I leave the medical room and head towards the hall, where the qualified participants were resting after the duel, I quickly find a seat in the corner away from others.
I could see many of the qualified contestants already interacting with each other, hoping to make connections that would benefit them in the future.
I see many faces both familiar and unfamiliar here.
Humans were interacting with themselves
Demons were minding their own business as well, talking a bit with beastfolk or elves.
I saw a human girl near my age, having dark red hair, golden eyes as if a fire as burnt within, a killer body, and wearing a luxurious dress standing proudly in a corner.
She was Harley Walton, from a famous noble family of fire aura masters.
At another corner, I spotted an extremely gorgeous elf.
She had silver shining hair, lush green emerald eyes, a small and straight nose, soft baby pink lips, a voluptuous body any girl would envy, and probably the first woman that I felt kind of attracted to subconsciously as well.
She was surrounded by what I could easily deduce to be her servants, just like me, it seems they also came in as students and qualified for the test….
There were quite some people trying to approach her or talk with her, most of them were sent away by her servants/guards while a few important ones were chatting with her respectfully.
After all, she was the crown princess of the Elven empire and possibly the next queen if all things go well in the future for her.
And last but not the least, of all the important faces I could remember, this demon girl was wearing a red veil to cover her face, a petite body frame, and common-looking clothes.
She was also a heroine in the novel, a future member of Alice's harem if specified.
'Oh man, so many important characters are gathered here…'
The last batch of duels ended soon followed by the qualifying candidates making entries.
I spot Freya and I had to say it, she looks shit.
'OH! Now that I remember, she was paired with one of the main heroines of this whole novel and her arch nemesis, the heroine of light. In the novel, the heroine roughed up Freya pretty badly seeing how cruelly Freya was launching attacks and how vicious she was acting in a small match.
Freya being Freya tried to use all sorts of tricks up her sleeve but ultimately failed to defeat the heroine.
Since then, their grudge begins truly and starts all things as well as the start of Freya's demise.
I tried spotting the heroine and I found her among the crowd as well but her condition, uhh… what…?
She looked as bad as Freya…
A beautiful girl slightly older than me, having silky flowing golden hair, yellow cream eyes, soft plump lips, and an ample amount of curves that could make anyone fall for her… a girl everyone would want to protect.
In the novel, she was barely scratched but she looked equally beaten up as well…
…Damn, did my existence somehow messed up things but how?
I don't remember doing anything that would make Freya stronger… wait, come to think of it, her control over dark aura was significantly higher as well from my observations.
I need to find out what exactly is happening with her… now I am starting to doubt if the heroine of light could kill her or not… well if worse come to worse, maybe the plot armor would act up.'
'I will have to make my own arrangements as well, I can't rely on the plot fully.'
I come to Freya and she seemed in a bad mood as she glared at me for some time but didn't do anything.
Soon, the same senior from before appeared again and announced.
"First of all, congrats to all of you who are present here, you have passed the test successfully and will now be enrolling as students of the academy… but let me also warn you that it is just the start of your journey and beware of this, If your performance is not up to our academy's reputation and you continue to slack off, you will easily get eliminated in the future tests. And never be too full of yourself at the academy, all the students studying in the academy are geniuses among their own league so try not to offend too many."
"Now, onto the second thing, even though the academy is a huge place, you all will be living in dorms with a partner from your batch only, it is to promote teamwork and cooperation skills among the team, one cannot achieve what a team could alone."
"Once assigned, you are not allowed to change them under any circumstances and this arrangement would follow through the entire time you spend here, it is believed that this will help you gain a partner you can trust your back with! So, I advise you to respect your partner regardless of their background, the academy is strict and just and won't change so bear with it if you wish to continue here."
"Your room and partners will be allocated randomly, you can see your room and dorm location on the board just outside, as for directions, you will be guided there by people of the academy itself."
He further filled us some with details although many of the nobles were dissatisfied with the rules but cannot voice against them.
They were literally ants in front of the academy.
'I wonder whom will I get assigned as partners with.'
'I think it would be great if some mob character gets assigned as my roommate, my life would be quiet and easy at the academy and I could peacefully gain strength and find a way to get rid of slave crest.'
'Wait, I hope it's not a villain character, and especially not Freya….'
With fear in my eyes, I glance at Freya discretely.
mostly, with nobles of different empires talking with others and occasionally elves as well.
