After briefly talking with Anastasia Clovis – the Heroine, and after she finally sat down beside me, we didn't talk again. Although there are noises around us because of other people's chatters, everything seemed strangely silent to me. Most of the attention we have gathered earlier is already gone, and I made sure to make myself look calm and relaxed as much as possible.
However, there was still this unexplainable tension in the air so I didn't dare to even glance in the Heroine's direction.
At this rate or point, I don't think that my plan to befriend the Heroine, Anastasia Clovis will be easy to achieve, especially now that I've seen that the Heroine... is much colder than I expected her to be.
When I made that plan, I was desperate, and in a rush – I still am, but thinking about my personality and hers right now, I can't seem to imagine myself befriending her, added the fact that I'm not really the type of person who can just boldly approach someone unless something pushes me in doing so or if needed.
I... was never a social person, and it's easier to approach someone for me if it's a 'need'. When it comes to interacting with people – as you might have noticed or not, I tend to blend in or act in a way that will make them comfortable. I'll appear as they want me to be. If I'm not blending in, then I'm behaving in a way that will seem 'right' according to the situation.
It might be a manipulative thing to do, but it's something I've been used to especially since the very first time I opened my eyes in this world as Aka Euridice, it's already been put into use.
I might be able to talk to her, but being her friend is another matter.
Although Anastasia and I seem to be similar to each other, that doesn't mean that we will easily get along. Although we seem similar, we might just be the opposite of each other as well when it comes to other things.
Besides, now that I saw her with my own eyes, I've confirmed that she's quite different from the Heroine in the otome game I've played.
So whether she also has the in-game Anastasia Clovis personality aside from her cold personality right now... it's unknown. As for why she's different, even I don't know.
So far, only Anastasia Clovis is different. My parents, Hariz, the Second Prince, Percival, and Alexander – they're all the same as I remember them to be.
At first, I thought that it's okay even if I don't become a friend of hers as long as I don't offend her, but I also realize that if we became friends, it'll be safer for me. Although It will be difficult, there's nothing wrong in trying as long as I don't make her my enemy, hopefully.
And since I don't really know when something 'unexpected' could suddenly happen even though I know the future or the original story, I need to always be careful.
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but sigh. There are too many known and unknown variables to be considered. Perhaps I'm also being paranoid because of all the experience I have reading stories that present very similar situations like I currently have, and in all of those stories – one way or another, something unexpected is certain and bound to happen.
"Is that the Headmaster?"
"It's Headmaster Roderic!"
Hearing the student's sudden shouts of excitement, I was snapped out of my thoughts.
With curiosity, I looked in front. My gaze was instantly pulled to a man walking towards the very center of the platform where a high table with a microphone or what they call a 'sound amplifier' in this world is placed.
The man's bright long blue hair and light blue eyes was the one that immediately caught my attention. In the otome game A Magical Romance, in chapter one, the main focus was indeed Persival's speech, however, its second focus will always be the Royal Academy's Headmaster introduction.
It is not as highlighted or exaggerated as Percival's speech, but I could still clearly remember the exact same words used to describe that scenario.
– With clear and bright blue eyes and shoulder-length blue hair like the sky, Headmaster Alexander Roderic walks towards the very center of the platform as everyone looked at him in admiration. Standing proudly in front of thousands of students with elegance, grace, and dignity that fits just that of a Marquis, holding the sound amplifier, he spoke –
"Greetings, dear students of the Academy," Headmaster Roderic's voice was heard clearly throughout the whole auditorium, "As the Headmaster of the Royal Academy, I am honored to welcome all of you." He continues.
The whole auditorium was now in complete silence, every student's attention was now on Headmaster Roderic's words.
Alexander Roderic.
A Marquis and the current head of the Roderic Family – a family that's greatly recognized by the Royal Family and is known in the Lansera Kingdom as the family where most of the King's aides are from. Even now, in the game, although not named or introduced, the King's current aide is said to be Alexander Roderic's younger brother.
Despite this, the Roderic family has always been known to be rational and intelligent people, they are not biased and will do what they think is right and fair – It is exactly because of this reason that they are expected to be the most suitable aide to the King.
Despite not being a capture target, Alexander is one of the few side characters in the game that was also able to capture some of the player's hearts and he's popular for his gentle, polite, but astute personality.
Although he was born with a weak body and is said to have no talent with swordsmanship, Alexander is blessed with a great amount of Mana and the ability to use Wind Magic.
His talent in Magic was the one that made the Master of Tower of Magic; The biggest organization of mages of the Kingdon of Lansera who proposed the idea of establishing a Magic School in the Kingdom, choose him, as the next Headmaster of Royal Academy when the previous Headmaster had retired.
"Royal Academy has always been known as if not the best, is one of the greatest Magic school there is. This school's purpose has always been the same; to produce excellent and powerful students and Mages." Headmaster Roderic said, smiling slightly. Looking at him just like this, one wouldn't think that he was already thirty-seven years old because of his youthful but mature appearance.
