THE USELESS PRINCE
Chapter 30: House

Chapter 30: Chapter 30: House

"You’re here, Serena?"

"Yes, but why are you sitting here smiling like an autistic person? Did something happen to you while I was gone?"

’Oh Serena... I am your master after all, can you atleast show me some respect?’ That was what Ash was about to say, but never mind.

"It’s nothing. Then let’s go now, shall we?" Ash gently stood up from the bench.

"Where are we going?"

"Tsk, Serena, sometimes I think you’re really an idiot." Ash joked with her.

However, Serena still stood there, staring blankly at Ash, completely clueless as to what the hell he was talking about. It was as if the words that just came out of his mouth sounded extremely strange.

Did she really not understand?

"You really don’t understand, Serena?"

She shook her head.

In the game, around this time, each group of freshmen would have to follow a senior to tour the academy. And that was Ash’s intention.

Although he already knew every nook and cranny of this place, since this was a mandatory mission for second-year students, he had no choice but to obey.

However, Serena didn’t know anything. It was as if she was a newcomer.

"I thought you were going to show me around the Academy now?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Huh?" Ash was naturally surprised.

"I wasn’t given that mission in the first place."

"I-If that’s the case, then what are you here for?"

"To see you, my Prince."

Hearing those words, Ash couldn’t help but let out a sigh. It seemed like he was overthinking things.

"Then, would you like to go to the dormitory with me?"

What he had just said sounded so uneducated and could be misunderstood by many people, but that was not Ash’s true intention at all.

He just thought that since Serena had come all the way from the 2nd year area to the 1st year area, it would be really bad if he told her to go back.

Wait, would it be okay if someone saw this?

Do they know that a great genius, the person with the most potential in the entire history of Awakened Academy, was the Servant of a useless Prince?

’Never mind, what’s wrong with the master going with the Servant?’ Ash reassured himself by deceiving himself.

Serena blinked for a moment, really thinking that she had just misheard, so she asked again:

"To your dormitory?"

"Of course, but not to do anything obscene. After all, you’ve come all the way here, so it would be rude of me to tell you to go back."

Only after hearing those words did Serena calm down. Did she really think that Ash would do something obscene when the two of them were alone together?

Even though Ash had said this many times, he still had to say it again:

’What the hell did the Third Prince do in the past!?!?’

***

In Awakened Academy, the male dormitory and the female dormitory were two different places. Well, that was only natural, since there weren’t any dormitories for both males and females, right?

But the important thing was how this place was ranked.

The first floor of the dormitory was for ordinary students who had no outstanding achievements even after studying for a while. And as a matter of fact, the quality of life on the first floor could not be compared to the second floor.

The second floor was for students who had achieved certain academic achievements, and of course, it was definitely better than the first floor, but it also had fewer rooms than it.

And finally, the third floor was for the most outstanding students. And perhaps Ash didn’t need to say more about this place, right?

A normal student would have to live in the dormitory. But unfortunately, Ash was not an ordinary student.

He was the Third Prince of the Voidveil Empire, so the Academy had generously given him a not-so-big but extremely luxurious and comfortable house in the forest.

But perhaps the real reason was because they didn’t want him to cause trouble for the other students.

’Really...’ Ash blinked repeatedly in surprise when he saw his new home.

Remember, even Serena, the Academy’s great genius, didn’t have such a great privilege.

And yet Ash received it. It was truly unimaginable.

Hesitating for a moment, Ash still had to turn the doorknob and enter.

Just like its appearance, this house wasn’t too big but also not too small, just enough for one person to live comfortably, without feeling cramped or anything.

And unlike the tower where he lived back in the Royal Palace, this house had a bedroom separated from the living room!

’Am I in heaven?’ He thought to himself.

No words could describe Ash’s emotions at this moment. It had been a while since he was allowed to know what it felt like to have some fucking privacy!

’Thank you Academy for giving me such a great favor. ’

In addition, this place also had a spacious living room, a fully equipped kitchen, and a fairly comfortable bathroom.

"This place is really great, Your Highness..." Even Serena, who always acted cold, couldn’t help but feel surprised by this very different treatment.

Envy. That was probably what she was feeling at the moment.

***

After finishing unpacking, Ash was able to let himself calmly sit on the couch and enjoy a cup of herbal tea.

Partly to keep himself from feeling disappointed by the conversation with Lucian, and partly because he had nothing else to do.

There was no television in this place, nor were there any games, nor were there any anime, manga, or webtoons.

Ever since being reincarnated here, Ash had never really felt the need for such things for entertainment because he simply had zero free time to rest, right?

But when he was in Awakened Academy, having a normal school life despite having experienced it once, Ash finally understood what it was like to be extremely bored but unable to do anything.

’So bored.’

But at the moment when Ash’s boredom was about to reach its peak, Serena uttered a sentence that could blow all of those negative feelings away:

"Oh right, Your Highness, have you prepared for the test that will take place next week?"

"Huh? The test next week?" Ash’s eyes widened, finding it hard to believe what he had just heard.

That was obvious, after all, there were no tests next week in the game.

But he didn’t take too long to understand what the actual fuck was happening.

It seemed that this time, Ash had to face the first change when the plot was affected by him.