Letter 1

After waking up from my room, I did my usual morning stretching before taking a quick shower. When that's done, I put on my newly sewed uniform and took a look at myself in the mirror.

"It looks the same like what mentioned in the novel." I said to myself while combing my hair upward.

The normal uniform of the academy consists of a black shirt and black blazer and pants and for girls, the uniform is the same except for the black skirt. But the shades of black are different for each clothes like for shirt the shade of black is darkest and for the blazer, the shade of black is kind of light.

Though, since mine was ordered by the principal herself, it was created special as my new uniform consisted in a black and prismarine coloured combination shirt, which has few stripes as design, and also a crest of White Fox in my right side.

Seeing my reflection in this uniform, I couldn't help but smile wryly. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. Just by thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel slightly bad.

After thinking about things for a few minutes, I shook my head, took my bag and left the room not forgetting to lock the door.

While I was walking towards my today's class on Cossette, I suddenly felt a light touch from my shoulder.

"Yo, Athan!" William appeared right beside me with a smile. Sighing, I continued walking straight while continuing to ignore his existence.

I was about to step forward when suddenly, my clothes was grabbed by someone. Turning around, I saw that it was Persia and another two person behind her.

"Umm... They said they wanted to meet you..." Said Persia, lowering her head shyly. Slightly tilting my head to the side, I glanced at the two blonde; a boy and a girl that was hiding behind his back.

The blonde-colored hair of the boy was similar to Arthur, but his was slightly messier. He wore a pair of round-glasses that was slightly covered by his bangs.

While the girl, who was hiding behind his back, had ruby-like eyes like the boy in front of him, coupled with a bangs that obscured her cute and angelic-like face.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳... I thought to myself. It was then, I finally remembered the two twins I happened to help a couple of years ago.

"Are you-" I was about to ask them a question just to confirm their identities, but William stepped in and pulled me from behind.

"Although Athan looked scary, he is without a doubt a good person." Said William. I was about to retort but I saw Persia nodding her head, as if agreeing from his word.

"Mmm." Persia nodded in an understanding manner.

Hearing their conversation about me, I couldn't help but slump my head down slightly. "Is that really how you guys define me..." I murmured in a low voice. Though, they seemed to have heard this as the two let out a chuckle.

"Anyways, Athan, these two said that they wanted to team-up with you. Is that fine?" He said, slightly tilting his head to the side in an innocent manner.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰... 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. I thought internally. After thinking for a while, I let out a sigh. "I already three members on my side. That means only of you can join." I spoke, waiting for them to reply.

Since the dumb trio was the one who reminded me about the dungeon exploration that will happen 29 days later, I can't just turn back and ask one of them to leave my team.

The twins began thinking for awhile, but after reaching the door towards Cossette's class, they finally gave me an answered.

"Can you let Aries join your team?" The boy, Leo, stepped forward.

Nodding my head, I replied, "That's fine."

*

Entering the class, my gaze fell beside the sit of the main character.

After I sat down, I prompted my elbow on the armrest of the chair, then supported my chin before letting out a long sigh.

Although I already had talked with Arthur a couple of days ago, sitting with him still makes me feel uncomfortable since I knew that he was the main protagonist of this story.

Also, it feels like I'm somehow left out in this world... That doesn't include my current uniform.

Without realizing it, Arthur was glancing his eyes at my direction. I was still locked in my thoughts, so I couldn't hear him mumbling something to himself.

"Alright, class. First thing first, let's start our attendance." Said Cossette, before taking a clipboard and start calling out names.

"Riles Wun Anken"

"Present!"

"Lindsey Voyn Baram"

"Present!"

"David Aros Ronzel"

"Present!"

While she was calling out names, a sudden fragrance smell came to my nose.

Turning to my side, I saw a navy-blue haired girl sitting just right beside me.

"Athena?" I accidentally blurted out.

Athena exchanged glance at me before replying, "...What?"

"No-Nothing." I stuttered.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦? 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳...? I thought to myself internally. I was about to say something else when suddenly, Cossette called out my name.

"Athan Von Lohengramm"

"..."

"Athan Von Lohengramm"

"P-Present!"

Cossette took a long glance at me before continuing.

Letting out a sigh, I slumped on the table and quietly waited for her to finish reading the students name.

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳... I thought to myself.

And so, the attendance continued.

"Athena Vins Valberry"

"...Present."

"Arthur Ains Delfeld"

"Present!"

After she finished checking the name list, she said. "Okay, let's start our training lesson. Everyone, head to the training arena."

**

After the Cossette's announcement, everyone went to the training arena.

"Okay. Is everyone here?" Asked Cossette as she started counting our numbers.

"There's a wide selection of weapons here, so feel free to choose any weapon that fit for you. If you guys have any more questions don't hesitate to ask the guards over there." She calmly said while pointing at the right direction.

Looking at the personal weapon displayed, I was honestly impressed. There were so many of them to choose from. I couldn't even tell what some weapon were.

From all sort of weapons that laid accordingly from their size like broadsword, spears, bows and even axe.

"Anyways, I have something to do. I'll leave you guys for a couple of minutes, okay?"

Having finished what she was about to say, Cossette turned around and left.

As soon as her figure wasn't visible anymore, I took out my sword and made my way towards the training ground.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Lightly swinging my sword a couple of times I nodded in satisfaction.

"This should be good enough."

Although I wanted to train on using my real sword, according to the Academy's Rulebooks, the students were forbidden to bring their own weapons inside the Academy.

Though, I managed to sneak in my sword thanks to my dark magic.

"I'm back!" Cossette announced.

Almost all of the students, including me, turned their heads towards her after hearing her usual playful voice.

𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰...? I was about to say that when I noticed the small box she was holding.

"-What's that, teach?" One of the students asked.

With a smile, Cossette opened the box. What's inside made almost all of the students gasp in shock.

"-Adventurer ID's?!" The other student spoke in surprised.

One by one, Cossette handed them to us, her students.... And she gave mine as the last.

In the past, there are two main reason why I chose to disguise myself as a merchant instead of an adventurer. One was because I needed to meet up with William, the other was because I'm underage.

If you're thinking about why I didn't just used the growth potion I bought from Chief, it's because there are still much more troublesome requirements I needed to complete to become one. Meaning using one is already useless since the Adventurer Guild is much more strict than applying to the Merchant Guild. Probably, because some of the True Demons likes to disguise as a normal Adventurer.

I was about to put my Adventurer's ID in my pockets when I suddenly noticed a letter written in the back.

[𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.]

There, a photo of a shop was placed inside.

I was about to say something to myself, but...

[𝘗.𝘚. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.]

𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥? The fuck is this person talking about? Who is the one who is the sender of this letter anyway?

With that, my expression became stiff. Turning my head to look at Cossette, I thought, 𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴...? 𝘕𝘰... 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳.

Just who send me this shit anyway?