In the original plot of the otome game, he was also one of the people who helped Anastasia. Alexander always tried to look out for her – one of the reasons why is because he saw Anastasia being targeted by the other nobles, and the other reason is that he's also quite close with Anastasia's father, Baron Hernon Clovis.
Thinking like this, I secretly took a quick but careful glance at Anastasia who was listening closely to what Headmaster Roderic was saying. As for myself... I probably stopped paying attention to Alexander's speech the moment I got distracted and started recalling his role in the game.
That's why – when Alexander called Percival Roques name, and I saw a student sitting in the front area standing up, I realize that the Headmaster had already finished speaking so I wasn't that surprised anymore.
And other than feeling extreme nervousness, I also feel a little excited. Despite my anxiety, there was also anticipation, because here, at this moment, the real story will finally begin.
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[ Author's Note, IMPORTANT:
Usually, I put this kind of notes/messages in the actual "Author's Thought" of the chapter, but I placed it here because it's important. Besides, I can't really put all of this in there because of the word limit lol.
I've noticed some mistakes in the previous chapters that's why I would like to fix and edit those now. I would also like to thank the people who pointed those mistakes out.
Some mistakes I've noticed:
•I mistakenly called Hariz Aksia's older brother in Chapter 5.
√Aksia is the older sister, not Hariz. They have an age difference of 2 years.
•In chapter 3, It was said that the Otome Game's original ending is Anastasia getting engaged to the Crown Prince.
√It's supposed to be Anastasia getting engaged with the capture target who has the highest affection value.
√For the very same reason above, I'll also be changing the name of the Otome Game because there's really no reason for the name to be "Shine! Aim To Be Queen" If Heroine is not marrying the Crown Prince unless the game is about a battle for power/throne which is really not... (I can't believe I made such a big mistake, I forgot that an Otome Game is where you choose between different persons. I'm too focused on the Crown Prince, I'm so stupiddddd lol. I apologize.)
√From "Shine! Aim To Be Queen", it will change to "A Magical Romance".
•Just also to make something clear cuz I think I also made a mistake about this, the adventures rank, from HIGHEST to LOWEST are:
S, A, B, C, D
•And just from the chapter I did yesterday, I noticed I put red hair in both the natural hair color and not natural so I'll also be fixing that.
√It's only in the natural
I'll be editing all of this including all the typos I will be seeing, but do take note that there might be more mistakes not only in the previous but also in the future (Again, I apologize :')) But I'll do my best to lessen those.
Whoever you are who have the patience to read until the end of this author's note, I salute you (^ ^)7 ]
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I watched closely as a student with seemingly sparkling and bright silver hair walks up to the platform. His aura radiates nothing but confidence as he made his way with confidence. From where I was sitting, although his expression is serious, I could even see his icy blue eyes that shine with seeming pride.
However, despite the serious expression, I could also clearly see the slight smirk that's gracing his lips. One wouldn't even notice it unless they paid really close attention.
With confidence, he stood in front of thousands of students as he hold the sound amplifier, smiling with both unconcealed smugness and pride.
Seemingly arrogant but also with undeniably talent, Percival spoke with a clear and loud voice, "I am honored to be standing here in front of all of you."
– This is exactly how Percival Roques made his first appearance in the game, perfectly showing his character's personality. Pretty, talented, arrogant, prideful, and undoubtedly the 1st placer of the Royal Academy who has both intelligence and incredible skills in Earth Magic.
"Ever since I was a child, I have always dreamed of attending Royal Academy. So, when it comes to Magic, I tried to always do my utmost best."
"Although I have confidence with my skills and talent, I certainly didn't expect to be the one standing here." Percival continued his speech. A half-lie, half-truth. He indeed has the confidence, but untrue that he didn't expect this result. As someone who has played the game, I know for sure that Percival already knew that he was going to become the 1st placer and representative of the 1st year – that's just how confident he is.
"I really do believe now that working hard pays off, I mean, look at me now, I can't believe that I'm standing in front of all of you." Some students laughed, and a few were saying to 'stop lying'.
"For this, I am thankful. I swear to do my best until the very end, and I also would like to congratulate everyone here, as well as myself, for being accepted into Royal Academy. That will be all my speech, thank you."
A round of applause was given, some, mostly girls, even cheering loudly for Percival as he made his exit. The auditorium only went silent again once Percival went back to his seat, and Headmaster Roderic took over the stage again.
"The Academy isn't that strict when it comes to rules. There is only one thing you should never forget; Violence inside the Academy is prohibited. You are not allowed to hurt other students or teachers. If you do, you will be expelled and punished by the Royal Family as well." He said with a serious expression.
I already knew about the content of both Percival and Alex Roderic's speech, so of course, I also already know beforehand about the rules, regulations, and such of the Royal Academy. Although this was not included in Chapter 1 of the game itself because that chapter ended at Percival's speech, it was told in one of the extra chapters.
It's also been shared by the developers as trivia on their social media page.
That the most important of all was; Violence is prohibited.
