“Good~ Morning~ Aria~!” A loud, energetic voice wakes me from my morning slumber, and it was quickly joined by a bright light permeating through my eyelids. “Hurry up and wake up! I want to help my little girl choose her clothes for her first day of school, then take a picture of her, then, then—!”
“Hana, give our daughter some privacy and leave her alone!” A massive gust of wind suddenly shoots through my room and pushes my mother outside of my room, before the door closes shut.
I quickly thank my father in my head, and look at the alarm at my bedside to check the time. It was only a few minutes earlier than when I’d usually wake up, so I may as well just start preparing for the day. First things first, I head into my bathroom to brush my teeth, using an open gap in between the bandages that allows foreign objects into my mouth. Thank god for this gap, otherwise, I’d probably starve to death since there’d be no way for me to eat.
After that, I fill the bathtub with hot water via magic, and proceed to clean myself inside the bath. Although I’m covered in bandages, I can at least maintain any sanitary needs just by letting clean water soak through. Fortunately enough, I also don’t have any urges to use the toilet. I was extremely worried about this at first, but after a couple months of not going to use one, I just decided to let it be.
Putting on a random t-shirt and a pair of shorts, I take a glimpse myself at the mirror. My height is definitely above the average eight year old, standing at around 140 centimeters. I’ve probably inherited my mother’s tall stature, so I’ll probably reach her height at around 2 meters. I have no idea how her bloodline managed to reach something like that for the females, but it’s happened somehow. As I finished examining myself in the mirror, my father knocks on the door and opens it.
“Hey Aria, are you finished? Breakfast is ready, we’re just waiting for you.” He says to me. I nod my head in reply, and follow him out the door to go downstairs with him.
“Aria, you’re finally here!” My mother says, already waiting at the table for us. “Come, let’s eat now and send you off to school quickly!”
As father and I take out seats at the table, she’s already started eating her breakfast. After we all finish, the three of us leaves together and head towards the school. There was about an hour before class started, but the distance to the school was only about a ten minute walk from my house. The both of them wanted to send me off for the first day, even taking a day off from their jobs to do so. It kind of touched me, but at the same time, it was pretty irresponsible of them to do something like this.
“Now that I think about it, Aria’s gotten pretty big, hasn’t she?” Mother says as she compares my father’s height to my own.
“Yeah, but she’s still my little girl right now. Isn’t that right, Aria?” He says while taking a few steps away from me. There was only about a 20 centimeter difference between us, so the day I outgrow him isn’t that far off.
“I bet she’ll be taller than you by the time she becomes a teenager!” My mother says with a silly smirk on her face. This earnt her a nice blast of wind, sending her flying back towards the direction of the house.
“Reap what you sow…” I whisper quietly as I continue walking with my dad, who was trying his best to maintain a smile on his face.
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[Solace Academy]. One of the most prestigious schools in the country, made specifically to teach young, aspiring adventurers on how to survive in a dungeon. With a variety of classes ranging from direct combat against monsters to learning how to identify the properties of material items inside of a dungeon, this school was pretty much the ideal place for anyone trying to learn how to make a living off of monsters and dungeons.
Now normally, a person would have to take an examination to give an overall display of their abilities, to see if they had potential to become an adventurer. Either that, or they came from a very influential family that had a rank no lower than a Marquess. Though I could’ve easily passed the examination without much effort, my parents decided to let me take the easy way in with their connections to the Royal Family of the country. Due to that, I was able to get in without even having to see any of the teachers. Though this also meant I’ve never actually seen the school in person before, and let me tell you now, the massive gate I’m staring at is already enough to awe me.
“Isn’t it amazing? This is the school you’ll be attending now!” My mother exclaims behind me. She managed to catch up with us as we arrived at the school gates, covering the distance between the house and the school in a couple of minutes.
“As an alumni from this academy, I can guarantee that this’ll be a great place for you to study, Aria. I have a friend working here as well, you can talk to him if you have any problems here. Just make sure to avoid trouble whenever you can, since there’s always that one antisocial person that hates everyone, or that one noble that has a superiority complex.” My father sternly warns me of other problems that may come up during my time at school, but Mother stopped him before he got too carried away.
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
“Okay now, my little angel, just remember to have fun at school and work hard, okay?” She whispers to me as she gives me a hug.
