His bags were already sent to Helios before him so Rood walked to the Academy with only the clothing on his body. His blonde hair shifted slightly in the wind as he observed the vast campus in front of him only still halfway through a massive garden. Flowers bloomed everywhere as many different kind you could think of in all the colors of the rainbow. The entrance by itself was large, the Main Building standing opposingly in front of him. On the front in large letters was the name the name "Helios."

"...How am I supposed to get around this place without a guide." With a sigh, the blonde haired boy started walking to the building when he noticed a blue-haired boy sleeping at the base of a tree. Rood quickly decided to ask for the boy's help as he had the same level uniform as he did. The stones crunched underneath his feet as he walked towards him.

"Excuse me." Rood said politely to the sleeping boy. 'Should I wake him up….? Classes might start…' He bent down on his knees and spoke louder.

"Excuse me." But to no avail. The boy in front of him continued to snooze in front of him, his chest rising and lowering in front of Rood.

"...Maybe the classes will start soon…?" Rood said absentmindedly and to his surprise the boy in front of him snapped awake.

"W...what… WAIT WHAT?! I HAVE TO GO!" The blue haired boy quickly got up and tried to run off when to his surprise, Rood quickly grabbed the back of his jacket. There was a momentary choked sound as the boy quickly backed up to get his air back. He looked at Rood while holding his neck, his eyes only slightly watery. Rood in reply let go of his jacket

"Wh-what was that for?" He pouted a little as Rood looked at him calmly.

"Can I ask for your help to find my way to my classes? I'm afraid I'm lost." The boy blinked at him and realized that he hadn't recognized him.

"Eh? I haven't seen you before! Wait, are you the rumored new student?! THe person who got a perfect score on the Admission and haven't been at school because of an illness?!" The boys eyes seemed to sparkle, his hair blowing slightly in the wind with Rood's mimicking the same.

"Yeah….wait. What?!" Rood frowned confused as he had no knowledge of taking the admission exam much less passing with a perfect score.

"It's so nice to meet you! My name is Dio Varus!"

"Ah… I'm Rood Chrishi."

"Do you mind me calling you Rood?" Dio asked him cheerfully, a bright smile on his face.

"Sure." As Rood looked at the school, the boy in front of him remembered why the other woke him up.

"C'mon! Let me show you the way!" Dio quickly turned to the main building and started walking quickly to their destination. Rood followed him, absentmindedly wondering why he picked such a strange boy to help him find the way to the school.

As the duo walked past a plentitude of trees and flowers galore, they went inside a side door of the main building. A bell rang and Dio frowned.

"That was the late bell… I'm sure Professor Khan will understand if I'm guiding the new student to class!" The frown quickly faded and the blue-haired boy grinned pleased as he walked to their class. Once they got there the Professor looked at the two, having stopped his beginning of the day.

"Dio, may I ask why you are late?" Khan asked the blue-haired boy patiently.

"I was escorting the new student to our room!" Dio said cheerfully, his grin practically lighting up the whole room. Khan then notices the smaller boy behind him and nods.

"So you have. I won't count you late this time but do try to stop being late so much yes?" The brown-haired professor smiled at the now blushing boy as the whole class laughed. Dio gave an awkward laugh as he scratched the back of his head.

"Yes Professor." As Dio walked back to his seat, Rood walked to the teacher calmly. The students whispered to their friends as they watched the small boy from their seats.

"He's younger than I thought."

"I wonder how old he is."

"He seems the adorable and cute type!"

"I know right?!"

"He's so amazing, getting a perfect score!"

Rood observed the class when he noticed a gray haired boy, his face partly covered by his long hair. The boy avoided looking at anyone in his secluded seat, reading the textbook he had in front of him. He didn't lean over his seat to speak to anyone nor did anyone try. Rood couldn't help but notice how the boy had a divide between himself and others.

"Now everyone, this is our new student Rood Chrishi. He will be joining our class this second semester. Mr. Chrishi you can sit anywhere you'd like." Rood nod and ignored some of the students who waved to him and sat next to the quiet boy. The room hushed instantly and Rood looked around curiously and noticed them all looking at the boy next to him. Rood looked at the boy next to him and read the name on the textbook. Lidusis Dien Artian. The shy boy quickly picked up his book to hide his face. Rood raised an eyebrow when he realized that the book was upside down. The tension was quickly cut when Professor Khan started talking.

"Now everyone, as today is the beginning of our new term, so let's all get along! We need to be motivated and work intelligently so let's start this semester off great!" He spoke to the class, the tension dissipating as he smiled cheerfully. The student's shoulders relaxed all except for Dio who looked back at Rood worriedly

"I would like to inform the class of some events that will be happening this have the national school wide competitions that the school has decided to join. There will be chosen students for this event. Ten Hereis, ten Klad and five Idun. This means that if some of you excel you might be able to join the competition! I hope that some people from our class can join even if just one. Students will be chosen depending on their marks and athletic marks as well." The professor spoke calmly to the class and most of them spoke excitedly about the competition.

"And everyone," Professor Khan said while waiting for everyone's attention. " Please don't bully Mr. Chrishi as he is someone who has been homeschooled his whole life because of an illness!" There were murmurs of agreements, Rood was silently fuming and imagining ways of killing his older brother.

The bell rang loudly and the students quickly started to gather up their things and chat with their friends. A group got up and walked over to Rood excitedly, trying to talk to him but were quickly interrupted by Dio.

"I got a request from the teacher to show you around since I led you to class!" He beamed at Rood who was relieved for the strange boy's interruption. Rood nodded quickly and got his things. He looked to the side and noticed that Lidusis was nowhere in sight. Dio noticed the curious looked and made a mental note to tell him to stay away from the boy.