However – "However, there can be cases where violence is necessary, such as defending oneself when extremely needed. If this happens, there would be an investigation and discussion." Headmaster Roderic continued.
It isn't exactly wrong, since there could be times where violence is the only solution. But, this is also a flaw that a person could abuse by framing someone. The fact that 'violence is prohibited inside the Academy's is also already a flaw.
Does this mean that if it's outside the Academy... It's allowed?
It was something I couldn't help but think about when I learned about the Academy's number one rule for the very first time I played the game.
I'm not even sure if this rule was made just like that on purpose or not... If it is, it also means that Alexander Roderic doesn't mind if students would resort to violence outside of the Academy.
I wonder if they're saying that since it's outside the Academy, it's not any of their business anymore? If you'll ask me, it's not really wrong... but that's just my own opinion since normally, even in my world before, some schools would still care about their student's image outside of school.
Because, as long as you wear the school's uniform, and it is known that you are a student from that school, it will damage the school's reputation and image if you did something bad. This doesn't apply to every school though, it mostly depends.
Maybe Alexander Roderic is telling us to settle our problem outside of the Academy if we can really no longer keep it to ourselves.
Shaking my head at my thoughts, I decided to just focus again on Headmaster Roderic as he speaks.
"We will now announce the class." He said before snapping his fingers. The blank, large white screen in front then lights up as an image or set of words appears. It was the list of sections; Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D.
"We have Class A until Class D, with A being the highest and D being the lowest. At every end of the month, Royal Academy will hold an examination and a mock battle which can change a student's class depending on their results and performance." He explained, snapping his fingers again as the image of the screen changed.
It's monthly, but there was a moment in the game where it's mentioned that even though it's possible, changing class rarely happens. Class D has the highest chance of being transferred, but it rarely happens in Class C and Class B since... improving one's self is not really that easy, and RA expectations and wanted results can be quite high.
"Each classroom can have 40 students, so considering the number of students the Academy has, each Class is divided. This applies to all 1st years students until 3rd year." Headmaster Roderic gestured on the white screen as I silently read the words in it that already know.
Class A has Class 1-A and Class 2-A. Class B has Class 1-B until Class 4-B. Class C and D are similar to Class B, it was also divided into 4 classes.
Only Class A was divided into 2 because even though there is a lot of students in the Academy, only a few are said to be qualified for Class A.
"We will now display your names and classes in accordance with the Pre-Examination Ranking, so do pay attention to the viewing screen. Rest assured that we will send a copy of your classes to your respective dorms later along with the subjects and lessons that there will be." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's attention was immediately on the white screen – 'viewing screen' as they wait for their name to appear.
I quickly found mine since those who ranked high in the Pre-Examination Ranking are shown first.
'Aksia Euridice – Class 1-A'
I also didn't forget to check the Heroine and Capture Targets Class, and as expected, they are all in Class 1-A as well. It was the same as it was in the game. Confirming this, I can't help but be aware again and reminded that currently, Anastasia Clovis is sitting beside me. It's not that I forgot, Its more like I tried to ignore it for the time being.
Mentally shaking my head, I continued to listen.
"Classes will officially begin 1 week from now. During this time, you are free to explore and familiarize yourself with Academy." Headmaster Roderic then smiled, "Once again, I welcome all of you to the Academy."
All of a sudden, as soon as he finished speaking, the light coming from the chandeliers in the ceiling disappears as the whole auditorium was surrounded by darkness. Some students couldn't help but exclaim, as the others started whispering and standing up from their seats as well in confusion. I remained still with a calm expression.
Then I started counting from 5 to 1 on my mind.
Until I reached 1 – and the sound of an explosion was heard.
Along with people's exclamation of surprise, colorful and bright fireworks light up the large and wide dark ceiling of the auditorium, colorful sparks flying through everywhere as everyone stared in amazement.
Looking at this beautiful view, I couldn't help but be impressed as well. Other than that 1 time when I was still alive as Shana Monique, this was probably only the 2nd time I've seen something like this.
Something that looks so beautiful and magical.
Perhaps standing here and watching this also reminded me of some things.
"Congratulations to all of you for being accepted to the Academy!" Headmaster Roderic's voice was heard again, and at that moment, it was as if I was pulled back somewhere to the reality that I was in.
I looked around to see if some students are already leaving the auditorium, and by chance, I happened to look in Anastasia's direction as I meet her eyes who also happens to be looking in my direction. Maybe she was looking around as well.
There was this mysterious urge to say something, but in the end, I just ended up casually looking away as I stood up, whispering a silent 'excuse me' as I made my way out of the auditorium.
This might be a rushed chapter. We'll be talking about Magic and more info after 2-3 chapters (I'm not sure myself how many ashsk lol) (U might find those 2-3 chap boring) As said, next chapter, the lessons or subjects will be mentioned so here's a question!
If you're going to attend a Magic School, what kind of lessons would you like?
History of Magic? Attack Magic? I'll be reading everything so feel free to comment. Constructive criticism, suggestion, such are always welcome, thank you!
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