I summon Peach and Glop after the halfling maid left and slowly explore my room. The room was a 4x6 meters squared room with two windows on the back wall that looked out to the path outside which was filled with kids walking.
Like I said before there was a single person bed on the right side corner near the window and on the other side of the room was a study desk for me.
The closet was split in half. The left side was empty for where my clothes would go. It was split into hangers near the top, which I had a ladder to help reach, the middle hanger probably for skirts and dresses and the bottom were drawers and space for my shoes. I didn’t only have skirts and dresses. I made sure to buy jeans pants, regular pants and shorts depending on the weather as well as other coats and stuff that are going to go on the hangers.
On the right side of the closet were the uniforms. I somewhat frowned. The reason was because the uniform was composed of a white undershirt and with a black overshirt and the same for the skirt which went down below my knees. For the shoes there were long stocking socks and simple black shoes.
I took one of the uniforms down and walked over to the mirror at the back of the closet.
Standing there in my reflection was a silver haired girl with purple iris and while holding the uniform it made me look close to a gothic lolita. Though the uniform itself wasn’t gothic style it still gave the impression of this.
Still the halfling maid did say that I needed to get dressed so I pulled out the white stockings and took off my current clothes. I put the white shirt first then the skirt which goes over that before putting on the black vest.
I moved a bit and found that it fit just right. Then I remembered that the equipment system of this world works for NPC as well. The equipment window is above the inventory so looking at it I threw the stocking and shoes in my inventory and equip from there and they materialized on me. I remove the other clothes and test it as well and they are put on much more comfortably than before.
Lastly was the uniform beret hat which, contrary to the uniform, was pure white which seemed to blend with my silver hair. I was wondering how I would keep my hair from getting messed up so I ended up making a low ponytail. With that I had no problems with the beret and it fit well on my head.
I walk out of the closet and find Peach and Glop looking around like curious kids. When Peach saw me she ran over with her eyes shining as she looked at me over.
“Mas...ter pre...tty.” She said slowly.
“Thank Peach.” I replied
I pat her on the head which makes her close her eyes in pleasure. Oh yeah, she is starting to learn to talk. Slimes learn by mimicking but talking is a completely new level of difficulty.
Glop has more trouble and can barely talk but they understand our words.
At that moment the halfling came in and yelled in shock before falling backwards after seeing the slimes.
“W-w-w-w-w-w-w-what i-i-i-is th-that!” the maid shouted.
To say the least, it drew a lot of attention. Instantly I had them both unsummoned.
“Those two were my tamed pets. You don’t need to worry.” I replied.
The maid was trembling when the old lady from before appeared at the door after pushing past the small group of girls who were grouping around the door to see.
“What is with all the noise?'' the old lady asked as she came to investigate the noise.
“T-the g-girl s-s-summoned t-t-tamed pets.” the maid said.
The old lady looked at me sharply like before but this time there was a hint of anger.
“Were there summoned pets here young lady?” the lady asked.
“Yes, they’re Mimic slimes, I have had them with me for the last 3 years. No one told me anything about prohibiting summoning them.” I said.
“Yes, that would have been explained at the ceremony today. But slimes aren’t prohibited in your room.” She said.
She said the last part with a firm tone.
“Yes madam.” I said.
I bow and the next moment the Pink and Blue slime were once again summoned and both quickly took to their demi human form which surprised everyone.
“Well since it’s not prohibited in my own room I will keep them out. I feel more comfortable when they are close. Peach, Glop say hello to everyone.” I said.
They both nod and took a step forward and bowed.
“Ni...ce to me...t.” Peach said.
“Me…” Glop tried to say.
“They… talked!” The lady said.
“Only a bit. They are a long way away from talking well but for now they are learning.” I said and patted both on the head and they smiled while the tails on their back wagged.
The girls outside looked excited at this. The two slimes eventually changed to their fox form and rubbed themselves against me.
“Miss… Ginshiro. It is best to keep those hidden until the tournament. Those aren’t your normal slimes. I can tell you that. I will need to speak to the headmaster about this.” She said.
I nod. It was obvious that it would be like this. Slimes with a humanoid form must have eaten a human at one point.
Well like it matters. The maid, having calmed herself, stood back up and apologized to the old lady for her lack of professionalism as a maid.
“Shall we go? Please unsummon them as well.” the halfling maid siad.
“Okay.” I said.
I pet them once more and unsummon them before walking outside following behind the maid. The old lady tells the rest of the girls outside to finish getting ready. Everyone runs back into their own rooms but I notice they are in pairs.
“Why is it that I have a room for myself while everyone is in pairs?” I asked.
“You are the adopted daughter of a tamer guild headmaster. Obviously you would be a tamer. Tamer isn’t a class many people have and usually it brings… certain smells into the building so not many people take it that well.” the maid said.
Oh so this is what Megumi and the others were talking about when they registered me. I don’t know if we are looked down on or if it's because of the activities but it seems I will be left alone because of this.
Well it didn’t matter, I will just show them how stronger tamers can be.
