The rooms of the boy''s dormitory were divided into two zones, lower and upper. There was a bed, a dresser, and a cupboard in each zone of the room. However, the boys had to share a few things as there was only a single fridge and bathroom in the entire room.


    John and his roommate also decided that they will not turn on the lights after midnight as it will disturb the person who is sleeping.


    Before turning off the lights, John chooses to use the upper zone of the room as his private ce. Nevis, on the other hand, decided uponying down on the bed in the lower zone as he was toozy to climb up a few stairs every day to reach the bed.


    "Lights off!" With a singlemand, the lights illuminating the room dimmed down before vanishing entirely.


    A few hourster, Nevis woke up from his sleep in the middle of the night, feeling hungry and excited about the uing sses.


    After yawning and stretching his body, washing the sleepiness away from himself, his stomach grumbled in protest. Immediately after, he thought, ''I should get something to eat. I wonder what''s inside the fridge.''


    Nevis stepped out of his bed and walked towards the container of his desires. His eyes twinkled in glee once he opened the door of the fridge. He picked up a few pieces of cherries and went back to his bed before he ate them one by one.


    "I am wide awake. You can turn on the lights." John''s voice sounded in Nevis''s ears.


    John thought that his roommate is eating in the darkness as he doesn''t want to disturb his sleep.


    "Ah, sure," Nevis said before turning on the lights with a simplemand. The room was brightened in lights easy on the eyes, and he asked, "Wanna eat some cherries?"


    "Nope," John declined his offer as he wasn''t hungry at all.


    "Well then, I will eat all of them."


    After a moment, once Nevis ate all of the cherries, John decided to strike a conversation as he wasn''t able to fall asleep once again, so he asked, "I can''t sleep. Let''s talk."


    "About what?"


    "Anything?"


    "You first."


    "Howe you wake up so soon? It''s still too early in the morning." John asked.


    "Well, I was hungry and really looking forward to the sses that we''ll attend in a few hours. I guess both of these reasons woke me up."


    Nevis hasn''t attended ss in his entire life, so he was feeling excited at the mere prospect of attending one for the very first time.


    He had heard that sses are a good ce to show off, befriend others and find a cute girlfriend.


    ''I wonder if that''s true. Well, I will find out soon anyway,'' Nevis thought as he unconsciously smiles.


    "I feel you," John said. He was equally excited to participate in the ss and meet people his age.


    "Mypulsory subject''s name is he cool too. My sses range from weapon training andpulsory magic techniques to magical and demonic beasts terminology."


    As soon as he said those words, John realized that they had the samepulsory subjects.


    "Hmm, we have the same schedule," John said. "We will be seeing each other a lot in the uing days."


    "I think it is because we are both members of the alpha sses."


    His conclusion was right on the mark.


    Every single year, the instructors of the military academy give excellent lessons on important subjects to the newly enlisted students that were a part of the alpha ss. To be a part of such a ss, a student must have a minimumbat level of 20. Moreover, for an entire, thepulsory sses were free of cost. After that, they need to earn contributions points to pay the fee to join the sses.


    One could say that the academy ensured they received the best attention the instructor could offer at first, butter, they needed to prove themselves worthy of the hard work poured on them. As long as they worked hard, they would inevitably be excellentbatants that could fend off the creatures of hell invading thes under the jurisdiction of the Earth Federation through the use of Hell''s dungeon.


    On the other hand, the students of the beta ss didn''t receive lectures. It''s because their bodies haven''t been trained to the minimum threshold, which is level 20, to garner the attention of instructors.


    However, they were trained intensively. The training waspulsory and overseen by multiple instructors so that the students won''t end up hurting their bodies. Once these students pass the minimum threshold of the military academy, they will be promoted to the alpha ss and receive proper lectures on important subjects that will help them throughout their lives.


    "I''m d I didn''t end up in beta ss," Nevis said.


    "I should be the one saying that; it was a close ss for me, not you. If I didn''t go all out, I wouldn''t even be here." John remarked in a tone that mocked himself.


    After rolling left and right on the bed for a while, Nevis said, "Since our subjects are the same, should we walk around together tomorrow?"


    "Alright. I will also invite my big brother and elder sister."


    Sometimeter, in the room opposite to them, sunlight came in from the sses of the double zed window, pouring on the floor and slightly illuminating the room.


    Vincent and Varth woke up simultaneously and prepared to head to their desired destination.


    "Hopefully they teach something meaningful in the alpha sses," Varth thought while dressing up in his school uniform wearing which waspulsory, so even Vincent has to adorn himself in the uniforms, and after wearing their uniforms, they walked out of the room.


    "Buddy, you were in the room opposite to ours the whole time. What a coincidence!"


    The room opposite to them suddenly opened, and John and Nevis walked out of the room at the same time he and Varth walked out of his room.


    Vincent sounded a voice in agreement. Varth, on the other hand, greeted them with a nod and started to walk away.


    The others followed after him as they happened to be going the same way.


    "Hey, guys, let''s go to the sses together!" John said as he caught up to them.


    "Count me out of it," Vincent said.


    "But why?"


    "The sses you are going to attend are notpulsory for me as I am not a student of the alpha ss. So, I am going to self-study in the library." Vincent didn''t want to partake in lectures as they weren''t important enough. If they were important to him, instructor Theodore would have notified him a few hours before the ss even began.


    Hearing his words, the three around him turned dead silent.


    "Huh?"


    "Eh? Howe you don''t need to participate in the first week''spulsory sses? Are you for real?"


    "…"


    Vincent could see that not only John and Nevis expressed shock and disbelief after hearing his words, but even the right eye of Varth showed confusion.


    "I can attend any ss as I wish to as I am a student of the special ss," Vincent said before jumping out of the window.


    To be a part of the special nurturing program was both a fortune and a kind of misfortune.


    The fortunate part was that he is given free resources, great benefits, and easy ess to important sses.


    The unfortunate part was that he couldn''t spend ssy time with his friends if he wanted to keep his current benefits.


    "Say my hi to your sister, John!"


    Vincent''s voice sounded in their ears as hended on the vibrant branch of a thick tree with green leaves just outside the building. He then took a leap towards the sundered skies to head towards the lower heaven of wisdom—the library of the military academy, which contained hundreds of thousands of books on history,bat, magic, and so on.


    "So cool!"


    The ones left behind marveled at the scene while looking at Vincent''s back.


    "Let''s go or we will bete for the morning ss," Varth said to John and Nevis.


    They nodded and hurried their way through the groups of students that came out of their rooms and began to fill the entire hallway.


    At this moment, they realized why Vincent has chosen to jump out of the window rather than walk out of the front door like a normal person.


    After grouping up with Leni and following the directions mentioned in the map projected in front of them, the three entered a building with dozens of floors and arrived at the ssroom where the first lecture would be held.


    Meanwhile, Vincent reached his destination. The library was undeniably one of thergest of all the structures in the academy. Arge but typical gigantic building was standing up straight, and the entrance was guarded by burly robots holding sma guns in their hand.


    The robots stepped aside and allowed him entry when he showed them his student ID card.


    His eyes showed determination as he entered the library with a clear set of goals in his mind: find a way to cure the poison haunting Uncle Miller''s body, look for a way to help Leni control her uncontroble transformation, and learn two powerful techniques.