Asher arrived at the portal dome and stepped out. If he had arrived 10 minutes later, he would have been late. He saw that the reserved section was empty, which meant that all the kids of the elite families had already arrived and entered the portal dome. He got near the entrance of the portal dome and saw the staff members running in a hurry towards him.
"You are late! Let's go, we need to hurry up!" the staff member told Asher with panic on his face.
Asher indifferently looked at him and kept walking at the same pace. The staff member was fidgeting with his fingers because of Asher's behavior.
"Excuse me, as the Year Representative, you are supposed to give a speech!" the staff member tried to make Asher hurry to the portal.
"So?" Asher spoke as he kept walking.
"There are two representatives," Asher said, making the staff member a bit awkward.
In the opening ceremony, both representatives would give their speeches, but this time, due to Alyssa's involvement, they wanted Asher to speak first, and then they would have told Alyssa to not do it due to some issues. Asher smirked and kept walking slowly.
'So obvious,' he thought to himself.
Asher knew that the future had already changed considerably from the moment he interfered in all these events. Many events could happen earlier than expected, and he was prepared for it. Even Arthur and Sylvie did not know that Asher was not out of the Greville estate for only training in the dungeons.
He remembered that in his previous life Alyssa had somehow won the Year Representative tournament in her second year, but the faculty council raised many issues, and she had to step down. Right now, the official rankings were not out, and Alyssa and Asher were still considered rank 1 for now. The faculty council could not make Alyssa step down by undermining her credibility. The argument between Nathan and Dalton put even more pressure on them. So, they wanted Alyssa to voluntarily step down from her position by pressuring her considerably before the assessment test began.
Asher arrived at the small teleportation gate and slowly stepped into it, and after him, the staff member also stepped in. Asher came out and saw a clear blue sky and felt the sun shining brightly in the sky. The temperature was a bit warmer than it was in Soran, and the air felt a bit fresher. Asher looked and saw the huge architecture in front of him.
The World Academy was a vast academy that covered almost 30 percent of the floating island, which was quite huge in itself. The academy itself was separated into many blocks for different purposes and years. But the architecture was very carefully planned to make it huge but still aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
Even Lishia, being a princess, found the World Academy quite amusing to look at. Despite the technological advancement, the look of these buildings made it look a bit like a huge castle.
"RICHARD!" a man came shouting.
"I told you to hurry. Why are you so late?" he shouted.
Asher looked at the man who was wearing a white-colored robe with the World Academy insignia on it. He was bald and looked like a middle-aged old man.
"Umm, Professor, it is not my fault," Richard, who was a staff member, stuttered a bit and signaled at Asher.
"So, you are Asher Von Greville," he looked at Asher, but his face did not show his annoyance at Asher. He was an assistant professor, so he was personally present to take the children of Elite families and guide them to the opening ceremony.
"And what if I am?" Asher replied with his indifferent face.
The bald guy became even more annoyed at Asher's attitude, but he knew that Asher's social standing was far above his own, so he could not do anything to him.
"Okay, move fast, we need to be at the opening ceremony. The speech for the Year Representative will start soon," the bald man turned and started walking.
"Use that hoverboard and follow behind Richard!" he instructed.
World Academy was quite huge, and the distance between one building and another was quite significant. Students were given hoverboards as a means of travel in the outer side of the World Academy, which consisted of buildings or places that were rarely used.
No hoverboards were allowed in the inner premises as that was the place where all the student dorms and the classes were held.
"Please follow me for now," Richard said as Asher followed and stepped on the hoverboard.
The hoverboard was not that fast. These hoverboards were used by making use of runes that engraved the wind element and other complicated stuff in it. This was the product of Magic Engineering.
The outer side of the World Academy was empty today as most of the students were in their dorms or were attending the opening ceremony. But despite that, a few senior year students could still be seen walking here and there. There were many who stopped to look at Asher due to his amazing facial features but also due to his family background.
"Wait, wasn't that guy Asher Greville?" a guy wearing the uniform of the World Academy pointed at Asher.
"Maybe, but he is the representative for the first years, right? Why is he so late?" a girl replied.
They kept traveling as they arrived at the checkpoint where the inner area of the Academy was located.
Asher looked at the security gate that he needed to pass through and register as the student as well.
"Can you stand there?" Richard pointed at a platform that was present in front of the oval-looking gate.
Asher walked onto the gate, and his body was scanned to see if he brought anything other than what was allowed inside the World Academy.
"Please place any special storage device on the scanner," a robotic voice was heard by Asher as a green square-shaped board came out.
Asher placed his spatial ring, and the contents inside it were scanned.
"Checking complete, you can take it back," the robotic voice said.
Asher took the ring back and looked straight ahead as light scanned his eyes.
"Identity confirmed, Student Name- Asher Von Raven Greville, First Year."
"Welcome to the World Academy!" a robotic voice was heard by Asher as he looked at the oval gate that opened.
The bald guy looked at Asher, who stepped in and walked through the gate. Asher looked at the vast garden, and many students could be seen walking there. But Asher did not seemed like he enjoyed the beautiful view in front of him much seeing his indifferent face.
"Why are you guys so late?!" A female professor came in and looked at the three of them.
"Whatever, we need to get you ready and take you to the auditorium as well," the professor spoke hurriedly.
"Do you have the uniform in your spatial ring?" The female professor questioned him.
"I do," Asher replied.
"Great, let's hurry to the auditorium first, and you can have a look around the academy later!" she told him.
Asher quietly followed the female professor and did not speak a word the whole time. A couple of students noticed him and started talking about him. Asher was quite popular due to his performance at the tournament, and many people got excited seeing him.
After a while, Asher found himself in front of a quiet building, which was the auditorium hall where the opening ceremony would take place.
The professor took him to a room behind the stage where he needed to change from his casual attire.
"Please be fast," the professor said as she left him.
Asher stretched and took out his black-colored uniform that had many golden designs and the insignia of the World Academy on his upper arm area. Normally, the student uniform was white, but the student council wore a black uniform that differentiated them from normal students.
Asher changed into his uniform and looked at himself in the mirror. His indifferent face and his red eyes gave him quite an intimidating look, but his charm value was quite high, making him look good in almost any clothes.
The uniforms were only mandatory during the official classes, and during their free time, students wear the clothes they like.
Asher stepped out and saw Alyssa, who was standing wearing a similar black uniform with the same black coat and black pants. She was a bit pale, and it made Asher frown.
"Why are you not sitting in the auditorium?" Asher questioned her.
"The professor told me to go with you," Alyssa replied, remembering that the bald guy had told her to wait for Asher and not go alone.
Asher frowned but did not say anything else.
"Okay, but don't overuse your mana every day. I don't want a useless person on my team," Asher said to Alyssa.
"Don't worry, I know my limits," Alyssa replied.
They got in through another door and saw a huge number of students filling the auditorium. However, since the lighting was quite dull, nobody noticed them enter and sit in the front row.
Asher and Alyssa both sat on the left side of the stage's front row, which was currently empty.
"Attention!" Professor Arman spoke as he appeared on stage.
Upon seeing him, the crowd of students became quiet and looked at the stage.
Arman stepped back, and an old man appeared on stage. His presence alone was quite heavy, making some students feel as if they were holding weights on their shoulders. However, many of them were fine because the old man was suppressing his powers.
A lot of students were excited to see the old man as he was none other than the strongest human in the world - the famous SSS Rank hunter and principal of the World Academy.
"Welcome to the World Academy," he spoke.
