I Got Into School for Nothing - 291
I Got Into School for Nothing (291)
Lesson 57. Dowry Legion - 1
With Union Academy's final exams barely a month away, everyone should have been tense, preparing for the upcoming year-end evaluations. However, a cosmic-scale disturbance, the likes of which hadn't been seen in hundreds of years, unexpectedly stole the students' attention.
A clash between a colossal dimension pirate group that had reigned over the cosmos for ages and the Ten Great Families—wasn't that a monumental upheaval worthy of being recorded in historical texts?
Moreover, with Lusein Ortima, the second-ranked student of the first year, involved, there was no way anyone could properly concentrate, no matter how important the academy's evaluations were.
“So what’s actually going to happen to that guy?”
“Hadn’t it already been concluded that he committed fraud?”
“How foolish. Do you still not know that the Tower may permit invaders, but it will never condone a climber’s deception? He is—”
“Ban Yuwon is the real deal.”
Especially since the week after he had broken through rooms 201 to 250 in just three days, he had resolutely entered the Tower again and pushed through to room 300.
Ban Yuwon and his party delved into numerous ruined worlds created by the Tower, uncovered their causes, confronted fragments of constellations, and advanced their unique abilities. They unequivocally proved that their powers far surpassed the level of not just first-year students, but even most academy students.
In particular, the videos uploaded to UniTube boasted hundreds of billions of views, firmly engraving the name of Rebellion across all dimensions.
Every being in every dimension connected to the Union Net was currently watching Ortima and Rebellion.
Just as Ulrike Prominence had stated, if any of the other Ten Great Families wished to act discreetly, now had become the optimal time.
“Judging from this point, Ban Yuwon is the man most likely to conquer the Tower. He’s bound to sign a lifelong contract with one of the Ten Great Families soon.”
“You call it a lifelong contract, but it’s practically a slave contract.”
“No, but for a talent like Ban Yuwon, wouldn’t they offer him a daughter from a branch family? His abilities are beyond question, and that man’s face... he’s handsome too.”
“Who just said Ban Yuwon is handsome?”
“The timing is truly unfortunate. If it weren’t for Ortima, the other Ten Great Families would already be making their moves by now.”
“Speaking of the Ten Great Families, did you know that Ulrike Prominence officially declared she’d bring Ban Yuwon into her family?”
“I wonder if she even got his consent. While it’s true for all scions of the Ten Great Families, she truly is....”
Everywhere one went, conversations revolved around Lusein Ortima, dimension pirates, or if not them, then Ban Yuwon or Ulrike Prominence, making the academy atmosphere an utter mess.
Even the academy's full professors, who were supposed to supervise these students, couldn't concentrate on their lectures, seemingly distracted, creating a truly chaotic situation.
“Can’t you focus? No matter what happens outside of Union, you are students of this great Union Academy! What you should be focusing on is the Tower! Focus only on yourselves, not on anyone else climbing the Tower!”
Among them, Professor Cantone’s already irritable nature was spitting fire, causing the students listening to his lecture to shake their heads.
Of course, every word he spoke was true, but the students weren't so ignorant as to not realize his criticisms stemmed from jealousy towards a particular individual.
“Why is Professor Cantone acting like that?”
“It’s obvious, because of Professor Yumina. She’s openly hanging out with Ban Yuwon these days.”
“Someone said they saw the two of them kissing in the garden.”
“The goddess of the academy, a pure lily that no one could conquer, defiled by a commoner from a lower-rank dimension? This is absurd.”
“Professor Cantone is angry with precisely the same thoughts as you right now.”
“What is Ulrike Prominence thinking? I heard she’s been asking about marriage lately, and it seems to be specifically about Ban Yuwon...”
“Nonsense!”
“E-exclusive! Aire is appearing on the Rebellion main channel?!”
With scandals exploding left and right, any one of which would shake the academy in a single season, perhaps it was unreasonable to expect students to study.
Even right after the Founding Festival, everyone had been brimming with enthusiasm for their evaluations, but now, with all ears perked for external affairs, the academic atmosphere was a mess.
It was so bad that even Ban Yuwon seriously considered giving up the Rebellion channel and opening a popcorn stand at the academy, thinking it might be more profitable.
“But thanks to that, the special activity date got moved up, so it’s a gain.”
Mira said with a triumphant smile.
Indeed.
The conclusion reached at the last faculty meeting was that if everyone was unable to concentrate on their studies anyway, it would be better to bring forward external activities to refresh the atmosphere. Thus, the special activity originally scheduled for this weekend was moved to Monday.
And Ban Yuwon, leveraging his rights as a student council executive to the fullest, succeeded in aligning his team’s activity dimension with that of Shatie and Mira’s team, Fairy Devil.
Of course, only the Chancellor and their supervising professors, Campanella and Yumina, knew the destination; other students had no way of finding out.
What would Ulrike Prominence’s reaction be if she learned that Ban Yuwon’s special activity destination was Fairytale?
—While he wasn’t entirely uninterested in seeing that crazy woman’s expression when she realized his betrayal, he decided to check that later, once everything was over.
“Just pretend you don’t know for now, Mira.”
“I’m not an idiot, I know. But before that, a kiss. Mmm—.”
Before departing, at the spaceship terminal, Mira, after finally kissing Ban Yuwon, shot a provocative look at Ulrike, who was secretly watching them from afar.
