Chapter 61: Meeting His New Roommate

After the beach with the others, Julius went back to his room. He didn’t know if his roommate was still there but thought there was a good chance he was. Last night Julius had noticed a lot of bags and items that hadn’t been unpacked yet. So, there was a good chance the other boy was still moving in.

Julius walked through the campus, observing how much more busy it was in just a matter of a day. Now, it seemed like the entire campus was alive with hundreds of students going back and forth. There were students of every kind.

He even saw some beastkin and half-elves roaming around campus, trying to find their dorms. Julius tried to squeeze his way through the crowds, but it was hard without outright shoving people of the out way. No wonder the others chose to get back to school early, it was a madhouse.

Finally, after double the amount of time it should have taken, he got back to the Crescent Dormitory. There were many staff around trying to direct students where they should go and trying to keep the chaos to a minimum. Julius barely got through the hallway to his room, where he found his roommate unpacking his stuff with the door open.

Julius squeezed past a particularly large amount of luggage from another room and went into his room. The boy must have heard Julius, because he turned around.

“Hello! You must be my roommate, I am Henry Bishop, of the Bishop Clan,” he introduced himself and extended a hand.

Julius reached over and shook the other boy’s hand. “Nice to meet you, Henry, I am Julius Snow.”

Julius saw Henry look him over like he was deciding whether or not Julius would be worth befriending. Julius didn’t like it. But he would at least give the other boy a chance. After all, they would be living under the same roof the year.

“I don’t think I have had the pleasure of hearing about a family with the surname of Snow. Are you perhaps from another country? Maybe Corvus?” Henry asked him with a plastic smile.

Julius knew what he was doing. It wasn’t that subtle, but he would play along for now. “No, I am from the Empire, just a commoner, not a noble.”

“Oh, that is a shame,” Henry said. Then he turned around ignoring Julius, and continued unpacking.

It does really sound like it is a shame. Julius thought to himself.

He had been having a lot of good luck lately with nice people and he was praying that his roommate would be one too. However, that didn’t seem like it was the case.

As long as they both could be somewhat respectful and courteous of each other’s space then Julius didn’t care. He wasn’t going to be spending a lot of time in his room anyway.

Julius went over to his side of the room where he saw a pile of clothing on his bed. It appeared that someone had dropped off his uniform this morning. It was a very elegant uniform of soft black cloth and brilliant gold embellishments that fit the style without being gaudy.

There were only two of them, as well as some other clothing he expected was for training. A note accompanied the uniform. It said that each uniform was enchanted with a self-cleaning feature and would completely disinfect the uniform with a small amount of mana. It was a good choice on the part of the school.

He couldn’t even imagine how much it would cost and waste time washing every student’s uniform every day. It most likely saved them time, money, and energy with this one enchantment.

Julius quickly stripped down and put his uniform on. He didn’t mind that Henry was still in the room, he would have to get used to changing in front of him if they were to be roommates. The uniform fit perfectly, it was sharp but also loose in all the right places. Whoever made them knew what they were doing.

Julius made sure to feed Drasil before he left again. A part of Julius was worried about leaving Drasil in the same place as Henry, but decided it wasn’t a good decision at least for now. There were too many people moving back in today, and it was already hard enough to weasel his way through the crowd without a plant in his hands.

Plus, while Henry might be an arrogant noble, he didn’t think he would waste his time beating up a plant. If he did, Julius would make sure he would smother Henry in his sleep.

He headed off to the library, which surprisingly wasn’t that busy. There were more people than yesterday and this morning, but nothing on the scale of the rest of the campus.

Julius went off and found the book he had been reading earlier, The Creation of Mana Furniture. It was an entire book that caught his attention. It was about using mana of different affinities to create items such as chairs, beds, or other house furniture items.

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It didn’t sound like it would be useful, but Julius remembered all the times he had spent in the ravine when he was in the rift, wishing he had something soft to sit on.

The author had written the book for those at Tier 3 mainly. Apparently, this was because it was only at Tier 3 that one began to use ambient mana more freely. Julius could use it to very little effect and understood how difficult it was. It was like trying to write in a totally different language.