The day finally came where I was dropped off at Saint Lily’s Academy by the Japanese Government’s aircraft carrier to begin my supposed normal student life. I was dropped off at a corner of the floating island in the middle of the sea which was teeming with numerous facilities and shopping districts so it gave off the vibe of a resort rather than an academy for students to learn how to fight.

As I was walking near the riverside of the town trying to take in its view, I spotted a beautiful girl who looked to be around my age. She was staring at the vast horizon of the endless sea and then she started to hum an unknown song.

When I took a closer look, she had long blue hair tied in a ponytail and was wearing a sleeveless white top with a black miniskirt that ended in the middle of her thighs which was probably the assigned uniform for Saint Lily’s Academy given that all inhabitants of this floating island were Fafnirs. Her build was quite defined for a female which shows that she probably has been training for an extended period of time.

I slowly found myself mesmerized by her angelic singing voice but I did not want to startle her given that I was a male and accompanied with the fact that female Fafnirs generally do not come into contact with males on the floating academies hence this led to me just observing her from a distance away.

Suddenly, without any warning the ground beneath her started to crack and an enormous wormlike creature sprouted from it and started to attack her. While she was initially shocked by the appearance of this monster, she showed no fear and manifested a weapon from the glowing crystal on the back of her palm. Her weapon of choice was a rapier similar to that of a fencer which complimented her slender frame. She started to engage in combat with the monster which was most likely a worm typed Exceed.

Her control of her rapier was not perfect but it was evident that her fundamentals were polished to their limits. While her tetra weapon was capable of damaging the Exceed, its erratic movements made it quite a challenge to land an effective hit.

I did not want to attract attention and believed in this Fafnir to be able to defeat this supposed low level Exceed hence I just continued watching from a corner without interfering.

Her attacks continued to miss the Exceed and this repeated for several times which was not a good sign given that Exceeds are known to be intelligent lifeforms that can learn from their enemies on how they battle and eventually come up with a way to beat their opponents.

“If this keeps up, she is going to run out of stamina soon and the Exceed will consume her whole for her crystal. I didn’t want to step in but I guess I have no choice.” I thought to myself.

When I was about to materialize my weapon, the girl’s crystal emitted a bright light which meant that she was going to use a Regalia ability. Her rapier was then coated with a layer of water which would strengthen its slashing capabilities alongside increasing its strike radius.

“So, she’s a Regalia, and a water manipulator. Let’s see how this goes.”

“Blade of water first strike, SURGING TIDAL SLASH!” She yelled out as her blade of water enlarged to around twice her size and swung down to cleanly cut the worm into two halves.

Seemingly elated with the results of her attack, she collapsed to the ground and her rapier vanished into thin air which probably meant that she was out of mana which is the resources Fafnirs need to generate weapons.

However, when she thought that the battle was over, the 2 halves of the worm Exceed she thought she had defeated regenerated and fused back together making it seem like she did not do any damage to it at all.

With her strength and mana expended, she could not fight back anymore without her tetra weapon and her lifeless body succumbed to the Exceed.

The worm used its tail to lift her up from the ground and into the air and with one slash ripped the center of her uniform into shreds which exposed her light blue bra with a white ribbon and her matching light blue panties. I found it quite hot that the color of underwear she was wearing matched the color of her hair. She who had seemed to have expended all her mana plopped down on her knees and on the floor which showed that given up all hope and was just waiting for her demise by the Exceed.

“Tsk, I guess I have no choice but to save her. It will be annoying if that worm gets stronger after consuming her crystal. I would assume that a Regalia would know that an Exceed can only be defeated by shattering the core in their bodies.” I thought to myself as I materialized my weapon which was 2 sickles held together by a chain in between them which was also known as a Kusari-Kama and prepared to engage the Exceed in combat.

“Kuzunoha-style Kusari-Kama Fifth technique, TWIN TORNADO CUTTER!” I spun my sickles in a spiral motion which created a huge gust of wind that surrounded me similar to a tornado and I cut through the Exceed in one blow while slicing the pieces of its core that was in its body so finely that there was no way it could regenerate again. After ensuring that the Exceed did not regenerate any further, I went to comfort the girl who was currently in shock due to the series of events that had just happened.

“Hey, little girl are you alright?” I called out to her while maintaining my distance.

She then snapped out of her trance and replied to me graciously, “ Yes, I had given up all hope when my attack did not finish that monster but I am truly thankful to you who has saved me. I would guess that you are the new transfer student from the special forces.” The girl said in a matter-of-factly tone.

“I would say so.” I replied calmly while sighing internally as I had expected that questions would arise sooner or later hence I wanted to keep a low profile but it seemed that it would be impossible to do so given that the whole floating island I am currently on only contains Fafnirs whom other than me were all female.

