Now, after my fifteenth birthday, I got to the Elite Academy. From the outside, it looks similar to one of those really old mansions I saw in the Middle Age history, just in clean and new. And, it was totally crowded. There are humans, humans everywhere! Argh, it’s extremely loud! I just got remembered, why I hated school. It is always loud!

Crying, talking, be like a big boss, bullying, that’s just totally annoying if it is to that extent! And there are even more here than in my old school. Ugh, I’ll make the test, go home and wait for the results while it is QUIET.

Just as I thought about that, some people began to gang up. Until now, nobody even looked at me, but there are about 5 try-to-be bullies, which are going to me.

(Dude #1) “Well, well, well, what do we have here? A demi? Nah, I seem to be mistaken, it is just a filthy beast, which is easy to kick.”

(Dude #2) “This piece of filth seems to be here although there are Cleaning regulations here. Shouldn’t we clean the road?”

(Dude #3) “Oh, we are cleaning again? This should be fun!”

(Lupin) “And again, fools. I got the necessary documents, which are signed, copies, copies of the copies and even a recommendation of the landlord, and copies of that one too. They are specifically for me, and just for an enrollment in school, so nobody else can use them, and for nothing else. Anything else to say?”

(Dude #4) “Whoa, whoa, wait little show-off. Are you sure you are still able to enroll if we destroy the copies and their copies?”

(Lupin) “As I am a personal acquaintance of the landlord, I probably just have to ask again. This is one of his thanks for the good deeds I performed for him.”

(Dude #2) “Oh well, what could you little dirt have done for the mighty landlord?”

(Lupin) “Phoenix.”

[All others turn to him]

(Somebody) “You? The so-called Phoenix? Never. Demis are just the bottom of society, worthless.”

(Landlord’s third daughter) “Ah! It’s you, Lupin!”

[She rushed to Lupin and hugged him tightly, almost crushing him]

(3rd daughter) “I haven’t thought, that I will meet you so soon! Thanks for helping mommy and daddy!”

(Lupin) “You are… crushing… me…!”

(3rd daughter) “Oh, sorry!”

[releases Lupin] *pant, pant*

(3rd daughter) “Oh, right, I haven’t even told you my name! I am Claire Yanushi! You can call me Claire!”

Oh man, she is totally a little sunshine. Happy everywhere, I heard, that even after the landlord’s revival she was happy again in no time.

[All others look at us in disbelief]

(Lupin) “Uhm. We should continue with the procedure. The teachers already seem to be a bit annoyed. We shouldn’t let them wait longer.”

(Dude #3) “Uh, yeah…”

(Dude #1) “Sure…”

After that, they were moving quite fast. I handed over my documents in no time and got to make the first test. As far as I knew, they are changing the subject of the first test every year, but it always has something to do with your physical prowess.

It looks like this year it’s speed, as there were no special objects except some weights. Ah, right, I haven’t told you how I am training to raise my stats, right? I am running around the city since the last two years. With weights. I have begun with 3 kg, at the moment I am at 8. It seems like they are offering from two to 30 for the test. Well, the result was obvious. I have a stat of more than a million in speed. 30 kg won’t do anything, if I have to compare the city with the academy.

The next thing was the magic value measurement. Well, there has happened something weird. The examiner told me to enter the first door to the right. And there was one right at the entrance, buuuut… It was seemingly different to the other doors in the hall. Kinda ominous. Well, it was the entrance to evaluate my magical values, so I thought the examiner here would be quite a freak. Still, as he worked at the school, he should be just a magic freak, and not a psycho or something.

My expectations were shattered then, as I entered the door. It looked like an enormous library, and I couldn’t see anybody.

(Lupin) “Hello? I came for participating in the magic evaluation test.”

(?) “Well, well, well, who do we have here? Average students shouldn’t enter this room. To be precise, people whose magical value is too low, shouldn’t even be able to see this door.”

(Lupin) “But…, I saw it? Is there a problem now?”

(?) “no, no, calm down. People like you usually appear once or twice every year. For them, it is necessary to conceal their real values, and they get some set values after their correct stats get sent to the principal.”

[She finally shows herself, a blonde, catlike human, floating down.]

“Don’t stand there like you were petrified, just come with me!”

[? pulls Lupin to a specific point]

“So, that’s the measuring device. Just put your hand inside.”

[points at some weird device which looks like a combination of hand-cuffs and a glove]

(Lupin) “Uhm. Okay?”

