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Translator: uly
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Prologue
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◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ ⚖ Pharenchia Academy Regulations ⚖ [1. Do not run noisily in the hallways.][2. Return to the dormitory by curfew.][3. The 3rd floor cafe terrace operates on a reservation system, so do not occupy seats without a reservation.]
(Violating the above will result in 1 demerit point.)
[4. Before entering Professor Glatos's laboratory, always request an access pass.][5. Forbidden to use attack magic outside of designated areas.]
(Violating the above will result in 3 demerit points.)
"To dare think of stealing bread from the one and only canteen on campus. What's your name?"
"Ah, Adella. From Privity Hall..."
"Then you're a first-year?"
With trembling hands, Adella stared at the man before her. The moment he grabbed her hand—the man she had thought was just an ordinary canteen uncle—the mana enveloping her vanished as if she had been hurled into the middle of outer space.
"That's strange. I've told the chairman about this every single time. You wouldn't happen to have skipped reading the school rules, would you?"
"S-sob, no, I-I...!"
School rules? That massive booklet handed out at the entrance ceremony, rivaling the size of a hefty textbook?
Adella recalled the pages that a few friends had shown her after flipping through it.
⚖ Pharenchia Academy Regulations ⚖ [16. Do not cause any disturbance in the canteen.][17. Do not commit any criminal acts in the canteen.][18. If the canteen has no change, reply 'understood' and receive a refund from the student council.][19. If you hear someone's scream from inside the canteen, do not enter and contact a faculty member immediately.]
Over a hundred lines of similar rules, the kind one might dismiss as someone's prank.
Of course, she had thought they were nothing serious—probably just lies.
⚖ Pharenchia Academy Regulations ⚖ [258. If Pharenchia Academy faces the brink of annihilation from an unknown external attack, all faculty and students must evacuate to the canteen and request assistance from the owner.]
"So you stole it even though you knew..."
[If the above is violated, the academy will not take responsibility for the lives of its students.]
"Do you want to die?"
Now, she knew better than anyone that those words were no lie.
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