Chapter 517 - The Cold (6) (2/2)

”The basement is for people who possess zero points,” she had minus points.

I had forgotten that I would suffer under the point system again when I went into high school. If it wasn't for the monster incident, I would be more motivated to study to avoid the basement. I didn't think the school would become crueler in high school, seeing how she lived separately from the others. Paying attention in class was hard, my mind had a hard time concentrating for long periods of time, each class being around four hours.

”I'll study harder,” I didn't want to become like her.

”The teachers don't go over everything in class like they do for the lower levels. There's a lot of self-studying,” she explained.

”But this is as worse as it can get, right?” I had my hopes up.

”People with more minus points have no place to sleep. They're given nothing, no storage places, tents, and bathrooms,” she shuddered.

”Then how do they survive?” I began to get scared.

”They have to beg others to take them in,” she seemed to be serious.

I was shocked, the school being easy on us since we were in middle school. The shack no longer seemed a bad place to live inside anymore, better than being left with nothing. Maybe the interior would be nicer than her poor situation. They had enough points to purchase desserts so it couldn't be that bad. Trying to get a closer look by peeking through the door, my heart thumped as it seemed to resemble a normal dorm room from far away.

”Are we still inside the school grounds?” I couldn't believe the high school section was this big.

”We are, the high school grounds are a bit different,” she repeated.

Looking at the others, they didn't seem to know someplace like this existed, finding out for the first time. It was likely that nobody in their families ever had to be in the same situation with their amazing grades. Maybe I would need to practice using my dimensional library before I entered high school. I didn't want to live in the middle of nowhere, stuck with Luke to keep me company.

”This place shouldn't be dangerous,” I turned to them.

”Can you let us know the way back to the middle school section?” Luke decided to go back to our dorm room.

”It's a far distance away. You can only get there by teleporting. Maybe around the distance of going to another town,” she didn't seem to be joking.

”Then how do you attend classes?” I felt the school was being too harsh.