Residential Area [C93]

Once out of the armory, Shu Himo felt again to be watched, 'This is quite annoying…'

Frowning, he fell deep in thought to search for a solution. Only a couple of moments later, he finally snapped his fingers in realization and had a smile on his face, 'I just need to run!'

[Another weird idea.]

"Phylia, take my hand and come with me!" Grabbing swiftly Phylia's hand, Shu Himo started running toward the nearest portal.

*Fiun*

Seeing them running toward a portal, the teachers felt bewildered, what is Shu Himo trying to do now? Not having time to think about it, they swiftly chased after them in the portal, and only once traversing it they saw Shu Himo running extremely fast to the next one.

Using [Hopper], Shu Himo continued to dash toward multiple random portals, not even looking at the signs, while the teachers continued to chase frantically after him while trying to not be seen.

After traversing more than ten portals, they suddenly saw that Shu Himo stopped, seemingly deep in thought. Puzzled, they looked around and finally found out where they are: the residential area! This place is different from the dormitories, where four students have to sleep together, here each person has its own mansion, but there are strict requirements to obtain it!

The area is filled with big mansions, but those aren't normal mansions for this world, as they are all moderns mansions normally present in Earth! While they are not as luxurious as some mansions from earth, they are nonetheless of the same style!

The amount of houses is exactly 500, surrounded by an enormous gray wall, and with a ceiling colored as if it was the blue sky with some moving clouds, giving the sensation to be staring at a real sky.

Seeing everything here, Shu Himo is startled, why there is an area full of modern mansions? How is this possible? This world's actual level of technology keeps getting weirder! Also, it wasn't just a room for every four students?

"Hahaha, are you puzzled over something, kid?" Suddenly, a male angel, seemingly in his sixties appeared in front of Shu Himo while having a smile on his face.

Hearing him, Shu Himo immediately shivered, he did not notice him getting closer at all! Regaining his calm, he immediately replied, "Actually, I was surprised by the existence of this area, I thought everyone had to sleep in small rooms, and also… why are the mansions of this place different from the ones outside?"

Chuckling, the angel touched his beard, "This area is accessible only for students in the S class, the teachers, and the headmasters… I guess you are one of those just promoted to the S class? Interesting, to be able to reach the S class at your age it is quite the achievement… to answer your questions, this place is just a reward for reaching the S class, nothing special about it. If you want, you can choose one of the free mansions here, there are a lot of unoccupied ones…"

Pausing for a moment, the angel extended his hand toward Shu Himo slowly, but to Shu Himo it felt as if that hand was completely unavoidable, no matter how many stacks of hopper he would use! Only now did Shu Himo notice that he can't see at all at which cultivation realm the angel is, is he at a higher realm than Longevity Realm?

Meanwhile, the angel has a smile on his face, and when his hand finally reached Shu Himo, he touched Shu Himo's forehead with a finger, "Even if you are at the S class, remember that there is always someone stronger than you, so don't get too arrogant about it… about why these mansions are different from the ones outside, that is a secret, at least for now…"

Thinking about the new information for a moment, Shu Himo realized that one thing among the things the angel just said is missing and was bewildered, "Why are the winged freaks not here? Shouldn't they have a higher standing than the S class?"

Hearing the question the angel began laughing crazily, "HAHAHA! As if those guys would even care about this measly place!"

Measly place? Stunned, Shu Himo looked at the mansions and fell in thought, 'These mansions are extremely good for this world's standard, just who are they to define this place as measly?'

Shu Himo then looked toward the angel and asked, "May I know who are you?"

Smiling, the angel then replied, "I'm one of the three protectors of this academy, the ones that defend the academy from any threat." Starting to vanish, he then said, "I have heard of what you did, Shu Himo… I will wait to see what you will become in the future!" The moment he completed the sentence, he completely vanished in the nothingness, as if he wasn't there before.

This startled Shu Himo, it was one thing to appear from nothing, but also to vanish into nothing? Was he talking with an image? But that image touched his forehead a moment before!

Finally calming a couple of moments later, Shu Himo started walking around the residential area to search for a proper mansion while reminiscing about the meeting with that angel, 'Wasn't this encounter a total cliché? From how he arrived, to how he vanished, and also the fact that he knows my name without me telling him...'

[For real that is what the User is worried about?]

'Yes.'