The duo walked down hallways, their first stop was the library. As Rood stepped in, he looked up to see multiple levels of books and shelves lining the walls as well as in rows. In the middle there were tables with students sitting in them, studying or doing classwork. In the exact middle there was an orb that glowed a deep blackish purple color that kept out sound for the tables that surrounded it in a circle. Dio walked further in ward and pointed out sections as well as the fact that some levels, only the Hereis have access to and at the very top, only teachers had access to.

"I didn't realize you could remember all this considering you were sleeping in class." Rood said staring at Dio with a blank face, his eyebrows slightly raised in surprise.

"Hey!"

The next place they stopped at was the cafeteria, a large room with tables lining the room in rows as well as multiple lines for one to choose food from. Dio's stomach growled and he scratched the back of his stomach and quickly went to buy a sandwich.

"Is the only reason we came here was to get food for you?"

"No!"

Once again they left the large room filled with people to go to a lab. Dio then explained after he was done pouting, that this is where many experiments are created and attached to the room was where people would build machines. The first part of the room there were tables of vials, liquids in them and some empty. The other part of the room had clear tables with the exception of those with people at them, machines being worked on that ranged from small objects to large. There were tools lining the room to where it met the other part of the room where lab equipment such as a microscopes along with a cabinet of chemicals.

"I suppose you never visit here." Rood said looking at Dio through the corner of his eyes.

"I don't but how did you know that?"

"You don't strike me as the person to understand any of this."

"Hey! That's mean…" Dio pouted once again. How could the new student be so harsh. Honest and right, but rude.

They walked outside to another building that was just as large as the main building maybe even larger. The duo walked through a hallway with multiple doors attached to large rooms. Each room had a see-through glass that let you observe the people inside. The first room had practice weapons varying from swords to guns on one side, and magic orbs and other magical items on the other side. In the next room there was a smaller room you had to walk through first. In the small room there was complicated machinery that Dio explained was to create virtual demons that you could fight. As they kept walking, there were virtual rooms for playing different kinds of sports as well that were set up to the sport's setting. Then the duo got to the section where there was an obstacle course with ropes hanging from the ceiling, rock walls, rope ladders and many other things to help increase stamina. The room was large but here was an even larger room at the end of the hall that had different natural settings such as a forest, a desert and even a small beach.

"Who gives this school money for this stuff." Rood asked confused.

"A lot of nobles send their kids here so I imagine that's where. I don't think I've been this far since we had the tour in the beginning of the year!" Dio said happily.

"I figured."

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean? Rood? Rood?!" Dio asked confused before pouting as he realized what the new student meant.

"I train…" Dio huffed.

"Yeah, in sleeping." Rood said with a soft snort while he shook his head, thinking back to the time he saw Dio sleeping behind the textbook during class.

They walked out of the building to the sun starting to set.

"Oh! Has it been that long already? Here! I'll show you to the dorms!" As the two walked to the dorms, another building came into view. While it wasn't as big as the other buildings it was still large compared to a regular building.

"Ah… I forgot to take you there!"

"Where?"

"The theatre! It's a huge hall room! Larger than cinemas!" Dio said happily and walked to to the building, Rood following him. As they looked inside there was a large stage at the end, before the stages were rows upon rows of cushioned seats, above there was another level of seats.

"Here they tell us about the competitions or events and it's so booooooring~. Especially that one time, in the first year they made a festival and there was an event near the end of it. There were people who went on the stage and confessed their love for the person they love in front of them on stage and us the audience. No one confessed to me….." Dio said with a little sob and pout, his shoulders drooping.

"How would you know, you're likely to be sleeping through it. Besides to have someone confess to you would imply that someone had a crush on you which I find hard to see." the blonde haired boy said to the other.

"So mean! Rood, why don't you understand those feelings of staying single?!" Dio said teary eyed, Rood rolling his eyes in response.

"Stop being so melodramatic. Maybe you should get on stage and act. I'm sure you'd be a giant hit. Plus, I'm not interested in a stupid thing nor believe in it, things such as love are illogical and pointless."

"...Rood that's depressing." The blue-haired boy stared at his friend. He shook his head in disbelief and left the building.

"Let's just get to the dorms." Dio nodded in agreement and walked to their destination as Dio chatted about random things. Once they got to the desk, Dio asked the dorm president about Rood's room.

"We don't have an extra room set up yet so if he can sleep with a friend might be for the best." She said politely as Dio grinned and turned to Rood.

"You can sleep with me then!"

"Do I get a choice?" Rood asked the blue haired boy who pouted in return.

"No! Now c'mon!" Dio ran up to his room excitedly when he remembered his mental note from earlier.

"Oh… Rood, if I were you I would stay away from Lidusis Dien Artian if you want a relaxing time at Helios." Dio said looking at his new friend. Rood frowned in reply.

"What? Why?"

"Because the Hereis have him as a target and anyone who gets too close to him will become a target too!" Dio said worried about Rood. Rood thought about it, thinking about the fact that they haven't even awakened yet so what does it matter.

"What a pain, aren't Hereis just a group of rookies who haven't awakened yet?" Rood said and shook his head and watched his friend open the door quietly.

"What are you saying?! Neither are you so don't let them hear you say that." Dio said with a quiet huff and looking at his roommate's bed. Only a little bit of gray could see from under the blanket that wrapped around the tall boy. Rood made a mental note about the fact that Dio was roommates with Lidusis.

"Rood you can sleep on the bed, I can sleep on the floor." Rood nodded and the two got ready for bed in the dark. Rood gave Dio a pillow and a blanket and the duo went to sleep.