The funny thing was, Ulrike also wore a scoffing expression.
It was an expression that firmly believed Mira’s homeland would soon be destroyed, and all of the fairy race sacrificed as offerings for the Grand Ritual.
Given how she acted now, would she really let Mira live? Ban Yuwon thought there was absolutely no way.
She was the crazy bitch who had tried to harm even the other members of Rebellion just to secure him.
He had never given Ulrike his complete trust for a single moment.
“Have a good trip, Yuwon. Your sister will definitely protect the academy!”
“I’ll leave it to you, Noona. As I said before, Cantone is suspicious. And the Exodus main force holding back their full power is unsettling. Please be vigilant.”
“Just trust your sister! With the Starlight you revived... I can do anything...!”
“Mmph.”
As if no longer trying to hide her feelings, Yumina pulled Ban Yuwon into her embrace.
If the other members hadn’t given her a hint, she would have looked ready to kiss his forehead or cheek.
“Yu-won...”
“I’m sorry, Yeon. But please don’t look at me like I’m trash...”
As Ban Yuwon, tormented by several women even before departure, finally boarded his spaceship—Lilyth, who had transformed—he was met with an indescribable gaze from Dokgo Yeon and the other original members.
First, Lilyth, carrying only the original Rebellion members, was scheduled to break through the dimensional wall and meet up with Fairy Devil’s spaceship and Aire’s spaceship at the A-grade dimension terminal before heading to the A-1 Dimension.
“I’m not blaming you for your womanizing tendencies. I’m blaming you for your indecisive attitude. The way you give them hope, even when you don’t truly care for them, is what created this situation.”
“Hehe, Dokgo Yeon. You speak as if you’ve completely seen through Master’s true intentions? Perhaps Master is actually passionately in love with only you—.”
“That’s irrelevant to me. I’m giving this advice out of genuine concern for Yuwon’s future....”
“But what if Master’s indecisive attitude is what led to Ulrike Prominence’s self-destruction? Of course, I would have preferred for Master to decisively declare that he’d take all of them as his women.”
“Let’s go! We’re not just going to the A-1 Dimension for this special activity!”
The spaceship launched.
Ban Yuwon squinted his eyes, watching the floating island shrink and the Tower of Babel rise high.
The Tower still offered no answers, but amidst navigating countless wrong turns, his Authority was forming a kind of answer.
“Once we go... I’ll understand everything.”
Thanks to Ulrike Prominence’s revelation, this war was no longer just a conflict between the Ten Great Families.
What did it mean to "reclaim the rights of the dimension"? And what did it mean to "sacrifice the fairy race"?—Ban Yuwon was confident that he could uncover those answers with his Authority.
* * *
When it came to A-grade dimensions, the density of the dimensional wall was significantly different.
An A-grade dimension was a place that most ordinary spaceships couldn't even approach.
But of course, Lilyth, who proclaimed herself the best spaceship in the universe, broke through the dimensional wall without flinching at the pressure from mana density or the scattered barriers, smoothly entering the A-grade dimension terminal.
[I arrived first! As expected! I am indeed the speed racer who boasts the best speed in the universe!]
“Racing spaceships... that’s a new concept.”
There was only one terminal in the A-grade dimension.
However, all its facilities were proportionately massive and opulent, and the spaceships moving in and out of the terminal were equipped with robust self-defense measures, needing no fear of dimension pirates.
The sight of hundreds of colossal spaceships, each emitting mana on the scale of an asteroid, heading towards the terminal was like the climax of a sci-fi movie.
“I never thought Aire’s words were a joke, but this is truly incredible.”
And since more than 30% of them were Melodia Family merchant ships, Ban Yuwon couldn't help but marvel.
No wonder neither Exodus nor Crimson Spear had anything to fear.
As they entered the terminal, which was shaped like a giant planet, feeling dumbfounded, one of the Melodia merchant ships suddenly approached their vessel.
—I’m here, Yuwon.
—Aire?!
Surprisingly, Aire, who couldn't possibly have arrived earlier than them, had sent a communication.
According to Aire’s explanation, shortly after she transferred to their spaceship, Melodia’s merchant ships were all engraved with a common spatial transfer array, allowing key figures like Aire to move freely using these ships.
In other words, Aire had spatially transferred to the nearest Melodia merchant ship immediately after departing the academy, and by repeatedly using spatial transfers, she had arrived at the terminal before anyone else.
[That’s cheating! A true racer doesn’t use techniques like teleportation!]
“If you can use it, then use it from now on.”
[Ughhh— Relying on unorthodox methods like teleportation— isn’t what a racer does—!]
He had clearly believed he had restricted Earth’s culture from her, but when had she devoured the racing genre again?
Ignoring Lilyth’s nonsense, Ban Yuwon greeted Aire, then glanced at the Melodia merchant ship following their own, and asked Aire, who had just transferred to their vessel:
“Aire, I’m sorry, but I don’t think we can let them into Fairytale just yet. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but at such a critical time, letting a Ten Great Family’s spaceship, whose alliance isn’t yet solidified, into Fairytale is a bit...”
“What’s inside is a gift I prepared. It’s unmanned, so don’t worry.”
“A gift...?”
“Dragon Fang Soldiers.”
Aire said, offering a gentle smile.
“Have you heard of them?”
...Surely, she doesn’t think even *these* troops are a dowry, does she?
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