Elf School, Advanced Academy.
Lureya walked down the corridor, and wherever she looked, there were elves with golden hair and pointed ears, just like hers. Having been used to interacting with villagers in her village, Lureya felt a bit awkward and reserved.
The elves were noisily bustling about, and as Lureya walked through them, the crowd naturally parted to make way for her.
"Lureya~ Happy new semester~"
"Lureya, I didn’t see you during the summer vacation."
In the corridor, regardless of gender, many elves enthusiastically greeted Lureya.
Lureya smiled with her small face, "Ah ah, yeah yeah," quickening her pace back to her classroom.
This is the influence of the new generation’s number one popular elf maiden!
Did you really think what she said was just bragging?
Though Lureya’s chest wasn’t impressive, her face and body, except for the chest, were a definite standard among the new generation of elven maidens, consistently enjoying extraordinary popularity at school.
However, the popularity was not all good; it ranged from genuine to flattering, and even sometimes false.
Back in the classroom, Lureya took her seat.
In the back row, by the window.
The window was open, and a gentle breeze lifted the strands of the elf maiden’s hair.
Lureya fell into deep thought.
If nothing unexpected happened, she would still study at the Advanced Academy for another 25 years before graduating. By then, she could choose to continue her studies at the Research Academy or graduate and find a job in the Elf Forest.
However, not all elves needed to strictly study for 25 years.
As long as they acquired the necessary knowledge in due time, passed the required tests, and completed the essential training, they could graduate early.
Therefore, there often were unusual cases, such as 60-year-old elves still studying at the Research Academy.
But none of this concerned Lureya.
Because she had always followed the elf school’s educational plan to the letter.
Attending primary academy before the age of 30, then the middle academy, and smoothly entering the Advanced Academy at the age of 76.
It was normal for an elf to undergo over a hundred years of educational learning.
This didn’t mean the elves were less intelligent than other races.
Quite the contrary, because the amount of knowledge the elven mind could absorb far exceeded that of any other race, and the Elf Forest had the most abundant knowledge resources on the entire continent.
The knowledge learned in school spanned nearly every discipline on this continent. When an elf completed their studies, wherever they went on the continent, it was as if they were a walking encyclopedia.
Elf School had three semesters each year, with a small holiday between each. Among them, summer vacation was the longest, three months, followed by winter vacation, one week, and the Elven Birth Festival, about half a month.
Although one could freely do what they wanted after completing their daily studies, it was only relatively free and hardly allowed enough time for anything that required a long duration.
With holidays totaling just over three months a year...
It was practically like dating Shami long-distance, seeing each other only a few times a year!
Lureya frustratedly scratched her hair.
She thought the routine was quite good at first, but upon realizing she had to study for another 21 years to be free, she instantly felt bound.
Though 21 years wasn’t long for her, that was considering an elf’s lifespan.
From a human perspective, in 21 years, Shami would probably be a middle-aged man!
She initially expected a lovely campus romance, but it turned into an interspecies love story, and when she thought about not experiencing the fresh-faced Shami before dealing with him as a bearded middle-aged man, Lureya became anxious.
No, she had to change her current situation!
Initiate the underachiever’s rescue plan to complete 21 years’ worth of knowledge in 2 years, then graduate and find Shami!
Lureya seriously pulled out her textbooks from the desk drawer.
At this moment, the surrounding playful chatter among elf maidens felt noisy to her.
"Hey, have you all finished your summer assignments?"
"Oh, of course. Everyone must have gone out during the summer vacation, right? I went with my dad to St. Nolca City."
"I went to Demon King Castle. Before it collapsed, I visited there once, and inside there was a biological laboratory and a torture chamber. You can imagine how terrifying the Demon King used to be."
"I think that’s a rather one-sided view. How can events from the previous Demon King’s time be linked to the current Demon King?
Speaking of Demon King Castle, I also visited there during the summer vacation and did some research on the Demon King. Actually, the Demon King is pretty much like that."
The elf maidens chatting together suddenly noticed an extra beautiful girl among them. Lureya crossed her arms with a confident expression and a smile on her lips.
Lureya sat down blushing at her desk, regrettably banging her head against the table.
Damn it! Why did I suddenly go to chat with others! I said I would focus on my studies!
"Hello, students, long time no see."
At this moment, an elf woman with long golden hair, with a bow on the right side, wearing teacher’s uniform, walked onto the podium.
"Professor Nico, long time no see."
The classroom echoed with the elves’ greetings.
This was a well-featured elf woman, dressed in a black-and-white office lady suit, giving off a very mature vibe. She slightly raised the glasses on her nose bridge with her fingers, looking around the entire classroom.
In the Elf Race, females have always outnumbered males, so in each class, the ratio was basically thirty to seventy percent male to female.