I woke up early morning and saw an unfamiliar view. I gazed around my room for a while and remembered.

“Ahh, right… I’m in the school.”

I stood up from my bed and arranged the blankets and pillows. Stretching my body, I walked towards the closet and found unfamiliar clothes that were hung on top of it. I then remembered the events last night.

Before I was gonna sleep, Emilia came into my room and placed my uniform in the closet. Thinking that it was school regulations, I changed my clothes. When I was finished, I looked at the mirror that w

as on the door of the closet.

The clothes I wore was a blazer that had a black jacket with a clover design. Each leaf of the clover was red, blue, green and yellow. They were the colors of the four most influential houses. My skirt had a checkered pattern of gray, black and white. Its length was 2 cm above my knees. As or socks and shoes, they were the standard black shoes and white socks.

“It’s quite modern-looking for a fantasy world… well, this just proves that this world was different from the game.”

In the game, the uniform that the students wore didn’t have black as a majority color. It was mostly white and it would emphasize the color of the house they belonged to. Let’s say for the house that has the banner of the red hawk. The uniform of that student would have a white jacket with a few stripes of red. The checkered color on their pants/skirt would also follow suit.

When I judged I was done changing, I started combing my hair and with my hand. I made my hand slightly warm with magic so that it would feel more comfortable. I heard the sound of knocking when I was about to finish my combing.

“Come in!”

With a slight creaking noise, the door opened and I saw Emilia coming inside. Again, she was making a shocked face when she found me.

(Why’s she always shocked whenever she enters my room? Is what I’m doing really abnormal?)

I then placed a small plain hairpin near my bangs and completed my grooming. I didn’t do anything special, like braiding, to my hair. My hairstyle was quite plain, so I doubt anybody would find me peculiar.

“Good Morning, Emilia.”

I greeted her with a smile which finally woke her up from her daze. She quickly bowed to me and escorted me towards the canteen. All throughout the way, Emilia had a very troubled expression. Thinking of my failed chance to talk with her last night, I thought of a plan to talk to her.

“Is something wrong?”

She became surprised from my question and stopped walking.

“…”

“Umm… Emilia, are you troubled by something?”

She knitted her brows and refused to answer me. I continued to silently gaze at her and waited for her to answer. After a while, she opened her mouth and answered my question in a small voice.

“… I feel like you don’t need a servant, Miss Lumina. You’re able to do almost everything by yourself even without me. I was supposed to be your personal maid throughout your stay here.”

“Ahh, is that so? It’s true that I don’t need a servant for doing those things, but!”

(My mother told me that I needed to find a servant once I reached this place. Who knew that the school would provide me one. What’s more, she’s also seven like me. She’s a potential friend candidate.)

“But?”

“What I do need is a friend. Would it be okay if we become friends?”

Her eyes and mouth opened wide when she heard my statement.

“B-but… our social classes are different… you’re a noble and I’m a commoner, there’s no way we could be friends.”

“Really? I became friends with the carriage driver from yesterday. So I think we can.”

“B-b-but…”

“No buts! Our ages aren’t even that different and besides we’re schoolmates. So, us becoming friends is normal, besides…”

“Besides?”

I grabbed one of her hands with both of mine and with my most cheerful smile, I told her my true thoughts.

“I’m from a low ranking noble house and don’t have any friends who’re near my age back home. I’d really be happy if we become one though.”

Her cheeks blushed a little bit and she lowered her gaze to the flower. When I thought she was gonna refuse me, I suddenly heard a very small, ‘Yes’, from her mouth.

“Really!? Thanks! Emilia.”

“I should be the one who’s thanking you, Miss Lumina.”

Though we became friends, it seems the ‘Miss’ before my name still stays. The two of us cheerfully walked towards the canteen. Once we arrived, Emilia walked towards one of the doors and came out with a trolley filled with food from it while I sat on one of the tables.

She arranged the food on the table for me. The food she prepared where two sausages, a sunny side up egg, and a mug of warm milk. I casted some magic on the milk sporadically to keep it warm while I ate. I tried beckoning Emilia to eat with me but was refused by her with an excuse, “Because it’s the rules”. That excuse didn’t give me any room for arguments.