(?) “Ah, and don’t even try to deceive me. I can roughly measure your magic value by myself, get it?”

[Lupin puts his right hand inside the device]

(?) “And don’t be disappointed, if it doesn’t get over the orange mark. After all, this is the device for measuring the teacher’s power, and a teacher must be at least at the yellow mark.”

[The bar begins to move over the hand-cuff part]

(?) “Red, red-orange… You have quite some talent.”

[Bar speeds up]

“Well, well, well, who would have thought that? You would fit the teachers’ minimum requirement in your age!

[After a minute]

Yellow-green…, green… Okay, this kind of talent is kind of scary, are you sure, you don’t manipulate it?”

(Lupin) “I simply do nothing.”

(?) “I know I have reached purple. That was maximal value for the measuring device. You must be something like a century’s prodigy. And you are a demi at that.”

Everybody keeps saying, that I am a demi, but I am a half-demi! Well, no can do, they sure look similar. By the way, I skip a little bit now, how she freaked out, as I reached indigo, and stopped only then, and how I got a fake Teacher-Red value. To convert it to numbers: red is about 100.000 in that case.

(?) “Hmmm… There was some rule… Ah, clause 217: So, no problems with reducing your value. Well, you got lucky with entering this room. The normal examiner would have published the real value just because of wanting you to be ashamed and having to hide, just because he hates demis. I’ll hand him the fake results, so don’t worry.” She was unexpectedly friendly. By the way, her name is Azusa Hyouaka.

After that, I got sent to a guy, who was told, that I am a special case. There I got my primary affinities examined. He told me, that one Level 10 affinity is not that rare, as you can artificially increase it, but one out of 1 000 has one naturally, let alone two. But I was rather surprised, because every thousandth participant has a level 10 affinity? That’s more often than I thought.

(? #2) “Do you know, how many will come after you?”

(Lupin) “150, at least”

(?#2) “So annoying… Ah, well, just follow this route and there you will have the last step and get a plate which will show your data.”

Then, I went to the room he told me, but on the way there I met some guys again. Yeah, those bullies.

(Dude #1) “Ah, the piece of dirt again?”

(Dude #2) “Look at that weakling, boss. He will never have more than you, with your Student-blue. Even the best of us just got Student-green.”

(Dude #3) “You should watch out, that you don’t trip over something.”

(Dude #4) “Or watch out for some bad guys, who could beat you up.”

(Dude #1) “Haha! Well-said, guys. Let’s clean up the school tomorrow!”

After that, I went to where they came from, and the last guy seemed to don’t like demis.

(?) “Here the identification plate. You should feel lucky, to get the chance to enroll here. Better get home now, kiddo.”

Or he doesn’t like children. Well, whatever it is, I don’t care. One rule of the academy prohibits people to use their influence for or against students, whenever they are already in school.

Well, after I got home, I was resting from all that crowdy noise and similar stuff. Whenever such an event happens, I always get exhausted easily. And don’t worry, I haven’t eaten the plate. But one of my skills levelled up today, it was the skill learning speed. Probably because I ate enough plant-related food, or something like that.

Then, tomorrow, the students got split into different classes. All below student-yellow got kicked out. Then, every colour got their own class, except for student-indigo and above. These were put together in one class, else there would be three or two people alone in a class.

We got now classes from A to D, and I am in A. By the way, these bullies were extremely upset, as they saw I was better than them. So, they tried to use force to get me out of there, therefore they got a warning already at the first school day, which is a new record.

As I went to my classroom to meet up with my new class mates, I already got acquainted with one of them. Kinzoku is actually the second son of the second best smithery in the capital, and he is quite friendly. I expect some people in my class to hate demis… these people will be annoying. Maybe even the teacher does hate them.

When I entered the class, what I expected happened.

(Classmate #1) “Get out of here, demi weakling.”

(Lupin) “What if not? I deserve to be here, as I passed the test with flying colours, like you did. So why shouldn’t I be allowed to be in this class, as I surely am not weak?”

(Classmate #1) “You surely were just an indigo, but I myself was a student-purple!”

(Lupin) “Actually, I was one of those guys, who were teacher-red.”

(Classmate #2) “Good joke.”

(Lupin) “The name is Lupin.”

(Classmate #3) “There actually was a guy called Lupin at the top, you know? He was second.”

(Kinzoku) “He really is a teacher-red.”

