I Regress if the Villainess Dies! Chapter 33: Chapter 32 The Duke's Letter

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On the way back, neither Xian nor Vica spoke about what happened, they walked side by side with their footsteps as the only noise around them. Upon coming back, the previously empty grounds of the lobby was now filled with entrants, future students of the academy. Xian’s eyes scanned around as he saw quite a few familiar faces. Including Carmillia, with plenty of space around her. No one dared to come close to the infamous villainess in fear of offending her despite the absence of her entourage. Meanwhile Astor, being the kind of man he is, only had a short piece for the new students to hear. “All of you standing before me. Congratulations. It must've been hard finding your way through those labyrinths.” Astor swept his gaze over the crowd. “Some of you fought for your place. Some stepped over others to get here. Some were simply lucky.” “But none of that matters.” “Whether you remain in this academy won't be decided by today's success, but by what you do tomorrow, the day after, and every day that follows.” ‘Or deep pockets.’ Xian thought with a sneer. Untalented individuals can stay up until the Heath rank for years, exploited by the academy for as long as they have money. They filled the role of lackeys and mobs in the game. “For here, you'll learn to bleed on your papers, spill blood on the field and grit your teeth to keep moving on.” “Who knows, some of you might become a more than useful cog in the grand scheme of things.” “And for those of you who came here, thinking of starting your own legends… Rozenfall will cure you of that soon enough." Xian ignored all the words he heard and waited for it to conclude. Afterwards, everyone was led by the attendants towards the dormitories and keys for their rooms were distributed. To avoid problems and clashes between students of vastly different capabilities, the academy was separated in four layers respectively, connected by four grand roads pointing to cardinal directions. The first year zone were dedicated with the facilities for the first year classes, including dormitories, training zones and gardens, labeled as the ‘nest’ by players. As a player, he knew the rough layout of the male dormitory and its surroundings. For each student sections, there were separate dormitories that also differed from quality and functions. The room designated to the first placer was at the very top of the dormitory, with its own balcony garden, living room, separate bedroom and a personal bathroom with walk-in closet. Inside, the floors were made of dark wood layered in leather carpet, muting his steps. The walls were pristine white, framed with wood accents and random exquisite paintings. What impressed Xian was the comically large wardrobe and multiple sets of academy uniforms inside. He tried one and realized they fit perfectly to his size. After looking at the other furniture and even beneath the bed and sofas, Xian didn’t find anything strange or dirt left by the previous owner. ‘It’s like this place was designed for a prince to live in.’ Fortunately, in the protagonists batch, there was no prince and princesses of the same year. His attention turned to the two objects that greeted him when he entered the room. Somehow, there were two butler cases inside One old and trusty wood case, and the other, made of much shinier dark material, gilded in silver. He first opened the old butler case. Inside were the sets of butler uniforms and stuff he packed. There was even a handkerchief and packed lunch that had gone cold, probably sneaked in by Miri. ‘I wonder how she’s doing…’ She came with them to the academy and will most likely have to be part of the attendants taking care of Carmillia’s needs. Unlike him, she wasn’t enrolled as a student supported by the duke. ‘Poor Miri.’ They might never have time to meet each other again. Xian rummaged through the silver gilded case and found the duke’s letter. Its contents had been bugging him since they separated with Moris so he opened it without further