ℙ013 – Kyoto Academy

P013 – Kyoto Academy

Ruri calmly looked at the familiar network corridor scenery.

It was the same scenery that she saw every day when she dived into the Ascension Network. Except this time, she selected her school network address instead.

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Confirming user identity data... Done!

Citizen ID: 450048348204200

Student ID: 4002-332-20XX

Senior High Section 3rd Year - Yasaka Ruri.

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Constructing avatar... Done!

Good luck on your study, Ruri-sama.

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The moment she selected the address, Ruri's consciousness flew in a different direction than yesterday.

It didn't take too much time for Ruri to arrive at her school Security Gate.

A few seconds later, Ruri appeared from a large glowing circle inside a grand building. The circle has the Kyoto Academy emblem engraved on it, and served as the anchor for the people who visit this place, called Transfer Gate.

The Quantum Network was very wide, encompassing most of the places on Earth. With a little effort, any person can set their own private server and create their own virtual space.

Then they can publish the address and let people visit them via Quantum Network.

It was like how people create their own sites and publish it on the internet, except it was a Virtual Reality space.

Such space can be customized into a house, a luxury room, or even a world of their preferences. In fact, many game companies that creates VRMMO games started from here. Of course creating a VR-world would require multiple super high-spec computer and other supporting infrastructure. And to maintain such infrastructure is also definitely not cheap.

This is because a VR-world has a lot of instances that must be processed simultaneously. If they dare to use cheap low quality processors, their world would definitely lag and their visitors won't be able to move fluently, like a handicapped person.

- Thus, only wealthy people, or organizations and corporations can casually make their own VR-world.

Kyoto Academy was categorized as an educational institute that was sponsored by the Ministry of Education. It was to be given that they have their own Virtual Space. Of course, Kyoto Academy Virtual Space is not accessible by just anyone.

The access was limited to the students, alumni, and people related to the Academy.

Right now, Ruri's current appearance is the same as in reality, except she was fully clothed and there is no bell on her ankle. Thanks to this lack of bell, she was able to distinguish between real and virtual.

Without this difference factor, she might strip herself unknowingly!

Unlike Ascension which only uses her body-scan at the character creation, Kyoto Academy... or more precisely every educational institute will request full-body scan data from the user's Capsule Pod each time they visit. That data is used to generate the visitors' avatar, especially the students, reflecting their growth.

Obviously the avatar is not customizable.

In other words, the students can't 'falsify' their body and have to attend the school with their real appearance.

Ruri slowly walked out of the gate. Many other students also start appearing from the gate as she walked out. They all were students of Kyoto Academy who applied and were approved for attending the school via virtual class.

To obtain the qualification for attending school this way, the students have to send an application to the school administration and must be reviewed and approved by their respective grade dean first. Ruri has long since fulfilled this condition as her doctor had taken care of this beforehand when she had discharged from the hospital.

Before Ruri could walk far enough from the gate, a rushing voice could be heard from behind her.

DODODODODO!

Someone was rushing in her direction at high speed. Ruri reflexively turned her head to look at the source of the noise. But that was a bad move.

"HE~ CA~ TE~ CHWAAANN~!!"

"Wapu~!"

Something soft and round was pressed against her face. Ruri wanted to move away but she found out that her body got locked by a hug. she already found the identity of the assailant out, without seeing the person face.

Ruri and Rena spend about one and half an hour in a Science lesson.

It's a class attended by 34 students. The teacher is a male professor that excels in his teaching. He uses holographic 3D models to explained how energy conversation works.

Using virtual stylus, the students write their notes on a Holo-screen. Their notes will be saved in their T-Bracelet and it can be reviewed anytime.

Society no longer uses paper, wood is already scarce and couldn't fill the consumption demand of 14 billion humans. Now physical paper has become an old relic and has been replaced by Holo-screen technology. Most of the books in the world have been digitized and became e-books.

Magazine, comics, newspaper, and many more can be read by a simple swipe on a Holo-screen.

Of course physical paper still exists, but its use has been greatly minimized.

Ruri completely focuses on the lesson and looks very concentrated at the Hologram.

The lesson was about how to utilize natural resources such as solar and wind energy. The teacher explains how solar panel and wind turbine inner workings that can generate electricity from light and wind. However, what's inside Ruri's mind is not about the lesson.

"Energy can be converted... then that means, Mana Stones should be no exception."

She couldn't help but have various outrageous ideas. Mana Stones basically are lumps of mana and contains a lot of energy. And most importantly, creating them is free, just a little time consuming.

A free and unlimited energy source!

She can create a lot of Mana Stones in Ascension, and then converting them into energy that can be used in reality. If this idea can be implemented, it definitely can be utilized for various things!

After one and half an hour, the teacher ends the lesson.

"This is for today's lesson. Don't forget to review your note at home."

With that said, the teacher logged out and immediately disappeared from the classroom. Most students followed suit and disappeared too. Only students that either have another class, or just want to chat with their friends remained.

Rena approached Ruri's seat and started a conversation.

"Ruri-chan, today we will have emergency meeting. It's about yesterday's raid.

Leon has instructed other core members to be present. "

"Leon-sama did? Then, Emi will be there too?"

Ruri looked straight at Rena's face. Rena was one head taller than her so she had to look up. Her petite and lovely face, while looking up like a small animal reflected in Rena's eyes, triggering her sense of cuteness overload.

"So cyuuuutee!!! How could such angel existed in this world? How much mod used to make this kind of avatar?

Ah... I forgot that we can't modify our appearances in the school. So this means this cuteness wasn't fake, right?

Without realizing it, Rena had moved behind Ruri's seat and started to hug her again. It's just that she snapped out from her daydream and remembered her purpose. But since Ruri did not resist her hug, she refrained to release her hand.

Even though it's just avatar, hugging her feels nice.

Rena then responded Ruri's question while stroking her hair.

"Yeah, you already left the chat yesterday so you probably wasn't informed."

"Okay, I'll attend the meeting."

Ruri nodded as she allowed Rena to do as she wishes. Anyways, she also planned Hecate to go back to the town later to test her newly gained skills. Attending the guild meeting is just a bonus.

There are no more class for her today, so Ruri actually can logout at that instant. But she still wait until Rena satisfied from cuddling her. It's only 10 minutes later that Rena releases her hug.

"Then, I'll go to my next class. See you later in the Guild Base."

"Yeah... See you later."

Rena still has a Biology class right after this, so she had to rush to another room.

Ruri watched her leaving the room before she clicked the logout button. Her body instantly turned into particles of light and her consciousness returned back to the real world.

It's the time for Hecate to arrive at the stage.

Ruri is not immortal, only got her aging stopped. Elixir's effect repairs her damaged cells, which also have a rejuvenation-like side effect, but this is not permanent.

If she stopped drinking Elixir, she would age normally. But, since she is already passed her growth period, her body will not grow. Wrinkles would still appear, but it will be decades later after she stopped taking the elixir. But even so, the moment she drink one again, her skin will be "repaired" again.