?"Stop joking," she finallyughed, even if it was a short one. Seeing her face brighten up again, William felt a little relieved for no reason.


    As for attending the sses, he was someone who didn''t need that. However, he had to go, even from time to time, and that for two main reasons.


    Even if he wasn''t that much interested in these sses, he had to show up his hard work to exin his soon toe rapid growth.


    People wouldn''t doubt much if he grew stronger while attending sses. But if he didn''t, he''d have to face the same storm of doubt and suspicion he got when he jumped through ranks and became a bronze spirit master.


    Going against logic and without following the usual routes was something that would bring disasters on the head of anyone.


    In addition to that, William needed to broaden and deepen his rtionship with others. Be it the kids from the Long n, other kids from other ns, William needed to get to know as many as he could.


    The bigger the pool of talent he''d find, the better the seeds he''d select to support.


    Also, he didn''t want to let those traitors in the academy live their lives in peace. He wanted to keep a close eye over the big trends in the academy, sniffing around and trying to uncover any dirty schemes of those traitors to foil them.


    "Don''t take the sses lightly," she felt like William wasn''t that much interested in attending sses, so she added while taking her leave, "the sses aren''t far from here. Not attending them or getting therete will have points deducted from your record."


    "Don''t get used to resting," she shouted as she went towards the nearby building, "I''ll nag you all the time to make sure you won''t miss the sses tomorrow."


    "I''m not going tomorrow!" William shouted back and she simply ignored him and went towards her residence.


    "Record? Points? What are these?" Tina''s bright eyes blinked as she asked while watching Berry vanish into her ce.


    "It''s a system of the academy," William took in a deep breath. He had to adapt to his new identity as a formal disciple of the academy and try to make a name for himself here following the normal rules of the world.


    "So," he rubbed his hands while turning his attention back to the house, "let''s get in first."


    "Yes!" Tina jumped and like a little kid, she forgot all about herst question.


    Learning her lesson from before, Tina didn''t hurry to enter the building, waited for William to use the orb in his hand to open the restrictions around.


    As William used the keys given to him, the trio entered the house. The garden looked nice and properly taken care of. Flowers were there and a few beautiful looking nts as well.


    Yet there wasn''t a single herbal nt here. This garden paled greatlypared to the one at the Long n patriarch''s residence he visited before.


    However, this didn''t depress him. He knew he could nt anything he wantedter on. And he intended to do so in the near future, collecting different herbs when he''d explore the forest.


    When they entered the house, they were surprised by how spacious it truly was! It didn''t give them such an impression from the outside.


    It had two big halls, five sleeping rooms, and two study rooms. There were many pieces of good furniture, and William was quite satisfied with how clean and neatly organised this house was.


    It was like he purchased it from an owner who used to live here until a few days ago.


    "I''ll take this one! Don''t fight me on it!" Tina was running around like a little rabbit. And so, she got the chance to select the first room. She liked it as it had a small balcony that wasn''t that much off the ground.


    William could only shake his head when he heard Tina''s words. The ce had enough rooms for all of them. And there was no reason for anyone to fight for anything!


    Lina selected the next room to her sister without hesitation. And William selected one that was on the rear.


    He loved being alone, and he knew if he selected a room next to Tina, then he should give his sleep and training a goodbye kiss.


    After finishing all this, he finally got the chance to change his attire. His uniform was already hacked, stained with monster blood, and didn''t represent his real status.


    When he took that white uniform off, it seemed as if he was changing his entire life with it. This uniform kept sticking to him in his past life until he left this world and went to the outer one.


    Seeing this white uniform that wasn''t pure white anymore made him heave a long sigh. "You did give me a lot of trouble, and it''s time for you to rest," he said to his old uniform, patting on it like he was patting an old friend or something.


    After all, part of the hostility he got everywhere came from wearing such a uniform around!


    When he changed, a bronzed coloured uniform covered his body, matching his weak build quite perfectly. William got a bigger mirror in his room, one that took almost half of an entire wall.


    He checked himself and a faint image of his future self ovepped over the current image of him at this moment.


    "At least I''m on the right track," he was quite satisfied with that.


    He wasn''t that tired, but that didn''t mean he shouldn''t get some rest.


    He slept for a few hours, and when he woke up again, the sun was still shining on this world.


    He stretched and didn''t actually leave the bed. Instead, he remained resting there while everything he lived through sinceing back shed in his mind.


    "You brought lots of trouble to yourself, William," he muttered to himself while realising how high profile he acted sinceing back.