Chapter 34: First Room Mate
The admissions office clerk looked at Rocky and his approval form and frowned deeply.
He was a goblin by race and goblins in general had a reputation for being a race that was obsessed with wealth.
While not all goblins were the same, the admissions clerk was certainly someone who loved money more than anything in his life.
"You don't have to pay money? What garbage is this? This has never happened in the history of the university-" The clerk protested as he felt the urge to tear up Rocky's acceptance letter.
"This can't be…. I must check with my superiors" he said, mumbling to himself as he left his post and ran off on his tiny legs to a superior's office, leaving Rocky waiting for his robes and dorm key.
" Hey, puny human, where did the admission clerk run off to?" Asked the guy waiting in line behind him, as Rocky turned to face him.
Behind him stood an orc, easily over 9 feet in height and five feet in width, looking like a mammoth figure with two golden rings encasing his tusks that extended out of his lower lips and went beyond his nose.
"I have no idea, giant orc" Rocky replied with the same level of disrespect as the orc showed him, however, instead of being offended the orc seemed to shy off as he began pumping his muscles.
"You think I'm giant? Thank You puny human, I work out hard" The orc said, as Rocky slapped his forehead remembering the fact that orcs were a very literal species who did not understand sarcasm.
As the orc pumped his muscles in front of Rocky, Rocky could not help but chuckle as he saw the spitting image of a gym freak in the orc, who kept hitting pose after pose in the mirror after a good pump session.
" I'm Buhara, the son of the great orc chieftain Duhara. Who are you?" Buhara said, extending his giant right hand towards Rocky, who shook it and tried to apply the maximum force that he could to squeeze it.
" I'm Rocky, Rocky Yadav. Younger brother of Riva Yadav" Rocky said as Buhara flinched slightly as he felt Rocky's strength.
"Grrrrrrr" Buhara squeezed back, as while he did not understand sarcasm, he understood when a warrior was challenging him, as he squeezed Rocky's palm right back with all his strength.
" Rocky is much stronger than he looks. Buhara respects it" he eventually said, as the two left each other's hands, both feeling the pain and having their palms redden.
" You're not too bad yourself" Rocky said, as he acknowledged Buhara's brute strength which was equal to that of his.
If Rocky was merely a normal human, he would have had his bones crushed by Buhara's grip strength, however, after working out diligently and consuming three body strengthening potions, Rocky was much stronger than an average human, which allowed him to withstand Buhara's grip and stand his ground.
" This is ridiculous…. How is this even allowed? What about workers like us? I'm already working on a 0.1% commission basis, isn't this a loss for me?...." The goblin clerk muttered as he walked back angrily to his post on his small two feet, prompting Rocky to ignore Buhara and turn his attention to the clerk.
" So…?" Rocky asked, as the grumpy expression on the face of the clerk already told him the full story.
" Yes, you don't have to pay a fee, your full scholarship has been approved by the institute.
Here are your four sets of robes, an identity badge, a team membership form, a course selection form and keys to your dormitory.
You have been given a triple sharing room and shall have two roommates.
No VIP rooms for you!" The Goblin clerk grumpily said as he stamped Rocky's form and handed him his stuff.
" Ridiculous…. Two champions of gods in the same semester? To think I need to approve one more free form this year…. Unfair…truly unfair" he grumbled, as Rocky picked up on his words before he left.
'There is yet another champion of God in this same school?' Rocky wondered, as for a moment he felt his heart flutter with excitement.
If it were a champion of some friendly god to Gemini, such as one of Enel or Junfred, Rocky could become best friends with the guy/girl who shared the same destiny as him.
" I really hope it's a friendly champion…." He muttered as he walked towards his triple sharing dormitory room numbered C-54 to settle in and place his luggage.
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( Dorm room C-54 )
As Rocky reached the room, he saw a very decent living quarters that had three distinct divisions within it and one common seating/ studying area.
It wasn't lavish, but it was by no means average either, as it was just the right amount of luxury for an Elite student to enjoy.
He seemed to be the first one to enter his room, with no-roommates in sight, but he expected them to arrive soon enough.
Shamelessly claiming the last chamber which was the furthest into the room as his own because it offered maximum privacy, Rocky began settling in when he heard the familiar "Grrr….." sound.
" Puny human? It seems like we are roommates!" Said Buhara who seemed to be very happy with this outcome.
