In the old religion, there were a lot of âdonâtsâ.
Basically, many things were forbidden things.
ââDo not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not get drunk. Do not covet your neighborâs property. Do not mention the name of God lightly. Do not worship idols, etc.ââ
In any religion, these doctrines usually constrained a personâs behavior.
Ark, an educational facility operated by the Church, was a kind of religious facility. So there were a lot of things one shouldnât do.
For example, men and women should not be in the same room after 10 PM.
Or, you had to go to sleep after the lights went out.
Failure to do so would result in penalties. If you accumulated more than a certain amount of demerit points, you would be expelled.
Being forced to leave the Academy.
That was definitely a terrible outcomeâŠ
For me, being expelled was synonymous with being executed.
And here I was, violating the two rules above.
Late at night, in a luxurious platinum dormitory.
It was already 11 oâclock, yet I was still inside the room of Queen Aira, who is now ranked 2nd in Ark.
Aira, who was laying on the bed in a silver negligee, said while swaying her bare legs.
âTheo, howâs that timetable looking? Isnât it already time to sleep?â
âAh, please wait a minuteâŠâ
Meanwhile, I was working hard on the temporary timetable and had to contrast it with the thick booklet for enrollment.
If I had a computer, this would have been finished much faster. Trying to do it manually was much more difficultâŠ
âAira-nim, Wednesday at 10 AM. How about the âTea Time to Foster the Mindâ lecture? If itâs to your liking, we can attend together.â
âTea time? Itâs been a long time since Iâve enjoyed such a lukewarm thing after becoming the Queen.â
Airaâs expression was not very good⊠As expected, tea time and Aira didnât go well together, though it couldnât be helped.
âBut, there are very few courses that a Bronze Class like me can take with Aira-nim who is a Platinum Class.â
I wanted to make our timetable overlap as much as possible, and coordinate things with her.
Aira, who ranked 2nd out of about 1,000 students, was a Platinum Class.
Meanwhile, I was a Bronze Class, which was no less than the last of the thousand.
Because of that, there were not many subjects that Aira and I could take at the same time.
This was because within Ark, the âClassâ division was more important than the grade or family background.
As a Bronze Class, I didnât have many options to choose from, and as a result, I had no choice but to individually look up schedules until late at night.
Haaaa- Aira continued to yawn.
âTheo, hurry and get up in the same Class as me. This is an order!â
âAnd Theo, your stamina seems to be better than before, but itâs still poor.â
Airaâs words made my heart tremble.
â⊠Have you seen my tests?â
âI heard the people talking about you. Theo, your greatness is by no means the strength of your body. Still, Iâd like you to take this.â
The list of lectures suddenly began to flip at will. The quill next to it also started scribbling something and left a mark.
There laid the name and syllabus of a very *sweaty* subject called âIntroduction to CombatologyââŠ
What is Combat?Magic? Weaponry? Which weapon and combat style fit you?How to handle weapons and artifacts like a piece of cake.âŠ.
Instructor â Mikhail Heidner.
âMikhail Heidner. A man who made his name as a mercenary in the Duchy of Angkar. Iâve heard of him before, so I donât think heâs all talk.â
That sounded nice, but seriously, a physical lecture?
I could tell that it wasnât going to get any better if I attended thisâŠ
However, to preserve Airaâs good mood, I decided to nod. After all, I could use at least one subject as a throwaway card.
âWith this, I have completed all 15 credits that I can take. Iâll apply like this.â
Thus, this semester, I took a total of five three-credit subjects.
First and foremost, I had two subjects that overlapped with Airaâs.
âTea Time to Foster the Mindâ.
âPet Animal Hunting for Tamersâ.
The rest included âIntroduction to Combatologyâ as well as âUnderstanding Ancient Languageâ that Aira just chose, and the last one was âExploring Fairiesâ.
I wanted to learn more about the ability of my talent âFarsightâ to understand ancient language.
Exploring Fairies seemed to be a subject that studied Nymphs and Elves, so I put it in the list.
I hoped that I would be able to apply with thisâŠ.
The subject registration here seemed to be done by applying directly to a teller window that opened early in the morning. I heard that there were cases where people would set up tents in front of the teller window to get the subjects they wanted.
âAlright, since itâs all done, Iâll go to sleep now.â
âBut Your Majesty, you only have 6 credits?â
âThatâs good enough. In the first place, Iâm a perfect Queen, I have nothing to learn here.â
⊠Then why did you even come here?
Actually, I had to wonder.
Why exactly did Aira decide to go to Ark?
âThen why did Aira-nim agree to come here?â
âIsnât it because you have a unique desire to learn this and that, Theo? Itâs great to see you working hard to become a better seedling.â
âAre you saying that⊠you came here to have me educated?â
Funny, since I did the opposite.
Maybe we were thinking the same thing, just with different perspectives.
Well, Aira and Theo were definitely a peculiar pair.
Thinking so, I could feel a sense of solidarity in this strange placeâŠ
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