The Retired Hero is an Extra

'At least this isn't false hope,' Jash thought inwardly, getting bored of the theatrics and all the acts being put up.

"As everyone is seated already," the professor paused mid-sentence, snapping his fingers.

—Tak!

With a loud unanimous sound, the armrests of all the chairs opened at once, revealing a bracelet.

"You can pick it up and wear it," the professor ended, waiting for the students to follow along.

The bracelet was like a smartwatch in this world, but much more advanced and could perform complex functions like a computer.

The best part? It had no screen, and everything worked with the help of holograms that conveniently were only visible to the wearer.

How it was achieved, no one knew except the manufacturers, but they never revealed it, having a monopoly over it.

'Yet they don't overprice it, just enough for even normal folk to buy if they live frugally for a few months,' Jash mused.

He was indeed curious about the owners of the technology and why they sold it openly besides sending different ones to the Academy.

Of course, the Solarnelle Academy had two versions ahead of the public one while the other academies and powerful hunters had one version advanced to the public version.

Drooling at the sight, the students from humble origins excitedly wore it while the nobles and affluent ones had masked their eagerness.

Touching its smooth surface, Jash felt it was cool to the touch and smooth as if it were made of butter.

"This is the identification card that would be used for daily life inside the Solarnelle Academy," the professor explained.

Though Jash didn't pay attention to it, aware of it being convenient as even Year Points were received on it and every transaction would go through it.

Simply because it was a waste of resources to print some paper money or make some coins, that all had long since ended.

'I wish this would be more comfortable though,' Jash sighed, feeling the binding process.

The bracelet's bonding process was quick; a few drops of blood and wisps of mana secured it, making it accessible only to Jash.

That's why It was a must-do process, locking the bracelet so that no one except its owner could access it or even see the holographic screen.

Finally, after a few seconds, a blinking red light appeared on a small spot on the bracelet before turning green and white before turning off.

'It's ready for use,' Jash turned it upwards and willed it to activate.

A holographic interface flickered into view in the next second, working on his mind's wishes and not any kind of physical touch, displaying complex data with a mere thought.

'This sure is interesting,' he thought with a small smile, intrigued at the complex technology being available at his fingertips.

Of course, he could use his fingertips if he wanted, but being the lazy guy he was, he just used his mind to access it.

Although not many employed this method, distrusting the device and doubting the seller's ability to mind control them.

Still, most used its other mode as it was an all-purpose device used not only inside the Solarnelle Academy, but everywhere else in the world as well.

However, it was customized for the students, allowing them to even see the progress and rank.

Its primary function was to naturally inform the students of their class schedule and any other announcement pertaining to tests or excursions.

'Let's see what class I'm in,' Jash thought, interested in knowing if it was the same as the protagonist's or not.

He willed for it and his profile page appeared, showing basic details about him and his Class division.

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Student - Jash Ramille

Class 1

First Year Representative

Current Hunter Rank - E+ (Not confirmed) story-source-MvLeMpYr

Current Mana Core Rank- Early E-Rank, Light Yellow

YP : 1000

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'Class 1?' Jash doubted his eyes for a second as it was the same class with Amael but not the protagonist.

It was strange how two monsters were put together but a strange thought came to him, 'Wait, what if Amael is in another class?'

To confirm his guess about the classes being changed because of the mess he caused, he asked the person next to him.

"Ziva, what class?"

His question was too succinct, almost as if he needed an answer within a second, and Ziva gave him a strange look for his sudden sense of urgency.

Noting his look, she whispered, "Class 1."

"As expected," Jash muttered, confusing Ziva when he abruptly said, "Same Class, it'll be fun."

Despite the smile on his face showcasing he was innocently happy, Ziva doubted it, 'What's going on in his head today?'

She shook it off, putting it at the back of mind, knowing she would get the answers later today.

If only Jash knew her thoughts, he'd be stunned speechless at how accurate her random guesses were.

He was indeed planning to make up a mess of things as he was sure that there was no way for Amael to be in the same class as him.

'They placed both the Year Representatives in the class and seeing her performance, I doubt we will get any other potential top 10.'

Jash could roughly figure out that he would only have Ziva to talk to in his new class, leaving the others in other classes.

Though he didn't doubt that many top-ranking girls would be in the same class as the protagonist with the guys being thrown into Amael's class.

'But what about the last 2? Aren't they supposed to balance it out?' he thought for a second but gave up, knowing there was no answer.

If anything, he doubted it was arranged by that Goddess of Light, or some heavenly luck...

'In the novel, I was in Class 4 without any major characters, for the most part,' he recalled the class divisions.

The protagonist was in Class 3 with Caera, Avon, Ava, Sylvie, Lyra and some more while Amael was in Class 1 with Ziva, Freirae, Elara, Vivia, Zaos, the lightning guy and more.

Despite the changes being sudden and too hard for Jash to calculate, it wasn't like he was someone wanting to play the babysitter for the plot.

In fact, he considered it a welcome change.

'Trying to save your little hero,' Jash smirked, thinking it was someone from the Church that messed this shit up.

Or it could also be the Principal who noticed something about the guy and wanted to give the little one some face.

Nevertheless, the situation remained the same, the protagonist would not be in the same class with either Amael or himself.

Bringing him out of his reverie was the same professor who asked them to check it as he said, "It seems you all have checked your Class division."

"For those with Class 6 to 10, you all will receive the information for your classes soon, but don't worry it will be the same for those with Classes 1 to 5."

His words only served to increase the confusion as there were only supposed to be five classes but the professor didn't choose to explain anything more.

Rather, he gave vague information, "Each Class will have one Professor as its proctor, and they will explain everything in more detail."

"Ah, right! Don't make the mistake of befriending your seniors in the first month, better to avoid them before you learn the ropes of the Academy."

While it indeed sounded like a joke, the senior students could only cough awkwardly, being put on the spot all of a sudden.

Not mulling over his words, the professor finally came to an important part, "Next, I would like to invite the Year Representatives for the first years!"