(Claire) “Aah! Hi-i! Lupin! Yeey! We are in the same class after all!”

Oh my god, how can a fifteen year old girl look that mature and be that childish at the same moment?

(Claire) “Lupin?”

(Lupin) “Uh. Yeah?”

(Claire) “Your fur looks fluffy! May I touch it? Pleeeease!”

Don’t-don’t look at me with those pleading puppy eyes! She really behaves like 5 years old… and she probably gets everything she wants with these eyes… Come on, stop it now, please! These eyes are driving me crazy!

(Lupin) “uuuhm… I don’t know if this is an appropriate behaviour for the third daughter of the landlord…”

(Claire) “I don’t care about that! I just want to feel fluffy things! I even tamed a fluff rabbit because it is so fluffy! FLUFFY IS JUSTICE! Let me touch your fur now, Lupin! Please!”

(Kinzoku) *whispers* “This will be problematic until you give her what she wants, right?”

(Lupin) *whispers* “Don’t say it as if she asks for something completely different! What should I do in your opinion?”

(Kinzoku) *whispers* “I am not surprised, that she is attracted by your fur. If her personality is that one of a small child, it is only natural, that she likes cute or fluffy things. You should let her touch the fur.”

(Lupin) “Haaa… Okay, okay, Claire, calm down. Yeah, you can touch my fur.”

(Claire) “Your ears too?”

(Lupin) “Is there something different with them and the other fur? Surely not. So just do it, before I change my mind.”

(Claire) “Yeeey!”

She totally behaves like a small child. But actually, it isn’t that bad, it feels just like a massage. But why do some others stare at me like that? Are they envious because of Claire? Or are they angry because of another reason?

(Claire) “Amazing! Your fur is even fluffier than the fluff rabbits one!”

Well, that is probably because of my Fluffy skill… That is the first time I can even make use of it.

*door opens* (?) “Claire, you are here too?”

(Claire) “Onee-san? What are you doing here?”

(2nd daughter) “Well, I too got into this class. But what are you doing with Lupin?”

(Claire) “I am just touching his fur!” It’s totally fluffy, even more than Fluffy’s fur!”

(Lupin) “You really called your fluff rabbit ?”

(Claire) “Do you have a pet too Lupin?”

(Lupin) “Ah, well, I got a comrade while I searched for a pet. It was a Cerberushorn.”

(Claire) “A Cerberushorn? They are awesome and fluffy too!”

(2nd daughter) “What do you mean by saying ? Is it gone?”

(Lupin) “I shouldn’t tell you about that one…”

[2nd daughters face got pale] (2nd daughter) “Oh, I am sorry!”

(Lupin) “You don’t need to be sorry for that. Actually, she is happy at the moment. But, I still don’t know your name.”

(2nd princess) “Oh, right, my name. I am called Altia Yanushi, you can call me Altia.”

(Lupin) “Okay, Altia, your parents are feeling well? Nothing happened after that incident?”

(Altia) “In fact, there was some minor incident caused by the revival, but that is indeed a rather positive one, as we will get another sibling soon!”

(Claire) “Will it be a sister or a brother?”

(Lupin) “Well, tell them that I wish them good luck for their new child!”

(Kinzoku) “Ahem. Lupin. Is this your normal way to communicate with the landlord and his daughters?”

(Lupin) “In a normal case, I speak a bit more formal, but here is school. As there are no influences by any people allowed, aren’t we all treated equally? So, shouldn’t we just talk like we do in a normal occasion?”

*door opens* (Teacher) “Well, you should now sit down. Everyone.”

[after everybody sat down]

“Thank you, now welcome to the EAA, the Elite Adventurer Academy. To summarize it briefly: We will teach you how to use several weapons and magic. For professional adventurers, who studied here, it is usual to begin at D-Rank, but some special individuals get special permits to start at higher ranks.

Is there anybody in here, who has already an adventurer license?”

[Some people raise their hands, including Lupin]

“And if I ask, who of you was Rank-D or above?”

[Lupin and Kinzoku raise their hands]

“What rank were you?”

(Lupin) “D.”

(Kinzoku) “D.”