“And be sure to make some friends while you’re here! School life is always better when you have a companion to talk to.” My father says while rubbing my head. After that, they both see me off as I walk through the gates of the school, before heading on home themselves. Now my school life will start, I wonder what’s going to happen while I’m here?
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“Welcome, new students, to your first day of school. My name is Malcura Sinsun, and I am the Medical Teacher for the year five and six students. You may all refer to me as Ms. Sinsun, and my role as your homeroom teacher is to help organize events that requires the entire class during this year.” An old woman stood at the front of the classroom I’m sitting in, her name written out on the virtual whiteboard behind her. She looked to be a bit past her 50s, and held a stern expression on her face as she introduced herself to the class. Her graying hair is tied up into a small bun, and she is wearing a pair of rectangular glasses that seemed as thick as a window glass.
“So, since this is the first day, all of your classes will be lenient and relaxed, to have all of you familiarize yourselves with the school. So for today, I’m going to have you all introduce yourselves. We’ll start with the nice young lady here,” She points to the girl sitting directly next to me, who looked surprised at suddenly being put in the spotlight. “Please come and stand here. Tell us your name, age, what your hobbies are, anything you’d like, really. You can use the whiteboard as well if you wish.”
“Ah, yes…” The girl scurried up to the front as fast as she could, nearly tripping over her own feet as she left her seat. She kind of reminds me of a small bunny, if the bunny was a human and had short, blond hair.
“M-my name is Rianne Sorsche, and I’m twelve years old! I like to, um, sing and dance, and I enjoy reading as well!” Stuttering a bit, the small girl manages to finish her introduction, before bowing and returning to her seat. The teacher looks at me next, signalling that it was my turn to go up now.
I calmly get up from my seat and head towards the front of the room. Although I didn’t look like it, I’ll tell you now, I was feeling pretty nervous inside of me. I was never very good at talking to other people in my past life, and that nature of mine hasn’t changed at all in this one. So me going up in front of everyone here in this classroom is quite a challenge for me, since I have to try my best to remain calm. Else I’ll be seen as a joke if I make any blunders because I was nervous. It didn’t help that I was also covered in bandages, something that attracted the curiosity of the students around me, but all I can do is just suck it up.
When I finally reached the front of the room, I grab a pen off the table and wrote my name on the whiteboard in large letters. After that, I continued writing on the whiteboard, putting down my age and my hobby of reading on the virtual screen before turning around to face the class. As I looked at the 19 students gazing at me, I completely forget about what I was going to say, and just simply stood there at the front in complete silence.
“...well? Are you going to say anything, or are you just trying to waste time by standing here? If you’re done with your introduction, then head back to your seat!” The teacher says to me in a clearly irritated tone of voice.
Feeling embarrased, I return to my seat and covered my head with my arms. The rest of the class went up to introduce themselves as well, and by the time everyone finished, the class had finally ended, and we were to proceed to our second classroom. What a terrible way to start my day.
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The classes after that held the same results, I just couldn’t interact with the other students very well. Even when the teacher tried to help, the awkward atmosphere remained, and I was left out for most of the ‘ice-breaking’ activities. By the time lunch break started, I was pretty much the lone student that everyone ignored, while everyone else have already made friends and exchanged numbers.
At the moment, I am currently sitting on the roof of one of the classroom buildings, quietly eating my lunch all alone. As I finished the meal my father prepared for me, I hear a loud explosion coming from the eastern area of the campus. The school campus is split into four different ‘zones,’ and if I recall properly, that part of the school is supposed to be the [Combat Zone], where students entering courses specializing in fighting goes to. From what I read on the school brochure, there are several arenas built there made for the sake of organizing duels and competitions so that students can obtain ‘combat experience.’
I stand up from where I was just eating, and look towards the place where the explosion came from. From what I can see, one of the arena buildings had smoke coming out of it. A building based on architecture from a millennium ago, I believe they called it the [Colosseum]. This place is mainly used for holding individual duels and small group battles. There's usually a small barrier that should be surrounding the building whenever people are using it in order to prevent any noise or stray magic from disturbing the other classes. I can only come to the conclusion that a couple of overly excited students are using it now unofficially.
Well, whatever goes on over there doesn’t really concern me at all. Deciding to ignore the scene, I climb down from the roof and head towards the library, spending the rest of the period there. The remaining classes yielded the same results as my morning ones, causing me to return home a bit depressed. It’s only the first day, At least it’s just the first day of school, I’ll probably make some friends by tomorrow!