episode_0004

After sitting down for a while, the academy’s faculty members began to flock to the central podium. All of them were familiar faces.

In order for players to increase their status or learn special abilities, they must attend lectures from professors. This is the main story of Academy Story 2.

But not only does it provide that kind of growth method, but by increasing intimacy, they can become companions in addition to students, and if the player wishes, they can become the object of romance.

If it’s a creative work featuring a teacher and a student, wouldn’t there be a romance between them? You might think so, and it’s true.

However, the background setting of Academy Story 2 supports this, and this world also has a gender imbalance that is the basis of a worldview where the gender is reversed. If I remember correctly, the ratio of males and females is 7:3 or 8:2. That means that out of 10 babies born, 7 or 8 are females and 2 or 3 are males.

“Welcome to all new students who have entered the Imperial Sephiroth Academy. I am the Dean, ‘Ivory Cliff’.”

On the central platform, the dean of the academy, the female otter Ivory, was giving the first greeting. Behind her,

Vice-Principal Butterfly Skybutterfly, a western female with sky-blue skin, looks over the gathered freshmen with a haughty expression.

“You will learn many things during the seven years you study at the academy. However, what I ask you is not about test scores or achievements.”

As a female, Dean Ivory is an unusual case in that she has matured like a male, meaning she has become an adult with the same appearance as when she was young. Although her age is quite different from that of the player, she has a large fan base due to her childlike appearance, cute features, and outstanding performance.

“More importantly, figure out what you want to learn and what you want to do. If you can figure that out before graduation, I can say that you have had a successful academy life.”

On the other hand, Vice-President Butterfly, standing behind Dean Ivory, is a typical cold-looking beauty with a slender body and a volume that is neither too small nor too large. She is also popular, and the reason she is popular is… I think I will have to explain this later.

“Also, meet a lot of people and experience a lot of things. And it is also important to form a ‘clique’.”

Crowd. Also, the special setting of Academy Story 2 pops out.

Since all the characters that appear are Furies, who are animal humans, there is a special concept here, and that is ‘herd’.

Most wild animals (though some do not) live in groups. One male leads several females, the females hunt, and the males guard the group and raise children. The concept of a group is a combination of the ecology of such animals, with the reversal of the sexes and the imbalance in the sex ratio.

In Academy Story 2, a group is formed, where one male and several females form a family or romantic relationship. There is no major problem in progressing through the game without a group, but if you play as a male character, the group is formed naturally. (Female characters are more free to form a group than male characters.)

“Then, I hope that the new students will be blessed with God’s protection. I will end the Dean’s speech briefly.”

As Dean Ivory finished her speech and gave a light nod, the freshmen applauded. When I glanced over, I saw Princess Elfin also applauding the Dean with a solemn expression.

After that, there was a process of introducing the professors in charge of first-year courses, explaining what freshmen should do, who would guide them around the dorms, that there were separate male and female dormitories, and other necessary information.

…Normally, I would use the button to skip the entrance ceremony by applying a mode, but no matter how much I searched through the game menu, I couldn’t find anything like that, so I ended up listening to it as if I was being reminded of the entire entrance ceremony process once again.

“Then, the entrance ceremony ends. Female freshmen, follow Professor Hoop, and male freshmen, follow Professor Apricot.”

As Professor Kelpie (in charge of upperclassmen’s non-major studies) who was in charge of the entrance ceremony said those words, the entrance ceremony ended, and the freshmen began to leave the entrance ceremony hall like an ebbing tide.

“…Ain, what subjects are you going to take?”

And as soon as I got up from my seat, I was grabbed by the Elfin Princess. She was clearly quite far away from me?

Of course, the female freshmen sitting next to me hastily greeted the Elfin Princess and ran away when they saw her approaching.

“Yes, Your Highness. I would like to take the freshman basic courses in vision, medicine, therapeutics… and basic physical education.”

The basic lectures raise your overall status evenly, and since they are required subjects, you have to take them anyway. In addition, the arcane studies, medicine, and healing studies raise your recovery magic and medical skills, and the arcane studies and ‘spell slots’, which are statuses for using healing magic, are usually treated as a bundle.

“Basic physical education?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

And basic physical education is a subject that increases the player’s physical status such as stamina and endurance, but if a healer asks why they are increasing such things, they are usually treated as a beginner.

“Basic physical education… I see. Okay, I understand.”

I don’t know what you know, but in Academy Story 2, there are conversation topics, options, events, etc. that can only be selected after satisfying certain statuses, so it would be common sense for players with a physical build like a knight to learn at least some arcane skills to increase their options, and for players with a magic build to learn basic physical education, etc. to increase their options.

The healer build I decided to do is also a magic build by classification, so the reason I chose basic physical education is to secure the physical strength, muscle power, and endurance to withstand dangerous situations at the very least. In addition, since the physical status of the magic build is somewhat low, just taking basic physical education will give you good initial stat growth, so it will show faster growth than the main stat of the magic build, such as arcane or spell slots, in the beginning. In short, the output is good compared to the input.

“Please take a look, Your Highness.”

