Karla learned many things from the teachers in the training ground of the Restrictor class.
She saw the example of the first among the top results in their class getting their Status Window skill and the teachers revealing some important details she seemingly overlooked.
She was ranked within the first thousandth but considering that there were over hundred thousand students in the first year she couldn't help but feel a bit proud.
Her placement in the student quarters was in a luxurious apartment room so she quickly made her exit through the teleportation circle. She wondered about Blue's result but considering that even a teacher during the entrance test had praises for him she was certain that he was within the top hundred.
When the teacher in her class spoke about the parchment that came along the smartphone inside the inventory, she was astounded to finally know the reason why her elder siblings wouldn't reveal anything about the academy to her.
To use the new smartphone after getting their Status Window, one had to sign a contract, that parchment being the contract paper, which stipulated that they must not reveal any details after arriving at the academy to anyone on the outside and if they break this contract then the academy would be notified instantly of their transgression and they will be kicked out immediately.
Only after one had signed it and then similarly with the scroll earlier tore it apart would the smartphone's lock be opened. Karla understood that both her elder siblings were under this contract so they had to be careful to not slip up.
"Well, now that mother is with me this contract just became useless. I should go to my room first and then get the skill. I am already feeling a bit lonely without him around."
Karla thought as she teleported out of the training ground and asked a nearby drone the way to the address of that apartment written in the scroll.
After she reached the room and closed the door she got to work as she did the exact same as the example she saw earlier. A streak of light went into her glabella which stunned her for a second. After saying status window in her mind she indeed saw options as described by the teachers.
She took out the new smartphone and the parchment from the inventory. After reading the contract and finding no discrepancies on it she signed it and then tore it apart. It turned into a streak of light that went inside the new smartphone instead. The lock opened.
She quickly got her old smartphone and loaded Clara's number only as she was now aware that Blue's contact number changed thanks to the newly generated number on the social information option in Status Window skill while the previous id card given to them by Nicole was now replaced by it from now on. As for her big brother she had long since ghosted that ingrate just like he ignored them.
Now she had to find Blue but he already told her that he would come find her after he was done on his class matters.
"Hopefully you arrive early. It is very boring without you."
She muttered as she called her sister's number to pass the time.
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Blue was now resting on the bed of one of the many rooms in his cloud house which was numbered 9. He had the entire building to himself. It was the same ones he saw when he first arrived at the academy administration office premises but just that the location now changed to student quarters premises.
He had also opened the smartphone lock by signing the contract which surprisingly was the same as its clause stipulated. It was verified by the Primordial Auditor thanks to it being another four elemental method which had a time limit of five years.
He naturally modified it so that even if he broke the contract nothing would happen and no one will know. He had already made sure to modify the foreign aether effects on Karla's side a bit ago.
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Blue took out the slip from his jeans pocket and read the lines on it which called dibs on him. There was also another line which was intended for him to read.
"After the entrance test results, if you chose me as your preferred personal teacher then contact me."
While below those lines was her contact number. Since Karla's matter had been solved he got onto the next stage of his plan. He had chosen Nicole as the focal point to slowly overstep the limits imposed on him as a student by this academy. If he could get her to provide him with many benefits and information that were unavailable for students then his year-long plan would be further refined.
With that he saved her number and voice called her.
It was hurriedly picked up before a pleasant voice with an expectant tone came,
"Is this Blue calling?"
"Yes, teacher Nicole. I called to inform you that I chose you as my preferred personal teacher."
"As expected of a Paladin, a promise is always kept. Alright, since you have chosen me I will get you to graduate within a year."
"Haha, I don't know if I am that talented to reach that goal, teacher."
"Nonsense! Don't understand yourself. Your variant Paladin class and the awakened attribute already confirmed the fact that you will be a dragon among men in the future. If you don't soar in the sky then who else will?"
"I am very flattered by your expectations. I shall strive forward to not to embarrass myself after all this. Ah, what attribute did I awaken? I never got to learn about it."
"Heh, don't be surprised. It is actually… the space element! One of the four primordial elements."
"Space attribute? How come I hadn't read about this attribute before? Teacher Nicole may I trouble you a bit."
"Let me explain it. Aura has many attributes. Most are ordinary such as fire, water, wood, earth and metal which are known as the five ordinary attributes. These five are very common as most of the awakened would have one of these attributes. There are also lightning, ice, light, darkness and others which are relatively rare. However they still fell under ordinary attributes. An extraordinary attribute was a variant of two ordinary attributes which has the properties of both attributes and more. A good example would be your girlfriend's attribute, Frozen Water. It is a variant of ice and water attributes. Did you understand up to this point?"
"Ordinary attribute and extraordinary attribute of aura… I understand, teacher. Please continue."
Blue said as he shook his head at the racial differences that were ever present in the void. Take for example what he experienced just now. Nicole called aether a different name instead, aura.
All the players called it aura.
In other races they would not call it aura but something else instead. However there seemed to be a consensus between foreign races to call void words, the runes and runic language.
He wondered the reason behind it as he listened to her,
"Your memorization capability is very good. This will further help you in your studies. Now, since we covered ordinary and extraordinary attributes we will talk about four more attributes that are named differently. The four primordial elements. Time, space, luck, fate. These four elements affect all and anything in the Endless Void we live in. Someone who has an affinity for one of the elements is very very rare among the entire player society."
"Let me give you an example. For the past decade among the millions of students that enrolled only half a year ago did someone with time element affinity was found. Now there's you with space element affinity. That's not even mentioning the variant Paladin class which is almost as rare. For your information that senior of yours only has just a barely rare class and it is a non-combatant class on top of that."
"Oh? So it was such a rare case. May I know who this senior is?"
"Don't even ask about that arrogant brat! Just find out later from someone else. Anyways, the reason why you didn't learn about primordial elements before was because of the other two academies. As you're aware from the principal's speech, we have exchange events and sports festivals where we compete against them. Any student with a primordial element affinity being a participant was a certainty."
"Thus there would always be espionage and secret intelligence collecting activities among the three academies. In order to not give away any clue students would only be taught about things such as the phenomena that occurs when someone awakens to it or if someone had such an attribute then the academy valued them and whatnot. By the way, those illusory scenes you saw at your awakening was called vision, a common phenomena when someone had an elemental affinity. Well, any questions?"
He listened to her explanation and sorted out the necessary information from the useless one.
The presence of another elemental affinity player surprised him so he needed to gather more intelligence about this person lest they became a variable on his plans.
Blue continued the conversation to get to the main part of it.