Cornelia Begins to Excel at Communication

The next day, students who had passed the exam could begin moving into the dormitories one after another.

Before dawn, Dekan got up, packed his luggage, and began moving it into the academy.

He had no intention of standing in a long queue.

While everyone else was still sleeping in, he would get there early and finish arranging his dorm room!

After collecting his student ID and uniform at the Knight Academy service building, Dekan headed straight for the dormitory building.

The Knight Academy student dormitory was an unbelievably enormous high-rise.

Dekan could not help but study it closely.

Surely my room will be huge too.

How exciting.

He eagerly approached the management office in front of the dormitory.

"Hello, I'd like to move into my dormitory."

"Please show me your student ID."

After a simple verification process, the administrator handed him a set of keys with a numbered tag.

"These are your keys. The first floor of the dormitory building is the cafeteria, the second floor is the shops, the third floor is the common lounge, floors four through nine are dormitories, and the tenth floor is an observatory. The boys' dormitories are accessed by the staircase on the left side of the third floor, while the girls' dormitories are entered from the right..."

"Wait! Why are you telling me how to get to the girls' dormitories?"

"I thought students your age would be interested. Never mind, then."

"Please continue. Scholars value seeing things through from beginning to end."

"..."

The administrator fell silent for a few seconds. How many idiots in the Warrior Academy could actually study in peace?

Still, he continued, "After registering at the management office, you may visit the girls' dormitories. The same applies to the dormitories of the other three academies. However, if someone files a complaint, you may very well be barred from doing so..."

"Thank you. Have a wonderful day."

After thanking the administrator, Dekan continued carrying his luggage.

Without lingering on the first three floors, Dekan arrived at the fourth floor, which looked more like a hotel.

"Fourth floor... Room Four."

Dekan searched for the door number matching his tag.

That number was pretty auspicious.

After finding his dormitory, Dekan immediately carried his luggage inside.

The moving process was quite exhausting. Dekan sat on the sofa for a while before catching his breath.

Still, Dekan decided he should gather his energy and unpack right away.

Otherwise, he might keep putting it off.

He looked over his new home. It had warm tones, a distinctly European style, and a faintly retro atmosphere.

Sunlight filled the room, while green plants and all kinds of flowers adorned the balcony, keeping the entire dormitory lively.

The dormitory had four main areas.

Beyond the entryway was a large living room connected to a bedroom, bathroom, and storage room.

It was fully furnished and had plenty of storage space.

After briefly looking over the bedroom and bathroom, Dekan entered the storage room.

This storage room gave students many possibilities.

Students could turn it into a study, training room, simple warehouse, or anything else according to their needs.

Dekan admired the spacious storage room.

He decided that someday, he would turn it into his own small workshop.

After all, he was going to become a master Magic Card maker!

The unpacking went very smoothly, and Dekan had finished everything by the morning.

Dekan rubbed his stomach. Perhaps because of all the labor, he was already feeling a little hungry before noon.

"Hmm, what should I have for lunch?"

"I should ask Theresia if she has any recommendations."

He trusted Theresia's food recommendations more now.

The food they had enjoyed on the way to the Royal Capital, along with that bakery Theresia liked, had all suited Dekan's tastes quite well.

"She's at the Mage Academy. It's about time I paid a visit to the girls' dormitories."

Just as Dekan was about to head out to find Theresia—

Knock, knock!

The door to Dormitory 404 was knocked on.

"Coming, coming."

Who could be knocking on his door at a time like this?

Could it be a neighboring student coming over to say hello?

Or had Theresia thought of the same thing as him?

Dekan jogged over and opened the door.

A Red-haired Girl appeared before his eyes.

He closed the door, then opened it again.

Just to make sure he had opened it correctly.

Dekan discovered that the Red-haired Girl was still standing outside.

Having an extremely beautiful girl come visit him on his first day moving into the dormitory was undoubtedly something to be happy about.

However.

Dekan examined his door panel, and his pupils contracted sharply.

The side facing the corridor had an obvious dent in it!

That knock was more than a little threatening!

Although Dekan was a little scared, he quickly guessed the girl's identity.

He had heard Theresia mention her before.

There was another exceptional student who had passed this year's Knight Academy entrance exam: Cornelia.

During the entrance exam, she had defeated a fourth-rank examiner head-on, causing quite a stir in the Observation Hall.

That terrifying brute strength had to belong to her.

But why... had she come to see him?

Could it be because he had stolen first place from her, and she had come to cause trouble?

Dekan's expression became somewhat tense.

However, Cornelia seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "D-Don't worry. I-I'm not here to cause trouble."

"Then what did you come to see me for?"

Dekan breathed a sigh of relief.

This lady's strength rivaled that of a fourth-rank professional, and supposedly, she fought with incredible ferocity.

The kind of person who would attack without hesitation even knowing there was sixtyfold pain feedback.

If she threw one punch at him, he would probably end up as five kilograms of human remains in a box.

"Fight. W-With me."

Cornelia was from another country and was not very proficient in the Norton Kingdom's language.

It took her a lot of effort to finish even one sentence, leaving her somewhat embarrassed.

"No!"

After finally listening to her finish, Dekan's face went pale, and he refused without hesitation.

Cornelia: "Wh..."

Dekan: "I'd lose."

Before Cornelia could finish speaking, Dekan answered for her.

For the first time, he found listening to someone speak so agonizing. By the time she finished speaking slowly, his blood pressure had nearly skyrocketed.

This surprised Cornelia greatly.

She seemed to gather her courage and tentatively said one word: "Know?" How did you know you would lose?

Dekan replied, "My frontal combat ability is very weak."

"..."

Cornelia discovered that even if she only said one or two words to Dekan, he could understand what she meant!

Wonderful. There was actually someone in this world who was so easy to communicate with!

Cornelia: "Understand?" Can you really understand me when I speak like this?

Dekan: "I can."

Their communication gradually became smoother.

Cornelia: "Spar?" Can't you really spar with me?

Dekan: "No."

Coming all the way to the boys' dormitory to ask that was just too much.

A trace of disappointment appeared in Cornelia's eyes, and she lowered her head.

She gave Dekan a slightly resentful glance, then left dejectedly.

"Phew..."

Dekan breathed a sigh of relief.

Spar with her?

Never mind whether Cornelia could endure the pain feedback.

If he did not activate Phantom Canyon, he would definitely die!

Dekan might have been a master of scam tactics, but he did not dare mess with a reckless brute!

If the two of them really fought, they would absolutely perish together.

Fortunately, Cornelia was a reasonable person. Otherwise, there would have been a dormitory building massacre today!

Dekan could not help feeling a lingering trace of fear over Cornelia's visit...