Eldrea Academia and The One That Stars Chose
Chapter 12: Confrontation Part 2

Sunlight and fresh air began to enter this dark and stuffy room after I opened the window in the room. Now I could clearly see the messy study table, the dust and rubbish that was everywhere and the mud that stuck to the floor and the walls of the room, for some reason, for what reason, Tristan had to torture himself to the best of his ability, it really does not make sense for someone to be able to live life like this. Is there anyone who forced her to live like this?

“So.. Ham, ah I mean, Tristan. Why did you let this room get this bad?” ask her.

I'm trying to ask him why he did all this. Or if someone forced him, who were they? Andwhy?

“I don't, no, I don't have any excuses .. I, I'm just happy to stay like this, Hehe.”

Want to be hidden however, everyone can know if something is wrong with him. Yeah, but who am I to mess with what he wants. If this is of his own accord, I can't do much of his pleasure.

“Oh, okay .. but can you start cleaning your room from now on and open the window? Anyway, now I'll stay here too.”

“You will stay in this room? Stay here? In this room?” he answered with great surprise.

“Iya, anyway it is not me who chose the room.”

He began to look at his feet and pursed his lips. “True ... You're right.”

“There's a problem?” Was he the type of person who was touted as a hikikomori?

“No, no, no problem at all, no.”

“OK …? Well, if there's no problem anyway good, because I'm not sure I can stay with room conditions as bad as this, ah, not I mean disfiguring your lifestyle.”

“Nothing, it's natural for you to think like that, very reasonable ...”

His face that was covered in a dark mist really made me wonder at the reason why he lived like this.

“Good, oh yes, can you help me clean this room? It's really messy.” my question to him.

I started keeping my things next to the entrance. And justifying the position of the bench from the study table that fell out of place.

“Ba-good! Wait a minute, wait for me.” Tristan who was still sitting on the floor immediately got up and went outside the room. “I'll bring a broom and mop, wait a minute, okay? Wait ya!” He just ran away.

“Wordid child.” said the Teacher who had been perched on my shoulder.

“You're right, but more important now is to clean up this room, it looks like I was pretty unlucky on my first day.” I took a long breath.

“Yes, hurry up, I'll go around the academy first to find information.” The teacher then went flying through the open window until his silhouette started to become invisible again.

“you should have helped me, Master ..” I muttered watching Master who had flown away.

I began to clean the room, starting from the mattress to the irregular study table. Shortly after, Tristan also returned and began to sweep our room.

But compared to all that. The worst thing about cleaning was that it was on the wall of his room. I never thought it turned out that the stains on the wall were not just mud. There is also dirt that has united with mud. Was Hikikomori really that lazy to the point of urinating on the wall? It's really disgusting.

After cleaning the room with a little water-type magic without Tristan's knowledge, I began to see the luxury of the contents of my room that had been covered with dust and dirt.

The level bed is on the left of the room with a frame made of aluminum, 2 study tables on the right and a wardrobe next to the bed made of oak.

The dirty walls covered with dirt and mud also look better. The marble that covers the wall makes the atmosphere in the room more peaceful but still elegant.

“Well if this is going to be delicious occupied,” my words are getting tired.

“Yes you, uh, you? You're right,” Tristan replied still staggered.

“Hey, just talk easy, from now on we are roommates.”

“B-well, I'll work on it.”

She looked so awkward, did she not have any friends to talk to all this time?

“emm, normal, okay?” I also glanced towards the level bed. “You choose where?”

“Sorry?”

“Where do you choose to sleep? Bottom or top?”

“B-below, I'm just below.”

Thankfully, I also don't want him on top of me remembering that big body of his. If the bed collapses, I think I'll die soon from suffocation, or maybe from a broken rib.

“OK, I slept first then, can?”

“Sure, sure, Happy resting.”

I began to climb onto my bed and closed my eyes which were already feeling very heavy.

Tuk, tuk, tuk

The morning sunlight was already starting to shine on my room. I could also see a bird sitting on top of my head at this moment. It felt like the bird's beak was pecking at my head. Am I dreaming?

“Birds?”

“Build boy!” teacher through telepathy.

I was shocked from my sleep. “Aaahhh!”

“Waa! You okay?!”  asked Tristan who was preparing to go to class.

“Ah, yes, just a nightmare.”

“OK, then, I go to class first huh, you have something to take care of first right?”

“Iya, I have to go to the teacher's room first, you go first.”

“Why are you so slow to wake up?” teacher's Word

I took a long breath. “I was too tired yesterday, Guru.”

