came to my mind was “weird.” That man just looked weird. He had this sickly look as he had no fat on his body. I could see all his bones, even from where I was standing. It wasn’t a great sight. I wasn’t too sure what his specialty was, but it certainly wasn’t physical combat.
“And who are you?” I asked while observing him up and down.
“Oh, right! We haven’t met. The name’s Oliver. It’s nice to meet you.”
He held his hand forward, and I shook it. However, I made sure not to put too much strength in my grip since I didn’t want to break his hand.
“Nice to meet you, too. So, you’re also planning on joining that tournament.”
“Yeah, I thought it’d be good training for my students.” He stopped talking for a second as he took a step closer to me, whispering something in my ear. “Want to make a challenge against my class?”
I took a step back from him as he was honestly smelling terrible. Still, I heard what he had said as I just stared at him.
“You do know what class I’m in charge of, right?”
“Yes, yes, the Apex class, the strongest class of the Royal Academy. We both know that’s clearly a lie. My class is much stronger than yours.”
“It is? What class are you even teaching?”
He clicked his tongue. “Isn’t it obvious? I’m teaching the summoning class!”
“Oh, that’s…cool.”
Seeing my lack of reaction, he knew that he needed to keep this conversation going. So, he made things a little spicier.
“So, are you interested in a challenge? My class against yours. The class who places the highest in the tournament wins. Are you up for it?”
I shrugged. “Sure.” I didn’t see any reason why my class would lose when they were naturally better than his students. He was the one taking on risks right now. “Though, what happens to the one who loses?”
“Uh…let’s say that he can ask anything he wants to the other person one single time.”
I nodded. It wasn’t a bad deal at all, especially since my victory was assured. I looked back, and my class was now riled up.