When I was finished eating and was now only drinking milk, the students slowly started to gather around the canteen. All the girls wore the same clothes as me while the men wore a matching black jacket with a chest pocket that had an insignia like mine and a pair of gray pants.

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I didn’t like crowded places all that much so I stood up from my seat and walk towards the exit. Emilia also followed me.

Along the hallway, I asked her when the school starts and where we have to gather in the first day of school.

“School will start 3 days and we’ll gather at the great hall along with the Elites of the Magic School.”

“Thanks… so we’re free for the next 3 days huh… is it okay to explore the school grounds?”

“Yes.”

When I heard her answer, we were already out of the dormitory and was now walking along a stone-paved path. Since it was still morning, the breeze felt really cool and refreshing. I then decided to make morning walks like this a habit. As we were walking, I then remembered the promise I had with the carriage driver.

“Then can you show me where the stables are?”

“The stables? Understood.”

Emilia then started walking in front of me and was leading me. I continued to observe the school buildings. They looked exactly like the ones in the game. The roofs were made up of red tiles while the walls were from bricks. Their design looked closer to the old prestigious schools in Britain.

Along the way, I discovered another coincidence in this world that was also the same as the game. The uniforms that the Elite magic students wore were the same as the game. There were some who had red stripes while others had blue or yellow or green. They were only spending time with those who had the same stripes as them.

After around 15 minutes of walking, we finally arrived at the stables. I immediately searched for the familiar carriage driver and found him brushing one of the horses. When I was about to call for him, I remembered one important thing. Even though I had already considered him as a friend, I still didn’t know his name. So I was frozen in place where my left hand was raised and my right foot was about to touch the ground.

“Hey, Andrew, is that the girl you were talking about?”

I suddenly heard a voice from behind me and the carriage driver reacted to the voice. He turned his head around and found me. I quickly rebuilt my composure and with a slight coughing I greeted him.

“Good Morning… Andrew?”

I tilted my head to the side slightly and waited for confirmation.

“Good morning too, Miss Lumina.”

The moment he finished his greeting, he started scratching his nose and looked a bit embarrassed.

“So your name is Andrew?”

“Yes, that right. I’m sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Domitor. I’m one of the people who are in charge of taking care of the horses.”

“Hee, then that person who called out to you is…”

I pointed at the person who helped me.

“Ahh, his name is—“

“Mark Flanders, like him, I’m also one of those guys.”

He made a big smile as he introduced himself to me. I placed one left hand on my chest and introduced myself to him.

“Nice to meet you, my name is Lumina Chis Chem.”

“Ahh, I know. Andrew didn’t stop talking about you the moment he came back here.”

“Hehe, is that so?”

“I didn’t only talk about her!”

I covered my mouth as I made a small laughter while Andrew angrily walked towards Mark. Emilia tried her best to not laugh and maintain her calm demeanor.

“So what brings you here, Lumina?”

“Idiot! Add a ‘Miss’ before her name! Can’t you see she’s a noble!”

“Nope~ Don’t see it, we’re gonna be schoolmates anyway.”

As I listened to their bickering, I placed a finger on my chin and asked them.

“Schoolmates? Does that mean that like Emilia, the two of you also working students? What are your ages?”

“Andrew’s is 13 years old while I’m 10.”

“Hee, only 3 years older than us.”

Andrew gave up trying to correct the way Mark speaks to me and heaved a really heavy sigh.

“So, do you need anything from us, Miss Lumina?”

I shook my head to Andrew’s question.

“School starts 3 days from now, so I’m only here to explore the school grounds.”

“Since, you’ve come here. Why don’t you spend time with us here? It’d be nice if some girls were here.”

“What are you saying!?”

“Sure, I’m not in a hurry anyway.”

“That’s okay?”

“Yes.”

The four of us then spent the day together. We talked about lots of trivial things together, like what school was like, how they became working students and where they came from. During lunch, Emilia went back to the canteen and brought me some food while Andrew and Mark opened a basket they took from the back.

They were talk to me while they their worked. I also practiced magic, they didn’t seem surprised though. I left them when the sky started to dim and the sun glowed orange. I bid my farewell and headed back to the dorm along with Emilia.

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