(Teacher) “Well, that was pretty obvious. Children are only allowed Rank D at maximum, with some special cases as exceptions. To tell you the school subjects: They are

> Weapon Theory and practice [WTP]

> Magic Theory and practice [MTP]

> Enchantments [E]

> Metallurgy & Smithery [MS]

> Cooking [C]

> Fieldwork cooperation practice [FCP]

> Item creation and usage [ICU]

> Material and Quality evaluation and classification [MQEC]

It is probably self-explanatory, so I won’t give you an explanation. These are all fields of practice, which are important for being an adventurer, even if it doesn’t seem to be useful at the moment. If you haven’t got any questions, then we will continue with one hour of one subject you wish for, after that you are free to go home. [No questions] So, which subject do you wish for?”

(Claire) “I want Enchantments!”

(Kinzoku) “I’d like Item creation and usage.”

(Lupin) “Shouldn’t we get at first more theoretical stuff? Those are all practical ones. I am for MTP.”

After that, we got a tie between MS and ICU. As I and Altia were still pondering between these two, the teacher suddenly said, that it will be Item creation and usage, as this is one of the most important subjects for adventurers who want to be self-sufficient, and it is easier than metallurgy and smithery because you don’t need an anvil, hammer or similar tools.

So we got a lesson in ICU, and found out, that Items can easily be created by magic if you can use it just precise enough. I really seem to be a perfectionist, it worked in that subject well too, not to forget the necklace I made Victima.

I made a money bag out of some scales. It is a rather difficult beginner-type task, but I seemed to do quite well, as the teacher praised me quite much. Even if this is easy for me, but some others will be difficult, like MQEC or WTP. There was a great commotion in the class after I have told them about the necklace I made.

I said I sold it, which is why I got some big gold coins. Claire and Altia were jealous of me, as I was able to create such beautiful accessories. They even made a marriage proposal just after I told them about it, but I rejected. If it is just because of beautiful accessories, then there should be no marriage, but a chef-subordinate relationship. Or merchant-customer.

And I don’t know, what would happen if they get to know of Victima or Lenius. Lately, Lenius developed the habit to hug me for a long time. I almost suffocate every time because of that, as she is taller than me.

After the school, Claire and Altia seemed to plan something. Well, it surely won’t have to do anything with me.

Well, I wanted to have another comrade. This time, I aim for a stronger one. No, it is not a dragon. They are still out of my reach. And a wyvern is somehow awkward. No, I want to go for a humanoid species, other than the dragon, slime, and demi. Well, what could I find? There are many different ones, like elves, dwarves, spirits like nixes, nymphs, sylphs, dryads, fairies, and as I searched the whole forest for a whole month in the evenings, I found… nothing. Well, I found a dragon cave, but I am far from their level. I also found a salamander, but I don’t know, if they have a humanoid form. And I kind off didn’t want to find out.

As I thought about not being on par with a dragon,… well… I got a dumb idea. I wanted to steal a dragon egg. And I haven’t thought about any possible consequences. I observed for half a month, and then knew when both parents would be out of there, and when they watch their eggs.

And then, suddenly, everything came kind of like an avalanche. As I tried to steal one of the eggs,.. one of them hatched. And saw me. It was somehow embarrassing, but it totally is cute.

└nyaaaw… m?┐ [Dragon cub jumped in my direction] └a! hmmm…┐ [Dragon is happy on my head and began to sleep] (Lupin) “Oh crap. I shouldn’t wake him up, and I should somehow get either together with his real parents in a friendly way or run away. The first one is riskier, but the latter one has less advantages. Oh well, it would be better to take the first one, else his/her parents will get angry, and I don’t know what they would do. Or are dragons precocial animals?

Right after I was thinking for a solution for this problem, I ran into the next one. Or rather the problems ran into me. There were 3 women who bumped into me inside of the dragon cave. If I had to describe them, they would be a dryad, a sylph and the third one would probably an elf? Is this going to be some Harem story? Oh man, I am just waiting for being the demon king or something like that, while being chased by hoards of succubi. Nah, just kidding.

(Elf) “We recognized a great amount of magic power moving inside of the forest and going out of it again.”

(Dryad) “But the individual didn’t cause any harm to any living being.”

(Sylph) “So we were searching for that person, and found out, that it was you.”

(Elf) “Even a dragon has no problems living with you, a humanoid species. This is a very rare occasion.”

Yeah, they were talking, as if they shared one brain, then the Elf got out of the cave, I don't know why.

(Lupin) “Actually, this happened by accident, I think…”

(Sylph) “Surely not. Dragon cubs would only accept those with an abnormal large amount of magical energy.”

(Lupin) “Eh…. What should I do, if their parents return? Will they be angry?”

