That was how most people described their school life as a happy life without any worries in the ivory tower.
Perhaps some of the descriptions were too perfect, but it also explained one thing — the life of a student was relatively simple, or at least most of the time. There was no need to worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Don't underestimate this difference. Since students didn't have to worry about their livelihood, they didn't have to worry about their income or whether other people would help them in their careers. When there was no intersection of interests between students, the friendships formed in a short period of time were relatively simple.
Many students walked into society and became members of society, which made the friendships they formed in school more important.
Every student more or less had a few close friends or sisters, but there was one type of person who was destined to be alone for the rest of their lives …
"Congratulations, Rorschach, for winning the Most Family-Oriented Man Award."
Rorschach, as the winner of the mid-year award, stood on the stage and smiled awkwardly at the class meeting of the first-year class D of the magic armor department.
The audience was already laughing. This award wasn't easy to accept.
Perhaps as a descender and a warrior, Roxia had already begun to shake off his identity as a newbie. In fact, he was even faintly becoming the new star that everyone was looking forward to. But as a student, the host's explanation for winning the award explained everything.
"Congratulations, Rorschach, for winning the award with an absolute advantage of twenty-one votes … Your attendance rate this semester is an astonishing twenty-seven percent. The teachers all agree with your award, especially the elven history teacher. He said that he only saw you four times in the first quarter and hoped to see you more in the second half of the semester. Although family is good, no matter how much you love your family, you still have to come to school occasionally. After all, we girls miss our cute little Rorschach, especially the big meal you treated us to at the beginning of the semester. Let me know when you'll treat us again so that I can diet for two days to prepare. "
The hostess was laughing, and the audience was laughing. Rorschach's lips were slightly twisted.
The joke and the award were rather subtle, but it didn't mean that they weren't malicious at all. However, if he acted up now, he wouldn't be a man at all.
The Most Family-Oriented Man Award = Staying at home for a long time = Rarely seen at school. This award was reserved for professional otakus who would rather die than show up in class.
The mid-year award ceremony was a small game between the students. Votes would be used to select all sorts of strange characters. Even if the award ceremony was a joke, sometimes it was also a warning.
For example, if the winner of the Most Family-Oriented Man Award didn't improve his attendance in the second half of the semester and showed excellent results, he could still be evaluated for the Most Family-Oriented Man Award next year. However, he would only be a freshman.
Actually, Roxia's situation was somewhat unjust. He had several accidents during his Advent Season, which caused him to take a long period of time off. Originally, this shouldn't have been enough to cause his attendance rate to be in danger to such an extent. But recently, he had been busy with far too many things.
As the new chief editor of Absolute Truth, even if Rorschach did not go there every day, he still had to go the next day. He even had to go during working hours. Just the journey from the outskirts of the College District to the Church District took several hours. It was not easy to go back and forth without doing anything.
Rorschach's greatest shortcomings were his lack of Ki and his weak physical constitution. Rorschach didn't dare to slack off at all on the grandmaster's side in terms of martial arts cultivation. He would need time to improve his martial arts cultivation.
It was also impossible for him to neglect his ranger skills. Ranger skills often needed to be trained in the wild. This trip back and forth was even more difficult.
Even if he finally had some free time … well, the system teacher's magic lessons were already on the way. He decided to go back to his dorm and listen to his younger sister's lessons. Besides, magic lessons were the ones that required the most attention and effort. He would accidentally lose an entire day's worth of time for magic training.
Of course, he also couldn't neglect the magic armor classes at the academy. When he had time, Rorschach would go to Teacher Adeline's place for tutoring. Usually, he would only do so on the evenings when Adeline was free. He barely managed to keep up with the class's progress.
Plus, he was currently in a battle with the silver elves and was preparing for a strategic counterattack. Many things required Rorschach's personal supervision. Rorschach was almost always sleeping in the editing department at night, so he naturally had even less time to show up at school.
Rorschach lived a busy and busy life every day. However, in the eyes of outsiders, especially those who normally went to school and rarely saw Rorschach, he became a legendary otaku who was nowhere to be seen. Even if they occasionally saw him, he would be in his dorm … And so, during the midterm class meeting, he unquestionably received the Most Familial Man award.
Rorschach got off the stage and rubbed his stiff cheeks as he began to pout in anger.
"… I actually got the Best Otaku Award. Didn't those bastards in the editing department laugh so hard when they saw this? I clearly just paid for it …"
"Paid for it? Excuse me, do you have friends in Aishi who are the same age as you? Do you have classmates who you're close to? Friends who have special relationships or are colleagues don't count. "
Su Nanna, who was sitting at the same table as Rorschach, was taking pleasure in his misfortune as always. She recalled how back in the day, she had also suffered so much that she couldn't say anything about it. Rorschach didn't know what to say.
