Harem Academy

”There are also a few mandatory activities. Every year we will hold a ranking tournament that places your Anomalia in one of the five tiers, dictating your quality of life on this campus. The tournament consists of both practical and theoretical segments. Being the strongest or smartest on its own will assure you a good quality of life, but not the highest. You need to excel at both. ”

The picture on the screen switched to a breakdown of the five tiers. Derilea quickly explained all of them.

The lowest tier was called the Wood Division, as their apartments were literally wooden shacks a fair bit off the campus, only the 10% worst of the students had to live there. Although she didn outright say it, the implication was that those that ended up in this tier should think about dropping out and going to a less prestigious Cosmic University. They were going to be sent there anyway, if they failed to graduate.

Up from there was the Bronze Area. Most of the students, an entire 40% would end up there. The living standards were acceptable, nothing more and nothing less.

Middle of the road were the Iron Ranks, where people would be treated like one would actually expect at a prestigious school like this. Large apartments with ample space for the Anomalia members and a small number of publicly available luxuries. They took a share of 25%, which was another fairly sizable chunk.

Then came the Silver Knights at 15%, the people there enjoyed a truly luxurious lifestyle. They had large rooms for themselves and their Anomalia at large, easy access to supplies and a large amount of other small benefits.

At the top of it all were the Golden Eagles. They took the last 10%, the best of the best of Welldark, and placed them in a palace so large that they would rarely see more than their own Anomalia. Among the Golden Eagles were also the Elite Ten, those who were handed privileges such as the hovering lofts under the ceiling.

”As first years, you will stay in a separate dormitory until your placements next year, ” the headmasters Queen continued as the table flicked over and showed a picture of a modern skyscraper. Tall walls of dark tinted glass overlooked a forest and looked generally pleasant to live in. ”This is the same design of building as the Iron Ranks will get to inhabit. If you want to maintain your lifestyle, you are encouraged to study hard, ” Derilea let us all know in no uncertain terms.

The fact that half of all students were going to be hit by a downgrade by virtue of the system was quite harsh. Only 10% of the total body would come to live in destitute conditions, still, harsh was the word I would use. I wouldn call it bad, however, struggle was the ultimate motivator. Aside from that, I wasn too worried about myself.

”Unlike the Iron Ranks, however, you don get to share an apartment with your Anomalia, since you don have one yet. Instead, you will be assigned up to nine roommates randomly. Each bedroom will be assigned to two of you, although nothing is stopping you from switching with one another within your apartment. ” It wasn a new system, but it still caused some commotion as people whispered their displeasure about having to separate from their current friends. Derilea allowed the crowd to get it out of its system by waiting for a moment.

One of those affected was Willt, who made a sour expression, as if he had just mistaken a glass of lemon juice for proper lemonade and thrown it down in one gulp, ”Well, guess that apology will have to wait for a while until we get some privacy. ”

”I don want to be separated from you for a whole year, ” Alrethia whined, letting her honest feelings show and nestling against the second-generation warlocks side.

”Its just going to be the living situation, ” Willt tried to make the whole thing sound less annoying than it was. Personally, I didn see the problem, but it was also a thing tailored to me and my single status. With the gender distribution the way it was, the randomized situation would tend one or two guys sharing an apartment with eight or nine girls. It would help many to start talking to potential partners.

”Or, ” I, thusly, interjected, ”You could assert your dominance and just have sex with everyone else knowing. By the end of the year, everyone is going to be **ing on every surface anyway. ”

”Not everyone is as brazen as you are, Karitas. ” Willt firmly shook his head, clearly uncomfortable with the idea, ”I like clothed in public. ”

”Your decision, ” I shrugged. Personally, I was open to just having sex wherever, even in public. Not that I was some sort of exhibitionist. I just didn see what the big deal was. Sex was perfectly natural and I would do my damndest to satisfy whoever I was with, so I had nothing to hide. I snickered, ”Can you imagine the poor guy that has to share his room with another guy? ”

”Don jinx it, ” Willt warned me as the commotion died down.

”I hear many of you are dissatisfied with that situation, ” the camera switched back to displaying the white-haired maids face. Only for a moment, however, as she stepped back and gestured at a woman behind her.

She looked remarkably alike Derilea. The same straight, backwards combed, white hair, long enough to reach her lower back, pale skin, green eyes, pink lips and overall facial features. Even her bottom heavy figure was similar. The biggest differences were age and that this new woman wore the schools uniform, rather than a maid one. She still carried a silver salver with her and bowed diligently, however, giving her the same vibe as Derilea.

”This is my daughter Aclysia, she came first in this years entrance exams, ” there was a hint of pride in the otherwise diligent voice. ”As such, she will have the privilege to pick her own roommates for the next year and she will live in a facility more akin to that of the Silver Knights. If she so desires, she can share it with her friends or begin the assembly of her Anomalia, ” Although it was the norm, nothing stated that men HAD to be the ones leading a harem. I wasn quite sure if this was insinuating that Aclysia was a lesbian, wanted to share whatever lover she picked, or wanted to build herself a reverse harem. The third choice was incredibly unlikely to find a lot of participants; I wouldn partake in it, but more power to her if she wanted to try.

”We are willing to extend that privilege – if you come down here and give her a challenge or outright beat her in a battle. ” A few arms rose, one of them Arlethias, a brazen few not caring about the potential of public humiliation if it meant having a shot at a better lifestyle, but Derilea wasn done yet, ”Those of you that decide to take the challenge and lose will be automatically placed in the Wood Division for the next year. ”

There was a massive deterrent. Anyone who lived out in the shacks would have an incredibly hard time to convince the hot ladies to come home with them. Vice versa, women would have it easier to get back into the graces of some successful man, that was just the nature of gender differences, but it would still be a rather large roadblock in meeting higher profile individuals. It was also just a general inconvenience to live out in the sticks.

”Nobody then? ” Derilea asked, looking around carefully. She didn seem to expect any more raised hands. Instead, she found someone standing up.