Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 101- First Day (Part 1)

The day passed peacefully, after Rin and Elise's conversation, Elise seemed to have returned to normal. She wasn't as agitated as before and could now act fairly normally around Rin. The latter was very happy to see that she at least forgot about the matter for the time being.

"U-Ugh… I need to wake up…" Rin groaned as he turned around the blanket lazily. Since the weather was slightly cold, the blanket was akin to heaven as it warmed him and made him feel even more drowsy than before.

[You need to wake up, host.]

'I know… I'm working on it as you can see.' Rin said with a click of his tongue before he rolled out of the bed and fell on the ground like a stiff stick before standing up slowly.

*Rustle*

Weird noises came from outside his room that he didn't know the origin of.

'What's happening outs-' Before he could even finish his thought and fully open the door, tens of students were passing by his room talking noisily. Rin didn't know how these people were able to wake up that easily and get out early to go to their first classes.

'I need to work on my mornings.' He thought with a sigh and closed the door again. He quickly prepared himself, ate something, and then left the room running.

'Shit, I'm late. Elise will kill me if I don't get out on time.' He thought as he increased his speed and reached the stairs.

Looking around him, most students have left the rooms and the corridor was basically empty.

'How much time is left before our meeting?' Rin asked his system.

'45 seconds.'

'Fuck me!!' Rin couldn't hesitate any more and quickly activated shadow manipulation. Then he quickly traveled from one shadow to another in the blink of an eye, quickly descending the stairs.

When he was close to the end of the stairs, he deactivated his skill and ran out of the building. When he reached their meeting destination, he found a huge group of people standing around, seemingly watching something in awe.

"So beautiful…"

"An angel had fallen on us… God does exist!"

"I can't even look at her lewdly! She's too pure for my tarnished eyes!!"

"Squeeze me with those thighs, mommy!!"

Rin had a bad hunch about all of this so he quickly made his way through the swarms of students. There, he found Elise standing in the middle, not bothering the people around her.

'How does she ignore all of this as if it's nothing? Is that some kind of superpower?'

Even now, Rin was getting many hungry eyes from females around him but he was barely able to bear with them. He wasn't good under lights.

"Psst!"

Calling for her quietly, Elise turned around to face him, revealing her full appearance. Rin already knew that Elise was extremely gorgeous, it wasn't anything new even though it will steal his breath away every single time and he was sure he will never get bored of that. But, now, for some reason, she looked even more beautiful than before.

Her beautiful, oval-shaped face and her clear blue eyes could steal someone's soul with a glance coupled with her beautiful thing and red lips. Her white-as-snow hair fell down her back like a waterfall.

She was wearing the academy uniform which consisted of a beautiful dark blue robe with a beautiful white ribbon and a white shirt under it. The uniform was simple but still somehow looked extremely beautiful on Elise.

As for Rin's uniform, it consisted of a blue shirt and blue trousers with a white necktie. It was also pretty simple yet practical and flexible. It was also anti-dirt and hard to cut or ruin. It also can change the temperature of the person to however they wanted. All of this was the result of intricate design coupled with magic.

"Almost late." She said calmly.

"I was not late. You should acknowledge that I'm very responsible and capable."

Looking at her bracelet, she turned around and started walking.

"Well, we need to go, Mr. Responsible." She said with a cool tone. Most of the people there will not catch that she was joking and will only see it as a cold response from her.

'She learned how to tease and joke around.' Rin sighed and followed behind her.

"Huh? Is that her boyfriend?"

"Beat me. But, look at him, he's also a drop-dead handsome guy."

"Sigh, our angel is already stolen."

"Better luck next time to us, poor brothers! Our glory days will come."

"Hick! You are now my best friend! Off we go, friend!!"

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The main area of the city was obviously the study area. It had many facilities and also consisted of the most important components of the city.

The class area was right in the heart of all of that. 3 main buildings with each one responsible for teaching a certain aspect of the academic curriculum. There are mainly 3 things that the academy focuses on, Academic studies that consist of normal subjects such as math, physics, literature, and things similar to that. The second thing is the magic studies and which consist of everything theoretical about magic from magic formations, spell learning, magic history, certain parts of alchemy, and also beast studying. It's by far the most important part of the curriculum as that's what nurtures a great magician, other subjects are nothing but general knowledge for the future in case they needed it.

Then, the last but certainly not the least part is the Practical studies which consist of magical combat, weapon training, pseudo-dungeon explorations, and many other things. It's where students can train and practice what they learned in magic studies.

Rin and Elise reached the academic area and walked passed the huge gates that had 4 guards standing there in case of any problem. Many people could be seen walking in and out as they chatted happily.

"We are basically in the same class, huh? 3-A, right?" Rin asked.

"Mhm."

"Nice, take care of me, partner."

"I will." Elise replied with a cool look on her face.

'O-Oh my god. So cool!' Rin said as he put his hand on his mouth.

Elise was just oozing with a graceful aura that made even the smallest of her gestures and even her words sound cool. That was another level of charm.

"Stop that."

"Stop what?" He asked.

"Whatever you are doing right now."

"I'm doing nothing though."

"You are. You have a smug face now."

"I'm not."

"You are."

"I'm not."

"Sigh, whatever."

Elise said and continued walking silently.

The two then reached the class where their first lesson is, exactly in the Academic studies building. The first few days will only be theoretical between magic and normal subjects and then the practical part starts.

The room was quite huge, almost the size of a lecture hall. There were long rows of chairs going upwards with a main stage for the Professor with two big chalkboards.

Choosing a random seat at the back, they sat down and waited for the class to start. The place quickly filled up with students. However, no one seemingly sat next to Rin or Elise for some odd reason.

The professor then finally entered the room, it was a middle-aged lady with a warm look on her face and a gentle aura that soothed any nervous student immediately.

"Good morning, everyone. My name is Melinda Roseair. I'm your Academic Professor for this year, nice to meet all of you."

Then, she looked around her, seemingly making sure that everyone was completely focused on her. Then, she continued.

"Before we start the class, there is some important news that all of you need to know. The first refresh of the ranking leaderboard had already happened. Do please check that now."

"First refresh?" One student asked.

"Fufufu! I will explain so don't worry. As many of you noticed, for the past week, the ranking system hasn't changed at all for the new year. All of you had exactly zero points even though many of you did things that should've garnered you a few points. So, as per usual each year, the first refresh of the ranking happens on the first day of school. For all of you that tried to get some points, the system had registered that and they are now appropriately giving points to those who did so."

Quickly, many people opened their bracelets with excited smiles. However, that smile quickly turned into confusion. No one was expecting what they saw.

"Why is my score in the minus?"

"Wait, mine too."

"Huh? Is this some kind of mistake?"

"Yeah, definitely."

Murmurs echoed in the room left and right.

"Is there some kind of problem with the bracelet, Miss. Roseair? Could you please fix that if you can?"

"There is no problem with the ranking, sweety."

"Huh?" Even more confused sounds came out of the students.

"There is no mistake. Those are your scores and that's what you appropriately deserve."

Her aura gazed around as she opened her mouth again.

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