As for the friends she was asking about … Rorschach silently shook his head. He truly didn't have any friends here who were the same age as him.
Classmates who he was close to? Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have received such a sarcastic award.
"Do you have time to attend social balls and entertainment events? There are many important people in the academy who have social balls every Friday night. There are also various festivals and celebrations. "
Rorschach continued shaking his head. He had only just learned about the social balls, and as for festivals and celebrations … Rorschach still hadn't remembered most of the Aishi festivals.
"Do you need me to add more? Do you have a daughter …? "
"No, thank you. Yep, I'm not paying for it. "
Rorschach hurriedly stopped himself from saying anything else. Some pain was something that shouldn't be touched upon … It wasn't that Rorschach was still brooding over his relationship with the opposite sex. It was just that whenever he thought of his girlfriend, he would recall the tragedy of his love confession, which was the darkest moment in his life. Then, he would think of Isabella, who had revealed her true colors, and then he would think of his empty wallet.
That's right, Rorschach had been robbed yet again. Two days ago, due to certain people's "instigation" (kidnapping), Rorschach had gone to the arms market to make some adjustments to his magic armor. Then, he met Isabella, who was also going to the arms market, and then … there was no then.
"Damned arms dealers. Damned credit card pools. You guys can even steal magic armor parts. You're insane."
Due to Rorschach's abnormal luck, it wasn't that he suffered a loss. However, a certain person had been tempted by Rorschach's money and coaxed him into robbing Rorschach's wallet. In the end, Rorschach received a pile of promissory notes.
"The Best Friend Award! Student Lynn! "
Rorschach was distracted, but then he saw that Undead Knight Lynn had already gone up on stage to receive his award.
Unlike Rorschach's overly subtle award, this Best Friend Award was also equivalent to a popularity award. It would seem that Lynn had been quite popular in class while Roland wasn't around.
At this moment, Rorschach thought back to when he returned to his dorm and saw the neatly folded clean clothes by his bed, as well as that nutritious and delicious dinner … He silently praised the Headless Knight for being such a good wife and mother, and then applauded with all his might.
As for the next award winner, Rorschach found it inexplicably strange. Before he went up on stage, he seemed to be glaring at Rorschach.
"The Fastest Improvement Award. This was jointly decided by the teachers and us. Student Matt, first of all, congratulations on winning this award. Once again, congratulations on successfully advancing to the second rank in just three short months! You truly deserve to be called the Fastest Improvement Award. "
Matt? This name sounds a little familiar. Why is he glaring at me? Did I offend him?
Seeing that Rorschach was deep in thought, Su Nanna helplessly patted him on the shoulder.
"It's all thanks to you that he has such a day. Don't you remember the first time you piloted a magic armor? At that time, he lost to you and voluntarily resigned from his position as class monitor. Has he really been training like crazy these past few months? "
"Ah, what does it have to do with me? I don't even remember him …"
Rorschach was still turning around to retort when he noticed that Su Nanna was pointing behind him.
"Cough, student Rorschach, class monitor wasn't wrong. Although you probably don't remember that victory, it was a very important turning point for me. It allowed me to clearly see my own shallow ignorance and weakness. In a way, I should thank you for your guidance for being able to successfully advance to a Silver Knight. Although you're probably too busy to remember a nobody like me. "
When Rorschach turned around, Matt's long face was right in front of him. Matt's half-smile was filled with anger. It seemed that he had heard a lot.
Rorschach only glanced at Matt for a moment before he laughed.
"Why are you being so awkward? You're obviously so angry, yet you're still faking a smile. I feel bad for you. Aren't you just trying to get back at me? What time? What time? Where is it? One-on-one? A group fight? "
Matt almost couldn't swallow his anger. After a while, he squeezed out a sentence.
"Tomorrow, eleven o 'clock, one-on-one in the seventh arena. Bring your own magic armor."
Matt gritted his teeth as he walked back to his seat. Meanwhile, the other students were already excitedly discussing the upcoming battle on the street. The class meeting, which had been set off by this sudden incident, was just like a tea party.
While the other students were gnashing their teeth and imagining how they would take revenge tomorrow, Rorschach continued to be in a daze. He didn't even notice who the remaining winners were until Su Nanna knocked him awake with a scroll of awards.
"… Right, isn't tomorrow the publication day for the teaching magazine? Do you have time to play with him?"
Rorschach silently stood up with a serious expression, as if he were a warrior about to rush into battle.
"You're asking such a simple question? Of course I … no, I didn't agree to a duel with him. Tsk, people these days are so interesting. They set up a time and place for themselves, but they didn't ask me if I was free or if I wanted to go. "
Su Nanna sighed. She was getting to know Rorschach better and better, so she could faintly guess at Rorschach's intentions.
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