Academy Life

~ A day later ~

*Shaa~*
The sun shines above a large building where many students wearing uniform gather and enter. Vibrant leaves fly past the path leading to the door, some lands on the water fountain in front of the entrance.

“Hwaaa~, This is the first time I’ve seen a school this big! And so many people everywhere too, I can’t wait!” I say with eyes filled with stars from excitement.

The school starts today. Humans, demi-humans, and humanoids are scattered across the academy ground. And I for one, am standing in front of the gate.

I have my uniform underneath my jacket that was made by Miss Mia. I wear the jacket ever since I came here, and now have it as default wear. With my handbag on my hand, I walk towards the academy front building as I look around.

*Brrr~*
*─!* *Step Step Step*
*Skrrt~!*

A fancy looking carriage with guards all around it arrives at the school gate. Students that were loitering around start gathering to the side of the road and waits for the carriage to open.

I stop walking to see what the carriage is all about.

From within the carriage, outcomes Princess Rosa Carmine. Last time, I saw her in the same carriage with Chrys during the parade. But now, I don’t see him anywhere. Instead, two more men comes out of the carriage.

One of them is the second son of the royal family, Prince Oroban Carmine. He has dark orange hair with personality of the same color, selfish and arrogant as he has a dissatisfied look for being in the same carriage with his siblings.

And the other is the first son of the royal family and the first in line for the throne, Crown Prince Aster Carmine, he’s clad in magnificent glow that catches the eyes of all the girls around.

“Waah~! Prince Aster! Please look at me!”
“Kyaa~! I’m in a close proximity with Prince Aster~!”
*Kyaa~* *Hwaa~*

As the girls become infatuated by the prince, I notice that instead of the red-ish hair coloring for most nobles from the kingdom, he’s the only one with silver-blue hair. 
(Is he perhaps not from this kingdom?)

I walk closer to one of the fangirls who’s praising the prince endlessly.

“Hey, do you know why Prince Aster have a blue silver hair?” I ask one of his fan.

“Hm? Oh, you ignorant fool! Prince Aster is an exceptional person that during his birth, his magic was so tremendous that he lost the color of his hair! His hair color is quite literally pure magic!”

“Eh? Pure magic? Does magic even have color?”

“YOU IGNORANT FOOL! Someone of common birth wouldn’t UNDERSTAND the significance of his hair. Now go away, you’re ruining his image standing next to me.”

(Welp, she's really rude. But at least I got a hint of what’s going on.)

Just as I'm about to leave and continue my academy walk, Princess Rosa walks within my view.

I heard only the two princes are expected to race for the king’s position. Despite not being in line for the throne, she has quite the glamorous aura around her with a bright smile to compliment it all. She turns her head slightly towards me, we have a chance to lock eyes between the commotion.

Even though her brother has the spotlight, I can’t turn away from her. She has glistening amber eyes, with a fluffy-like face that makes anyone want to cup their hands on her puffy cheeks. Her drilled crimson hair flutters from the wind, giving her an aura of elegance. Her figure is striking through her uniform with height close to mine despite our two-year age gap.

(Is this… just like how the girls see Prince Aster?)

Her eyes dart away as she walks farther and farther, while I still can’t take my eyes off her. All I can think of is how I'll talk to her while I’m here. I’d like to─

*GRUMBLE~!* *TRAMPLE!!* “G─Gyaaah!”

“Wait for me Prince Aster!!”
“Kyaa~ I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth, Prince Aster!!”
*Step step step step*

I get trampled by the mob of Prince Aster’s fangirls.

“U─ughh…”

Lesson learned, these fangirl mobs are too ruthless for a guy like me to be among them.

…

…

*step step step*

*sigh* "What a first day this is…”

I continue my academy walk. Many students loiter around the hall, talking to their acquaintance or just simply exploring the academy like I am.

First-year junior students are told to gather in the auditorium for orientation, so I make my way there with time running out.

*Chatter chatter*

The auditorium is packed with students from many different races, though humans make up around 60–70% of the student body.

Despite being a welcoming kingdom, not many races actually want to mingle with the outside world. In the end, they tend to remain within their own homelands and territories, with some even spending their entire lives without ever leaving their homes.

(Not that anything’s wrong with that, but don’t life get boring staying in one place for so long?)

As I contemplate, the students begin taking their seats, so I do the same. I notice a lot of red-haired students that's seated in the front rows. They're the nobles of the Rosavelle Kingdom, while the commoners sit in the rows behind them.

*Step step*

“Students of Rosavelle academy, welcome to your new school─…”

The principal walks up to the podium and greets the new students. He’s an old human with long grey hair and long beard, almost like a stereotypical old veteran mage.

“…─with that, please welcome Prince Aster for the welcoming speech!”

*Clap clap clap*

“Kyaa~! Prince Aster!”
"Prince Aster! I wuff you~!"

(… Not again…)

The prince stands silently at the podium, then raises a hand to shoulder height and waits for the crowd to calm down.

“… Good morning, everyone.”

The crowd of cheering girls abruptly falls silent, their excitement replaced by an intimidatingly focused aura.

“… I am Aster Carmine, first prince of Rosavelle kingdom and student council president. We sincerely welcome you to the academy. I’m sure some of you...”

*Whisper whisper*

The crowd seems to be whispering good things about his speech, although it sounds more like they’re praising Prince Aster himself than his speech.

As Prince Aster continues, I look around to see the students that could potentially be my friends.

I look to the front of the mage seats, I see nobles with red-ish hair everywhere. I spot Lord Chrys among the crowd, not looking nor paying attention to Prince Aster’s speech.
(C'mon dude, he’s your brother-in-law! At least give a bit of respect to your future family!)

I look around to the back of the knight course's side, I see a huge horned man with bottom half of a bull. A centaur, sitting on the back with his arms crossed.
(He’s quite big for someone our age, might be too scary for me.)

They did say most people on the knight course are commoners, I’ll probably naturally befriend him sooner or later.

I look into the commoner seats on the magic side, and see… ─!!

A girl with pearly white eyes and equally pearly white hair. The same girl I saw when I was at the cathedral back then.

(She’s a commoner? Last time, she looks to be a very high-ranking human. Is she truly just a commoner?)

I’ll talk to her when I have the chance, I’m very curious with a lot of people’s background in such a diverse student body.

… For the commoner's side at least, the noble's side seems to be mostly humans born from the kingdom and very few are from other countries.

I don’t see Princess Rosa anywhere since she is a royalty. She’s in a separate room for her own exclusive orientation.

As Prince Aster finishes his speech, the crowd of his fans erupts into cheers. The rest of the students begin filing out of the auditorium.

*Step step step step*

“Alright everyone, there still time before your first intro class starts, you may use this time to explore and get to know academy.”

The lady that was on the front desk back then is here to suggest what we can do, so a lot of students disperse throughout the school.

(I might as well get to know the knight’s building while I’m at it. I kinda want to show off my bow skills!)