Chapter 35: The second Roommate
" Grrrrr..." Buhara growled as he put his luggage in the middle compartment of the three in the room.
The bed was 9 feet long and quite spacious, however, Buhara seemed to barely fit into it as he complained about it being uncomfortable.
" Rocky human! Come help Buhara, I'm stuck in the bed frame" Buhara shouted, as Rocky was forced to pull Buhara out of the perilous situation he was in.
"Buhahahahara" said Buhara as he lifted the entire bed frame to a side and placed the bedsheet on the flat ground below as he laid on it in satisfaction.
"Bedsheet smells nice, Buhara is happy" said Buhara, as Rocky felt his right eye flutter looking at the uncivilized orc.
'I'm going to live with this cartoon all year long?' wondered Rocky, as he secretly hoped that his second roommate would at least be more normal and that the two of them would be able to handle Buhara.
Unfortunately, normal and Rocky were two words that were never going to have a connection as Rocky was fated to meet the most unique and abnormal people in the universe.
"C-54, is this my future abode?" A gentle voice said as Rocky and Buhara's third room-mate entered the dorm.
He looked to be a human with Blonde hair, fair spotless skin, beautiful gray eyes and no facial hair whatsoever.
He had no muscle definition about him, his figure was like that of an individual who had never worked out once in their entire life and his body was shaped a little oddly.
Slightly wide at the hips with slender waist, the guy could almost be mistaken for a girl, as with not a speck of hair on his body and face, and voice thin like that of a woman he looked about 80% like one.
The only redeeming quality about him, which indicated that he was a guy was the way he dressed, wearing skinny jeans and white t-shirt.
"She is a beauty" Buhara said, as the blonde guy giggled and replied "I'm a he, and no you're the strong looking guy".
Rocky felt his spine tingle when the guy giggled instead of laughing as alarm bells began to ring in his head.
" BUHAHAHARA-" Said Buhara, as he began flexing and posing his muscles after being called 'Strong'
" My name is Erin, nice to meet you both, I'll be in your care from now on" said Erin as he extended his hand for Buhara to Shake.
" I'm Buhara, son of the great chieftain Duhara" said Buhara as he gripped Erin's hands too tightly after being accustomed to Rocky.
" Ouch! My palms" said Erin, as tears formed in his eyes as he immediately rescinded his palm.
Buhara looked at Erin and then his palm and wondered how that guy even got injured with such less strength?
" Buhara you idiot, control your damn strength you musclehead" Rocky said as he gave Buhara a light kick on his calves.
" I'm Rocky, nice to meet you" Rocky said as he extended his palm, to which Erin only gently grabbed his index finger.
" You sir, have nice hair" said Erin as Rocky subconsciously adjusted them as he said " Thanx, you have nice hair too" as a form of general courtesy.
" No you sir, have a wonderful voice" said Erin almost instantly, as finally a light bulb went off in Rocky's head.
The way Erin dressed, the way he spoke, the lack of muscles on his body, it all added up to one thing and one thing only!
" Erin, are you by chance a follower of the Church Of Vanity?" Asked Rocky as Erin's eyes brightened at the question.
" You sir, are very intelligent, I'm indeed a believer of the Church of Vanity" said Erin as Rocky wished he could faint right at that moment.
The church of vanity was a cult where their followers practiced one of the most terrifying form of curse spellcraft known to the universe.
They only gave complements to everyone they conversed with, giving one complement minimum in every human to human interaction they had, improving the strength of their curse, for when they eventually unleashed it.
A normal conversation between two church of vanity followers sounded like this
"You sir are so handsome"
" No, YOU sir are more handsome"
" No, your voice sounds better"
" No your nails look better"
However, when the time came to fight, and they finally spoke a demeaning curse like
" Your swordsmanship is trash"
Even veteran swordsmen tended to forget how to hold their swords, making them easy targets.
The longer a practitioner went without using the power of a curse, the stronger it became, however, because of this extreme form of improving its strength, church of vanity believers were very hard to talk to while having a serious conversation.
' Why do I have to be stuck with not one but TWO cartoon characters?' wondered Rocky, as he silently cursed the heavens, but little did he know that these two cartoon characters would eventually become his best friends in life.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the PS target! Good job everyone!
Also, come let's have fun by pretending in the chat below that we are all church of vanity believers.
Should be funny ///
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