“Waking up soon, you don't want to be late on your first day, do you?”

“Iya-iya, why do I have to go straight to class when I just signed up,”.

“That's because you skipped class, remember?”

Right, if I start like any other new kid, I can start next week. But I have to be in class with kids whose age is below mine. I don't want to go to class early.

“Alright, I'll go now.” I went from my bed to the bathroom. Intend to wash my face. “you yourself how, Master?”

“I'll wait in the room, Gareth. Other than the familiar class, you don't need me to always be around you.”

“All right, see you then.”

I hurried to wash my face and put on the academy uniform, if necessary to be honest. It looks very suitable to be worn by me, and more importantly it is very comfortable, it seems like there is magic applied to the uniform.

I walked through the forest to head to the academy. There are many students walking with their friends. I also saw some female disciples wearing knee-length skirts when walking.

If not mistaken, the woman I met in the corridor at that time was wearing trousers, was there a certain reason why she was wearing trousers but the others were wearing skirts? Maybe it was related to the class they took.

Arriving at the academy, I immediately went towards the master teacher's room. There were so many lined tables filled with books on them, there were also fighting equipment like magic wands, swords and shields there. I tried to glance around to look for my homeroom teacher.

While I was looking for my homeroom teacher, I could see a man waving at me. Judging from his movements, it seems like he is my homeroom teacher. I went to him too.

“Deron, right?” sapana.

“True. What, you are my homeroom teacher?”

“Yes, my name is Herald Noah. You must have heard of me from, Mr Gareth right?”

So he was one of the people the principal trusted. I think I can entrust my daily life in this academy to him, considering he's the man Mr. Gareth trusts.

“True, I've heard about it, Mr.”

“Thank God, I can take you straight to class. You mind waiting a minute?”

“Iya, no problem.” The Herald immediately picked up some books on his desk and drove me to the class I was going to.

There were a lot of voices from students chatting in the classroom C. It seemed that when there were no teachers, they preferred to chat rather than study.

Mr. Herald and I entered the class immediately. Instantly the classroom atmosphere began to suddenly quiet as the disciples looked, the Herald entered the classroom.

The condition of the class itself looks quite neat, with a podium in front of the class and also a whiteboard, there are also 3 long tables in each row, each table can be occupied by 4 students at once.

Each table row has a different floor height, perhaps to make it easier for students to follow each lesson because that way they will not block each other.

“Good morning everyone, now we have a new student in our class. He was the child who recorded the highest score on the admissions exam. And looking at his age, we teachers decided to make him enter C class, hopefully you can get familiar with him.” Mr. Herald explained my situation to them.

“Well now try to introduce yourself to other friends.” He's welcoming.

“Hei boy! Remember, use my last name.”

The voice of the Master was heard through telepathy.

“Good, Teacher. I will definitely do it.” I replied inside my head.

“Deron? Any problems?” ask the Herald when I see me speechless.

“Ah, no, Ehem.” I try to distract everyone. “Include my name, Deron Volva, 13 years old. Nice to meet you all, hopefully we can help each other in the future from now on.”

I didn't see much reaction from the students, maybe it was natural because all they knew, I was a daydreamer when I was going to do introductions in front of the class.

“Alright, then you can find an empty seat for you to sit on,” exclaimed the Herald

After being taken by him. I went to find an empty chair. But almost all the tables have been filled, except for the table in the back row to the right of the class.

For some reason, the table was filled with only one person, and that person was, Tristan. Whereas each table can be occupied by 4 students at once, but why is he just sitting alone?

What makes this even stranger is that some students in the class even choose to sit five even though they have to sit. It seems Tristan was shunned by classmates, but for what reason?

I didn't have time to think about it, now I have to quickly sit there. Considering that now the disciples kept watching me, there were also some who whispered about me, although I did not care about it either.

I ended up sitting at the same table as, Tristan.

“You shouldn't be sitting with me,” Tristan said as soon as I sat down.

I look around. “Why? I also don't see any other place empty.”

“Forget, forget it,”

“OK?”

It's really strange, I don't think my daily life at this academy is going to be as much fun as I thought. Without caring, Tristan who looked agitated. I took classes like any other student.

Oh right, weren't the 2 students I met in the corridor back then students from C class as well? I'm trying to look around.

My eyes stopped when I saw them waving at me from the middle table in the front row. They smiled at me, and I returned their smiles. At least there are still some people who accept me here, I thought.

That way I passed my morning as a new student of the hero academy, Eldrea.