「I was waiting for you. Follow me, I’ll introduce you to the dean.」
「Oh.(yes)」
As I started following her, the black-haired woman called out to her,
「Instructor! Is it true that this man here is a new student?!」
The woman said with an unpleasant look on her face. Her face was telling me that she was very unhappy. I wonder if entering the school will cause problems for me.
「Yeah, was there something wrong?」
「….No, I’m sorry for my impoliteness.」
With Laina’s words, the woman reluctantly backed down.
「If there isn’t any problems, please excuse us.」
I started walking beside Laina again. I felt eyes filled with hostility looking at me from behind while I was walking.
「Did I do something to offend her?」
「No, you did not. However, you can’t understand.」
「Understand?」
「Someone like you entering in the middle of the term is unusual.」
「Is there any problems with that?」
This much hostility won’t happen for a reason of this level. Well, whether she believes Laina’s explanation depends on her.
「If this was just a normal academy, this wouldn’t be unusual, but this is an academy for teaching adventurers.」
「I know that. But, even so, why does she regard me with such hostility?」
「Normally, there is a severe entrance test to be able to enter the Academy. You will not only be tested by General Knowledge but also battle knowledge and actual technique. The students who can enter here are only the students who took the examination and pa.s.sed admirably. There is a very rare case of being exempted from the exam and they are normally recommended by the school. And an admission isn’t permitted other than being recommended by this academy. In other words, a student can only be exempted if he/she shows remarkable performance. Naturally, this student is exempted from the harsh examination test, as well as the students who obtains an instructor’s recommendation. By the way, the tuition is completely free, as well.」
「In other words, the students who are recommended here and entered the school, are the elites?」
「Such a thing is true. This a academy is not just an adventurer school but a ‘rat race’ as well. A major guild or a national intelligence awaits an excellent student, but a desolate future awaits the underachievers. So, in the eyes of the students who pa.s.sed the general examination, the ones who entered through an instructors recommendation is a target of hate as well a envy and jealousy. Do you understand?」
I see. I nodded. I can also understand why the girl looked at me with such hostility.
「One way or another, you who entered the school at such time will attract attention. You may be a bit reluctant but if you become a target of envy, you have to do something about it yourself. We, the instructors, can’t interfere with the affairs of our students that much.」
I think including the use of force in this school affects the results of the students here.
「I’m not hoping for it, but if it gets troublesome, there won’t be much problem if I resort to force, right?」
「Oh, but please control yourself. To the degree that no one dies, okay?」
Said Laina while winking. Well, this instructor does appeal to the use of force on settling problems within students. This Adventurer Academy seems to be more interesting than I thought.
Moreover, there were many students here that was the same age as me. Because of the fact that I did not receive general education or attended the school, I was quite excited.
「Then, this castle really is the Academy….」
Laina and I are walking through the school grounds, while the castle-like school was in front of my eyes.
「Isn’t there a much more appropriate building other than this? Other academies are quite small compared to here.」
I entered and advanced straight into the academy, and climbed the stairs. The second floor, the third floor, the fourth floor and the fifth floor—-
Heck, how many rooms does this academy have…….?
Laina explained the facilities on each floor to answer my question.
She explained that there was a cla.s.sroom for each grade, a facility for experiments, battle practice and magic as well as a faculty room for the instructors.