The Elfin princess, who had received my greeting, also leaves the entrance ceremony hall with her guard. Perhaps because we had talked for a while, the princess and I were the last to leave the entrance ceremony hall.

“…If you take basic physical education, there are many things to see and do…”

I muttered something I couldn’t say in front of the princess even though I was pouring soup into my nose, and dragged a large trunk and headed to the male dormitory across the academy where I could walk around while sleeping.

“So, do you like that Frostgarm’s spirit?”

On the day of the entrance ceremony, there are no classes, so Ion Moratium, who was having tea with Lulu in his room, asks his friend Lulu Anastasia.

“I like him. Of all the males I’ve seen at the Academy, no… I’ve never seen a more handsome male than him before I entered the Academy.”

“Really? Is that it?”

When Ion playfully accepts Lulu’s words, Lulu pours down the cold black tea in one go and glares at Ion.

“Don’t be boastful. Aren’t you the same?”

“Haha, yeah. Just kidding. I thought my brother was the most beautiful male in the world, but I guess not.”

Ion, who answered like that, thought about Ain for a moment.

Obsidian, no. The word ‘stone’ is not enough. Beautiful hair that shines like black pearls and innocent-looking eyes reminiscent of large, top-quality emeralds. A cute nose and snout with dense black whiskers.

There was a well-proportioned body without an ounce of fat, and the fat that didn’t yet disappear for her age filled Ion’s mind. Lulu, who always twitches, would agree with Ion on this one thing.

“…Sigh, shit. That shouldn’t have happened.”

“What? Grabbing your chin and tearing at your face? Rudely demanding that it be yours? Or examining you from head to toe?”

“Everything, everything, yum.”

Lulu nervously answers Ion’s words while laughing and scratching, tossing her red drill hair wildly.

Ion, who was fanning Lulu with his wings on his back to cool her head, muttered softly.

“Ain Frostgarm…”

“Why? Are you interested too?”

Lulu, who was ruffling her hair at her muttering, looks sharply at Ion.

“He’s a handsome guy, right?”

Although she said that, it was just a prank to tease Lulu, and Ion is still not very interested in males. It is true that Ain is handsome, but Ion is focused on training herself as the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Moratium, so she has hardly ever been involved with males since entering the academy. There have been quite a few cases of males confessing to her, though.

“Damn, that can’t be. What’s wrong with a guy who’s busy swinging his sword and all that crap?”

“Hahaha, it still doesn’t work.”

” Okay, and after looking at him briefly, it seems like he’s good at healing magic. Where did you teach him medicine?”

“Oh, you’re a recovery magic specialist? That’s tempting. It’s the ‘Hall of Life’. It’s northwest of the Hall of Knowledge. ”

In response to Ion’s answer, Lulu takes out a notebook from her bosom and mutters something. She is probably trying to figure out Ain’s class schedule somehow and compare it to her own schedule so she can stamp her face.

“Why don’t you just go ahead and do it instead of bothering me with your schedule?”

Ion, who had been staring blankly at Lulu mumbling so loudly that she had her nose buried in her notebook, blurted out these words. These were the words that Ion Moratium’s mother, the Marquis of Moratium, had said to her.

“That’s why you dumbass swordsmen. If that were the solution to the male-female relationship, I’d already be a third wife and a fourth wife.”

“Really? That’s not something that a person who couldn’t say ‘let’s have a cup of tea after class’ and ended up saying ‘you, see me after class’ and had his male classmate’s parents contact him to apologize should say. ”

“Hey, you bastard, you don’t think I’m any different!”

“Hahaha!”

When Lulu screamed with her face flushed red, Ion laughed out loud because her reaction was so funny. However, she also tended to agree with Lulu’s words. When Ion was a freshman, he had been attracted to a male senior in the seventh grade who was about to graduate, but he had not been able to muster up the courage to give her a bouquet of flowers at the graduation ceremony.

“Anyway, the princess’s gaze toward that pretty girl is unusual. Damn, since we’re in the same class, we’ll probably meet often… Should I revise my class schedule?”

“That’s the correct answer?”

Earlier, it was meant to be a joke, but this time, it was almost a sincere answer. As far as Ion knew, Lulu had crammed her course schedule to the limit. It felt almost impossible to edit that dense schedule on her own.

“I may not be as muscular as you, but I can do it.”

“Well, okay. Muscle Brain should go do Muscle Muscle.”

“Hold on, you should rest on your day off. Are you going to work out today too?”

“Then~ it’s muscle brain.”

Ion, who was laughing brightly and joking with Lulu, coolly took off the light armor and uniform he was wearing over his uniform.

“Hey, get rid of the nipple.”

“Haha, if you’re jealous, just say it honestly?”

As Ion, who had quickly changed into a tracksuit (which resembled Burma’s) while smiling, stretched and spoke, Lulu stood up, putting her notebook back in her bosom as if she had seen something unbearable.

“Okay, I’m going to the academic affairs office.”

“Yeah yeah, pretty junior, make sure to get your class schedule right.”

“Fuck you.”

“Yeah, I don’t have a dick.”