/KNOCK/ /KNOCK/
As I opened the door, two people whose faces were familiar appeared in front of me.
A girl whose hair was red.
A girl that reminded a bunch of bad memories.
And a girl with blue hair was right beside her.
A girl with whom I was not very close.
'You are here.'
I thought.
"Wha-?"
Emma, who did not know what to say, was just standing before me with her eyes wide open.
"….."
Without saying anything, I just stood there and looked at her progress.
'All Seeing Eye.'
At this point, there was no need for me to hide my gaze anymore since my skill had already reached enough proficiency.
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Name – Emma Augustride
Age –15
Class – Sword Saint
Mage Rank – 2-star
Knight Rank – 4-star
Attributes – Fire, Lightning
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Seeing the panel in front of me, my attention was on the attribute panel.
'It seems she had used that room. That was a bit earlier than normal, no?'
Remembering the side event that took place in the Augustride Family manor, I thought.
"How are you here? How?"
But, of course, for Emma, I am appearing right beside her was something she had never expected.
If you had said something like this to her, she would laugh at this and mock you.
But now I was right in front of her; she didn't have anything to say anymore.
As I was pondering, I sensed the sudden use of ice attribute mana.
/SWOOSH/
And following that, an ice lance that was aimed right at my face started approaching.
/SWISH/
Only to pass right beside my ear with my head slightly tilting to the side.
"What does that mean?"
In front of such a scene, I was unfazed since I had been expecting such a reaction.
"You know, attacking another student without prior notice is against to rules, right?"
As I added with a serious expression, the person that used the mana stepped forward.
"I just wanted to see if this is real or not?"
Celia, who had a serious expression on her face, said while conjuring an ice shard over her hand.
"So?"
I said as I activated my eyes.
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Name – Celia Leafsnow
Age – 15
Class – Ice Magus
Mage Rank – 4-star
Knight Rank – 0-star
Attributes – Ice
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Seeing the panel, I kept quiet.
"You are not bad."
She said while her green eyes were laid upon me, trying to evaluate my strength.
The heroines of the game that was pretty stupid before were also humans, and they, too, can improve just as this girl has done.
"Is that so?"
I said, though her tone that was still thought she was above me made me slightly irritated.
"It is."
She answered.
"Wait."
However, there was one other person here.
Just as I had been talking with Celia, Emma, whom I was ignoring, came out with her eyes regained their calm.
"Is it really you, Callius?"
Coming in front of me, she locked her eyes with me while releasing her aura, trying to pressure me.
As a person who got subjected to such abuse before, I could easily say that her aura was way more refined than before.
However, it was in no way close to the one's that I had been subjected to while I was exploring dungeons.
The aura of boss monsters that were filled with bloodlust was way above.
"As you can see…. It seems just as your bird brain can't even remember the events of two years ago, your eyes can't also see well."
Therefore, I nonchalantly replied, without bucking a sweat, while also trying to make her get agitated.
"You!"
Hearing this, she was agitated for a second and increased the strength she put into her aura, trying to oppress me.
However, it was still pretty weak.
"Is it wrong?"
I said with a smile, trying to provoke her further.
"Sigh…."
But, instead, she paused, collected herself, and exhaled with a sense of resolution.
Then, retreated her aura, seeing this was going nowhere.
However, I still noticed that her hands were clenched and filled with sweat.
Even though she backed off, it was pretty obvious that she put a lot of effort into her aura that was trying to oppress me.
'You have changed.'
I thought. Since, if she was the Emma before, she would have never backed down.
In the end, the girl that was right in front of me was nowhere close to that little child who had only done things that her mother said.
Right now, she was an individual of nobility that knew how to behave, not like those pathetic young masters and arrogant girls you had seen before.
This was to be expected since even if she is not good at academics and a bit of a musclehead, she still is an heiress of a dukedom, making her obligated to learn how to behave.
"Let's go, Celia. We saw what we are here for."
Emma said with her back turned to me.
"Okay."
Celia, who had been watching the scene with a smile answered.
Just like that, the two started leaving.
However, just as they increased the distance, suddenly Emma turned back and threw me a glare.
A glare filled with ambition.
Ambition to crush.
Seeing fire ignited in those eyes, a smile also bloomed on my face.
"Let's see who will crush who. I really want to see the expression on your face when I step on you in the fight."
It was a smile that was creepy….
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After they had left, I was alone again with Diana inside my dormitory.
However, the mood was already ruined from the moment Diana got stubborn and went against me, so we didn't talk anymore as she went to her room to settle down.
I, who was now alone, decided to train for a while since there was nothing else to do until the entrance ceremony that was going to happen tomorrow.
Just like that, my day ended without no one else visiting me….
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Here, there is a brief interaction with the main cast. Though it was a brief one, it also shows how the main 'heroines' changed as time went on and matured a little bit.
Though I am not sure if I did a good job, I hope you liked the chapters.
Now, with the next chapter the entrance ceremony will be finished while also another important character will be introduced.
After that, it will be time for classes to start.
