Both Link and Amy turned around and saw a little girl running towards them. Both of her parents were also there behind her.
“Good morning, Amy.” Cherry said with a smile.
“Good morning cherry, why are you so excited?” Amy said to her.
Cherry was Amy’s best friend in the class, and both of them were deskmates. Just as Cherry was going to say something, she noticed Link standing beside Amy. Cherry went into daze after seeing Link’s handsome face.
Looking at her friend’s dazed expression, Amy snorted and said “This is my big brother, Link.”
“Bother, She is cherry, my best friend.”
Link smiled after hearing Amy’s introduction and said “hello cherry, it’s nice to meet you.”
Cherry soon came out of daze and was flustered for a second “Yess….. I’m cherry,,,, nice to meet you.”
Link found her reaction a bit cute and he was happy that Amy had a good friend. Soon Cherry's parents also reached their location.
Seeing her parent’s arrival, Cherry quickly introduced Link “Mom dad, You know Amy, right? He is Amy’s big brother.”
Cherry’s mom smiled and greeted Link “Hello Link.”
Link wasn’t slow either. “Hello, Uncle and Aunt.”
Cherry’s father nodded “You should be in high school, right?”
“Yes, i study in No.1 high school” Link replied
Cherry’s father nodded after hearing that and said “Our eldest also studies in No. 1 high school, But he is still in sophomore year.”
“Then he still has two more years to enjoy.” Link said.
“Yeah, what about you?”
“I'm a senior student, Uncle”.
“Ohh! Then you should have gone through the Awakening ceremony.” Cherry’s mom said tactfully.
Just as Link was going to reply, he was cut off by Amy “My brother is a Mage now” Amy said with a proud look on her face as though she herself was awakened as a mage.
Link didn’t know whether to laugh or feel embarrassed by looking at her cute action. But he was also happy with Amy's confidence. She looked more cheerful than she usually was.
Cherry’s parents were surprised after hearing Amy’s response but soon both of them smiled. They were happy that their daughter had a good vision while choosing friends.
Link was also aware of their thoughts but to say that he hated it would be wrong. Link was aware that the real world was never black and white. People form relationships which can be beneficial to them. And he himself was like that.
After going through the awakening ceremony, he would gradually lose contact with other ordinary students, more so after going to college.
After saying goodbye to Amy, Link started walking towards his school.
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Link was shocked to find out that many students were discussing Zero's identity and his actions in the undead plane.
Link was quite uncomfortable with so much attention on his second identity, but he was quite relieved that they didn’t know his identity. Or it will be very difficult for him to have a normal life.
Link came to his seat, beside the window, and started thinking about his gains from yesterday's hunt. That last upgrade cost a lot of experience, so he fell back to lower levels. He tried to make up for it while hunting with Yumi and Maggie, but it will take some time for him to upgrade from the apprentice stage.
As Link was lost in his thoughts, a sweet fragrance came to his nostrils, Link knew that it was Yumi.
“Hey Link, good morning.” Yumi said
“Hey Yumi, how are you?” Link replied with a smile. It was good to have a beautiful girl as a deskmate.
“By the way Link, are you coming to get-together during the next weekend?” Yumi asked
“What get-together?” Link asked with a confused expression.
“Ohh,..Maybe they haven't sent invitations yet.” Yumi nodded her head as if thinking about something.
Link was puzzled by Yumi’s behavior but just then one of the class monitors, Linda, came to their table and handed them an envelope.
“Hey Yumi and Link, it’s your invitation letter for the weekend gathering. All the awakened professionals from our school will be attending. It’s just to communicate with each other and network with each other before college examinations.”
After hearing the explanation from Linda, Link nodded in understanding. He was also quite curious about other professionals.
“We also invited some of the alumni. If students need some advice or information regarding their future, they can talk to them.”
“Thank you for the invitation,” Link said. As he thought about the benefits he can get from this gathering. He was quite curious about those Alumni, as they have already joined different universities so it will be better to get information regarding college selection from them.
Yumi also said her thanks to Linda, who started handing out invitations to other students. Everyone was in an excited mood after knowing about the weekend gathering.
Just as students were discussing, Classroom’s door opened and Liyan walked to the podium.
“Good morning students, I guess you are all excited about the weekend gathering.” Liyan said with a smile. Many students nodded after hearing that.
“Well, Don’t waste this chance to bond with others by celebrating too much. College examinations are coming soon, and most of you will choose different universities after this. So this will be the last time you can network with other awakened students. And try to form bonds with your Alumni, they have been studying in universities for some time and they can help you avoid many pits.”
“Okay, let's end this topic for now, and concentrate on the lecture.”
“Most of you guys were busy celebrating, while some of you started their hunting journey.” Liyan glanced towards Yumi as he said that.
Many students also secretly glanced towards Yumi, they all knew that she had been in the undead plane with the eldest daughter of Sun family and a new genius named Zero.
Yumi’s face was still cold, she didn’t show any reaction.
“So today I will provide you with some basic information regarding secret realms. I don’t want you to overestimate yourself and lose your life.”
Soon Liyan started the lecture, Link also paid his full attention but he wasn’t excited by the information shared by Liyan as he already experienced it.
As the lecture was coming to an end. Liyan mentioned something that attracted Link’s attention.
“As you all know that during college examinations you will have to go through combat examinations too. So we will start going to secret realms from next week onwards. This week, we will only concentrate on theory section.”
Students were very excited when they found out that they will visit secret realm next week and started chatting in low voice,
“OKay quiet now, we will discuss tier-1 promotion during the next lecture so you better be present because I will not repeat it.” Liyan said and walked out of the classroom.
As soon as Liyan left the classroom, Students acted like zoo animals, who were given freedom. Some of the girls were discussing what to wear during the weekend gathering. While boys were discussing hunting the monsters and all.
While Link’s mind was focused on the last sentence where Liyan mentioned tier-1 promotion. He has very little knowledge about professional promotion. Well it’s the downside of belonging to an ordinary family.
Link thought about getting some information from Yumi. According to him Yumi should be aware of it.