"Wow..." Standing on a path neatly paved with bluestone tiles, Li Xuan stared in shock at the school that entered his view—'St. Freya High School'...
Tall, European-style buildings stood silently on the ground, with lush green lawns neatly arranged on both sides of the path. Unknown flowers bloomed on the verdant grass, and green ivy climbed the walls of the white buildings. The tall trees on the lawn rustled as their branches and leaves swayed. As far as the eye could see, there was no end to this school...
"It's so beautiful..." Standing beside Li Xuan, Liv also clasped her hands in front of her chest and looked at the scenery with anticipation. After Li Xuan was anesthetized, she too had been subdued by a group of Valkyries. After all, she wasn't a Gun-musume specialized in combat... so just a moment ago, she was still sobbing because she couldn't help Master Li Xuan... Fortunately, Li Xuan had managed to coax her just now...
"By the way, why haven't I seen anyone in such a big school?..." Li Xuan looked around but didn't see a single person, so he asked with some curiosity.
"That's because today is Monday, and the students are all in the training hall for combat training..." Theresa, walking beside Li Xuan, answered.
"Oh!~ So that's how it is." Li Xuan nodded. As expected of a school that fights the Honkai, the first day of the new week is for training and fighting.
"I hope you can keep up with your studies, Li Xuan..." Perhaps because she was standing in her own school, Theresa began to see Li Xuan as her junior.
"...Hmph." Li Xuan habitually pushed up non-existent glasses on his nose and confidently set a flag... "Of course..." Li Xuan said with certainty. You have to know, he was considered something of a top student in high school... Math, Chinese, History, and so on, he could recall them at a moment's notice. Don't underestimate Chinese high school students... The amount of practice problems they do crushes high school students from other countries...
"It's good that you're confident, Li Xuan-kun~" Theresa nodded and said no more. Walking ahead of Li Xuan, she led him to a building in the school, hurriedly took him and Liv up the stairs, and stopped in front of a room.
"This is my office... If you need anything in the future, Li Xuan-kun, you can come find me," Theresa said. She stepped towards a desk made of black wood in the lavishly decorated office.
"Because your situation is a bit special, Li Xuan... I used one of the few 'special recruitment' slots I have to enroll you directly into the school..." Theresa took a white piece of paper from her desk drawer and turned around to say.
"So, first, fill out your personal information..." Theresa handed the form to Li Xuan and also gave him a pen.
"Mmm..." Li Xuan took the paper and pen and nodded... Getting into school naturally couldn't be done with just words... However...
"..." 'What is this?!' Li Xuan was speechless as he looked at the paper in his hands... Name, gender, age... these were all normal, but the following fields: ethnicity, home address, ID number... how was he supposed to fill these out?!
Li Xuan was dumbfounded... He couldn't just write Han ethnicity; who knew if it was also called Han ethnicity in this world... And for the home address, he lived in a certain city and town in China in another world!... As for the ID card... he was a completely undocumented person.
"..." Li Xuan covered his face in frustration. He raised his head and glanced at Theresa, who was looking down at her documents, and saw that she hadn't noticed him.
'Well~ whatever...' Li Xuan decided to throw caution to the wind, picked up the pen, and started writing... Li Xuan, descendant of Yan and Huang, 18 years old... As for the ID card and other things, he would just leave them blank...
"Principal Theresa... I'm done." It only took Li Xuan a few minutes to fill out what he could in awkward traditional characters, and he handed the form to Theresa.
"...Oh, okay... let me see..." Theresa took Li Xuan's form and looked at it seriously... And then, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Principal Theresa's hand gripped the form tightly, causing it to become a bit wrinkled.
"Um... Student Li Xuan." Theresa held the form up to Li Xuan, pointed her finger at the large blank areas, and said with narrowed eyes, "Do you live on the high seas (the high seas refer to all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State under international law)?!"
"Besides your name, gender, age, and parents' names... other information like home address, ID number, date of birth, household registration... why is it all blank?!" Theresa said in shock.
"..." Li Xuan lowered his head in silence, his heart breaking... What could he do?! I'm desperate too! I can't just write 'another world,' can I?! That would definitely be a disaster.
"Sigh~ I really don't know what to do with you," Theresa said with a sigh. "Well~ forget it, I'll help you take care of the rest..."
"Since you have no knowledge of the[Honkai], let's start you from the first year... The class has already been chosen... Class 1-B2," Theresa said with some resignation as she put away the form Li Xuan had filled out. She somewhat understood Li Xuan, guessing that he had lost his relatives and cherished things in the Nagazora City Honkai outbreak... which was why he had concealed his information.
"And... as the price for enrolling in 'St. Freya High School,' you will have to cooperate with us from time to time in some Stigmata experiments and research that will not harm your body..." Theresa said solemnly. This was the real reason why Theresa had risked so much pressure to keep Li Xuan. After all, St. Freya High School was a legitimate... you-know-what.
"Mmm... I understand." Li Xuan nodded, indicating he understood... Since it wasn't some kind of harmful human experiment, he could cooperate.
"I've also arranged your identity as a transfer student. You can go and try attending class later..." Theresa explained in detail. "Also... your school uniform is still being made, so you should wear your own clothes for now."
"Thank you~" Li Xuan bowed slightly and said. The fact that Theresa could arrange things for him in such detail showed she was taking great care of him.
"...You don't have to thank me." Theresa pressed a small bell on her desk. She turned her head and looked at the puzzled Li Xuan, saying, "From a certain perspective... I should be the one thanking you." She said with a smile.
"Yuudachi!" Before Li Xuan could ponder the meaning of her words, Theresa waved at Adjutant Yuudachi, who had peeked her head out from the side of the door. "Take Li Xuan to Class 1-B2..."
"Ye, yes... Principal." Adjutant Yuudachi, with her beautiful khaki-colored long hair, stared at Li Xuan curiously with her pair of sparkling eyes, a blush on her face...
"Go on, Li Xuan-kun... a surprise is waiting for you~" Theresa winked and said, acting playfully cute.
"Uh... oh~" Looking bewildered, Li Xuan dazedly followed Adjutant Yuudachi towards the teaching building.
"...." Theresa watched Li Xuan's departing figure and strangely touched her chest. "Why do I care so much?..." she murmured.
(End of Chapter)