chapter 15

Entering the compound of the building I was still stunned by the size of the place, well the compound had nothing but grass, ample trees and a few chairs and benches here and there. What stunned me was the lighting, since this place was enclosed by the buildings, the light was trapped inside, with only up being the was out being up and it created such a nice view for nighttime

"I'm going love living here." I have a thing for such sights, like the forest, that was nice. Since I was busy admiring the compound, the students finally arrived, and they too seemed to apricate is but not as much as me. Some begun approaching me since I was alone but before they could say anything a man wearing a neon green Oni mask appeared on top of the fountain, he was wearing a black robe that hung loosely from his shoulders, with a full black one-piece suit underneath and shoes that had no laces and a very thin sole that seemed like a tight fit.

He appeared with no sound or warning whatsoever, and naturally a few of us decided to attack because of his appearance. I just simply teleported to the back, the first to attack was a mist user who clearly didn't do the test. She jumped towards him since he was at the top of the fountain, reaching out into thin air, she pulled out a dagger. 'Mist users have their own version of inventory?' I stared confused on how a mist user could use a subspace, the only other element that could remotely do something similar to inventory was darkness users, keeping whatever in their shadow.

When she reached close enough to the masked man, she trusts her dagger toward his neck. Seemingly unfazed by the attack he didn't even move but just stood there, but when the dagger touched his neck, it turned to mist. Shocked that her opponent didn't react she tried to back away but forgot she was in air. On the brink of falling the masked man said "let me offer my help" his voice was calm like the fact that she tried to kill him didn't faze him.

I really though what he meant by 'help' was to prevent her from falling but I'm guessing he meant help her reach the ground faster, he did a little jump of the fountain and fell with her, but instead of catching, the dude spun in air, 'how?' I looked on shocked and kicked her towards the ground. hitting the ground with a huge 'thud' on her back, the masked man landed on her stomach and walked off as he turned to us.

"Anyone else want to try?" he asked calmly, no one bothered and actually paid attention towards him. "I am the one in charge of the first-year dormitory, my name is Jethro. All concerns and issues shall be addressed to me during your stay here. And finally, all that I say is final, no objections. Am I clear?" for some reason we all uniformly said, "Yes sir!" pleased with the response he continued.

"The wrist bands you were to be issued are all in your rooms, you shall get them once you enter. As mentioned earlier, there shall be two people per room. Switching rooms is forbidden but sleeping in one that isn't your own is allowed, though if you cause problems." He didn't finish the last part, instead he turned and walked towards the entrance of the building as he continued talking. "You are all to be in the dorm by 8 pm max, any further than that shall lead to a punishment of my choosing. As for lights out, I really couldn't give a dam when you sleep but when classes do begin, you're all t leave here by six."

We followed him into the building as he talked and someone appeared from thin air, picked the mist user, and disappeared once more, 'Are these guys space users or maybe darkness users? light has the concealing feature as well.' These weirdos hiding somehow freak me out since I can't tell what element they use.

Once we were in the building, I was once again amazed by entire place. Although I belong to a house, I'm not exposed to a lot of high-class things, that's mainly due to my choosing. So, I was practically acting like a commoner right now. It looked like a five-star hotel in my opinion.

"You shall find your rooms and your room mates on this notice board besides me. The rooms are already opened with the keys inside. Don't cause to many problems for me." With those words Jethro disappeared. Students then rushed to the notice board to find their rooms and roommates while I walked out of the building.

Moving around the place I looked at the buildings, then slowly looked higher. Soon I was on the roof of the building, slowly looking around to see if I'd enjoy being here, I quickly killed the thought when I imaged the sun shining upon me. For the next thirty minutes or so I was roaming the compound looking for the best tree for me to just rest in when I needed it. After another hour, I found a nice tall tree, close to the main entrance but also far, I say 'main' because students were exploring the place to and found more entrances to the building.

Climbing my tree, I looked for the best branch for me to rest in, it was a big tree that was half the height of the building, it had multiple branches of various thicknesses. After finding the right one, I begun carving it out and adding more wood to my liking with my element, just make a few wood carving tools and whatnot and after 30 minutes of trial and error I finally had an amazing branch.

"Now to find a nature user and ask them to grow more leaves above this spot." I said as I sighed and dropped down from the tree, the students around me looked at me confused and full of questions btu I just walked back to the reception.

'I wonder who my roommate is, hope they aren't annoying' walking to the notice board I searched for my name. 'Room 15: Mono & Nobe' finding my room and my roommate I whispered "who's Nobe?"