Future Sight

"Future Sight"

Breaking into the Girls' Dormitory at night!

Without a doubt, that was an extremely suicidal thing to do.

Seidoukan Academy's Girls' Dormitory was quite a dangerous place.

Why was that?

Because ordinary security measures were completely useless against the Star Vein Generation.

If a Star Vein Generation insisted on breaking into the Girls' Dormitory, as long as they were capable enough, they could leap straight to a window several floors up and silently sneak in through it.

To guard against people like that, the security would undoubtedly have to be strengthened.

But if the security was too tight, it would also inconvenience the residents.

Therefore, Seidoukan Academy's Girls' Dormitory had adopted reinforced emergency contact measures. As long as students were in the dormitory, they could alert the guards with the press of a button or even a shout. They could also configure the security system, such as having it automatically notify the guards if a room's window was broken, thus guarding against intruders.

Faced with a place like this, Azer honestly did not want to sneak inside.

"What if I get caught? My life in this world will be over, won't it?"

Azer truly did not want his first experience of life to end under such circumstances.

But... he had no choice.

"I'll have to rely on you, Black Furnace."

Arriving at a dark corner beneath the dormitory building, Azer softly spoke to the Black Furnace Magic Sword in his hand before activating the Activation Device.

Under Azer's deliberate suppression, the Black Furnace Magic Sword's Omni-Response Crystal did not shine with its usual scarlet radiance. It merely flickered faintly before entering its activated state.

A pure-white blade extended from the Activation Device, and Azer controlled the Black Furnace Magic Sword, rapidly shrinking it.

Before long, the Black Furnace Magic Sword had become no larger than a dagger. Without close inspection, it would have been difficult to tell that it was a Pure Star Radiant Armament.

Anyone knowledgeable who witnessed this would have been greatly shocked.

Whether anyone had ever controlled the Black Furnace Magic Sword so freely and adjusted it like this in the past was another matter, but Azer had possessed the Black Furnace Magic Sword for less than a week and had already achieved this much. Absolutely no one else could have done it.

Of course, what Azer was about to do was far more difficult than that.

"Buzz..."

The dagger-sized Black Furnace Magic Sword trembled slightly, releasing heat that, under Azer's control, formed a Hot Wind swirling around him.

Riding that Hot Wind, Azer's feet actually began to lift off the ground.

"Good."

After confirming that it worked, Azer boldly rose into the air.

His destination was the top floor of the Girls' Dormitory.

As far as he knew, the person he wanted to find this time lived there.

With a means of levitation, Azer reached the place without much trouble. If he had not needed to avoid being seen along the way, he might have arrived in just a few seconds.

"She should be asleep, right?"

Azer cautiously glanced through the window. Only after confirming there was no one inside did he raise the dagger-sized Black Furnace Magic Sword and lightly slash at the window's edge.

"Hiss..."

At once, a faint sound like something being burned through rang out.

What had been burned through was the Omni-Response Element in the surrounding area.

After Starfall Rain, although much of this world's technology had developed rapidly, all of it relied heavily on Omni-Response Element.

In other words, as long as one had a way to tamper with Omni-Response Element, one could temporarily paralyze the Girls' Dormitory's security system.

As it happened, Azer possessed just such a method.

With the Black Furnace Magic Sword's ability to burn through all things, mere Omni-Response Element was nothing. She could even control it to help Azer enhance his power, let alone burn through it and disable it.

Thus, Azer easily infiltrated the top floor of the Girls' Dormitory, flying through the window on the Hot Wind and entering the room.

It was a stylish, spacious, luxurious room that brought to mind a suite in a high-end hotel.

The decorations and furnishings were all high-class goods. Though it did not quite resemble a young girl's room, the design, like the private chamber of an aristocratic young lady, suited its owner rather well.

"...For a student's dorm room, this is really something else."

That was all Azer had to say about it.

Naturally, not every student at Seidoukan Academy could live in a room like this.

As mentioned before, the higher a student's ranking at Seidoukan Academy, the greater their privileges within the academy. This was especially true for Page One's Twelve, whose privileges were enough to make everyone suspect the academy of favoritism and fill them with envy and resentment.

This dormitory, like a luxury suite, was actually one of the privileges reserved for the highest-ranked students among Page One's Twelve.

It was not only this room's owner. The places where the other members of Page One's Twelve lived were also far more luxurious than ordinary student dormitories, making Azer unable to help but think.

"Come to think of it, I can apply to change rooms now too, can't I?"

After defeating Yakutdi Van Ken, Azer was now ranked thirteenth and could absolutely move somewhere better.

His current residence was merely an ordinary student dormitory, and it was not even a single room. He shared it with someone else.

It was not exactly inconvenient, but it did make him feel uncomfortable at times.

Mainly because his roommate was somewhat opportunistic. He had previously ignored Azer and treated him with extreme coldness, but after Claudia came to their class to see him and caused a commotion, the man began deliberately or casually probing him for the reason. After Azer obtained the Black Furnace Magic Sword, the man would also occasionally stare intensely at his Activation Device.

After Azer defeated Yakutdi Van Ken and became ranked thirteenth, the man's attitude changed again. He acted warmly, as if he could not wait to wait on Azer hand and foot.

Azer could not help but remain wary of someone like that.

After all, this was Asterisk. Every student was essentially a competitor. Even those with no interest in the Star Martial Festival would pursue certain goals through other means.

In the original story, the protagonist had once been asked for an autograph by someone claiming to be a fan, only for that person to turn around and sell the autograph online for a high price.

At Asterisk, famous students were popular competitors in the Star Martial Festival, no different from football stars of the past. If they were truly well-known, having fans support them was perfectly normal.

Therefore, once someone became famous and rose high in the rankings, there would be many ways for others to exploit them.

Azer's roommate gave him the impression that he might secretly steal his personal belongings to sell at any moment, or simply sell information about him to others so that people targeting his ranking could study him...

Thinking of that, Azer made up his mind.

"I'll apply to change dorms tomorrow."

As the thirteenth-ranked student, even if he could not live in a luxury suite, he could still move into a large single room.

That way, he would no longer need to worry about such things.

With that thought in mind, Azer turned his gaze to the side.

There was another room there, which should have been the bedroom.

Azer controlled the sound of his footsteps, quietly approached, and pushed open the door.

Perhaps because the Omni-Response Element in the area had been burned through by the Black Furnace Magic Sword, the door's automatic lock had also been disabled, allowing Azer to enter the bedroom with ease once again.

Then, Azer saw her.

Under the moonlight streaming in from the window, a luxurious large bed stood in the center.

The golden-haired girl lay on the bed, sleeping on her side. She was as beautiful as Sleeping Beauty.

That person was Claudia.

Only...

"Mmm..."

The sleeping Claudia faintly let out pained sounds, as though trapped in a nightmare. Her brows were tightly furrowed, her face pale, and even her body had curled into a ball. She looked to be in considerable pain.

"..."

Azer fell silent, but he had no intention of waking Claudia.

He quietly approached the bedside, his gaze sweeping over Claudia several times.

After a while, Azer reached beneath Claudia's blanket and abruptly pulled out two objects.

They were a pair of eye-like Activation Devices engraved with eerie patterns.

"Pure Star Radiant Armament—Pandora."

Azer softly spoke its name.

Pandora was a Pure Star Radiant Armament whose fame was no less than that of the Black Furnace Magic Sword.

In some respects, it was even more frightening than the Black Furnace Magic Sword.

Its ability was Future Sight.

In other words, it allowed its user to see the future.

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