“I have no idea how you managed to become a Fafnir when you are a male but regardless, it would bring shame to my family’s name if I did not reciprocate your kindness, hence I would like to repay the favor as soon as possible. My name is Sasaki Risa and I am a student of Saint Lily’s academy. It is a pleasure to meet you.” The girl known as Risa offered me a handshake.

While I was certainly honored by the fact that such a beautiful young lady was talking to me, I could not ignore the fact that her clothes were torn by the Exceed earlier hence her matching light blue bra and panties were quite literally on full display for me to see but she did not seem to notice yet hence I decided to point it out to her before she finds out.

“Umm, Risa, while I would love to shake your hand, I believe that you would soon catch a cold with the current state of your outfit even though I personally am quite happy with the view. I personally think that your light blue underwear compliments your beautiful blue hair perfectly. However, I believe it would be more appropriate for us to carry on this conversation another time.” I tried to sound as gentlemanly as possible in order to avoid potentially offending someone who I just met on the first day of my new life.

“Ah, I see. I am extremely sorry that you had to see me in such an inappropriate state. I shall take your advice and change into a fresh set of clothes before I catch a cold. I guess I’ll see you around.” Risa politely replied as she leapt into a nearby drain and converted her body into water and left like the drain water flowing away.

“Well, she handled that awkward situation better than I would have expected. However, the main problem now is that I forgot to ask her for directions to the academy and I’m currently running late on my first day.” I thought as I searched for the academy.

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With no choice but to expose myself to the community of Fafnirs by asking some of them for directions, I got several looks where most of which were fear and curiosity as I’m sure that most of them haven’t seen a male in the majority of their lives. Eventually, I located the academy at the heart of the floating city where it was actually smaller than I had imagined given that it was a school to train students on how to use their abilities and for potential battles against the Exceeds.

When I stopped at the front of the academy’s gates to admire its view and locate the student council office where I was told to report to, I sensed a powerful aura that was approaching from behind me at an alarming rate and I immediately equipped my Kusari-Kama to parry the strike out of instinct.

“Kuzunoha style Kusari-Kama First technique, SPIRAL DRAW!” I used my sickles to create a powerful upward draft behind me that is able to parry almost every attack. I then heard a thud on the floor and when I turned around to check what happened, the thing that first caught my eyes were light green panties with beautiful and intricate white lace embroidery on them that were attached to white garters. When I traced the panties to their owner, I saw that they belonged to a cute girl who looked younger than me with light blue hair tied in 2 braids that ends at her shoulders.

She was wearing a white blouse similar to Risa whom I saw earlier which meant that she was a student at this academy as well but the difference is that she had an extra jacket on and her skirt was longer with white garters which didn’t seem to serve its purpose given that her panties were on full display to me with her legs in a M shape.

“Hey what’s the big idea with you!, Why did you attack me out of nowhere!” The girl snapped at me still unaware about her immodest appearance.

“My apologies, I just sensed a powerful aura approaching me so my reflexes just kicked in and I inadvertently parried you.” I said as I tried to justify my actions even though she was clearly the one at fault.

“Not bad for a male, not many individuals can sense my meteor and react fast enough to parry it but I wasn’t trying to attack you or anything. I’m late for class and that was the fastest way to get to class from the dorms, if I’m late one more time Ms Satsuki is going to send me to summer classes and I hate summer classes!” The girl who was still on the floor started to complain and whine even though I was pretty sure I didn’t ask.

“I’m sorry if I made you late for class but I really need to tell you that I can see your panties.” I informed the girl in the most gentleman tone I could muster but alas it sounds like I’m a pervert sexual harassing a girl clearly younger than me.

After realizing the position she was in, tears started to form and drip down her face. Then she became a ball of light and started dashing away at the speed of light while screaming.

“Help me Onee-chan, I have been seen and defiled by a male. I can no longer get married now Waaaaa…”

“Well, that’s not the best impression to make to my future schoolmates.” I thought to myself as I walked around the courtyard looking for the student council office. Needless to say, her shouting attracted the attention of every Fafnir in the vicinity who then gave me looks of fear and disgust and I could even hear some whispers saying how if a male looks at them they will lose their virginity and purity.

After surviving through the hordes of disgusted female students, I finally arrived at a small yet detailed building next to the main school building which has a sign saying student council office. As I approached the door, my heartbeat stopped for a second as I felt enormous pressure and a powerful presence from behind the door which meant that there is someone inside that is potentially as strong if not stronger than me. However, I would be a disgrace to the Japan Special Forces if I let something like this deter me from achieving my goals. I then pushed the door opened and what greeted me was shocking to say the least.

I was expecting to see a mature lady sitting at the table like in all the meetings with the royal families of different countries I was deployed to back in the JSF. But what greeted me was a little girl who looked no older than 10 years old with her beautiful silver hair tied in twin tails sitting at the table. However, what surprised me even further was the aura she was emitting, it was definitely the same as what I felt before I opened the door.

