Chapter 478 Academy Instructor

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"Wooow it is really lifting us off the ground!" Erika began freaking out. I guess she has never flew in her whole life.

"T-This is crazy!!!" Chris was also freaking out.

"Uwaah…! I am scared!" Eric began to tremble.

"Come on, relax a bit you guys… You're embarrassing me now." Sighed Erdrich, scratching his head.

"Hahaha, they're really a funny trio." Elizabeth giggled, hiding she was scared too, her hands were clearly shaking.

"You two are good at pretending but you're just as scared." I smiled back at the two, they seemed to be hiding their embarrassment.

"I-I am not scared!" Elizabeth said angrily.

"Y-Yeah… We are not scared at all." Erdrich said, suddenly, his stomach began to make noises. "Ugh… Am I getting nausea?"

"Seems like you're not that good at high heights, it would be nice to rest for a bit. The whole trip takes over a day to get to Stronghold City."

Stronghold City, an enormous city at the upper center of the Central Continent where we were born. It is not just for our country, but the countries of the entire continent rely on this city's academy. It is supported by the Continental Alliance, which was made several years ago to deal with the Demons which has been threatening all of life in Spiritias for thousands of years now.

We were welcomed inside the airship as the sole children that were coming to the Stronghold Academy by a group of servants and workers of the Academy itself. Now we were left to see the beautiful scenery through the windows for a little while. Sitting here and relaxing was good enough for me, the beauty of the grasslands, the forest, and everything else beyond was quite mesmerizing.

However, everyone else was too scared to enjoy it, perhaps sleeping through the trip would be better for them. Though I would prefer if they could get used to high heights as soon as possible. Now that I have several flying companions, it would be stupid to not employ them correctly and fly around in the future battlefields.

"Youngsters."

Suddenly, our conversation was interrupted by a tall woman with long red hair and sharp blue eyes. She was wearing a specific uniform of red and white color and seemed to hold several badges attached to her uniform as well. She only brought with herself a sheathed rapier.

Although she looked simplistic, she was emanating a strong aura of spiritual essence and mana from within. I could notice Fire Attribute as her prevalent element, but there was also Earth and Light. She probably had more than two spirits.

"I am instructor Evelyn Scarlet, I was designated to come pick you up from this village. Now that you're done saying goodbyes and we are on our way towards Stronghold City, I would like all of you to cooperate with me." She said with an expressionless face.

"Cooperate… for what?" Asked Erika.

"Uniforms. All of you lack uniforms!" Scarlet angrily roared back at Erika.

"Eeeh?! They're necessary?" Asked Erika in surprise.

"They are! All of you look like kids we picked up at the other side of the streets! Our prestigious academy doesn't tolerate other clothes than our prestigious uniforms! All of you come with me, we'll take your body measures and then there'll be uniforms ready for all of you once we arrive." Scarlet angrily said.

"Eeep! O-Okay, okay!" Erika felt slightly overwhelmed by the blazing aura of the instructor.

"These kids… I am not allowed to do much right now, but once we get in the academy, I'll be most likely assigned to take care of you lot, you better prepare! Our academy doesn't tolerate slackers! We are not merely raising you to have fun, we are raising you all to become the future that might save humanity! Grind that into your little heads!" She roared.

"We get it!"

"Please don't get angry!"

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"Uwaah…"

Everyone quickly nodded as they lowered their heads before Scarlet, except me.

She didn't seemed all that intimidating.

"Huh? You're Blake, aren't you? You're oddly calm for being a country pumpkin." Said the woman, her sharp eyes blazing with a deadly glint.

"There is simply nothing to be afraid of though?" I asked while raising an eyebrow. "I am entering this academy exactly because I want to kill as many demons as I can and grow stronger. What else there is to be?"

"Y-You insolent- Ah, I guess that's… right. You're right, that's the right mentality!" Scarlet was going to get angry over my insolence, but quickly realized what I wanted was exactly what this academy was teaching the most, apparently.

"Now all of you come! We'll take your measures, don't dare run away." Scarlet quickly led us to a room, one by one, a group of maidservants took all our body measures for the uniforms.

It took roughly an hour and a half, but once we were freed from this task, we were allowed to explore as we wanted. Nonetheless, as Scarlet was assigned to us, she decided to give us a brief trip around the airship.

"This is the corridors, and the rooms where all of you can rest. They're individual rooms so don't you dare sneak around or do anything romantic, kids! I'll be watching with my eagle eyes!"

"This is the main hall, you can rest here and chat, but don't be too noisy."

"The dinning room, here you can come to eat. Only three meals a day are given for free, don't miss them!"

"And the bathrooms… Don't here to do anything weird either!"

She was very strict, or more like trying to look intimidating but it was clear she was rather amateurish. Perhaps she was a newbie academy teacher assigned as our instructor. According to what Evelyn said, all students are assigned into a Party they either make themselves or are forced into if they're loners.

All Party members must always be eight, and she'll be assigned to our party as our instructor, which was previously already registered as one, probably by Ellergest. However, we are missing two members according to her.

Whenever we get there, we'll be forced to socialize and try to find new party members. Sadly, Spirits don't count as Party Members, so I can't register Eleanora.

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