Today. Yes, today is the first day I will enter my first high school.
Uniform, check. School supplies in bag, check. Appearance, check.
After making sure everything I would bring was ready, having breakfast with my family, waiting for my stepsisters at the front gate, it was time for school.
"We're leaving, Mom!"
"We're leaving, Stepmom!"
"Ara~ have fun at school~"
Violet waved her hand, letting her children go to gain knowledge.
Upon arrival, I entered the same school as Vani, Vittoria, and her big sister, Valian, who was in her final year.
This school has a junior high and even a university with the same name in a large area that is like a small town belonging to the school itself.
And moreover, the high school I will be entering is a high school that was formerly exclusively for girls, and only opened to the public this year.
In other words, I am the first male student along with some other boys who enrolled in that school.
The school, which covers a fairly large area of the city, even like a dense small town filled with junior high, high school, and university buildings, made me quite tired walking through its vast grounds.
Vittoria and Valian walked beside me. Vani separated after entering the front gate and walked in a different direction from us.
Many female students glanced at me as I walked accompanied by Valian and Vittoria. Perhaps they thought I was one of the male students brave enough to enroll in a school that was originally exclusively for women.
By the way, Vivian graduated from this school. She continued her studies at an art university, not far from our school. She even drove all her siblings (including me) to school using our father's black sedan.
"Oh? Vincent?"
Someone recognized me. She walked behind me and made me, Vittoria, and Valian turn around.
I recognized her too. Long, wavy, shoulder-length pink hair with sapphire blue eyes. A cute, pretty face for a girl. A young woman's body that was quite alluring, especially her thick and soft thighs. Although her chest was still developing, the neat uniform she wore accentuated her curves quite well. She wore transparent white knee-high socks.
She opened her mouth without saying a word when she saw me.
It was currently summer transitioning to autumn, so the students' uniform was a summer uniform without blazer.
A red plaid tie, a short-sleeved collared white shirt, and a knee-length reddish-black skirt for women.
The same for men like me, the difference is I wore belted long pants.
I squinted, trying to remember the name of the girl who called my name from behind.
"Who?" I still couldn't remember her.
***
"It's me. Your neighbor and childhood friend who often play with you."
The pink-haired girl, radiating a gentle, friendly aura, pointed to herself.
Vincent once again tried to search his memory and found no information other than strange snippets of memories with a small pink-haired girl when he was in elementary school and kindergarten.
"Neighbor?" Vittoria and Valian asked in confusion, then turned to Vincent.
"Hmm, that's okay if you don't remember. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Ah! I know, we once bathed together in the river and I accidentally—blhlbhlhhblh!"
Vincent immediately covered the pink-haired girl's mouth, two steps in front of him, his cheeks flushing red. Vittoria and Valian immediately grew suspicious to Vincent.
"I remember! I remember! Don't tell that embarrassing memory!"
The pink-haired girl nodded her face and Vincent removed his hand from her mouth. His palm was wet. It seemed the pink-haired girl had licked Vincent's palm when he forcibly covered her mouth just now.
Vincent immediately wiped his hand with a handkerchief from his pocket.
"So, you are... Arda? Area? Arpa?" Vincent tried to guess the name of the pink-haired girl in front of him, who was his childhood friend and neighbor.
The pink-haired girl chuckled at Vincent guessing her name but still getting it wrong.
"No. Try again."
"Arse? Arta? Ariella?" Vincent tried to guess without thinking twice and said whatever came to his mind.
The pink-haired girl smiled awkwardly. The corner of her cute droopy eye twitched slightly.
"Aria. Aria Rosenfeld. It seems we'll be seeing each other often from now on." She smiled sweetly.
Vincent's heart pounded erratically seeing Aria's smile, his childhood friend and neighbor whom he had failed to remember.
Before his uniform collar was pulled back by Vittoria.
"Ah, nice to meet you, Aria Rosenfeld. I'm Vittoria Fortis, and this is my sister Valian Fortis. I hope we can be good friends as neighbors and schoolmates."
