Chapter 7.1 - Black-And-White Princess and Soul Dress [1] – part 1 (1/2)

7. Black-And-White Princess and Soul Dress [1] – part 1

After bidding farewell to Paula-san, I headed for Thousand Blade Academy’s dormitory.

The key to the dormitory has been mailed by the academy during the admission process, so it is already in my pocket.

「Now then – I’m coming in.」

I know there isn’t anyone here – but I always end up saying it when going home.

「Oh, it’s much wider than I thought.」

It was one room of six tatami mat size.

The room is large enough to live comfortably alone.

The toilet was foreign styled and very beautiful, and the bath was large enough to extend my legs.

In addition, basic appliances such as a refrigerator and washing machine were already installed.

Also the location of the dorm is great.

This dormitory is located in Thousand Blade Academy, so I can go to class easily.

「This is more than satisfactory.」

As expected of one of the Five Academy’s – Thousand Blade Academy.

They certainly have tremendous financial power because these rooms are prepared for all the students of this academy.

「Well then, shall I change my clothes?」

From within the wrapped clothes, I took out the Thousand Blade Academy uniform and changed into it,

And then, I checked my appearance in front of the dresser.

「Yoshi, perfect.」

Thousand Blade Academy uniform was a mixture of black and white.

I’m told black symbolizes the sheath and white symbolizes the blade.

By the way, the academy uniform for girls is a short skirt that emphasizes ease of movement.

They haven’t changed the design for hundreds of years, it was a tradition and formality – I remember it being written on the pamphlet.

Personally, I like the pattern of sword crosses on both shoulders.

「Now… it’s still a little early, but shall I get going soon?」

The entrance ceremony begins in fifteen minutes.

I left a little early, but if I walk slowly while looking at the school building and the surrounding buildings, I should arrive at the right time.

After that, on the way to the gymnasium where the entrance ceremony was held.

I overheard what the two girls walking in front of me were talking about.

「Hey, did you hear? There were three people who passed the exam through recommended admissions!」

「I heard that too. That’s so unfair. Because they entered the academy with just an interview, without going through that extremely difficult test.」

「That’s true! They definitely came in here through dirty connections!」

……From that story, it seems better not to reveal that I am a recommended enrollee.

I want to spend my life in Thousand Blade Academy in a quiet and peaceful manner as an ordinary student–just quietly swinging my sword.

The three years at the Gran Swordsmanship Academy were really terrible.

I didn’t belong to any school until I graduated from the academy, and I’ve been bullied for a long time, so I don’t even have any friends.

I absolutely don’t want to go through that dark period again.

I want to learn a lot, train a lot, make friends normally, and sometimes play with everyone in the class – living an ordinary student life.

(…It will be alright. If I don’t accidentally slip my mouth, they’ll never know that I’m a recommended student.)

Anyway, I was lucky.

If I hadn’t listened to this story, I might have let slip about being a recommended admission during the flow of a conversation.

To be able to avoid it is honestly quite lucky for me.

(Yeah, I feel like today’s flow is really good.)

Then I headed to the gymnasium in a good mood.

Several teachers stood in front of the gymnasium, and were guiding the new students into the gymnasium.

I joined in with the line of people before me and entered the gymnasium.

There is something like a sheet laid out on the floor.

Inside the gymnasium, there were many simple ceremony chairs lined up.

Apparently there seems to be no seat assignment, and the teachers are organizing the new students saying, 「Seat in order from the front.」

I walked along the flow of people and sat down in the middle of the front row.

Since I was at the very front, I could see the stage of the gymnasium clearly.

An advantageous seating position.

I then patiently waited for the entrance ceremony to start.

Then, an advanced-aged teacher climbed onto the stage and started testing the microphone.

The entrance ceremony seemed to begin at last.

The aged man who climbed onto the stage, looked to be the vice-principal, stating that the ceremony will proceed with a simple opening speech.

「And… next is the ceremonial address from the president. – Thank you, President.」