Raff and Hayato immediately approached the person who had called them. Two male students whispered to each other. Meanwhile, a female student handed them a book lying on her desk. Raff and Hayato took the book in confusion.
"These are the rules you must follow while in this academy. It also contains the punishments you will receive if you break them. It also contains the class schedule and other things about Elexia Academy," the student explained.
"I see. So it's basically a contract between an aspiring adventurer and Elexia Academy. Isn't that right, Miss?" interrupted Hayato while striking a pose by wiping his fringe.
"Perhaps," the female student replied with a puzzled look.
A male student handed over a wooden emblem in the shape of a circle with the number one carved in the center, "This is your emblem, use it as a necklace, pin, bracelet or something else. You can wear it as long as you are a student of the Elexia Academy.
Raff received the emblem, he looked at it for a while, looking at all the parts, "Wood?" he muttered softly.
"Doesn't it come with the adventurer's card?" asked Hayato.
"Your adventurer's card and uniform will be given to you in a week, after you officially become a student of the Elexia Academy," the male student replied.
"From here, just go to the hallway over there, there will be other students who will show you to your class," the female student said, pointing to the hallway of the building.
Raff and Hayato nodded and followed her directions. On the way, Hayato explained that the wood was the mark of an F-rank adventurer, and the number one carved on the wood was the mark of a first-year student at Elexia Academy. In order to graduate as an adventurer, they must stay at the academy for four years until graduation.
The Adventurer's Rank may change as students progress through the Academy; their official Adventurer's Rank will be based on their rank when they graduate. Thus, Rank F students still have the opportunity to advance to a higher rank during their time at the Academy.
Rank E usually receives an Iron emblem, Rank D receives a Copper emblem, Rank C receives a Silver emblem, Rank B receives a Gold emblem, Rank A receives a Platinum emblem, Rank S receives a Diamond emblem, and Rank Hero receives an Adamantite emblem. Meanwhile, the chances of an adventurer increasing his or her rank after graduating from the Academy would be lower, as an adventurer would have to fulfill many requirements in order to increase his or her rank.
It could be seen that many other groups of students were beginning to pass them by. Every other group of students that passed them seemed to be whispering and occasionally laughing, but Raff and Hayato didn't care. They continued to walk leisurely, discussing the rules of Elexia Academy and other matters.
"So the highest adventurer rank is Hero Rank?" asked Raff after hearing Hayato's explanation.
"No, it isn't. There's actually a rank that has the highest levels, the Myth Rank. But so far, no one has been able to reach the level of Myth Rank, even the adventurers who have reached Hero Rank can be counted on their fingers in this Ruttera Kingdom. Of course, the exception is people from other worlds like me, they usually have already reached Hero Rank since they came to this world," Hayato explained proudly.
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"Obviously, you only have rank F," Raff scoffed.
"That's because your bad luck rubbed off on me! You ancient human, when I should have been able to awaken my powers earlier in the test," Hayato grumbled with an annoyed look on his face.
The two of them continued to follow the directions of the other academy students until they finally arrived at the F-rank classroom. Elexia Academy had four buildings that were used as classrooms for each year, namely first year, second year, third year, and fourth year. Each classroom building had nine floors.
Rank F students would occupy the lowest floor on the first floor, Rank E students would occupy the second floor, and so on up to Rank Hero on the eighth floor, while the ninth floor was usually left empty and tightly locked.
An Academy student is not allowed to enter a classroom higher than his or her current rank, for example, Rank F students are not allowed to enter Rank E classrooms, and so on. However, Rank E students may enter Rank F classrooms, and so on, according to their rank.
However, first year rank F students may enter the classrooms of second, third, and fourth year rank F students. Likewise with other classes, even first year rank E students can still enter the classrooms of second, third and fourth year rank F students. The same is true for other levels, as stated in the Elexia Academy rulebook.
"It looks like the first year Rank F classroom is the biggest among others," Hayato said as he arrived in front of the first year academy student classroom building, it looked like the first year Rank F classroom was the biggest, even from the second year and others.
Raff and Hayato stepped into the classroom, it seemed that the F rank students had started to get acquainted with each other, "It turns out that there are already a lot of people here.” Raff muttered quietly.
"Look, he's the one who wanted to hug Princess Mia earlier," a girl said, pointing at Raff.
Suddenly, the other Rank F students turned their attention to Raff. Elena, who had been sitting quietly by the window, also stared at Raff who had just entered, followed by Hayato behind him.
Elena immediately stood up and gave Raff a sharp look while pointing at him, "You're the pervert who peeped at my grandmother! How dare you show your face in front of me again!" Elena shouted.
"Huh?" the other students were suddenly very surprised to hear Elena's words, some of them even shuddered in disgust.
"Huh? Have we met before?" asked Raff, pretending not to recognize Elena.
Elena immediately walked over to Raff, carrying the chair she was sitting in, "You think I'm going to forget your face, huh? Don't pretend you don't remember!" Elena snapped.
"Hahaha... Enjoy your fate you ancient human jinx, now main characters like me will shine in this class full of NPCs," Hayato mocked while wiping his bangs.
"Ah! He's the one who farted loudly during the test!" a male student shouted while pointing at Hayato.
"Hahaha..." suddenly, the entire Rank F class laughed while looking at Hayato.
"Hahaha... the main character farted!" mocked Raff while laughing too.
"It wasn't a fart! I was just letting out the wind that was clogging up my hidden power!" argued Hayato, his face flushed with embarrassment.
"You're laughing too!" snapped Elena as she swung her chair at Raff, but Raff nimbly jumped back to avoid the swinging chair.
A loud crash was heard as the chair that Elena swung instead hit Hayato's waist, "Ouch!" Hayato screamed in pain. His body collapsed to the floor as he lost his balance.
"Hahaha..." the other students suddenly laughed again when they saw Hayato grimacing in pain.
Elena was suddenly worried, she immediately knelt down near Hayato's body lying on the floor, "Are you okay? I'm sorry, I wanted to beat him up."
"Maybe I'll die," Hayato said softly while he closed his eyes, his body seemed to convulse.
"Don't die here!" shouted Elena as she slapped Hayato's cheek.
"Ouch!" Hayato screamed again from the shock of the slap while pretending to faint. "What kind of world is this? Shouldn't a pretty girl like her give artificial breath to the fainted main character? Why did you slap him instead? Isn't she my harem candidate?" Hayato thought as he endured the pain in his waist and cheeks.
"Hahaha... just keep hitting him, he'll wake up again, I'm rooting for you angry girl," Raff said while laughing at Hayato.
"You called me an angry girl, I won't forgive you, you perverted peeping Tom," Elena grumbled as she stood up to glare at Raff. Elena spread her right palm in Raff's direction, "Fireball!"
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