Today’s the day school opens back up, Eugene was feeling anxious. After all, considering all the crazy stuff that had happened last week, he could only imagine what everyone was going to think. Just the thought of everyone’s stares made it difficult for Eugene to get out of bed.

Just as he was ready to cover himself in his sheets, his robot familiar greeted him. “Good morning master Eugene today is sure to be an eventful day. Today’s broadcast calls for warm sunshine, so this unit has prepared you with proper dress wear.”

Eugene didn’t really feel in the mood to get up so tried to object “I don’t think I’m rea-”

Before he could finish, Abdul interjected “This unit apologizes master Eugene, but this unit cannot allow you to do that. One must show themselves as a proper citizen of society and make good on attendance.”

He couldn’t very well argue against that, Abdul made a good point. Avoiding school would just make it worse. So, with reluctance the human got himself up, his hair was a complete mess, and his eyelids were half open.

Without delay the robot butler helped him dress up, his clothing he chose for him seemed to be a simple linen gray shirt and jeans and helped him take care of his health needs. After a week of this, Eugene was starting to get a little used to it, though still feeling some leftover embarrassment.

Meanwhile, he noticed that Ryuze wasn’t around the bedroom, probably taking one last check around the house for its security.

Sure enough, he saw him enter inside the house as he did an inspection of himself, making sure he had all his tools with him. Once he noticed Eugene he quickly kneeled as he addressed him.

“Good morning lord Eugene, the house is secured, and I am prepared to escort you to school.”

That only left Sife and well…

“Tsk, lazy bull is still asleep shall I wake him my lord?” Without another thought he had his arm over the hilt of his blade with a dangerous look in his eyes.

Sensing this Eugene immediately stopped him “I-I got it Ryuze!”

He quickly tried to wake up the Beastman. At first, he tried to be gentle by shaking him, but when that proved to be ineffective, he shook harder. Still, it only managed to stir him a little. After a few more tries of shaking him Eugene gave up, feeling a bit exhausted from it.

Ryuze was ready to step in only to be stopped by Abdul, who simply walked towards the bull. Bringing his face towards the sleeping Sife, he began to open his mouth but instead of saying something. A loud sound started to ring, reminiscent of an alarm clock.

The sudden sounds shook the poor Beastman awake, his arms and legs moving wildly before he fell off of the couch.

“I’M UP I’M UP!!! WHAT’S HAPPENENING!!”

As Sife gets up, he has an arm over the back of his head, rubbing it as he tries to recover from the loud noise. “Man, what a way to start the morning. ~”

Ryuze could only click his tongue in annoyance, seeing the bull in such a state “Hurry up and get ready. We need to leave for lord Eugene’s first day at school.”

Sife could only yawn, not fully awake yet, before he could respond “Yeah hear you loud a clear~”

He seemed to be taking his time, clearly not in a hurry. Ryuze was ready to step in but was stopped by Abdul, who walked towards Sife with his arms behind his back.

“Excuse me Sife, but you should speed things up or we’ll be causing our summoner to be late. If you like this unit could assist you in preparation, though with the amount of time this unit is afraid it’ll need to be rather ‘aggressive’ to speed up the process.”

It was then the lights on his LED eyes which usually showed closed eyelids began to change half opened. The intensity of the brightness of the robot’s eyes started to grow.

Sife could sense the hostility as he nervously laughed “Eheheheh I got it don’t worry little body I’ll be extra quick! ~”

The Beastman practically ran to get himself ready, the sounds frantic noises can be heard. After what would normally take half an hour to normally get ready, Sife returned fully refreshed in what took about fifteen minutes instead.

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“Alright I’m all ready now, let’s go! ~

With that Eugene and his trio of familiars set off for school, Eugene couldn’t help but notice they were all wearing similar clothing to before. During the week he wanted to get some new clothes so they wouldn’t be stuck on what they came with.

Unfortunately, he had only budgeted for only one familiar so didn’t have enough. Luckily Abdul gave him an alternative, only requesting on purchasing a list of fabric material instead. The robot butler then proceeded to sew them several sets of clothing for them, helping save them on cost.

Before he knew it, while he was thinking about this the school came into view. Several students can be seen entering, each paired with their own familiar. Each one of them is unique in design.

As they started to inch closer into view, Eugene felt his anxiety start to build. After all he definitely sticks out, being surrounded by three familiars himself. It didn’t take long before he could hear the whispers from his fellow students.