“Could my senses be off, there’s no way this little flat-chested girl who looks like she just graduated from kindergarten is able to exude such a powerful aura.” I thought to myself.

“Hi there little girl, could I ask where the student council president is? I’m a new student and I was told to look for her to process my admission into the academy.” I asked the little girl hoping for a lead but all she did was walk up from her seat and kick me in my shin which honestly didn’t hurt that much and was more adorable than intimidating.

“How rude of you to call me a little girl, I am 19 this year and I am the current student council president.” The little girl replied aggressively while puffing out her almost non-existent chest which was honestly not much different than a runway but honestly it added to her childish charm which made me just want to tease her more.

As I was about to make another sarcastic comment about her chest, a beautiful girl appeared from the door holding a tray of milk and cookies which looked like they were meant for a little kid entered the room. I took a glance at her and noticed that she had long black hair with a rabbit clip. Her uniform looked like it belonged to a model student as it had no creases anywhere. Without a second thought, I dashed towards the girl and hugged her.

“After so long, I finally found you Kasumi!” I exclaimed with a sigh of relief.

“What the hell do you think you are doing, you ruffian.” The little girl with silver hair snapped at me looking at me with eyes of judgement but at that point I couldn’t care less. That was because the one person I spent my whole life looking for was right in front of me.

The girl I was hugging was taken aback at first but after realizing who I was, she shed a tear and exclaimed.

“No way..., It’s been so long, Onii chan.”

“Onii chan?!!!” The petite girl shouted in a shocked tone.

After we were done hugging, Kasumi explained to me that the petite girl’s name was Nakano Emiri and that she was both the student council president as well as the rank 1 student.

“Rank 1???? There’s no way this pipsqueak is the rank 1 fighter at this school.” While I was still in disbelief, I remembered the insanely powerful presence I felt before I entered the room and came to the conclusion that this little girl may actually be insanely powerful.

“Yes, now you know my true strength, kneel before me and apologize for insulting me.” Emiri snorted at me while making a cocky face.

“Emiri, you have to uphold the image of the student council properly if not I’ll get mad at you.” Kasumi chided.

“And you Onii chan, stop teasing Emiri or I’ll get mad at you too.” Kasumi gave me a stern warning too, but it sounded more like jealousy to me.

“Anyways I heard that you are transferring to our school as of today so I’m here to settle the administrative details with you.” Kasumi then started to settle and fill in all the relevant documents for my transfer.

“She really is still as serious as ever, but I guess that’s not necessarily a bad thing.” I thought to myself.

“Oh, and I heard rumors of some perverted sex fiend whose gaze can make you pregnant is in our school compound. I don’t suppose you know anything about that Onii chan?” Kasumi asked with a slightly annoyed tone.

“Oh? You have only been here for less than half a day and there are already such rumors about you? Maybe we should just evict you right here and now?” Emiri threatened in a slightly playful and sarcastic tone.

“Wait wait wait, that was a misunderstanding, I just knocked over some girl with light blue hair in braids while I was searching for this place.” I explained in an attempt to salvage the situation.

“Light blue hair in braids…, no way! I can’t believe of everyone you could offend, you offended the rank 2 student on your first day here.” Kasumi said while face palming.

“Rank 2?!! I had thought that you would be rank 2 with your abilities Kasumi.”

“Kasumi here is rank 3 but both of them are leagues below yours truly HHAHAH.” Emiri interjected.

“Ahem, rank aside Shiho-san has a lot of pride, so she probably won’t let you live it down that easily as long as you’re at this academy.” Kasumi explained.

“Haizz, I can’t believe I already met a problematic person this early on. Anyways, how do the accommodations work here? I would like to settle down my belongings first before doing anything else.” I asked.

“Oh right, I forgot to mention but accommodations are mostly shared rooms between 2 people other than those that belong to the top 5 rankers who each get single rooms. But ironically, Shiho-san is the only one staying in a single room while the other top 5 are staying in double rooms.” Kasumi explained.

“Oh? Why is that so?” I questioned curiously.

“I’m rooming with Kasumi cos she does everything for me! And the rank 4 and 5 students are twins, so they prefer sharing a room anyways.” Emiri answered excitedly.

“Anyways, since you’re the only guy, there’s no way you’re sharing a room with another student so I’ll arrange for you to stay in a single room. Room 3 in the east wing should be free as of now so you can use that room.” Kasumi informed me calmly.

“Alright then, I guess I’ll go unpack my belongings first and I’ll see you guys later. Bye Kasumi and bye pipsqueak.”

“Who do you think you are calling a pipsqueak?!!!” Emiri retorted but I closed the door and exited the room before she could start another argument with me