The maid led me outside and then into the main school building. There were others who were heading the same way. We climbed down a flight of stairs into the basement floors and as soon as we got to the last step my eyes opened wide.
Under the surface of the school sat a gigantic stadium. More than half of it was already filled with students who were chatting. I gulped looking at this.
“Impressive right? This is the grand auditorium and the grand stadium where all contests, tournaments and duels take place. The arena is enchanted to keep students from dieing and will teleport the loser away.” the maid said.
“Who are all these people?” I asked.
“Current student. Besides being a ranking tournament it's also an entrance exam. Those who lose in round 1 won’t be allowed to enter and will be sent back to their parents. This is a one time only thing so if you fail, you fail.” she said.
My eyes got wide hearing how severe it was. Anyway she led me to the empty zone where a few new students were. As I walk in, a few people nearby look my way before they start talking.
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
“Uh, why is everyone pointing my way?” I asked.
“Because a purple eyed, silver haired beauty just walked in. Is there a reason not to talk?” the maid said.
I blushed hearing her say that and just followed while listening to the comments. By the time she guided me to the chair with my name stuck on it with a sheet of paper I was beet red from being looked at.
I don’t take having all the attention on me so well.
At least when I sat down the attention of everyone went to the next girl that entered. I looked back to see. The girl was wearing the same uniform as me but a few key differences were apparent. First off her hair was golden blond and curled up in twirls like you see in those anime with a princess. Her eyes were sky blue and her skin was fair.
Compared to my silver haired low ponytail styled hair which draws less attention she seems to like attention and to show off her natural, still forming, beauty.
She was led by another maid like the halfling but this one was a full grown adult elf. Wait is the maid I got a kid or an adult.
I looked at her and she seemed to read what I was thinking.
“I am 24, if you are wondering. I’ve seen that look enough times to know. I’m from the halfling race, remember. We are a human subrace that doesn’t pass this size or physique so I will look like a child until my late 50’s.” she explained.
“Sorry if I was rude.” I said.
“No problem. Those of my race are used to it. At least I am a pure human halfling. If it was a demi human or beast human half breed then things would get ugly. It's amazing what being a prum can do to drag attention.” She said.
“Prum?”
“It’s what we call a halfling half breed with demi humans or beast humans. They are child sized like every other halfling but with animal features of whichever parent they came from.” She explained.
I imagined her with small puppy ears and tail. I could feel my hand twitching to want to pet her. It seems she noticed the look and blushed.
“Please refrain from petting me. Everyone that hears this imagines me with animal ears and tails.” She said.
Ah so it’s happened already. I could only laugh dryly at this. Though that was cut short when that princess girl stood next to the maid.
“Hey, what are you blocking the aisle for?! Move it failure!” the girl said.
The girl pushed the little maid and she fell backwards onto the row of seats below. The girl just walked on but I was pissed so I stuck my leg out just as she was passing so it got her left leg as it was coming forward and the right leg as it was going back. She couldn’t do anything as her balance was completely thrown off and she stumbled forward before crashing in front of the seats.
I stood up and hopped down and helped the maid.
“You shouldn’t have done that.” The halfling maid said.
“There are limits to everything and she crossed it.” I said.
“No. She didn’t, maids here are really rejects. We failed to successfully complete the academy course and have to work here.” She said
“Can’t you leave?” I asked.
She shook her head.
“We are given food and all necessities but not money. We can’t leave.” She said.
Veins appeared on my head but before I could retort to anything the bitchy princess came back yelling.
“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE PEASANT! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM! I’M THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS AND DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF MONVILLY! MY NAME IS PRINCESS ELEONORA VALERIA MARYLAND VIZ CARMELLIAN!!”
“What a blowhard. This is a neutral country so titles and positions don’t matter here.” I said.
Her jaw falls after hearing me say that and the maid pulls herself up and dusts herself off.
“In the case of students, Miss Ginshiro is correct. While here, titles and such don’t matter and arguments that happened here can’t be taken back and used as reason for invasion or any form of aggression.” the halfling maid said.
“Shut up, you maggot failure!” Eleonora shouted
“Don’t talk to her like that. The only worm is the one who calls someone one.” I shouted back.
If I could see from a third person view there would surely have been sparks colliding between us.
After a moment she gave in since I wasn’t wavering. She turned away and looked at her seat and sat down on one that had her name on it. My face turned red with rage. The main reason was that when I walked around her seat was to the left of mine.
As soon as she looked and saw Ginshiro on the seat she stood up and glared at me.
Seeing as she stood up I pulled my seat down and sat since I had nothing more to worry about.
“I should go.” The halfling maid said.
“Yeah, it's better or she will try to do something again.” I replied.
With a bow the halfling maid left running with everyone staring. The entire area was looking because we caused a big commotion. I just sat there and the princess just glared at me.
After a bit she got even more annoyed because others kept coming in.
“If you have to go then go.” I said.
“Don’t joke with me! I will not sit next to someone like you!” She shouted
I shrug and just rest my head on my right arm. Since no one appeared to sit on my right side it was still empty.
