"Weeds! Where are you going?"

"Oi! Come back here!"

"Follow them!"

"That girl is pretty. I want her."

Kai didn't stop walking. Instead, he hastened his steps so he could reach the building before the group would catch up to them. This wasn't cowardice. He just felt it would be useless to get into a fight on the first day of coming into this place.

"Kai! They are coming our way! Aren't you going to do something?" Yumi asked. Surprisingly, her voice was calm. It did not contain a hint of panic. This made him frowned.

"No," he answered. At least, not now.

"Beast Tamers have no business here!" the booming words reverberated from the walls of the building. Slowly, a man wearing a long garment that looked like a robe. It reminded Kai of the clothes that he used to wear ten thousand years ago. "Leave." The man added, his gaze landed towards the group of men following them before shifting it towards Kai and Yumi.

"Stop being so arrogant! We can do everything that we want in this place." One of the men voiced out. This immediately attracted the attention of the man wearing the robe.

"Grimtooth's are not allowed in this area. Only plant masters are allowed to come inside our building."

"Oh, you call this a building?" The group started laughing.

"Are you going to leave? Or I use a potion that would make you blind for the next twenty-four hours?" This was enough to make the group quiet. They stared at the sparkling liquid in the man's hand before they gulped, their faces paled. It did not take too long for them to leave the place.

"People always assumed that they can just bully us." The man smiled at Kai and Yumi. "New students?" he asked. In response, Kai and Yumi nodded.

"I see. Call me Lek. I am one of the three second-year weeds in this school. I hate that word," he snorted. "Follow me. I will bring you to see your rooms."

Kai and Yumi followed him. Their footsteps soon echoed in the empty corridor as they walked inside the building.

"To be honest, I was not expecting to see anyone this year. Maybe one but two people at the same time… sounds a lot." Lek's clear voice echoed against the concrete walls. "Currently, we have less than ten people occupying this building. Three from the second year, three from the third year, and two from the fourth year. I believe you already know that this is not the best Academy for weeds. So not many people chose to come here." He led them towards the farthest room from the entrance. The door was located next to the stairs that should lead them to the second floor. Lek opened the door, revealing a lecture room with two people sitting and leisurely talking.

"Eh? First years?" A tall man stood. He beamed, showing his perfectly straight teeth to Kai and Yumi. "Two people at the same time?"

"I know! Strange, right?"

The man approached Kai and Yumi. "Call me Ambro, I will be your senior from now on." He held his hands towards Yumi. "What is your name, pretty lady?"

"Don't scare them, Ambro." The woman who was sitting next to Ambro started walking towards them, her long white hair flowed behind her as she smiled at them. "I am Idya Asteria from the Asteria family in Wren City. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Who is scaring them?" Ambro laughed, his hands touched his chin. "A face like this scares no one." His blue eyes gleam with mischief. "Isn't that right, younger brother?"

Kai and Yumi nodded in response. He wasn't expecting to actually meet someone from the Asteria Family – one of the noble families in this Academy.

"I am Yumi Lin."

"Kai Iggo. Nice to meet you."

"A handsome name for a handsome young man." Idya grinned. She held Kai's arms, rubbing her large chest against it.

"Oi Idya! What are you doing?" Ambro pulled the woman away from Kai.

"Now… Now… let's not embarrass ourselves in front of our juniors." Amusement was apparent in Lek's voice. "We are just dropping by, so I could introduce them to you. I am going to let them choose a room upstairs then give them a tour of the entire facility."

Surprisingly, both Idya and Ambro nodded, still beaming. "Alright." Idya winked at Kai. "I will give you the time to familiarize yourself. Then you can ask me anything." She made a deliberate pause. "And I mean anything."

"Same goes for you, young lady of the Lin Family." It was Ambro. Just like Idya, he also gave the younger woman a wink. In response, Yumi gave an awkward smile at the two.

After Lek and the others left the room, they went to the second floor. This time, relief flashed in Kai's eyes. The corridor on the second floor was clean and shiny, its walls sparkled under the light from the lamps on the wall.

"We have thermal windows for the cold. This place is hot during the summer, but we can all summon plants. Most of us just use it to give us some fresh air and use it to cool ourselves." While Green C Class Summoner and lower core colors can only summon one type of entity, the others above it can summon others as long as it is of the same affinity. Some higher rank Summoners can summon a combat class plant together with other lower plant classes and flowers that they can just used to decorate their room. Granting their psyche can handle it, they can even summon more combat class at the same time.

This is something that Kai was very much aware of. However, he is not sure if this process is still the same now.

"As you can see, the rooms that were taken already had people's names on the door. You can choose which room you like."

"Aren't we going to have separate rooms for the men and women?" said Yumi. She shifted her gaze towards Lek.

"No. There are eleven. Oops… I mean less than ten people now. It is best to stay together so we could help each other in case another one of those bullies would try to make fun of us again." He gave her an assuring smile. "Of course, if you prefer, you can always occupy a room on the third and fourth floor. Those two floors are completely empty."