Chapter XCVII - The First Disaster (part 2)

The person outside didn't say anything, so I went ahead and took a peek. 

There's three girls outside. All of them looked... quite tall and scary. Definitely not my type, but let me guess... 

They are the dorm queens. The leaders of the gang.

Whew, it hasn't even been an hour since I arrived here, and we already have a problem. What ever happened to me being a barbaric adventurer, huh?

I opened the door, and I was immediately greeted by their smiles.

"Hello!! You must be the newcomer!"

The first girl spoke. She had short blonde hair and tied on the right and left. Her posture is quite tough, and her uniform is very... open. Especially on the chest part.

"My name is Alame, this is Poliss, and this is Melinda."

"Hello!"

"Nice to meet you!"

The three sounded very enthusiastic, but from their magic energy flow, their hearts were actually beating fast. They are hiding something, and I reckon it's nothing good.

"Nice to meet you too."

I replied with a grin. I played along by acting as the 'good girl' type. See how they react.

The grin on Alame's face grew bigger.

"Since you are quite new, I was wondering how you're getting along with the academy. A teacher came by and asked us to try and offer you a tour, so why don't we go for a tour around the academy?"

A teacher...? Not the headmaster?

I don't think I'm well acquainted with a teacher yet. It's definitely not the truth.

"Thank you, but I'm quite tired. I just got here, after all."

"It's fine! It won't be long!"

Alame persisted, and I realized she is rather desperate.

Well... I could use a little tour. It's not like I just got lost or anything...

Besides, what could go wrong?

I placed my hand on the back and my neck and faked a smile, as big as I could.

"Then, please guide me well."

I returned inside and they waited while I got changed. After I changed into my uniform, I could see myself in the mirror.

God damn, this uniform is so open.

The skirt only goes until the knee, and the sleeves only reach until the upper arm. The middle part uses a tie, so I went ahead and closed everything below my neck. It is possible to make the chest a little bit open like Alame did, but why the hell would I do that?

I wore the black adventuring gloves and long black cloth to cover the skin on my arms. I also used the super long socks that go all the way to the knee. I looked again in the mirror and there were no signs of my charred skin showing.

Ok. Now, I just look like an average high school girl with gloves on. Pretty insane how three months ago I was a simple high school boy. Then again, that is part of my charm.

Right. I made them wait too long, it's time to go. I wonder what kind of trap they have set up for me?

I exited my dorm room, and Poliss immediately wrapped her hands around my shoulder. The four of us headed down the stairs with them actively telling me information, some that I did found pretty useful.

The first thing we did was a tour around the dorm. This dorm building (apparently) isn't just filled with a bunch of student's bedrooms. There is a cooking area for the girls to cook (because they think girls just like doing that) on the second floor, and there is a park on the back for the female students to chill and study. There's also a small training room placed on the third floor in the middle if anyone wants to work out, which I found very shocking.

While they were explaining stuff to me, I acted dumb and asked them a bunch of stuff. This could prove useful in capturing them off guard.

After checking the dorm out, we went outside and headed to the wide open arena, right behind the middle building because it's the closest.

"The arena is mostly used for outside training, like physical or practical magic classes."

Melinda explained to me, and I just pretended like I cared.

"Ohh~... I see."

Then we continued our stroll and entered the middle building. Last time I didn't go through the first floor, because I was following the headmaster and entered from the second floor's balcony.

But, the first floor is actually glamorous. The floor is made out of glass, and under the floor is an aquarium with fishes on it. The decorations placed on the left and right wall under the stairs are made out of gold, and some of them even made out of crystals.

There are three chandeliers attached to the ceiling. One is a super large one placed in the middle, and the other two are placed on the left and right, in front of the stairs.

The three doors that are placed on the front and back also look like they are covered in gold, with a diamond handle. This is the definition of highest class glamor.

"The middle building is used mostly for the teachers. Some of the students came here to meet the teachers and do their business."

"Ah... It's like that."

We then went ahead and continued to the laboratory building, the one where I mistakenly thought of the dorm.

"This is the lab building, which is fairly new. Most of the labs are placed here, and we usually study stuff like science and magic."

"Interesting..."

Then we went past the park and went across to the building on the right side. A lot of the students were murmuring when we walked past them in the park. And with heightened hearing ability, I can hear them clearly.

"Who's the fourth girl? Don't tell me she's the newbie..."

"She must be. Damn, she is hot... Too bad she is fooled by them."

"No... Girl, you need to wake up! They are not good!" <-- this one is a whisper

Of course, none of their mutters can be heard by the three, but I certainly heard them clearly thanks to my super ears. And just as I expected, I made the right decision by being careful around these three.

Now, what can I do to surprise them...?

We finally arrived at the final building, which is the building for the classes, but we didn't really enter it since it was closed during the evening. There are five floors from what I can see, and this building is insanely long. Each of the classes must be huge…

After the tour, we decided to head back to the dorm. We passed the same dark alley as the one I previously went through to reach the dormitory building.

Alame went ahead and led the walk, while Poliss and Melinda stayed behind me. As we strolled down the dark alley, they all kept their silence.

And suddenly, I can feel Poliss moved forward at high speed.

This is it.

I can feel her grabbing my arm, but I simply let her. The look on her face showed me that she is incredibly pleased by how she captured my hand, but she simply doesn't know that I'm just letting her do it.

What can she possibly do to me, anyway?

I turned around acting all panicked, but she moved like a blur. Another one of my hands was captured by her and suddenly...

CLICK!!

My hand got handcuffed.

"Oh, poor girl. Didn't your mother ever tell you not to trust strangers?"

Alame said as she turned around and stared at me in the face. And all of the sudden, she lifted her right hand and threw a punch.

What the...? That's it? This is too easy.

I quickly started enchanting my body and...

…

What…?

BAKKK!!!

I felt that punch... in slow motion.

The punch… it hit my face at high speed, and I got thrown to the walls from the force. The pain is indeed there, because Poliss' hands are quite buff. But, what is even more painful is the way my head is trying to process the things that I'm experiencing.

As I sat down, my brain tried to process what was happening very quickly. I simply cannot feel my magic working, and I just don't understand how she managed to punch me in the face.

"W-What…?"

"Heh! You thought you could handle my punch, didn't you??"

Alame gripped her fist even harder, but I wasn't really too focused on her. I've been beaten up many times by friends and foes, I can handle getting punched in the face.

But... why can't I dodge…?

I tried enchanting my body again… but it didn't work. I tried using magic on my hand to break the handcuff, but it didn't work.

My mind panicked as I tried releasing the handcuff by forcing my magic to enchant on my arm. But, still nothing happened.

I tried conjuring a fireball from my fingers. Nothing happened...

My gaze turned to the three that are now staring down on me like three predators looking down on a prey. Meanwhile, I'm having the worst worry of my life.

I… can't use my magic.