After a while of having that annoying girl glare at me I heard a high pitched girl's “Kya~!”. There were two things that would make someone do that. One is someone falling, the second is a handsome prince that all the girls want.
I turn my head slightly and look with the corner of my eye. Yep, option two. Walking down the stairs I came from was a boy that was about 115cm tall, a bit taller than me who was 110cm tall. With dark blue hair and navy blue eyes he stood out more because the black suit-like uniform made him look more mature. His expressionless face made him more mysterious which made the little girls eat at his hand. I could tell that his expressionlessness was boredom. It was easy to tell that he was probably a prince or something from one of the nations.
The princess in front of me started to growl more than she did with me. When I looked at her, I saw her face was red and her hands were balled up.
Seems there is some history between them.
Just for those curious, the row I was seated in was about 3 from the front. From the looks of those around me this seating area would normally go to children of nobles or important people. Thinking a bit, that retard Dalton is the tamer guild’s Guildmaster so that was probably why I was down here.
I don’t know if it's ironic or not but the maid that was leading him turned on our row and stopped just next to me.
“This is your seat young sir.” She said.
“Thank you. You may go.” the young man said.
The maid bowed and the boy looked at me then at the princesses.
“Oh, Eleonora you’re here too? Whatever, miss that is my seat. Can you please lean the other way.” He asked.
“If I did then I would be closer to her seat so I prefer not to.” I replied.
“Point taken. My name is Prince Asher Daniel Calder Bryton, I come from the country Elunia. I am the second son of the king and second youngest.” He said.
“Elunia, I came from there!” I said.
I stand up and do a curtsy bow to the prince.
“My name is Kuroko Melody Ginshiro. I am the adopted daughter of the tamer guilds Headmaster Dalton Holt.”
“Sir Dalton, that means you know Miss Megumi.” Asher asked.
Contrary to his previous attitude his eyes were sparkling now.
“Yep, she is my big sister. If you are the prince then your sister was the one I helped get the mimic slime for.” I said.
“Ah! That was you! I remember Miss Megumi coming and explaining what happened and how it wasn’t totally her effort. I got to thank you because I was able to get myself a mimic myself.” ASher said.
“HEY! WHY AM I BEING IGNORED?!” Eleonora exclaimed.
We both looked at her with a blank look.
“You are annoying.” We said together.
We both looked at each other then grinned before we started to laugh. The princess looked completely beat and was pissed beyond belief.
“I can’t wait to show off Drake. I trained a lot with him and I hope one day to find a real life drake and have him eat it and become a slime drake.” Asher said.
“Wow! That would be so cool! I don’t have such a big dream. I just want to adventure and have fun. I have two great slimes and a fox who I want to get stronger with.” I said.
“Two slimes… are you the famous tamer girl with a pink and blue mimic slime. I heard about you. You discovered so many interesting things with slimes. It's made so much good for our country that an entire bureau has been made dedicated to researching the slimes diet evolution habits.” Asher said.
We started to talk together a lot completely ignoring the annoying third wheel to the point that she just sat down and sulked there. As time passed the place filled up. My talk with him was all about tamer related things. It seems that only in our country is taming not looked down on because of Dalton’s effort. He made tamers train like normal warriors so tamers there are both attacks and troop suppliers.
I told him the condition for mimics quietly and then gel slimes as well. I then told him about the slime milk and all that stuff that helped me get strong enough to have a normal life.
As our conversation reached an end we looked around and saw the place was packed and then a middle aged man walked out. In his hand was a magic item that was similar to a wireless mic.
As he got to the center he coughed once to draw everyone’s attention and quiet everyone down.
“Okay, thank you all for getting ready so quickly. As many of you know, I am the headmaster of this academy, my name is Charles Silos Ryder. As you all know, today is both the welcoming ceremony as well as the entrance exam. This entrance exam is very simple. There are four stages where new students are sitting. Each area will have a battle royal and of the 200 in each area, 100 will remain and be accepted. The rest will be returned home. After that, the remaining 400 will participate in the tournament for the ranking and to allow for the teachers to determine what classes your curriculum will hold.” Charles said.
Everyone was shocked but a few people, me and Asher, were already getting pumped.
The headmaster continued on with the welcoming ceremony telling rules and regulations until finally it was time. And even more to my surprise my group was the first one. I couldn’t help but get even more excited.
Our section of seats lowered about 3 meters revealing an entrance at the bottom of both walkways.
Everyone got up and walked down until they appeared on the arena grounds.
“Heh. This is going to be a nice workout. You better not get in the way Aster. My pets aren’t the kind to play around.” I said
“Right back at you. Drake isn’t any push over and was trained with the royal knights captain. We even let him eat a death row criminal so he can gain human transformation.” Asher said.
“‘Hope you trained him enough to handle me.” I said.
“Bring it.” I said.
“Alright children, with this we begin the entrance exam.” Charles said.
With his call a gong was hit signaling the start of the battle royal.