It was close to midnight.

Sapphire who was about to go on her nightly routine of stalking Miko, suddenly received a call.

“Hello, Sapphy!”

The one on the other side of the phone was Miko.

“Miko? How did you get my contact info? And who the hell is Sapphy?”

“Don't sweat the small stuff. I'm calling to tell you that you'll finally get to accomplish your mission.”

Sapphire was surprised to hear that.

“Do you mean…?”

“That's right. I'm going to school.”

“?!”

Even though she expected that he was going to say that, hearing him say it was still surprising.

“Why the sudden change of heart?”

She asked after some hesitation.

“I met the guy who was in my age group that you were confident could beat me.”

“?!”

She was once again shocked.

“You met Kaido?!”

She was so shocked that she carelessly called a name without confirming whether Miko was trying to trick her.

“Yeah, I did just now.”

Miko teased her about her mistake and told her the truth.

Sapphire gulped when Miko confirm his meeting with Kaido. Bloom had only just told her to prevent their meeting and it already happened. And only hours after Miko fought Nana.

‘This guy is getting caught up in too many Incidents too quickly.’

She thought to herself.

“So what happened when you met?”

“Nothing much. Kaido did tell me some interesting information about the academy. I also met a lovely girl that was with him.”

“So you met Hana too?"

Sapphire could tell from Miko's tone that he didn't know about Hana's abilities.

‘It's maybe better if I don't mention it.’

Sapphire thought.

“Okay, Miko. No matter the reason, you're actually motivated towards going to the academy. This is great news. I'll report to the headmaster of your impending arrival. When do you want to start?"

“Tomorrow.”

Miko answered immediately without much thought.

“What? So soon?”

“Is there a problem?”

“N-No. it's just that you suffered some serious injuries just a few hours ago.”

“Oh, that. I'm already fully healed, it shouldn't be a problem. It's not like I lost a limb or anything.”

“I-I see. Then I'll contact the academy and tell them expect you in a few hours.”

“And Regis and Ishma too. I'm obviously bringing them as well.”

“Alright. I'll tell them to make all the necessary preparations to welcome you three.”

“I appreciate it.”

After saying that Miko ended the call.

Sapphire immediately made another call.

“Jin, there's something I need to tell you before anyone else.”

She took a deep breath to calm herself down.

“Miko and Kaido made contact, and now Miko decided to attend the academy tomorrow.”

Of all the Districts in the city the 7th District was by far the largest.

The reason the 7th district was largest, was because that’s where the “Jewel” of the city resided. The name of that Jewel was “Grim Academy”.

The academy alone covered nearly 30% of the city, it had 4 classroom buildings, 5 laboratories, 3 libraries, 4 cafeterias, 4 combat rooms, a hospital, a 100,000m field, an underground training field that can be transformed into an underwater training area, and 4 virtual reality rooms.

In addition to that, it also had an artificial mountain that surrounded the school, an artificial forest, and an artificial lake, that were all used for training. It was truly one of the best training facilities on the continent.

Miko arrived at this place the next morning. Or better yet, the afternoon.

As someone who spent most of his nights awake, and his days asleep, it took a while before he could finally get up out of bed.

“Yawn~! So this is Grim Academy.”

Miko looked up at the gigantic gate in front of him, with the words”Grim Academy” on it.

The gate looked like it was created from some of the most beautiful metals. It glistened in the sun and gave off a divine impression.

“So…How do I get in?”

Miko looked around but couldn't see a single guard.

“I guess I'll just wing it.”

He walked up to the gate, and casually punched it.

“Oh? It's quite tough.”

He said.

He was about to try it again, when-

“Stop!”

Sapphire appeared in front of the gate.

“A hologram?”

“That's right. It's a hologram. Miko, why are you so late? Classes began from 8 in the morning, and now it's high noon.”

“I've be ditching for weeks. They should be lucky I showed up and forget my tardiness.”

Miko said in a lazy tone.

“Anyway, just let me in.”

“One second. I'll need to inform Gaia. If you had continued to attack the gate, the Gaia system would've determined you as an enemy of the city and moved to destroy you. This place is called the Jewel of the City for a reason.”

Sapphire said solemnly.

Her hologram disappeared shortly after that.

Miko waited for a bit, before the gate finally showed signs of movements.

When the gate finally opened, Miko saw a scenery far different from what you would normally see in the city.

He could see lots of trees in the vast school yard.

He could see the artificial mountain in the extreme back.

The trees that had beautiful blossoms created a path that looked like it stretched for miles.

At the end of this path he saw several huge buildings. Some where like towers, while others looked like an ordinary school.

Miko looked around the campus with curious eyes before he started walking on the path that led to the school.

It was at this moment that Regis and Ishma took their human forms and walked beside him.

“Oh! This place looks pretty cool!”

Ishma said excitedly.

“The scenery is quite beautiful.”

Regis said.

They walked for a while before they finally stood in front of the first building.

When they arrived there, they saw Sapphire waiting for them.