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She seemed engrossed in thinking about some important topics.
Freya head outside and I follow her out.
We spot the huge board and I see my name and room number,
I hurriedly search Freya's name right after and sigh in relief as her room number was different.
'Phew…'
"Tch, useless rules, listen here, even if our rooms are different, I expect you to come quickly to my side as soon as I call out, got it?"
"Yes, milady."
'Why does she sound desperate? It can't be that she is feeling lonely in this new environment. Worry not, you will soon meet your lackeys'
I quickly leave her side and beamed in joy as I finally departed with this woman for some time now.
'Heroine of light, I pray that you keep her busy forever…'
I found my room and enter,
The room was extravagant in my opinion and looked more like an apartment than a room, the room had a kitchen, two bedrooms, a living room, and a bathroom.
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The world of this novel was pretty much a mix of the Middle Ages with a touch of the modern century.
The bathroom had showers that run on water aura and the kitchen used applications of fire aura and all.
It's been a while since I lived in such a comfortable place.
Each student room was just like this, it was a way academy showed their students how much they value the future assets of the world, we could also be counted in the top few percent of the world in terms of talent so it was obvious academy would do its best as well.
'Now then, who will be my roommate, I wonder….'
Some time passed and the door to my room creaked open as my roommate walked in.
I got up from my bed inside the room I took, I had been arranging my belongings and was just laying down on the bed when I heard the door.
I thought that I should make a good first impression on my roommate who could also possibly be my future companion and friend.
I went to the living room only to see more than 1 person there standing looking at me.
'Ah, my fucked up luck…. Haha, how could I forget about my shitty luck…. I feel like crying right now.'
There they were, the elven crown princess along with her followers standing staring at me.
Most of her followers quickly made an expression of disgust seeing me as they must have quickly figured out my race.
Actually, she had four servants, two boys, and two girls.
All of them were elves…
"Tsk! How could it be a half-demon, this is clearly a show of disrespect towards the princess!"
One of the guys said out aloud.
Leaving one girl with the princess, the three of them surrounded me quickly to intimidate me probably.
"Hey, listen up, you halfling, you clearly do not deserve to be paired with someone as noble as the princess, I think even you know this, so let me get this straight, leave the academy this instant or face the consequences."
Woah, does this guy even have a brain?
I wondered while ignoring the guy completely.
The girl among the three seemed quite bold as she grabbed my collar and said,
"Look, you can either quietly leave the premises or I can beat it into you the painful way if you will prefer."
Is this the common trope of every novel? I remember it was not a cultivation novel…hmm…
I was about to freeze her hand entirely when the princess spoke up
"Let her go this instant."
She spoke in a heavy voice and almost immediately they backed away.
With fear in their eyes, they tried to persuade the princess.
"Princess! It's clearly a stain to Royal blood if you share a room with someone like this lowlife!"
"Enough! I have been seeing you disrespecting her the whole time, are you this ill-mannered, you are belittling our race as a whole, being someone who might represent elves in the future, you guys are tarnishing my name and honor."
All of them became quiet and could not refute her words.
"I don't want to hear any word against her from your mouth again. Now leave!"
All of them were reluctant but could not go against the princess being her subordinates.
As they were leaving, the elf boy glanced at me for the last time and I gave the most conceding smirk I could.
The boy widened his eyes and his face flushed red in anger and frustration.
He quickly left afterward.
Now only I and the elf princess were in the room as she faced me properly.
She bowed her head a little and said,
"I once again apologize for my subordinate's rude behavior. I will make sure that nothing similar ever happens. So, I request of you to please forgive them…"
"Ah, it's fine, I am used to hearing such things haha…"
I told her normally but there seemed to be pity in her eyes.
'Damn, is she pitying me?'
"Don't make such a face, it does not affect me as long as the other side is not getting physical."
I told her straight.
She sighed and spoke
"All right, if you say so, let us introduce ourselves considering we will be spending a lot of time together from now on, I would love to know about my roommate!"
Her tone contained a hint of excitement as she spoke, being a princess and a crown princess at that had severely limited her interactions to mostly adults,
If she would ever be allowed to interact with someone her age, it would always be professional like meeting with the daughter of an important noble's daughter and making connections.
So, she never experienced what true friendship was like.
One of the major reasons she was willing to attend the academy was so she could make some good friends with whom she could share her problems, and secrets, talk with them about themselves, and get to know others.
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