The next day, Loran brought me back to the academy.

"You've also memorized the class schedule, right? The classroom for today's first class is the same as yesterday's."

"Do I...go there by myself?"

Yesterday, she at least had a teacher watching over me.

Loran smiled wryly, "You're not a first-day school kid anymore, do you still need an adult to lead you?"

"No, I'm worried that my moving around in the academy alone would cause panic."

The scene of the entire classroom of fairies fleeing in terror as soon as I opened my mouth yesterday is still fresh in my mind.

"Although I should be watching over you for the first few days, you'll eventually have to move around the academy freely like the other students. It's better to let the students here get used to it earlier. At least now they can sit in the same classroom as you, right?"

Right, after experiencing the shock of the first class, there indeed hasn't been any such disturbance in the following classes.

It's just that no fairy would want to come within five meters around me in any classroom...

"I'm busy every day and don't have the leisure to manage so many things, so see you later." She yawned openly, then walked away.

This guy is probably going to slack off and sleep again.

No choice, I'll go there myself then.

Just as I walked a few steps up the stairwell, I heard a girl's voice from above.

"...Please apologize to her and don't do such excessive things in the future!" A righteous voice, it sounded very familiar.

"The person herself hasn't said anything, who are you to stand up for her? Let her come and make her own complaints, that is if this mute can speak."

Following this sentence, several people laughed.

"You..." That very familiar voice sounded quite angry.

Are people arguing in the corridor?

I walked up and saw the figures of several fairy girls at the corner of the corridor. A tall blonde fairy was laughing coldly and glaring at a black-haired fairy girl, with three other girls standing behind her—that's mostly likely her entourage, as someone experienced in leadership, I could tell at a glance.

The black-haired fairy girl being glared at was a fairy I knew.

Fairy Princess, Elissa.

No wonder the voice just now sounded so familiar.

What...happened?

"Hmm? Student Bloch?" The fairy princess noticed me.

The other fairy girls also looked over, their expressions all froze simultaneously.

Good, at least they didn't scream and scatter immediately—I've seemingly lowered my expectations for these fairy girls' reactions unknowingly.

"Good morning, your highness." I greeted her. After all, we managed to clear up that troublesome misunderstanding yesterday.

"Good morning. I've told you, you don't have to be so formal, just call me Elissa." The princess smiled politely at me.

"Oh my, just like the rumors, our princess has been tamed by the orc to the point of falling for him," the blonde fairy interjected gloomily.

"Firan, watch your language, that's completely a rumor!" Princess Elissa glared at her.

"Oh, so scary." The blonde fairy named Firan sneered back, then turned to me, "That guy Loran, actually allowed such a filthy orc to enter this academy... Hey, I heard you were quite impressive when you enrolled yesterday. Just so you know, I'm not afraid of you!"

Unlike during the trial, I wasn't locked in a cage here and was not a mere student who dared to confront me like she could knock my instructor down with a collar. Indeed, it was commendable, although...

My gaze drifted down, landing on her slender legs boldly exposed beneath her skirt.

Her legs were trembling incessantly, just like a newborn fawn.