CH 87

The entrance ceremony was over without a hitch.

The greeting speech from the student representative was naturally done by Julian. 

Cain was also introduced on stage as an international student, but he got through it by giving a merely satisfactory greeting.

In the school, there was an official stance that “everyone is equal in the school without regard to their status”. It was merely so that things like forcing homework on others using one’s identity or forcing match-fixing on a test were prohibited.

The status related rules existed normally like the person with higher status will do the greeting first, and when passing by in the hallway, priority of way was given to the one with higher status and the likes. 

Therefore, the classes were not divided according to grades but according to status. To begin with, the aristocratic school did not have an entrance examination, so there was no way to use grades for the first-year students, but even after the second year, it didn’t mean that they would be divided according to grades. 

Cain was in the same class with Julian and Shirley Leah.

“Cain-sama, I will be in your care for the next year.” 

“Shirley Leah-sama, likewise, I will be in your care.” 

The entrance ceremony ended, and Cain and Shirley Leah greeted each other as they entered the classroom from the auditorium.

Julian, who had been on the stage all the while for the representative greeting, finally entered the class and cut in between their greetings.

“Cain, Shirley Leah, I too will do my best and be in your care.” 

“Yes, please.”

“Thank you.”

“Don’t you think you guys should respect me a little more? More like… a respectful greeting or something like that.”

“Here comes the teacher. Cain-sama, Julian-sama, we need to go to our seats. See you later.”

“Hmph.”

The seating order was written on the blackboard in front of the classroom, so I sat down according to it. 

There was no class on that day. All the classmates introduced themselves and they were explained on how the class will proceed in the future and the likes of it before the class ended. 

Cain ran up to the teacher’s desk and talked to the teacher after the class was dismissed. 

“Teacher, I would like to know about skipping grades, do you have time to spare? “Cain-kun. Of course, no problem. Skipping grades, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then, when you are ready to go back to the dormitory, please drop in at the faculty lounge and I’ll have the materials ready.”

“Thank you.”

Cain gave a light bow and returned to his seat.

Shirley Leah and Julian were gathered at Cain’s seat.

“Cain-sama, do you have matters to attend to after this?”

“I’ll drop in at the faculty lounge to get some materials. I would like to have a short talk with the teacher.  Is there anything?”

“Since we’re here, I was talking with Julian-sama if we could show you the city around the school.”

“Hahaha. Let me introduce you to a delicious restaurant that is my favorite.”

“Julian-sama’s favorite place only has a lot of cute female waiters and most of the food is greasy. If Cain-sama’s errands don’t take too much time, why don’t we have lunch together?”

The invitation from the two was because they were being considerate about Cain who was from a foreign country. But this friendship was appreciated by Cain. It would be lonesome if people would be mindful and place distance because he was an international student. Although he wanted to go back to his country quickly, he would spend at least a year in this school. Depending on the class, he may not be able to do it alone, and being alone on his own will be tough. 

Above all, he wanted to know the store that sells cute stationery, so he was grateful that they offered to show him around the city. 

“Thank you for your consideration. Please let me join you.” 

“Then, let’s go back to the dormitory, change clothes, and then meet at the entrance. Since Cain-sama has errands, how about an hour from now?”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“Yes, that would be great.”

“Isn’t it disrespectful not to ask me about my schedule?”

“Are you busy?”

“I have no plans though.”

“Then, let’s meet at the entrance in an hour. Farewell, Julian-sama.” 

With a graceful smile, Shirley Leah dashingly left the classroom.

After he sent off Shirley Leah, Cain glanced at Julian’s face who was standing next to him and burst into laughter.

“Pet camera”, which was popular in his previous life, was an app that records the condition of pets while their owner was away working. There were a lot of owners who uploaded the video of their pets, and there he was with the same face that looked like “the dog who looked miserable at the entrance after their owner went to work”.

“If you’re going to look like that, you should have called out to her to go back to the dormitory together.” 

“I don’t look like that. What kind of look do you mean by that?”

This time, he slightly glared at Cain with a sullen face. 

If that time he answered that he looked like a dog, then his mood would probably get worse. Cain did not say anything further and headed towards the faculty lounge.

“Cain-kun. You’ve come, I’ve got all the materials.”

“Thank you.”

Upon entering the faculty lounge, the homeroom teacher raised his hand and called Cain. The teacher in the next seat seemed to be absent, and he was instructed to sit there, so he sat down and faced the teacher.

“But since you’re already here to study, I think that you should fully study for six years, do networking and make connections, and create ties.”

“Yes. I would like to do that too, but there are circumstances.”

“Is that so? Then, about skipping grades. There is a grade test at the end of the year. At that time, you can take the grade test for the next higher grade together. If you pass it, the next year you can advance to 2 grades above. “

“Are you only able to take the test for only one higher grade at a time?”

“Yes, you can’t take the exam for three or four grades at once. With that, the shortest time for graduation is three years later.”

“3 years…”

After that, the teacher told him useful information such as the fact that although the textbooks were supplied item included in the tuition fee, when you want something from one grade higher, then a separate fee was required, and it would be effective to obtain past exams questions and go through it and the likes, and after receiving the necessary documents needed to apply for academic acceleration, he left the faculty lounge.

When he returned to the room, Julian had changed his clothes and waited.

Cain also threw the bag at the desk, and he took his everyday clothes out of his closet and changed his clothes. 

“Cain can change clothes by himself. Isn’t it great?”

“If it’s not a women’s evening dress, this much of changing clothes can be done.” 

“That’s not always the case. There are some aristocrats that work hard practicing changing clothes in order to get into the dormitory. If not, there are aristocrats who enroll nannies of the same age in school and use the power of money to have them in the same room. It’s practically bringing in servants. “

“What happened to the spirit of independence…” 

They walked together to the entrance of the dormitory, and Shirley Leah, who was wearing a pale pink dress and a wide-brimmed hat, was waiting.

When Shirley Leah realized that Cain and Julian came out of the entrance, she smiled and waved her hand. 

Cain was waiting for Julian to praise Shirley Leah. 

He learned from his etiquette teacher, Professor Cyrus, that he shouldn’t praise a woman with a fiancé before her fiancée did. Professor Yannis also had told him to be very careful when complimenting a woman who had a fiancée. He was told that he would end up having to get married due to this. He was scared so he did not ask further about what had happened. 

However, Julian did not compliment Shirley Leah and stood by her side and started to talk about which recommended restaurant they should go to for lunch. 

With that, even Cain became a blockhead who did not compliment women. 

“Shirley Leah-sama, that dress is lovely. It goes well with your bright hair. The hat has a wide brim so it makes your face look small. It makes your beautiful face shine.” 

He complimented her in a hurry so he used strange words. Make her face look small – that was not words for compliment. Cain covered his face with one hand and put his other hand forward and said “Please wait for a moment.” 

“I’m sorry. I made a mistake in the timing. Please forget about it.”

“Fufufu. Thank you for your compliment, Cain-sama. I’m glad you understand the effort I made to make my face smaller. But yes, perhaps it would be  more pleasant if you could keep it to yourself.”

“That’s right … I’m sorry.”

“Shirley Leah is always beautiful and she has a good sense of fashion. To think that Cain also understands, you’re quite good.” 

“If you do think so, please compliment Shirley Leah-sama.”

“Shirley Leah is always beautiful. There’s no need to compliment something so obvious, don’t you think?”

This prince was no good, he needed to do something about him quickly. Cain held his eyebrows and gently shook his head from side to side.