Chapter 242: Chapter 242:A Wonderland [2]

Waking up the next day, I did my typical routine of showering and changing into the academy uniform.

However, since winter started, and as of yesterday night, it had started snowing, so we had new academy puffer jackets.

Putting on the black puffer jacket, I also added in hand warmer, which was just a small stone embued with fire magic that I had bought from some vendor, and headed out of the door.

There were two days until the Winter Wonderland incident, where I planned to steal and enter the principal's vault.

Warming up my hands, I walked through the crowd of students who were all also trying to get to their classrooms on time. Sёarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

It seemed news around campus had spread a bit as I was receiving a couple of glances, but since it was so crowded, most of the others didn't even recognize me.

Opening the door to the first-year building, I rushed through the hallways, which were surprisingly empty.

Arriving at the classroom, I franticaly checked my smartwatch, ensuring I was still one time... albeit by a minute, before sliding open the door.

However, as I opened the door, I saw that the entire classroom was empty except for Professor Zia, who was writing something on the whiteboard.

Hearing the door open, Professor Zia turned around and saw me before sighing and asking.

"You do know there's a late start today, right, Ren?"

"...yeah, it's just that I was so excited to get to class and learn that I couldn't wait until the late start!"

"..."

From the whiteboard, Profesor Zia gestured for me to come in, so I entered, allowing the sliding door to slam shut behind me.

After walking over to her desk, Professor Zia approached me with what looked like a ribbon.

Opening her hand, Professor Zia revealed a ribbon that said.

[Battle Royale Rank #9]

Accepting the ribbon, I stuffed it into my pocket before dropping my bag.

Planning to leave my bag and head to the cafeteria to grab an early breakfast, I turned around; however, Professor Zia's voice called out from behind me.

"Conveniently, there is another matter that involves you, Ren."

Confused, I turned around and saw Professor Zia standing in front of me with, this time, a paper in her hand.

[Your transfer into the Royal Dormitories has been improved by the Principal. From this day forward, you will be living in your assigned room at the Royal Dormitories.]

"..."

Alternating glances between the piece of paper and Professor Zia's stern face, I muttered.

"...I didn't send a transfer req-"

"I know."

"...alright, then."

Not unhappy at the fact that I was getting a better room, I slowly took the piece of paper from Professor Zia's hand... before also cramming it into my pocket.

Maybe... revealing my power did have some upsides?

But why would I get upgraded to the royal dormitories... a special place for the top ten rankers of the first years, second years, and their years...?

...don't tell me rankings are changing this soon.

After staring at me silently for a couple of seconds, Professor Zia finally spoke once again.

"Ren, I'm not sure as to why you've been hiding your skill for the past months of school... and I won't ask why. But, I hope in the future, you put your utmost into the academy and beyond."

Seeing another paper appear in Professor Zia's hand, I didn't dare to turn around, and instead, in an emotionless tone, I asked.

"...is there anything else."

Handing me another piece of paper, Professor Zia patiently stared at me, waiting for me to fully read it.

[Class Rep: You have been selected to be the Class Representative for your class for the remaining portion of the year. Please report to your teacher's classroom early once a week to discuss and plan events for your class.]

"..."

"..."

Still hoping for the best and ignoring all sense of reason, I fake-smiled and asked.

"Was I voted class representative by my fellow classmates?"

"The class representative is chosen by the teacher."

"...you do know what this will do to me, right?"

"The others declined, stating they already had enough extra circular activities."

"I also have many extracurricular activities!"

"I've looked at your transcript."

"Does it say 'saving the world' on there?"

"no..."

"Then, it's wrong! My days are already filled to br-"

"..."

"I'm on the student council, I can't also be cla-"

"I've talked to the student council president, Astrid. She says it should be fine, considering the last time you showed up to the student council room was two weeks ago."

"..."

"Keep the paper safe, alright?"

Then, without another word, Professor Zia turned around, leaving me alone with the paper.

Realizing that fighting this wasn't going to do anything, I crammed the paper into my pocket before rapidly exiting the room, scared that more papers were going to pop up.

...

...

...

*RING~RING*

*RING~RING*

As the sound of the bell rang, I entered the classroom once again, drawing the stares of all my classmates.

Well... it's not like this was the first time.

Ignoring them, I casually walked to my seat before sitting down in between Han and Jin, who I actually hadn't spoken to since the battle royale.

Staring at me, Han grabbed my shoulder while Jin grabbed my arm.

"We're celebrating tonight... no excuses."

Shrugging them off, I replied.

"Yeah, I'm in."

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For the rest of class, recruiters would occasionally pop in, but it was nowhere close to the magnitude of recruiters yesterday.

At max, there were only three recruiters in the classroom at a time.

Since Charlotte had "claimed" me, most of them were there for the main cast and some other students who had shined, so I didn't care.

Jin and Han were also getting some glances as they had placed second and third place... however, that didn't seem to phase them.

Had Charlotte already recruited them?

Nevermind...

On the surface, the two boys looked calm, but looking under the desk, I could see their legs rapidly tapping up and down.

Sighing, I shook my head and returned my attention to the window.

Seeing a black dog outside the window, I waved... but like always, it simply hid once it realized I had noticed it.