Vittoria introduced herself with a smile and extended her hand like a salesperson, while with her other hand she pulled Vincent away from Aria.
Aria shook Vittoria's hand, Vittoria's grip was quite strong. For some reason, they shook hands like mafia bosses.
"Nice to meet you... Vittoria."
Vincent tried to break free from Vittoria's grip, but for some reason couldn't because Vittoria's grip was unreasonably strong. If he forced himself to break free, his shirt collar would tear first.
"And sister Valian." Aria bowed slightly to Valian.
Valian, who was a senior in her final year, didn't pay much attention, but she seemed to have often seen the pink-haired girl in their housing complex.
"Ah, you're the girl who always peeks at our house every afternoon."
Aria's sweet and friendly smiling face twitched slightly upon hearing that.
"Hm? Perhaps Valian is mistaken."
Valian looked quite confident as her memory was sharp. But she shrugged and didn't take it too seriously.
"By the way, what's your relationship with Vincent?" Aria asked curiously. During the four years Vincent was missing, Vincent's house was occupied by a new family Aria didn't know. She was always curious where Vincent went at that time and regularly peeked over the Fortis house fence to see if Vincent (her childhood friend and neighbor) had returned.
And this morning was the biggest coincidence of her life. But she was accompanied by the girls of the unfamiliar family now occupying the Fortis house. Aria was filled with questions in her head.
"Us?" Vittoria and Valian said in unison. "Vincent's new family."
Aria dropped her bag. Her nightmare had come true.
***
Vincent entered his new class accompanied by a beautiful and sexy female teacher. Some students who graduated from junior high and entered high school had already received their desk numbers. Some new students had also received their desk seats when they registered last week.
Vincent was a last-minute registrant, as he had only moved back to his hometown two weeks ago.
His eyes immediately glanced at Vittoria and Aria, who happened to be in the same class this new high school year.
They opened their mouths in surprise to see Vincent, who would be their classmate.
"You can sit in the empty spot, Vincent."
The beautiful, sexy female teacher was named Lilith Blackwood (as stated on the name tag pinned to her chest pocket) wearing a black suit and a tight black skirt with equally dark stockings. Her skin was white. Her hair was elegantly styled in a bun with square glasses. And in her hand, she carried a riding crop everywhere.
Vincent saw that the only empty seat at the very back was between Vittoria and Aria. He let out a heavy sigh as he walked to his seat for the entire year.
"It's nice that we're in the same class, Vincent." Aria said cutely, smiling sweetly at Vincent who sat next to her.
Meanwhile, across from Vincent, Vittoria puffed out her cheeks for no reason. Although she was actually quite happy that Vincent was in her class and sitting next to her.
Ms. Lilith wrote something on the whiteboard.
"My name is Lilith Blackwood. I will be the permanent teacher in this class for the next year. I have no hobbies. I don't have a boyfriend, and I'm not thinking about it at all. I have full studies in all fields of education. All my grades are perfect, and I am a rational person. My favorite color is black, my favorite food is foie gras, my favorite drink is wine. The qualities I like most are discipline and diligence. As long as you are in my class, I will not tolerate any mischief. If anyone objects, please leave this class."
Ms. Lilith wrote her name in beautiful script on the whiteboard. She then looked at the class seriously.
"Since this is your first day of school. Introduce yourselves from the front as I just did. Starting from desk number one."
There were 24 chairs in four rows and six columns, neatly arranged. The first desk was counted from the leftmost desk from the teacher's desk perspective.
A girl with short brown hair braided into two pigtails below her ears stood tall. She wore round glasses. And looked nervous yet quite confident.
"Okay! My name is Emma Clark. Um.. I live in the town to the East. And um.. I'm interested in psychology and science. My hobbies are reading and writing. That's all, nice to meet you! I hope we can be good friends for the next year!" She bowed respectfully.
