Chapter 20: Back in School

It didn't take long for them to get back to the dorm.

Scanning her student ID, They saw Lyrica there with a worried frown.

"Shiro!" Lyrica called out as she stomped towards her.

"Why are you going out this late? A beautiful girl like you could get kidnapped ah!"

Shiro smiled wearily seeing Lyrica's worry.

Pulling out her notepad, she wrote

[Sorry, I just wanted to level up a little. But look, I'm back and I'm a level 25 now.]

"Yeah that's great and all, but what if you didn't return one day? I was really worried you know!"

Shiro smiled as she stood on her tiptoes and patted Lyrica's head.

"Patting my head doesn't make it any better!" Lyrica complained with a pout but her anger decreased significantly.

[I know, thank you for worrying about me.] Shiro smiled.

"Haa... what will I do with you." Lyrica shook her head as she held Shiro's hand.

"What did you even do to level up so fast?" Lyrica asked curiously

[Soloed the Frag Ants Burrow]

"Sure... YOU soloed it..." Iris commented sarcastically, though she didn't exactly solo it either, the most Iris could say she soloed is the first floor.

".... At this point, you can tell me you soloed the level 35 Necron Hollows and I'll believe it." Lyrica said.

[I'm not that insane. There are still limits.] Shiro chuckled slightly

"Really? Cause it doesn't seem like it." Lyrica replied as Iris yawned

Shiro noticed this and wrote.

[Well I am a bit tired after the dungeon, I think Ill go to sleep early]

"Oh, alright Shiro, good night!"

With that Shiro and Iris went back into their dorm, Iris immediately fell asleep in her usual corner of the bed while Shiro decided to research the technology of this world a bit more before going to sleep herself.

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The next morning they woke up, and Iris momentarily panicked

"Wait we were supposed to get a monsters mana signature in the dungeon yesterday!"

"Calm down, I did"

"You did? When?" Iris asked, tilting her head slightly as she tried to remember when Shiro did that.

"Yup, Did you think I was just sitting around when you killed that horde of ants?" Shiro asked

"Well I guess not... but I STILL need to get a guild ID..." Iris replied with a pout

"Calm down~ We can do it today" Shiro replied

"Today?!" Iris asked excitedly

"Yup, after school." Shiro said, walking to class.

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[Urggggg.....]

"Shiro, you don't need to write down your boredom. I can see it." Lyrica replied with a slight giggle.

She understands that Shiro found it boring in the close quarters combat lesson, the knowledge they taught were rudimentary.

[I just wanted to verbalize/visualize my intense boredom in this lesson.] Shiro typed, Iris was just as bored as Shiro, floating around.

[Lyrica, you should already know a little more than what's being taught in this lesson. Since both of us know your power with the dual ended blades exceeds the current curriculum.]

"Eh~ That's true. But we still need to focus for formalities." Lyrica smiled.

[I want to melt... It's hot and boring.] Shiro sighed as she laid her body flat on the desk.

In addition to her boredom, the day was quite hot as Shiro felt stuffy just being in a room.

"Hahaha, so you can't deal with the heat?" Lyrica giggled slightly.

[No I can't. I hate the sun.]

"Skill Issue" Iris commented, not bothered by the heat.

"But your passive is really helpful isn't it?" Lyrica replied, as she felt cooled down next to Shiro.

[Yeah yeah... just treat me like a walking air conditioning.] Shiro waved her left hand lazily.

"Wow~ You really feel different when it gets hot." Lyrica muttered seeing the unreactive and 'whatever' vibe Shiro was emitting.

[I'm just not too good when it gets too hot. I'll be fine when it cools down or when the sun gets blocked.] She just wanted to curl up into a ball and retreat to the corner.

There was a mini test today as they had to try touch the teacher once. The main task wasn't to touch the teacher as it suggests, but rather what the students like to term. SURVIVE.

Shiro was quite interested in the mini test, it would be interesting to see how she fares against an instructor. Iris was also interested however they were dungeoning the entire day yesterday and didn't get time to go to the guild for her ID.

Rather than fighting outside, they opted to be inside the sparring hall as it was a little too hot. Some students may suffer from a heat stroke.

The hall was huge as Shiro was sure it could fit 4 football fields in a 2 by 2 format. Surrounded by high walls and powerful lights which illuminated the area, this was by far one of the biggest buildings of this school.

The teacher split the teams up for sparring before grabbing a few students for the mini test, as usual Shiro sparred with Lyrica. Iris was watching some kids get beat up by the instructor.

During one of their water breaks, Shiro saw someone walking towards her and looked at them. It was a boy a little taller than her. With average looks and a pair of glasses. In his hands was a bottle of water.

[Ted LVL 14 – Archer]

"Erm... f-for you!" He stuttered before putting the bottle down and ran away.

'How cute.' Shiro thought with a giggle. Seeing the boy work up the courage to give her a bottle of water made her smile a little.

During his run, he turned around slightly to check how Shiro reacted.

Shiro only smiled and gave him a light wave. This in turn caused him to blush a little and had a dumb smile plastered on his face.

Looking at the bottle, Shiro picked it up and inspected in.

[Water Bottle]

Just a water bottle, what else do you expect? Vodka?

'This god damn description...' Shiro thought with a sweat drop.

However, Ted's actions seemed to have sparked a chain reaction amongst the guys. They walked over and handed her items like towels and chairs. Shiro was getting swarmed by the mob as her annoyance slowly increased.

[Thanks, I'm fine. I don't need all this.] Shiro typed out with a weary smile.

One of the boys looked at the foldable bed he carried behind him. He sighed slightly before muttering, "Such a shame..."

'********!!! WHY DID YOU BRING A BED?!'