Book 1: Chapter 92.2: The Opening Ceremony Part II


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    We end up waiting for over a dozen minutes until its finally noon on the dot when a man just suddenly appears on the stage. One I recognize as the vice-headmaster. The guy who originally had me take my exam.


    All of the chatter in the auditorium quickly begins to go away, leaving nothing but silence in its wake. Then I notice various people suddenly standing in all of the corners of the room, everyst dark ce, everyst shadow, and almost all of them are familiar faces from the news. Each being famous Guardians who teach at this university.


    Then a tapping sound echoes once from the stage, bringing my attention back to the old man who had just tapped his cane  which I didnt realize he had  on the stage.


    Why does he have a cane? Hes a Guardian. Likely a ss IV one at that. I can tell that from his mana alone. So why does he have a cane?


    And he didnt have it on him when I met him before also, is it just me, or is that cane a little too thick?


    <strong>Its probably a weapon of some sort disguised as a cane, </strong>Tar exins to me, making me form an o with my mouth in understanding.


    Students both new and old of Lions Heart, hear me now, the old looking man says, his eyes searching through the crowd of students. Those of you here are of the highest echelon of all new Guardians in the world. Take pride in that fact. But dont let it get to your head. He taps his cane once more, making two lions suddenly jump out of the wall behind him beforeing to a stop next to the man. As you should already know, every Guardians University has an animal figure for it. And here at <em>Lions </em>Heart- the man emphasizes the word Lions -our animal is the lion.


    Yeah, that couldnt have been more obvious.


    We take pride in our strength, in our magic, and in ourselves, the man says,ying it on a little thick with this whole pride shtick. His face suddenly takes a dark turn as he continues, So I warn you now. If you do not uphold the pride of the university, there will be no second chances. He taps his cane on the stage once more, sending a wave of dark mist through the entire auditorium, making everything go dark. Then two glowing green eyes suddenly appear on the stage, faintly lighting up the old mans visage as a rather sinister voice echoes throughout the auditorium, Break the rules even once, and you will be sent to a Tier 2 Guardians University. And there will be noints.


    Then, just as suddenly as the change hade about, all of the mist vanishes and the old man begins smiling an old man smile as he says, Now, onto more pleasant things.


    I find that I was holding my breath during that entire event before letting it out, feeling a powerful surge of shame hurting my pride at being afraid of the man just then. Even if he is  judging by his mana  even stronger than Allen and Cynthia.


    He taps his cane once more, making me narrow my eyes on the thing before the floor of the stage opens up and arge screen emerges from it, showing some sort of pyramid as he starts speaking, Many of you already know of the hierarchy we have here at Lions Heart, one that is stricter than any other universities hierarchy. But here it is.


    Looking at the pyramid, there are three different levels in the hierarchy. The Regr ss students, the Advanced ss students, and the Top ss students. But unlike the name implies, these students arent taking sses together. It is a university after all, so they simply getbeled as such and given better benefits and offered more sses and opportunities than the other students.


    Regr students are the bottom two thousand students in the ranking that you will be earningter today based on your sess in the ranking tournament, the old man says, leaning on his cane with both hands. You are allowed to take all of the regr courses at the university, the courses that are required for every Guardian to take such as Guardian Law and Guardian History, along with the basic theory sses on the Status, Demonology, magic in general, one ss on their own broad magic, and statistics and capabilities. You may not live off campus and must live in the dorms, specifically the Regr ss Dorms. And you may not enter the Advanced or Top ss buildingsbeled with these symbols. The man finishes while raising his cane to tap on the two symbols located on the levels of the hierarchy for the Advanced and Top ss students.


    I grimace at the idea of living on campus. Because it would suck losing my suite in the base, not to mention that I like the quiet the base has. Not to mention that Id probably have to have a roommate.


    Although anythings better than an orphanage.


    Next up, the old man continues, the smile on his face growing slightly as he nces at a couple of students who had begun whispering amongst themselves. The Advanced ss students include the students ranked 101st through 1000 on the rankings. They will be given everything the regr students have, along with various Advanced student only facilities such as a gym, a park, higher ss restaurants, and so on. The Advanced students will also be able to take sses on any type of magic they want, allowing them to study up on possible magics that other Guardians or even the sapient demons may be using. They may take sses over the art of magi-tech, Achievements, and the Fae. Andstly, Advanced students can live off of campus if theyd prefer.


    Which means I need to be an advanced student at the minimum.


    Although Im curious as to what the Top ss students get.


    I know the universities strictly forbid discrimination based on the hierarchy, so it wont be the end of the world if I dont get a good rank or a good ss result. In fact, I think Ive heard of a Top ss student once being knocked down to Regr ss just because they tried holding their position as a Top ss student over a Regr student and forcing them to do something for them.


    Not sure what it was though, since that part wasnt publicized.