Blue had been suspicious ever since he noticed the pattern from Edward's words earlier. Two Grand Dukes and one Grand Duchess had changed to Two Grand Duchess and one Grand Duke.

This pattern struck his calculation about his location deeply and the matter of Bai Xuan changing to Bai Hua was the final nail in the coffin. He was now certain of his location.

"It is the Parallel Void where Yin dominates Yang, while the Endless Void I know of is where Yang dominates the Yin. No, to me it is the Parallel Void but to them my original universe would be the Parallel Void. Unbelievable, to think those theories about a parallel universe existing was true all along. But how come people from the parallel universe never tried to enter or invade the original? Is it something only this system can do?"

But upon further deliberation he discarded the initial notion instantly,

"No, I don't believe that. Both Artemis and this universe's Arthur stood at the top of the void as a near invincible existence so how can they be ignorant of each other's counterpart? Either it is that they can't do anything about the opposite as both are too powerful or they had more important matters to attend to like guarding against the void-kin race or deterring other equally powerful beings' covetous eyes on their territory and such."

He then decided to conclude his speculations,

"What I truly think is the case was that both of the conjectures are true. There may be more hidden reasons but even in my peak I was unaware of such details let alone now so I should stop being bothered about it as my plans and priorities didn't change because of it. That being said, I am really curious about what happened to this universe's Azure Limbo or my women."

His curiosity persisted as he further speculated,

"There surely can't be a different gender of me out there, right? Two similar existence shouldn't exist in the same universe or so those theories of Parallel Void stated among the many nonsense in it. Tch! Hopefully that's the case or I don't know how to deal with someone who's just my mirrored version."

As he continued going in a tangent in his mind the history lessons ended and official language lessons started which was very redundant for him.

He already knew the union language from his past life. An abyss spawn who exposed themselves just because of language barrier was a shameful individual before their peers. Obviously he wouldn't let such silly mistakes hinder him in any of his schemes so he learned all official languages of the four empires.

So after a boring lesson on the union language where he could even teach the teacher if he was willing, the general knowledge lessons finally began.

It should be mentioned that for history, official language and general knowledge lessons the training ground was the same and their initial grouping would also remain so for the entire year.

He focused on this subject since he wanted to check if there were more discrepancies from what he knew about players' general knowledge to what the Parallel Void considered as their general knowledge.

A youthful looking girl arrived who seemed to have just entered their twenties. She then introduced herself,

"Nice to meet you all. I am Sydney, your general knowledge teacher on this very day of each week. This subject explains to all of you students the basics of the player society and it is available as a compulsory subject for the first year only. It will then change to a more suitable subject from second year onwards."

Unlike Edward's subject where some students had a reluctant mood in the first few moments, her subject however earned intense attention from all the students as they all were extremely curious about knowing more about players and their know-hows.

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"Without further ado, I will begin now. I am sure all of you know about the fact that the worlds you came from are located on the Outer Area of the union. Even the academy's name has a mention of it. Let's discuss more along this line. Has the history teacher talked about the four cosmic empires today?"

""Yes!""

All the students answered her.

"Alright. Then you won't need an explanation about it. All the four cosmic empires in the Endless Void are divided into three areas inwardly according to the kind of space they were located at. Outer Area, Inner Area and Core Area. Let's talk about the Outer Area. It is the place in the universe where the Sea of Nothingness is getting assimilated bit by bit and added to the void. Because of this reason the space itself is highly unstable and prone to disasters so among the four empires the Outer Area is, well, let's just say unpopular."

"Heh, don't you mean a death sentence? Even the void-kin race's two branches consider it such, let alone others. Deceiving students so they won't be constantly worried about their family back there, truly a pragmatic move."

Blue snickered inwardly as he listened to her continue further,

"All beings from the Outer Area are called an outer denizen by the other two areas. Here's something to look forward to, the graduation involves becoming an inner denizen so make sure to study hard lest you get stuck at the unpopular place for your entire life."

"As an inner denizen myself, let me tell you that Inner Area is countless times better than whatever the world in Outer Area you came from. It is absolutely worth it so keep persevering. We will now talk about the Inner Area."

"When the void had expanded further and further thus the unstable space was no longer present at the rear, they then joined the rank of stable space free from disasters. That is the Inner Area. It is also the place where the aura is hundreds of times richer in quality and quantity. Exotic resources, rare treasures and strange inheritances are found in abundance there."

"Indeed, the Inner Area is the only safe space in the Endless Void along with the Core Area. The Inner Trial space that was set up by all four cosmic empires and two void-kin race's core denizens on their respective homes in the past had permanently prevented any abomination from slipping in while the slowly expanding borders of Inner Area remain unaffected. Of course, this Sydney wouldn't reveal it as it was no longer general knowledge but high-level information."

He matched and added with what Sydney said but found no discrepancy about the general knowledge revealed by her. He checked the time discreetly. It was near 2pm so she should be wrapping up by talking about Core Area.

"We have talked about the two areas. The remaining one, Core Area, is actually very special. We don't know much about it so today will be the only time we talk about it as there is no additional information to add on. The history teacher must have talked about the ruler of our domain. So remember from now on that esteemed Grand Duke Arthur resides in the Core Area. This should already make you understand that any core denizen are subjects of reverence for us. As for if you could ever enter it?"

"The answer is no. Only the major nobility's Marquis and higher rank live there. It is not something us commoners should consider as even the other nobilities weren't allowed there. Speaking of which, we will talk about nobles at a later date. The lesson concludes here for today. Be on your way now. A friendly advice, those who didn't join any recreational club shouldn't waste their time being inactive so you can consider taking one of the voluntary subjects."

With that she concluded before leaving the training ground.

"Core Area, huh. It was something I still couldn't enter at my peak. Or more like I refused the opportunity for it by keeping the system to myself. That old man specifically came for it so maybe he was aware of this system's true nature and motives. Sigh! I miss the Abyss… and those sexy girls."

He reminisced as he exited the training ground along with Karla who was stuck to him.

Just when he returned to his cloud house, he sensed some changes happening in the [Clan Manor] menu. This startled him so expertly shooed away Karla and entered to check.

"Eh? There are cracks on the shell. It will hatch soon now."

He had arrived at the place where he kept the egg. Upon his arrival the egg seemed to have noticed his presence as its cracks from earlier which were slowly expanding suddenly became fast. The more cracks appeared on the shell the more aether it absorbed greedily.

From his past knowledge the appearance of this egg didn't match with any known beast's egg he knew of. The fact that it was hidden in the academy inside a wooden box was also a suspicious part he needed to investigate later.

"Let's see the hatchling."

He observed it with curiosity as his earlier estimate of it hatching tomorrow was overturned.