The System Of A Vampire - 124 Attending the Classes

Draig waited for around a week to start attending the classes, he felt the need to let the attention fade from him while he explored the grounds and see what the place had to offer. This little exploration had revealed to him that the Deva Academy seemed to be in it’s own independent nation so to speak, there really wasn’t a governing body but he hadn’t even made it to the end of the grounds during a week which was quite the distance as he had travelled with a considerable amount of speed.

Draig just couldn’t help but wonder why was such a large territory necessary to train the Deva, he would have figured that one of these Dynasties would attempt to chip at the land to expand their domain but it seems that was not the case.

Draig was brought from his thoughts as he pulled aside his Talisman curtain to see Ginji waiting there for him.

“What do you want” asked Draig with a sigh, this was another reason he had been locked away inside his room, the Grave Forger just would not leave him be.

“Just checking to see if you were alive or not” smiled Ginji but Draig understood what he really meant.

If he was dead then Ginji was going to take the Thousand Fold Blade, the Feratu looked at the man for only a short few moments before just shaking his head and walking down the stairs into the main room of the Dorm.

“Oh our little Dragon graces us with his presence” chuckled the Dorm leader, he was pretty content as they had been hounded by Keiko and her group for months but she just wouldn’t give up. However now that Draig had apparently put her in her place they were free to live peacefully as they trained to become Deva.

This seemed to get the attention of the rest but Draig couldn’t help but note that there seemed to be far less people than there were before.

“Where is everyone else” asked Draig with confusion causing the Dorm leader’s smile to fall.

“Well while you were gone yesterday a few more Factions came by and managed to recruit those of our dorm” grunted the Dorm Leader with a rueful look.

“I thought that Dorm E was for undesireables” asked Draig causing the Dorm Leader to smile and shake his head.

“That is where your mistaken, there are Affiliated Dorms as well. It is only us the Unaffilated that are looked down on as we have no backer outside thus if something were to happen then the offender has nothing to fear upon leaving the Academy” explained the Dorm Leader causing Draig to nod, made sense albeit barely.

“That brings me back to my original question, I thought we were undesireables” repeated Draig causing the Dorm leader to grimace.

“Well how do I put this plainly…. That is to say that they weren’t recruited for their strength but rather for the man power” answered the Dorm leader though it seemed saying that had put him in a worse mood.

He didn’t think being in Dorm E for Unaffiliates was so bad, in fact he thought it was far better than being a glorified servant however it would seem that many of his old compatriots didn’t share this view.

“So what your telling me is that they are just for menial labor so to speak” asked Draig as he couldn’t help but find it a bit humorous.

“Worse, it would be more appropriate to say they have taken as Chore boys” grunted the Dorm leader as he didn’t see anything funny about the situation.

Draig couldn’t help the chuckled that slipped from his lips earning him a glare from the Dorm leader.

“I am glad that my problems amuse you, perhaps you would like to be our Dorms chore boy” asked the Dorm Leader threateningly which wasn’t the route to take with someone like the Feratu.

“If you can make me” stated Draig with narrowed eyes as his hand came to rest of the Thousand Fold Blade, this had the effect of reminding the Dorm Leader that the person he was talking to wasn’t some good for nothing E rank like the majority of his Dorm.

“Forget I said anything… … …” muttered the Dorm Leader causing Draig to sneer internally.

‘Don’t make threats that you can’t back up’ thought Draig as he decided to ask another question.

“So I noticed the different buildings surrounding that mountain, what’s the situation with them” asked Draig changing the subject which seemed to be the lifeline the Dorm leader was looking for to clear the awkward air.

“Each of the Dynasties has their own campus now, these are entirely funded by their respective Dynasties and they pay the Deva of the Association for their time teaching their future soldiers and defenders.” explained the Dorm Leader simply but this begged the question.

“Then what about the Unaffiliated.. .. .. ..” asked Draig certain that the answer was going to be dissatisfying.

“Well.. .. … how do I put this plainly. We are kind of a charity case.. .. .. but on the brightside it isn’t as bad as you think. We are actually funded by former Unaffiliates and they are kind enough to spare what they can meaning that while we don’t have the best we still have something” smiled the Dorm Leader, it seemed the thought of the former generation coming forth to assist the new generation made him proud.

“So it’s still inferior to the other’s Campus” stated Draig causing the Dorm Leader’s smile to falter at the blunt outlook.

“It’s the spirit behind it that counts, our predecessors of the Unaffiliated have shown great kindness being able to spare any money to build us a campus. Do you know how hard it is to make a living as a unaffiliated Deva” asked the Dorm Leader causing Draig to look at him questioningly.

“It is hard, most of us are forced to become Head Hunting Deva and do you know what the life expectancy is for them” asked the Dorm Leader continuing his rant.

Draig however perked up after hearing of such a classification for Deva.

“Tell me more.. .. ..” smiled Draig causing the Dorm Leader to deadpan as he now realized Draig truly was not like normal people