*Tap*
A janitor tapped someones shoulder lightly as to not cause any harm nor disrespect towards the person who sat on a sofa next to him.
It was around midnight already and most of the students had settled in their dorms aswell as went to sleep.
His job was to clean up the waiting rooms meant for the students.
He thought that it would be an easy task but he didn't know just how messy the new students would be.
Crumbs of food were everywhere, the packages after various snacks were thrown around the room meant for prestige students that the janitor himself had to check twice if he mistook it for the garbage disposal room.
He heard that one of the students was quite a glutton compared to others but this was just something he could not allow.
And in the exact moment of his anger almost bursting, he heard someone snoring deep inside the room.
He turned on the lights which showed even more trash laying even on the chairs or chandeliers somehow.
It was as if a trash tornade went through here.
The snoring came from a young man that laid sprawled on the couch as he hugged onto its backrest.
Right now he planned on waking him up because even though he was the only person in the room, he didn't look like he was the one who caused this mess.
*Tap* he tapped onto his shoulders once more with greater force which didn't seem to do anything at all.
The janitors patience has almost ran out as he aggresively shook the boy.
"ugh.. what."
He rubbed his tired eyes before looking straight at the janitor who'se little stache was curled upwards.
Ignoring the weird look he got from the boy, he casually asked him without hiding his anger.
"We're you the one who ate here?"
The boy blinked a couple of times probably still waking up from his sleep before answering mid-yawn.
"Yeaaah, sorry-"
"Out."
"What?"
The boy asked him confused, he noticed veins protruding from his forehead, his confused demeator seemed to finally make him snap as the janitor grabbed him by the collar and yelled straight into his ears.
"I said, GET OUT!"
.
'what did i even do.'
The guy screamed so loud Vlad thought his ears might burst.
He wondered what could have even happened for the room to end up in that state.
'hm?'
As he walked down the path, he noticed light looming over him.
He squinted his eyes before freezing in place.
The light has spread itself all across his vision as small dots.
He could hear multitude of footsteps coming from them which did not seem to stop even at this late hour.
Moon was peeking right from behind the big struckture.
It was immaculate.
With marble towers that stretched out seemingly high enough to reach the sky, the moonlight reflecting of their polished surface.
The courtyard, the size of a football field, was laced with cobblestone that surrounded an enormous fountain with a statue at its top, seemingly a knight wielding a sword bigger than himself, his face wearing a beard that just beamed with wisdom and bravery.
Whispers of various voices came from the windows where small shadows could be percieved.
The walls stood high as if to symbolize the might of this place, it felt so.. so..
"Suffocating."
The word seemed to slip out of his mouth as he stared at the building.
"Isn't it?"
A voice came from behind him but he knew already that someone was here, with his newly enchanted senses and recently acquired mana it was as if the earth itself was speaking to him.
The person came over to Vlad's side taking in the sight of the building as if it was their first ever time seeing it.
"You know.. this Academy has been standing here for over a century."
It was as if the person was reminiscing about something as it spoke about the academys various features, the way it was built, the patterns carved into the floors and even where small cracks had already appeared which couldn't be noticed by a normal human being.
"Ah how nice it is to see this place again."
'again?'
Vlad looked at the person in confusion as he got a sly smile in response.
"Even i can't watch over everything all the time." He placed his hand on Vlads shoulder. "That's why i like to visit such places again, who knows what kind of change it will bring with it."
"Hm."
"Ah i don't want to bore you to death or anything so you don't have to be so passive with me."
He let go of his shoulder before sitting on the fountains basin dangling his beautifull pale legs.
Vlad didn't hesitate before he sat down right next to him as he looked at the dark sky with a few lonely stars hanging on its surface.
"So, why did you come here?"
He asked the creature.
"Did i?"
He snapped his fingers which brought up a few screens in front of him.
'That.. can't be..'
They showed the moments during the test where i was at my lowest and..
'oh no.'
He gulped before feigning ignorance as he glanced occasionally at god who sat next to him checking the photos.
"Even though i can't see everything i made sure to watch over you, especially on a moment as important as this."
The screens closed themself with a wave of his hand as Vlad made a sigh of relief.
"To be honest, i didn't expect you to reach such results."
"What results?"
"These!"
He pointed a finger right at Vlad who was covered in remains of food.
'Is it possible that god is insane?'
"You've made it to prestige class!"
He raised his hands in triumph jumping up from the fountains basin spinning in excitement.
"That is something that normal person wouldn't be able to achieve even with years of training! That means you have exceeded my expectations Vlad!"
"Okay."
"You now have the possibility of reaching new heights! Just imagine what you could accomplish with the resources available at your disposal as a member of prestige class, arent you excited?"
"I.. guess?"
An awkward atmosphere came over the two as both of them stared at each other while Vlad fiddled with his fingers.
"Even after all that you still don't have any reaction? I remember you being so excited when we first met, what happened?"
It seemed to make Vlad fall in though as he stopped to think about his life in this world.
'what happened huh?'
The time he spent with Elizabeth has been quite abnormal where he came to get quite used to the overall concept of mana and the weird strings that people made out of it.
During the training all he could think of was the pain of his head splitting as he got knocked unconcious every time he got close to her.
And the test where he thought he would die as he felt his heart almost bursting from fear.
Not counting the peoples weird behaviour towards him.
'maybe im overreacting'
If that was just the beggining of his journey then the sheer amount of unknown he had yet to face was enormous.
He knew that he had to accept this world but it seemed so hard for some reason.
The very reason he even came here was decided on a whim and he wanted to give up already but seeing others cheer for him made him doubt himself.
He couldn't abandon this after taking someone elses place and he had to take the responsibility for it.
"Im just settling in here so i've got a lot on my mind."
"I see, well then i should probably go and let you get some sleep."
His body which appeared so clear to him a moment ago has started to dim as if a lightbulb that was dying.
"Oh, and please refrain from cursing at me so much, even though i forgive you that doesn't mean im not hurt by such gestures."
He said as he completely vanished from Vlad's sight.
'Dammit'
Yet another thing he would have to repay him for.
He sat there for a few minutes before gathering himself and going to the entrance of the academy.
'i wonder how he even appeared here, he could have atleast given me a warning.'
The doors seemed to open by themself as the warm air brushed over his cold body.
The inside of seemed even better than the outside, resembling some sort of a medieval castle.
Contrary to what he saw outside, the corridors seemed completely empty with no one in sight.
Right as he tried to take a step forward, a gust of wind blew into his eyes making them squint.
To his surprise it wasn't a person but a mannequin dressed in some sort of attire standing before him.
"Hello, my name is Samson. State your name and class."
It's voice clean and smooth like that of a real person.
"Vlad, and i think i'm from Prestige Class."
The moment he said it, the mannequin vibrated for a few moments before a small smoke cloud rose from its forehead as he bowed in front of Vlad.
"Welcome to the Academy of the United Order, let me lead you to your room."