I was led by Kagura to a train station. I was confused because, unfortunately, the map I memorized only covered the school area, which was 99% of the map, leaving the rest as unknown.
I assumed everything beyond that was uncharted and restricted, maybe it was the living quarters of the staff.
Though on closer inspection I recognised the place, it was the train station we used to enter into school.
"Uh Kagura, what are we doing here?"
Is she leading me outside of school?
"Oh, you didn't know? Well, I suppose you're still new to the school."
"What do you mean?"
"I'll explain later, let's just get on the train first."
We got tickets then got on the train. We were lucky because only 2 tickets were left for the train we wanted to get on.
{The train leaves in 1 minute. Next station is the west side of Elysia.}
That confused me, but I stayed quiet until I got on the train.
On the train I noticed a lot of adults—no they were probably employees that worked at stores in the school.
"So, Kagura as you were saying."
"Oh right. So you see the school is quite large."
"Yeah, I know that much."
"No, it's larger than you'd expect—it's ridiculously huge."
"Uh huh."
I have no idea what this girl is saying.
"Wait, give me a sec to think, I know Ito said the size before. Umm… Aha, I remember. It's 58.01 square kilometers."
"…Kagura, are you sure of what you're saying?"
"Yup," she nodded in affirmation.
58.01 square kilometers? Bruges in Belgium is only .3 square kilometers bigger.
The school was supposed to be 10 square kilometers in size, but this was more than double that number.
Why did the school hide that information?
What else are they hiding?
Does this relate back to the point system?
How much money did the government put into this?
"I see."
"You don't seem surprised."
Of course, I was shaken but I didn't show it because it didn't really matter, at least not to me.
It doesn't really matter to me if it's big or not.
"I am. Actually, I'm so surprised that I can't react."
"That makes no sense."
"So, when is the party going to end?"
"Don't change the subject."
"Why is the place we're going called the West side of Elysia?" I changed the subject.
"It's because the campus is divided into four; north, south, east and west. They were 0.01, 1, 40, and 7 square kilometers respectively. The place at the center is 10 square kilometers—that place is the main schooling area."
"Ok."
So then, the campus was divided into 4 regions, however, there was a pseudo-region that was used for school activities and even the dorms, a mall, and a convenience store.
"The thing about the four regions is that only the west side can be used by students."
"Why is that?"
"I don't know."
Hmm. If I was to guess, those other regions were used as recreation and as living quarters for staff members only, but why were the sizes so different?
What are they—
"Anyway, it's just now I noticed how child-like you are," Kagura broke my reverie.
I winced at her comment; however, I was astonished at how she said such a comment without any remorse.
"I mean you're not that short, but your face looks so cute!"
As if on command, every head in the train carriage snapped toward me the moment Kagura spoke.
The women in the carriage came and started pulling my cheeks, I was being assaulted.
"Pwey wet gwo." (Hey, let go.)
Some women went after my arms and others started feeling me up.
"You look average but you're actually hiding some muscle, huh?"
"He's just like my grandson who's 5 years old."
Heugh.
Double standards, if a guy were to do this to a girl, he would be finished.
As the women gathered me, I noticed something unusual, Kagura was looking at me.
Not in the expected way, it wasn't a stare of satisfaction. It was like she was probing me.
Is she probing me?
Strange.
I thought she was on the dumber side. Maybe it was just imagination.
Needless to say, I was exasperated. Let's just say, it was a long train ride.
On leaving the train, I felt a very warranted freedom.
"Bye, cute boy!" a middle-aged lady blew me a kiss.
"Heugh." I sighed.
"Where are we going now?" I said, directed at Kagura.
"Follow me~"
"I hope you don't lead me to a place where my face will be assaulted, again."
"No promises," she grinned.
Scary.
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Author's Note:
Seems like Eiya is gonna get assaulted, doesn't it? Anyway, this campus is really getting creepy, or rather weird.
Why would a school need that much land? And don't you dare say research because that's just BS, it's prolly for something big.
Well, it's not like I know anything about that (ignoring the fact that I'm the author).
Maybe we'll find out soon. Also, Eiya's really screwed isn't he?
Imagine having a baby face, a small frame, and feminine facial features–if we were friends I would constantly clown on him.
Luckily, we are, though he tends not to answer my texts (I'm not schizophrenic).
Anyway, remember to comment, leave a review, and share. Thanks for reading the chapter and see you in the next one.