47. The Hidden World (9)
On the next day after the mock battle, the freshmen consisted of the Guest and the Numbers were visiting the executive area
After the battle Lex can always feel the gaze coming from Cleos toward him
(it's not like I can say anything to calm him down) Lex thought when he kept ignoring his gaze
Some Guest didn't even know how to treat Lex, they understood it in their head just how amazing Lex is to alter his Magic like that, but their heart cannot accept it
While the Numbers is the same they didn't know how to treat Lex too, the one who they looked down able to fight evenly with the best on the Class, they were in awed with Lex, they only realized Lex too one of the Guest, only Max who didn't have any change in attitude except for his admiration which became stronger.
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The First place, the First Seat, Kuri Crimson
It's a sword dojo, Kuri Crimson path is a sword path, a big building made of wood, from teenager to adult many people inside and outside the building swinging their wooden sword while training
(from what Venti said in class, cold weapon much stronger than hot weapon on this hidden world)
Kuri personally taught the first step disciple, then first step taught second step and continuously that's how their organization structured a pyramid like structure
(awesome!! A sword!! Every boy must had dream once about being a hero with sword saving the world from the demon lord's hand so awesome!!)
The freshmen were taught how to swing a sword and the posture when holding a sword properly, Kuri didn't any time to mind them at all
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The Second place, The Second Seat, Venti Crimson
When the freshmen step into the area
“heeeelllp~~” Lex's scream quickly heard by all the people there, but no one can do anything to help him, Lex was kidnapped by Venti in the name of training
After a while Lex came back to the group shaking and trembling
“It wasn't a special training room…”
“it’s torture room…”
"torture"
"torture"
Lex keep muttering that word with a small voice, the others were too afraid to ask what happened to him
Except from Lex, the rest learn a bit of basic martial arts to defend themselves
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The Third place, The Third Seat, Vera Crimson
Vera path should be a blaze path, but her area similar to office, by being the Leader the office works were done by Vera and her subordinate/disciple
The freshmen learned how to do office work from Vera place
(I don't expect it at all to learn something like office works from a fantasy world) Lex got praised with how fast he did the office work
(maa, that's similar to my work on my past life)
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The Fourth place, The Fourth Seat, Mare Crimson
"Eh? Heeeeellppp~~” another Lex's scream can be heard as they step into Mare area, it's laboratories inside they were researching and studying about Magic Weapon
Mare pulled Lex into her exclusive laboratory he pulled Lex near the wall “stand there” she commanded, then Mare picked a small foothold put it in front of Lex before she stood on it, Lex stood in confusion he really didn't know what Mare wanted from him
Now Mare became a bit taller than Lex, *Bamm she pushed her hand beside Lex face and brought her face closer,
Lex just been Kabedon by Mare, “don't get carried away you little prick!”
“Sister Vera isn't interested with you at all!!” when Mare threatened Lex
(aa~~ so that's how it is!!)
(this little girl got jealous because Vera interested on me who can expect that!)
(but still… she's cute especially when she brought a foothold first just to kabedon me, aaa~~ I got an impulse to pat her head what to do~~ should I? should i?)
" hyaa~! W-what are you doing!?” Mare cried when Lex pat her head all of a sudden
"aa! Sorry my hand moved by itself” Lex said that but his hand still patting stroking her head
“mmm~~” Mare looks she enjoyed the caress for a while before she snapped out
“!!” she slapped Lex hand “kuuh!!” she glared at Lex with tears in her eyes tip
(aa!! What is this adorable creature!!!)
(oh shit! I can't hold the grin on my face! Aaaa~~ I want to brought it back home~~ I want to hug her~~)
"hyau!” she screamed when Lex hugged her
"ack!" Lex finally snapped out hearing her scream, he quickly released her (I've done it now!! I'm dead!!)
“y-y-you!!” Mare's shoulder trembled “where's my destruction-” Mare immediately looking for something inside the mountain of tool on the side of the room
“!!” (I don't know what that thing is but it's definitely not a good one) Lex scurried his way out of the room
“I'll wait outside the area!!” He shouted to Max who's learning how to identify Magic Weapon along with the others when Lex disappeared from their sight
*boom
Mare's laboratory door exploded, from inside Mare with a bazooka like thing in her head, she scanned the area failed to find Lex from there “WHERE ARE YOU!!!” She screamed with bloodshot eyes, then she ran to find Lex
The others freshmen senior all the disciple on that place thought of one thing (((('j-just what happened in there!!?'))))
Lex luckily able to escape from Mare….
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The Fifh Place, The Fifth Seat, Peter Crimson, Spear Path
It was similar to the Kuri Crimson area with only bigger place and a place where to throw spear like a javelin, except that it is almost the same
But! There's another thing which is totally different, on the Kuri Crimson area Kuri was busy teaching his disciple, while Peter was busy too
Peter stand in the middle of the training room, above a small platform swinging his spear with half-open buttoned shirt
(…..) Lex was speechless by the scene he saw along with the other
(I don't even know what to say in this ridiculous scene)
(haa~~) Lex sighed when he saw some disciple half naked swinging a spear, (this place is corrupted!!!)