(Dryad) “It surely is normal for you to think that way, but dragons don’t have a problem with anybody raising their children, as long as it is appropriate. If I should have a guess, which kind of dragon it is..”

Well, I am at least sure, that it is no Bl*e-Eyes Wh*te Dragon. To depict it: its scales are azure coloured, while its eyes iris are in a friendly yellow/orange. Its wings are slightly brighter than its scales, and the underside is white. The claws are like a thunderbolt and retractable. Each of the teeth are comparable to a ray of light. The physique is probably similar to a human baby, as very round and baby-faced. When I look at it, I have to think of a peaceful, sunny day in spring.

Ah, the next problem. Another egg cracked open.

(Lupin) “Do I have to care for two dragons now?”

Well, this time it is a green dragon. And it seems to be very playful, it reminds me of Claire. This dragons’ scales are green like leaves, while there are veins which are brown, splitting up and connecting again. The claws are like the spikes of a rose, the wings coloured like moss, and the underside reminds me of a grass field. It has horns at it’s head, which remind me of closed buds, the teeth are like thorns.

(Lupin) “Uhm. How do I know their gender?”

(Sylph) “Easy, just turn them upside down and look at them. They are egg-laying mammals.”

(Lupin) “Aren’t they annoyed or embarrassed by that?”

[Sylph already looked at their gender]

(Sylph) “Alright, the azure one is male, and the green one is a female.”

[Elf came back] (Elf) “Aww, another cub! They’re sooo cute!”

At least they don’t speak as one anymore. The sylph seems to be pretty bold. The elf is like a teen, is the dryad then probably like a mother or big sister, or what? But, she has been quiet all the time…

(Dryad) “So, you have two dragons now, who will follow you. Don’t worry, it will all work out!”

So she is a light-headed and/or absent minded type.

(Elf) “Ah, uhm, by the way, we’d like to follow you too.”

(Lupin) “Eh?”

(Elf) “Yeah, but don’t worry, we will get our own food and stuff.”

(Lupin) “Uh, I don’t even know where you’d live. If you want to live in my house, I personally wouldn’t object it, but my parents’ opinion is more important.”

(Dryad) “Ah, don’t worry, we can build a house ourselves, and we won’t disturb your parents.”

(Lupin) “If that is okay for you? But, there is another resident in the forest, I built her a house, and she is a very good friend to me. She might look frightening, but she is very friendly.”

I don’t know, how they’d react, if I said I love her.

(Sylph) “Oh, well, we got a fourth member, but she is very shy. Irruma!”

(Irruma) “Y-yes?”

(Sylph) “He is friendly, so don’t worry. And pretty handsome, if you compare him to your previous friends.”

[A succubus (?) came here from hiding behind the tree]

Oh well, looks like I raised a flag before. But a shy succubus is surely quite paradox.

(Sylph) “This is Irruma, a succubus. By the way, I am Sylphin, a Sylph. This [points at the elf] is Elva, an elf. And the dryad is called Silva.”

Wow, their parents sure had endless creativity in choosing names!

(Lupin) “So, do you want to build your house yourselves, or do you mind, if I build it?”

(Sylphin) “I don’t think we have got any objections, do we?”

(All others) “Got no problems with it”

(Lupin) “Okay, but there should be some distance to my friends’ and the house of my family. Have you got an idea?”

(Elf) “There should be a meadow in the forest east to your friends’ house, about two hours by foot.”

(Lupin) “Yeah, that’s surely far enough. Is there anything special I should think of while building the house?”

(Sylph) “Probably, that it should be big enough. Just beds, table, chairs, windows and rooms.”

I built the house with magic, it was as difficult as Victimas house back then. But still, should it be that easy, to enroll in an elite academy you usually would be unable to, and getting high-scored results, then meeting four beautiful women, while there probably are another at least 4 women who are in love with you, and getting two dragon cubs as comrades without enraging their parents? That should only be possible in dreams. This probably is like a dream, as I am in ‘eternal sleep’ in the other world.

I just took two dragon cubs home, as if it was nothing, so my parents got completely taken by surprise, and were mentally stunned until sleeping.

Today was just happening too much, in comparison to the month of school, which was as boring as watching a dead ant without a microscope and from a distance of 2 metres for several days.

School continued to be easy, until we got to real MS and ICU. MTP and WTP cot gradually more difficult then too. But that was after half a year, there were some things happening in the time in between. Still, school and private ran too smoothly for not to be the lull before the storm.