The entire day went by while Diana was sleeping. She would turn around in her little bird nest, pulling on vines to make a blanket. Vita didn't really expect that she would do this, but at least someone has to be productive.
On the nightstand next to the bed was a pamphlet with some smiling teenager on it. Opening up the pamphlet, there was a decent amount of information. A large map of the university with way to many levels. Info about the university and how to get started. And a lot more information that Vita couldn't bother reading, except for one thing.
The point system.
Vita remembered that one student who had asked that question with the point system in mind. According to the pamphlet, a student could send in a request for just about anything legal that doesn't involve anything that could potentially cause problems outside the university. They even showed examples of what was allowed and what wasn't.
You are allowed to put up a request for a certain book. You promise a couple of points, and then you wait. If another student manages to fulfil your request, you trade your own points for the book.
It honestly feels like a shitty cultivation novel, who here agrees to abuse it? I do, me too. Good idea Vita, let's abuse it… How?
Easy question Vita! If they ask for plants, we simply grow those plants in our body! If they need bones, we grow bones! Hell, if possible, let's cause some inflation and send the market down to the ground!
Vita was having a party deep within themselves, bringing out different molecules and bacteria to 'eat'.
Diana woke up, feeling the ring starting to softly vibrate. With a yawn, she sat up and waited. And waited for a bit longer. It took a moment before she remembered that she wasn't at home, and that there weren't anyone to help her get up in the morning. Feeling the fear slowly build up in her, she started to breathe quickly as panic was starting to build up as well.
But the feeling quickly went away when a bunch of blood-red vines slithered back into the room with a bundle of clean clothes. The overall color was black, but it had a rainbow-colored edge on it as well. Apparently, Vita had found it in the living room and had waited for Diana to wake up before telling her about it.
After a lot, and I mean a lot, of struggle with putting on the clothes, Diana gave up. It would seem that with years of having someone help you take on your clothes, it becomes difficult when you try to do it alone.
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A Diana with her fancy new clothes stood there toying around with the ring. According to the pamphlet, it functioned as a communications device and as a way for students to know where and when their classes would take place. Last but not least, it was a watch.
"Oh no! Vita, why didn't you wake me up! How did I manage to sleep for a whole day!" With a pamphlet in one hand and using her thumb to control the map on the ring, she ran around with Vita behind her. Students who were walking around all calmly were pushed away by vines.
"Check the cafeteria, Heracles seems to eat a lot." Diana took Vita's advice and touched the ring a couple of times and changed direction. Lo and behold, there he was. The giant teenager had a massive amount of food and a whole table all for himself. There wasn't anything as fancy as the food given during the tournament, but there sure were a lot of meat and veggies in there.
"Mhmh! Diada, rhrorw bre u? Blib gju threr fwell?" He said, which roughly translates to; Mhm, Diana. How are you, did you sleep well.
So the two sat there, one speaking normally and the other speaking with food in their mouth. It's a miracle that Heracles hasn't choked on anything yet. And right before Heracles and Diana were kicked out of the cafeteria (Heracles for making too much noise and Diana because Vita would steal food from the other students), Earl and Beatrice showed up. According to them, Heracles would be the easiest to find, so they looked for places where he would probably be. And they were right.
After a minute of eating together as a group, they all went together to their very first lecture in the Magi-milian University of Soul.
They weren't the first students to show up, but they were definitely the ones everyone were looking at the moment they stepped in. Most looked in interest, but it didn't take long for them all to go back to whatever they were doing. Which Diana was deeply thankful for.
The room was rather large, but not massive. Multiple rows of desks and chairs were placed so that the further back you were, the more elevated you were as well. Diana and the group decided to sit down in the middle row, slightly to the left.
It was also now that Diana realized just how unprepared she actually was. Everyone, including Heracles, had a notebook and pencils at the ready the moment the professor stepped into the classroom. Once more, she turned to Vita, and Vita pulled out a massive leaf for her to write on.
"Get a notebook soon, ok." Vita whispered, as the professor started to write on the blackboard.
"Alright, everyone, you may call me Michael. This subject will teach you the basics of mana and the soul. We shall start off the year by discussing the earliest notions of mana usage before and during the Demon Wars. But before we start with the subject properly, I wonder. Does anyone here know what exactly mana, or the soul, is. There aren't many theories, but they are different." Micheal stopped writing on the wall and turned around. He was a slightly taller man with gray hair and a black beard. His eyes scanned the room, locking onto Vita for a second before looking around once more.