Ms. Lilith clapped softly.
"Good. Next!"
A brown-tanned girl stood up. She had black hair with a short, boyish haircut. She smiled widely, enthusiastically introducing herself to the class, drawing all eyes to her.
"Alright! My name is Marian Rivera. My hobbies are running marathons and exercising! I'm the leader of the girls' basketball club that won the city tournament last year, and now I dream of winning the national championship! I love all kinds of sports, both light and heavy! I hope we can exercise together and win the championship!" The girl smiled enthusiastically, extending her hand behind her.
Some students like Aria, Vincent, and Vittoria clapped. Her spirit was contagious, making the classroom atmosphere quite lively.
Ms. Lilith clapped softly, though her face remained flat and stern.
"Good, next!"
"Alright! My name is Talia Sera..."
"My name is Patricia Bougainville..."
"My name is Helena Greyrat..."
"My name is Falencia Darcia..."
Nothing particularly caught Vincent's attention besides the first two girls. But after sixteen people introduced themselves, someone made Vincent open his eyes in interest.
"My name is Iris Winterbourne." Then the girl sat down without further introducing herself.
Vincent was interested because of her mysterious demeanor. Besides, the girl's voice and appearance were quite unique. Like an ice queen from a fantasy fairy tale.
The girl had long, straight silver hair that reached her waist. Vincent couldn't see her face clearly, but she had snow-white skin.
And Winterbourne was a prominent noble family in the northern part of the city.
Ms. Lilith didn't object and told the next student to introduce themselves.
"Hehe, it's my turn." A boy other than Vincent, who was sitting in the seat in front of Vincent's desk, stood up.
"I am Gregor Davidson! I am a charismatic romantic man! I aim to create a harem in this school! I am the harem king in this city! No woman will be immune to my handsomeness! Hahahaha!"
Thwack!
Ms. Lilith threw chalk out of nowhere squarely at Gregor's forehead! Gregor cried out in pain, touching his forehead. He was a young man with short hair and an average appearance. Even slightly below average.
"Sit down. Next."
Other female students secretly laughed at Gregor's funny and quite entertaining narcissistic behavior. Gregor sat in his seat with a pout. Ms. Lilith looked at him, and he immediately put on a scared poodle face.
Until it was Vittoria's turn.
"Alright! Um... my name is Vittoria Fortis. My hobby is martial arts. I don't have high dreams. Um... that's all. Nice to meet you."
Vittoria then sat in her seat with blushing cheeks.
The other girl students immediately whispered upon hearing the surname Fortis mentioned. The Fortis family was quite famous in the city because the largest company in the city was Fortis Company. It was even one of the ten richest and largest companies in the world.
"You're quite shy, Vittoria."
Vittoria heard Vincent's whisper and immediately stomped on his foot.
"Ow!"
All faces turned to Vincent, who yelped in pain.
"What's wrong, Vincent? Stand up quickly and introduce yourself. The lesson is about to begin."
Ms. Lilith urged Vincent to stand up immediately. Otherwise, she would throw another piece of chalk at Vincent's forehead.
Vincent immediately stood up from his seat.
"My name is Vincent Fortis. I don't have any particular hobbies, but I quite enjoy sports and any kind of art. There's nothing special about me. I like everything as long as it's good. Nice to meet you. I hope we can all be good friends."
The other students immediately whispered upon hearing that Vincent had the same surname as Vittoria. Soon, various rumors about the famous Fortis family began to circulate among them.
Ms. Lilith clapped softly.
"Good. Next!"
It was Aria's turn. She stood up from her seat and gave her characteristic sweet smile.
"My name is Aria Rosenfeld. My hobbies are singing and dancing. I am Vincent's childhood friend, and we have promised to get married in the future! Nice to meet you all~!"
"Huh?"
"Huh?????!"
The student introductions in the class concluded with Aria. The last student, a girl wearing a hooded hoodie that covered her head, did not get a turn to introduce herself.
***