Ray is now sitting on his bed with a mobile phone like device in his hands and a very thick book that had only two words written over it, 'Academy Rules'.
Ray picked up the mobile phone like device and looked at it with a neutral expression.
'This world is not that far behind in technology... No, I would've to say that it's almost equal to earth in terms of technology.
But, they have different kind of technology... Like instead of using sim cards, they use mana-links to communicate with each other, through these phone like gadgets but they call them 'Quanters'.
This is given to every first year student by the teachers in order to communicate with other students, transfer and receive credits.
This is also like a tracking device in order to see if a student is still alive or not.' Ray thought as he clicked on the Quanter's screen and it glowed up instantly showing a number over it.
[Credits : 100]
[Last Transaction: none]
...
"Hah..." Ray placed the Quanter aside and walked upto the table with the huge rule book.
He sat down and opened the book...
[Credits]
[Credits can be used for anything inside the Academy. From buying food to attending a high leveled lecture.
List of things that can be bought with credits:
Food, Lectures, Books, Alchemy materials, Magical artifacts, different floor access in Library, favour from teachers, high level rooms and many more different things.
The more credits you have the more you will thrive in the academy and in order to gain credits a student can do different things.
List of things that can be done in order to gain credits,
Sell items in the academy store, get sponsored by a teacher, kill others and steal their credits, participate in experiments, complete academy quests and many more things.]
'Killing others and steal in their credits is also an option to earn credits, but this is a counter statement to what the headmaster said earlier,
Wait, that means if you are not caught while killing others and you dispose of the bodies without getting caught, you will be okay ? Intresting.' Ray thought as a smile appeared over his face and he started turning the book's pages.
...
The next day...
*Blink-Blink*
Ray opened his eyes and raised his hand in the air.
"This is real..." He spoke with a neutral expression as he stood up from the bed.
Ray wore his uniform and walked out of the room with a neutral expression on his face.
'I only got to sleep for two hours, that rule book was really long but I finished it.' Ray thought as he pulled out his Quanter and swiped right on it's screen.
As soon as he swiped right, a map of the academy opened up.
'If this is the assembly hall then... The dinning area should be around here.' Ray thought as he took a turn to the left and noticed a massive hall with wooden tables and chairs in it.
Students were already having their breakfast, first year students were making new friends in order to gain as much knowledge and favours as possible.
Some first year students were getting bullied by the third and second year students. Some first year girls were even trying to seduce the second year males in order to get more credits.
But, Ray walked upto the food counter and gave a lazy look to the menu.
"Give me whatever is the cheapest you have." He spoke as he looked at the serving lady.
"The cheapest we have is bread in milk for one credit... Do you want it ? Or you can also have some chicken with a side of fried eggs and a glass of wine for only ten credits.
I mean ten credits are easy to earn and a handsome young man can make hundreds of credits daily if you want." The lady spoke with a vicious smile as she looked at Ray.
"No... I will have bread in milk." Ray replied with a neutral expression.
He then turned around and noticed that most of the first year students were having the same dish that the serving lady just tried to sell him.
'Hmm... I can't use my credits without knowing their actual value.' Ray thought in his mind as he turned back around and noticed a bowl filled with white milk and some bread floating inside it was already at the counter.
Ray pulled out his Quanter and brought it near to a crystal ball that was sitting over the counter.
*Ting*
[-1 Credit]
As soon as this notification appeared over his screen, Ray placed the Quanter inside his pocket picked up the bowl and started walking towards one of the empty table at the left side of the hall.
He took a seat on the chair and started eating the bread that was soaked in milk.
'Hmm... The taste of the bread is not that good and the milk has no sugar in it. This tastes like shit but it will keep me alive.' Ray thought as he observed other students from his table while peacefully finishing his meal.
After having the breakfast, all students started walking towards their classes.
'The teaching system is rather simple in the academy, every class that you attend comes at a price. The higher level classes of the same subject costs more credits and the lower level class costs less credits.' Ray thought as he walked upto Room no.13 and noticed the board hanging above the room.
[Black Magic Lecture - Level 3 : 20 Credits]
Ray entered inside the room and noticed that there was no one inside the room, except a male teacher.
He was in his thirties and very focused on reading a book.
"Are you the teacher here ?" Ray asked as he looked at him.
"Hmm...?" The teacher immediately looked at Ray with a surprised expression.
"Umm... What are you doing here ?" The teacher asked with a confused expression.
"I want to take a class." Ray replied Immediately.
"This class costs 20 credits, kid. Do you have any idea how much time it will take you to make that as a first year student ?" The teacher asked with a smile.
"I don't." Ray replied with a straight face.
"Let's just say a lot of time... Down the hall there is a class with 10 credits teaching the same subject as mine, do you really want to take the class knowing that ?" The teacher asked.
"Yes." Ray replied.
"Very well... Here you go." The teacher replied as he pulled out a crystal ball out of the desk and placed it in front of him.
Ray immediately pulled out his Quanter and placed it over the ball.
[-20 Credits]
"Good, now go and take a seat. My name is Adam and I will be teaching you everything there is to know about the basics of black magic, it's working and some spells.
Now, I hope you are free for the next four hours because if you walked out of this class for any reason, I will stop the lecture and leave." Adam spoke as he looked at Ray.
"My name is Raymond Remington and I am very excited to learn about the subject." Ray replied with an excited smile as he placed both of his hands over the table.
"Didn't you bring a notebook to write down things ?" Adam asked with a confused expression as he cleaned the blackboard.
"I will remember it all." Ray replied immediately.
"Heh... Intresting."