(the corruption is spreading!!!)
What the freshmen learned from that place, how to stand dashingly in front of mirror
(((('…..'))))
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The Sixth place, The Sixth Seat, Turner Crimson, Scout Path
They all welcomed warmly by Turner himself, the area too universal to grouped up in one word their aim is to able to scout any place in any kind of situation
“welcome, let's start with an introduction of my path” Turner said to the freshmen after they were brought to room similar to Lecture room
“you” turner pointed to one of the freshmen who sit in front “what is scout’s purpose?”
“scouting the area and enemy” he replied
Then like some switch has been switched “WELL DUH~! It's a scout! Of course it's scouting did you brain made out of Miso that can only think that!!”
“”““….”””” The whole lecture room got stunned in Turner change of attitude
“Next!” Turner pointed a girl beside the first boy
“….” She hesitated to answer
"What!? you did not even have an answer prepared! This birdbrain!” the girls almost cried out by Turner remark if her friend did not calm her immediately
“HAA~” Turner sighed strongly “I'm sure I won't find the answer among these Birdbrains whose brain made out of Miso! For this time only I'm going to tell you the answer”
“is to survive! You need to survive to be able to share what you found out, good instinct and good sense of Mana is a prerequisite to be a Scout! Do you understand Birdbrains!?”
The Lecture full of verbal abuse continued for one hour, when the freshmen Turner left the room, some of the freshmen broke into tears immediately, some have eyes that looks like a dead fish, some were traumatized on the spot can't move a single finger
They need a few hours before they can to move around again
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The Seventh place, The Seventh Seat Ura Crimson, Magic Path
The area was like an ordinary school with Ura as their headmaster, the difference is they studied Magic on that place
There's nothing special happened there, the freshmen learned to be flexible to learn as many Magic as they can
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The Eight place, The Eight Seat, Neptunia Crimson, Life Path
(looks like we will learn all kind of support Magic on this path… but why swimsuit?)
All Freshmen were suggested to wore a swimsuit before entering the area, it's A beach!
They have a greenhouse for food crops too so it's support from Physical and Magic way
And strangely there's beach bench and beach parasol too, there's one beautiful woman loafing around there
(it is sexy… so sexy… yet the chest is a bit lacking) suddenly something passed beside Lex's Cheek, when turned around he saw a tree with a small hole on it that pierced through it
Once Lex turned back once again he saw Neptunia pointing her finger at where Lex is (hiii!!?) he now realize what happened just now
('hmpph') Neptunia back to her original position
(pheww~~ woman's instinct so scary!!! How did she know? It's just a small-)
"Oh!!" Lex screamed when he saw Neptunia looking at him again
They were taught how to swim properly
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The Ninth Place, The Ninth Seat, Luto Crimson
It's a bamboo forest its ease your hearts just by being there
(the place is pleasant and comforting but sadly the thing they do wasn't)
Lex thought when he saw many disciples throwing a small needle to the target which is a human doll made out of bamboo Some others were using wire, some others using a small dagger hidden in their sleeve in their shoes etcetera, there's some poison too!
The disciples were sparing with each other using that spine-chilling weapons, while Luto sat on the small hut made of bamboo mixing something strange, there's even danger sign in his surrounding
(what the heck! Where's the mercenary go!?)
(it's clearly an assassin training!! no other else except that!!)
The Numbers as usual as a newbie in this world they were a bit overwhelmed by this situation, while the Guest except Lex was able to accept it
(whaat!? This is normal? Are you crazy!?)
The freshmen were taught how to throw a needle
(haha, if you think it's easy throwing a needle you're making a big mistake! It's so F**king Hard!! It's feel like throwing a piece of tissue to a target more than five meters apart! How the hell it's even possible!) Lex complained in his heart and after they got explanation from their senior
(Everything can be done with Mana you said?! Damn! I can't use Mana outside of my body what am I gonna do with that?)
(my condolences? damn you! at least try to help meee!!!)
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One week passed for the freshmen to visit each area, today is the last area the tenth area after this the Numbers needed to choose which path they will follow
"Max, which path?" on their way to the tenth area guided by Venti's subordinate Lex asked
“I'm thinking… it might be the second area”
"What!? you're going there! I don't know you had that kind of quirk in you Max, I will send Mashiro a letter”
"What!? no! hey don't bring Mashiro here!”
"haha, jokes aside what's the reason?"
“there are two reasons first is because we are more familiar to Venti, I don't want to admit this but the others executive a bit strange”
"Ahaha. Must be you can even say there's a screw loose on their head”
"Shhh!! What you gonna do if someone hears you!”
