After having breakfast and promising Milea to call her at night tomorrow, I went to the Royal Academy. From my mansion, I only needed to walk for 5 minutes in a straight line.
My mansion was connected to the main street.
The Royal Academy could be seen as soon as I stepped out of the gate. It was the largest building in this Academy City, and due to its enormous size and grand decoration with four towers surrounding it in each corner, it stood out a lot.
Many students that lived outside the dorm also began walking to the academy. Most were using a carriage because they were too entitled to walk. Talking about being lazy.
Surprisingly, though, many students from Diligentia and Humanitas were walking. Their red and green uniforms stood out like a traffic light, so I recognized them.
And some students from Temperantia, the Academy to nurture knights, also walked to their academy in their white and yellow uniform.
Well, it was easy to differentiate each student from each academy from their uniform.
Other than the one above, Castitas Academy's students wore mock priest and nun clothes. Then Patientia wore white and black to show their status, as they were there to learn about politics and preparation to become this Kingdom's officials.
Well, even so, the Royal Academy was still the best academy, with various students with talents mixing up with each other.
Many students recognized me. The news about me being a Paladin must've already spread. My blond hair, blue eyes, and handsome face were too easy to recognize among this crowd of normal people.
It wasn't like I was a narcissist, but other than heroines and important characters, the people in Sins Paradise only had dark brown or light brown hair with brown eyes. But seeing there was some variety mixed here and there now, I guessed the creator or whatever that sent me here changed that a bit.
Arriving at the Royal Academy ground, I first saw Eliza standing near the entrance gate. She looked around while appearing to be anxious as if she was afraid of something.
Without asking her or anything, I knew what she was worried about. That look she had right now was similar to when she saw me showing my Paladin Crest. She was worried that my attitude would change.
'Let's surprise her, shall we?'
I took out my [Shadow Cape] from my inventory and activated its effect immediately as I draped it over my shoulder. My figure disappeared, much more to everyone's confusion.
Then I appeared behind her, using her shadow as a gateway to exit.
"Boo."
"Hyaa!!"
I raised my voice slightly, and Eliza jumped in surprise, turning around and sending a slap. I caught her hand and laughed.
"Hahaha, so you send a slap to someone who scares you? You're scary, Eliza." I said in a teasing tone. Then I smiled as I watched her eyes blink repeatedly. "Morning."
"A-Arthur?!"
She was finally able to process what had happened. Her face blushed slightly as her mouth opened and closed like a koi fish. "Y-You! Why did you do that to me, dummy! You surprised me!"
"Hahahaha."
While screwing around with Garcia at night was nice, teasing the innocent Eliza was something I enjoyed too. Garcia was like my reward for working hard, and this girl was like a person who reminded me that I was in a peaceful world, more peaceful than Horizon Online.
"My bad, okay? Let's get to class. We will be late for the first lesson."
"Huh? You're staying in Class 3 even though you're a Paladin?" She asked, confused. However, I noticed a hint of happiness in her voice that she couldn't hide even though with her dishonest disposition.
"Of course. I don't want to be bothered by those nobles. Didn't you tell me to avoid them at the café?"
"But that was when you were a commoner! Right now, many noble girls would try to get close to you! Why did you choose to stay in Class 3?"
"Why?" I asked back with a smirk. Flicking her forehead with my finger, I continued. "Because my friend will be lonely if I leave her alone."
"Ouch! Y-You! Don't be cheeky!"
"Hahaha."
Eliza tried to hit me with her fist, but I dodged all of them easily. It was like that for a while before she suddenly stopped and muttered, "Thanks…"
"Don't mind it." I replied with a grin. It was at that time she realized I could hear her, and she blushed hard. How cute.
"F-Forget about that! As I thought, you're so cheeky now!" With that, she ran toward the main building, only to stop before she was halfway there and turn around. "Hurry up, or I will leave you, Arthur!"
A wide smile was plastered on her face. I smiled back and began to walk with my hands in my pocket.
Great. I made a bit of progress with her. The second requirement was to make her say her honest feelings at 3.
And when I was fooling around with Eliza earlier, I attracted a lot of attention, including some unwanted ones from two red dots that were standing in different directions.
'Got them.'
I smiled under the shadow as I folded my [Shadow Cape] and put it back in my inventory. It disappeared into a mote of blue light without leaving any trace. If someone asked me how I did it, I would just tell them it was a Paladin special skill.
That was an excellent excuse. Still, I had already remembered those two students' faces. I was sure that they were spies I was looking for.
How careless of them. No, maybe they just underestimate my capabilities. They thought that they were safe from my observation if they blended with normal students and didn't act together.
Unfortunately for them, I was strong. Maybe more than they thought.
The assassins that I killed before must've already been revived back in Sin Kingdom and sent some intelligence to their countries. Their corpses would disappear in a day if they had no revival device or a special barrier used in the training ground.
It didn't matter how I diced them finely; they would just revive. That was the only part of this world that was shitty. Unless I found something to kill them for good or keep them immobile for life, then I wouldn't be able to stop their revival.
I had a drug to make them unconscious for a month, but I only had a few in stock. I couldn't use it to keep them unconscious for a year. And even so, they could die from hunger, so that was also useless.
'Now then, how should I deal with them is the question. I have so many ways that I can't decide which one is the best.'