“Your Majesty, welcome to Grim Academy.”

She said with courteous bow.

“I've been thinking this for a while. Do you work here, Sapphy?”

“Don't call me. And no, I don't normally work here. I just do some odd jobs for Jun Mizune every now and then.”

“And my recruitment and supervision was one of these odd jobs?”

She nodded.

“I see. Then I guess I'm sorry for making your job more difficult than it needed to be.”

“You don't look sorry.”

“You could tell?”

Miko said with a laugh.

Sapphire rolled her eyes at him in displeasure.

“So, what am I suppose to do now?”

Miko asked.

“You were supposed to be in class already, but you came late.”

“It was too hard to tell my bed goodbye.”

Miko wasn't a bit apologetic.

Sapphire creased her brows and turned her back to him.

“Come on. Let's go and get your uniform and other things you need for class.”

“Aren't you going to give me a tour of the academy?”

“I should but I'm no longer in the mood to do so.”

She said while walking away.

Miko followed behind her with the girls.

“If you really want a tour, I'm sure there's lots of girls here that are more than willing.

She looked back him.

“Well, considering your face I'm sure there's lots of men too.”

“I'll kill any man who offers.”

Miko said quickly and coldly.

Sapphire could tell that he was serious, but she still couldn't help but to laugh.

She led Miko and the girls to a building located at the east of the campus. It had the sign that read “Staff Building”.

The automatic doors opened when they appeared in front of it.

Sapphire then led them to the second floor and stopped in front of a door that read “Fitting Room”.

She placed her hand on the biometric scanner that served as a doorknob.

With swoosh sound, the door pulled to the side and opened up.

Miko saw the lights came on and lit up the room. Inside he saw several containers and giant capsules.

“This is were you get all of your uniform and equipment.”

Said Sapphire.

She then pointed at one of the capsules.

“That is the measurement capsule. You enter it and it scans your body and design the most comfortable uniform for your body.”

Miko was surprised to hear this. He looked at all the equipment in the room with interest. He couldn't help but to wonder what were their functions.

“Okay, first let's do your uniforms.”

She then smiled at Miko and said-

“Strip.”

She had a mischievous look on her face as if waiting to see Miko's reaction.

“Okay.”

“Huh?”

Before she could react, Miko suddenly rip his clothes off and stood in the nude. He didn't even had on his underwear.

Sapphire looked at him in shock. She couldn't believe that Miko didn't even hesitate to strip in front of her.

She found herself scanning his naked body.

Her eyes suddenly stopped at his lower body. Her eyes widen further.

‘….That's the only part of him that isn't feminine.’

She couldn't help but to thought.

She then looked back at Miko's face that had a proud smirk on it.

“Don't you have an ounce of shame?”

“Shame is for the weak. If it wasn't for the charge of indecent exposure, then I would be naked all the time.”

Miko said proudly.

“Besides, I bathe with these two every night and we met naked so what's there to be ashamed of.”

Sapphire sighed.

“Fine, I won't argue with you. But before you enter the capsule, take your true form.”

“Why?”

“It's so that we can get the most accurate readings and predict any future changes your body will go through. The machine can't do that if you're using magic to alter your skeleton.”

“I see.”

Miko took a deep breath and he returned to his 13 year old appearance.

He then walked up to the capsule and entered it.

The door automatically closed when he entered it, and a blinding light swept over his body.

He then felt something squirmy at his feet. He looked down and saw a strange black liquidly substance covering his body from the feet up.

Miko didn't panic and allowed the substance to cover him up to the neck.

He then felt it contract and tighten around his body as if trying to fuse with him. After nearly a minute, the substance released Miko and flowed back down to where it came.

Miko then heard the capsule locks released and the door open.

He stepped out still naked and stood one side.

Regis and Ishma also instantly stripped naked without a hint of shame.

Sapphire could only shake her head with a sigh when she saw that.

They entered the capsule one after the other and experienced same thing as Miko did.

After they both stepped out, they remained naked like Miko and stood one side.

Sapphire didn't comment on this and walked over to another machine with a rectangular shape.

She stuck her hand in and took out three bracelets.

She then threw them towards Miko and the girls, who easily caught them.

“Press the button on the side and say ‘Uniform’.”

Miko nodded.

He pressed the button and spoke.

“Uniform.”

A light suddenly swarm around Miko and then disappeared. Miko suddenly found himself wearing the uniform he saw Kaido in last night.

Seeing that, Ishma and Regis imitated Miko.

Light wrapped around them and they were clothed.

They were wearing a black blazer with blue stitches, and white undershirt and a black, and a black pleated skirt with small blue skulls around the edgings.

This was the female uniform for the academy.

“The bracelets are your instant wardrobe tool. Just call the name of the clothing you want to wear and it'll instantly change you into it.”

Sapphire nodded in satisfaction when she saw how good Miko and girls looked in the uniforms.

“Now that you're all dress, it's time to meet your classmates.”