“no worries, they are too far to hear us, then what's the other reason?”
“It's because a defensive path, with that my chance to survive is higher than other path, you know how my orphanage condition, no? I hope I can support them as long as I can, that's the reason”
(it's unexpectedly heavy!!)
“...” Lex didn't know how to reply this, he didn't what to say in this kind of situation when he only asked him casually
“haha, it's ok don't worry about it, it's my determination I said it out loud to convince myself too” Max said when he realized Lex troubled to answer him Max patted his shoulder
Before Lex can say something, Venti's subordinate came to them and gave them a small whiteboard for kids
"what's this?" Lex tilted his head toward the black suited men.
“it's gonna be useful later and don't freak out when the voices gone” he warned the freshmen and guided them inside the Tenth area
"huh? What-” {do you mean} Lex voice was cut in the middle, their surrounding instantly become silent when they enter the Tenth are
{!! My voice!!}
(what happened here! my voice gone! No It's not just my voice, our footsteps, the wind blowing voice its gone, everything is gone, it's a voiceless world!!)
Lex able to calm down a moment later, he observed the other freshmen too freaked out by the sudden loss of voice,
Venti's subordinates pulled a big banner with 'CALM DOWN!' word on it, and the next line 'use the whiteboard to converse!' then the last line 'follow me!'
The freshmen calmed down after reminded by the guide, they were following them to a big 5 stories building and a wide front and back yard full of any kinds of flowers, then all of them covered by a tall fancy fence
{{{{beautiful}}}} the first impression from the freshmen
Before long they reached the building, when they enter the building
(cushion?) there's a big wide cushion along the entrance and the wall beside the door
{woahh!} Lex exclaimed when he saw the interior, it's more like library then library, there's a mountain of shelves full of books from first floor to the fifth floor but there's no voice coming out from him
In the middle of it there's one table and chair, a girl sitting on the chair, she's wearing a casual white buttoned shirt and black skirt, she sat elegantly on the chair with a book on his lap, she's focused on reading her book
{witch…} Lex voicelessly muttered, he remembered the girl with sakura colored hair, The Tenth Seat, Witch, her action when she slowly flipped the page captivated all the people there, even the subordinate
{….}
It was after a few minutes when they finally wake up from their captivated state, the guide immediately left the building
{….} no disciple no senior no one else beside the freshmen and the witch inside the building
"what to do?" Max shown Lex his white board
“I don't know too” Lex replied with his white board
All the freshmen didn't know what to do in that place, they stood there for a while till a body suddenly flying toward the entrance bumped into the cushion near the entrance
All freshmen shocked and agitated
(w-what happened!?) Lex and others instantly sought from where the body came.
They quickly got the answer, there's the witch standing there
When Lex saw that he turned back to where the witch sat,
(there's more than 15 meters from there!) he blinked and he saw the witch sat back on the same place (wha-!)
All freshmen had long forgotten the conflict between Numbers and Guest, some of them ran toward the flying body on the cushion, they gave an OK signal after they knew there's no problem with the boy
They asked what happened, then he wrote {I've tried to touch the book}
The others didn't how to react on his statement, they don't know what to do either, 'in the end why are we here' many freshmen started to think like that
{I'll try to touch the book} one volunteer wrote on his white board showing the others,
*glup
All freshmen swallowed their breath looking at the brave volunteer with tension
And then with only a blink of an eye, another body flying toward the cushion
(((('...!!')) )) they gasped they speechless no one saw what happened the next thing they knew is a boy flying toward a cushion, and the witch who replaced him
"don't touch anything! And you can leave” a greenish blue text appeared above the witch, by this time all freshmen got they ran with tail between their legs, except for one person, Lex was staring at the witch with admiration
(Whoaaa!! j-just now!! a blink!!! Is that really a blink? Seriously?) Lex got excited it's was a skill he long tried to learn and failed till now
The witch back to her seat, while the others had long gone from the building, only Lex alone left behind
(ok, let's try this) Lex went to the as far as he can from the center where the witch is, he tried to touch the book
*fwooohs *bump
The next thing he realized he already lying on the cushion beside the entrance
(no way!! A blink!! A bona fide blink! Shunpo!! Whoaaaaa!!! This is it! I finally found the reason I'm here!!!)
Lex slowly get up and wrote something on his white board, 'please make me your disciple' he went toward the center he bowed to the witch while showing her the whiteboard
*fwooohhh *bump
He ended on the cushion once again, luckily there's no injury
(now, I knew the reason for that bunch of cushion beside the entrance to avoid injuring the one she wanted to get rid of!)
(ha! I won't give up) Lex tried to approach the with again, but when he stepped into the center
*fwooosh *bump
He tried it again
*fwooooshh *bump
as Lex can't even get near her he decided to give up today
(kughh! Ok, I'll stop today, I'll come again tomorrow)
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