“Hey, it’s that weirdo, so the rumors were true. He really does have three familiars.”

One of them seemed to scoff in annoyance. “Ugh, bet he thinks he’s such a hotshot now.”

Another just snickered as he glared at him, not even trying to whisper “Hah, he can have as many as he wants. He needs it since he still can barely use basic magic. ~”

Having enough of hearing them talk behind his back Eugene walked faster, his familiars noticed this and kept up the pace. They all had a look of discomfort, Ryuze’s hand even found itself hovering over the handle of his blade before stopping himself.

Once they entered in front of the school gate they were stopped by security. “I’ll have to ask your familiars to allow us to confiscate their weapons.”

As the only one with any weapons, Ryuze begrudgingly complied. After some convincing from his summoner of course.

“You will have access to your weapons during designated events, when given permission or when you leave the premise.”

The security guard then gave the dragon a key tag as he continued his explanation. “This will allow you to summon your weapons to you when needed. And the button in the back is used for requesting your weapons.”

Ryuze nodded, understanding the explanation. This was a necessary safety measure, even if they can’t stop all the dangerous things the familiars can do, this helps limit the issue.

Once that was done it was time they finally entered the school building. The inside was bustling with students, many chatting amongst themselves. The main topic seemed to be about showing off their familiars.

“You have such a beautiful familiar, what world did you get it from?” One female familiar asked, ignoring the familiar themself.

The one she was talking with was someone that Eugene recognized as the female that went before, he did in the summoning ritual. Standing next to her was the angelic looking man with wings and yellow jeweled halo.

“Oh, he’s from Genesis, you know the world filled with angels not just anyone could acquire? ~” One could feel the sense of pride she gave off as she bragged about her familiar, who just stood there barely paying attention to what she was saying.

Eugene just ignored them, wanting to get to the homeroom as soon as he could and take his seat. Luckily there was still time before school officially started so he took the time to look around the classroom.

Considering that the school was designed to accommodate them and their familiars, they had seats designated for them at the back. Though the area seemed a bit cramped, which is probably Eugene’s fault, with having more than they had originally planned.

As classes were going to begin soon, the last of the students came walking in. One of them being that Demihuman from before, Alphonse. It seemed he was even more nervous than Eugene was though it was understandable. He could already hear the murmurs from the other students shift from Eugene towards Alphonse.

They all seemed rather frustrated with him, considering how out of control his familiar went, who speaking of followed behind him. Out of everyone he seemed the most annoyed. The cuffs that had bonded him were still attached to his limbs, so it looked like his powers were still sealed.

“Tsk, can’t believe I’ve been reduced to this. I’m not going to stand for this!” As if trying to prove himself the demonic hound tried to attack Alphonse with a claw. Unfortunately, the rules placed on him were keeping his arm from moving more than a few inches closer to his target. His arm strained in pain as he continued to try to force himself to attack.

The fox Demihuman could only shake in nervousness as he tried to tell him off, his voice barely able to make a sentence. “H-H-How many times are you going to keep doing that. N-now please sit with the other familiars and please d-don’t make a scene….”

The second he gave the command; Ripley suddenly found his body move on its own. He couldn’t even muster the strength to object as he obediently sat with the others.

The murmurs of the class seemed to have grown, as they found themselves keeping their distance from him as he sat at the end of the row of tables. Noticing this Eugene couldn’t help but come by and sit next to him as he tried to strike up a conversation.

“Hey, you’re from before, Alphonse right”

As Eugene spoke to him, the expression on the fox man’s face seemed to light up. “Oh… E-Eugene, right? It’s nice to meet you again.”

Eugene offered his hand for a handshake, which Alphonse nervously took, a small smile forming on both their faces as Eugene continued. “I’m glad we’re going to be in the same classes this year.”

He was about to speak the next words but found himself saying nothing. But after looking at his three familiars, all of them giving him a thumbs up, he managed to gain some courage to speak. “…If you don’t mind, would you like to hang out sometime?”

Alphonse started to sink his head closer to his chest while giving a small nod, showing his acceptance.

Meanwhile, Sife started to strike up his own conversation with the hellhound. A big smile on his face despite the danger around the beast. “Seems like we’ll be seeing each other a lot huh? ~”

Ripley could only look away, annoyed as ever “Do not talk to me insolent fool.”