Dante’s Immortality - Chapter 16

Herman

Herman was walking through the crowded streets of the academy with a rare smile on his expressionless face.

I am finally going to leave this piece of shit.

As soon as he arrived at the academy, he was ready to drop Greggory off and leave, but the registration process took an entire three days.

Three days of Greggory’s incessant complaining and begging.

That was all behind him though. They had finally finished registration, and he would be able to have some peace and quiet at long last.

“I demand to be taken home immediately.” Greggory was out of breath and panting behind him, trying to keep up with his rushed pace. Herman continued plowing through anyone who got in his way, determined to finally drop Greggory off. “Aren’t you listening to me? They are trying to stick me in Housing District 3! Don’t they know I’m of noble blood? It was bad enough that they didn’t put me in Housing District 1, but not even Housing District 2? I refuse!”

Instead of turning back to answer Greggory, he just increased his pace. The reason their registration had taken three days was because the utter moron trailing behind him had demanded to register for Housing District 1 on the first day, which is where the minor nobles from the Outer region reside.

After wasting their entire day, and despite knowing he should be in Housing District 3; Greggory then demanded they wait in the line for Housing District 2, which was meant for the largest noble houses in the Outer Edge region. After yet another day wasted, Herman dragged him into the line for Housing District 3, and now he would finally be rid of him.

Greggory snorted at Herman’s silence. “These idiots can’t recognize a real noble when they see one.”

Mia

Mia walked towards Housing District 1.

It was challenging to keep the limp out of her step, but she managed it. Her body was in an incredible amount of pain, Layla didn’t give her time to get healed properly after arriving at the academy, just told her to cover her wounds and get to her new assignment.

Taking care of a random boy that they found, is this what I’ve been reduced to?

Taking care of him wasn’t the problem, it was how Layla wanted her to do it that gave her misgivings. She was being treated like some common whore…

It didn’t even make sense, none of it made sense. She couldn’t understand why it was so important for her to get so close to someone they picked up in the Outer Edge region… or why they wanted her to get that close.

She glanced down at his identification card.

Name: Dante

Classification(s): Warrior

Living Quarters: Housing District 1 – Building 43 – Floor 3

Arena Rank: Bronze (0/25 Credit Earned)

Arena Team: None

Arena Team Rank: N/A

Credit: 0

It was hard to believe she was going through all of this effort for someone with a mere Warrior Classification.

As Mia approached the front gate, the guards standing watch noticed her. “Residents and authorized personnel only.”

Mia flashed the two men a winning smile and pulled out her new identification card. “I’m a new servant for Dante. He is located in building 43, floor 3.”

As soon as the two guards heard the name Dante, they quickly moved aside. “Of course, our apologies for interrupting you.”

Interesting.

It seemed like the guards were already familiar with him. Hopefully that was a good sign. She walked through the gate and immediately headed toward building 43.

It didn’t take long before she was outside of what would be her new living quarters. Mia took a deep breath, not sure what she was expecting. Praying to the Goddess he was, at the very least, not a disgusting slob. She knocked softly on the door, ready to meet her new ‘master’.

No answer.

Mia knocked again, louder this time. Still no answer.

Great. She was told that he would be waiting for her in his quarters. As if her day hadn’t been bad enough before she lost the commoner that she was supposed to be seducing. She didn’t even know how she was supposed to find him, not only is the academy massive, but she had no idea what he even looked like.

Mia couldn’t help but release a groan.

I might as well just wait for him inside and hope he finds his way back.

She pulled the spare key she had been given out of her pocket and tried to unlock the door.

Not only did he leave, but he left the door unlocked.

Her opinion of the commoner was steadily falling. As Mia pushed through the doorway, she did a doubletake.

The door to the servant’s room was open, and he was inside, laying on her bed. Mia stood there, eye twitching, staring at him in indignation. She was supposed to be seducing him. Somehow, in her mind, that was bearable. Seeing him laying across her bed, waiting for her, was revolting.

A few deep breaths later, she felt like she had her emotions somewhat under control. Stepping slowly, Mia walked into the servant’s room. To her relief, he seemed to be sound asleep.

The commoner, or Dante, looked strange to say the least. His silver hair and skinny, yet tall frame with tattered clothing made him look nightmarish.

She could see why Layla would take an interest in him, based on his appearance alone, but she still didn’t understand why she needed to get closer to him.

She walked over to the other side of the bed so that she could check his face.

Surprisingly, not bad. His face was somewhat handsome, slightly gaunt, but it would fill out if he ate more. It tied in nicely with his strong brow. Altogether, his appearance would be best described as charismatic, at least if he ate more… and took a bath.

When was the last time he bathed?

Mia was still staring at his face when his eyes flicked open, and immediately recoiled.

In the name of the Goddess, his eyes are red!

Mia fell down against the wall behind her, staring at him in shock. The commoner sat up, seeing her fall to the floor a hint of panic flashed across his face. “I’m sorry.” Then he reached down to help her up.

As he tried to pull her up, the injuries in her body flared. She grimaced in pain before she could stop herself. This time, the boy recoiled, looking hurt at her reaction to his touch.

Mia groaned internally.

I completely botched this introduction… maybe I can still save it though.

Mia cleared her throat, and chose to go in a direction he would enjoy more. She put on her most innocent expression. “Why were you sleeping in my bed?”

The commoner looked at the bed for a long moment, then back at her. “This is your bed?” He looked completely devastated. “Does that mean I can’t sleep in it?”

Mia could feel her cheeks heat up, and knew her face must have been crimson… He didn’t know it was her bed? Clearly, she had made a slight misjudgment in her approach. “This is the servant’s bedroom, yours is on the other side of the building.”

He breathed a sigh of relief. “Oh, is there a bed in my room?”

What kind of question is that?

Mia gave him her best smile. “Of course there is.”

His devastated expression was immediately gone, and he almost looked happy as he rushed out of the room.

Thank the Goddess.

The entire situation seemed to turn around on the realization that there was a bed in his room… She didn’t understand but decided not to question it for now.

Letting out a relieved sigh, Mia followed him out of the room.