EVIL UNDER HER VEIL - Season 1 Episode 71

Eren went to his dorm room after that and told Reen to change into a necklace. He immediately wore the same and made his way to a particular facility that looked abandoned. The first-year students were still learning about things inside the academy and they were yet to realize the importance of this facility.

The evening had started to set in by the time Eren had exited out of the room post his consultation with Linda. So he didn’t feel like resuming to attend Peter’s lecture. Eren wasn’t interested in homeroom lectures at all. None of the professors could teach him what he needed to learn the most. He needed to find other lecturers and attend their lectures by paying with merit points.

But before he started spending his merit points, Eren needed to secure a stable way to earn them. That was the reason for his arrival to this particular facility known as Regulatory Board for the Lionhearts Beast Sanctuary, AKA Besanc.

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Besanc had adopted the setup of a typical adventurer guild to make the students get familiarized with how the adventurers worked and their way of life. It regulated a large area known as the Lionheart Beast Sanctuary that spanned across the south-eastern side of the academy grounds and a small part of the gigantic forest known as Themyscira’s Amazon.

A matriarchal tribe was settled at the border of Lionheart Beast Sanctuary that separated it from Themyscira’s Amazon. The academy ground’s borders ended before the Sanctuary, allowing for a neutral zone forming in the middle. This neutral zone would be visited by both LA students and the Amazons.

The academy had cordial relations with the Amazons. They had been given the autonomy to rule their lands by the Edinburgh kingdom and other kingdoms which had their presence in their respective territories. The tribe located at the border of the sanctuary was only a small part of the Themyscira’s might.

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Coming back to LA. The facility for Besanc boasted a large hall. The inside of the hall was flickering with many spectral screens. This was the facility meant for every student of the academy, not just the first year.

The fifth-year students were completing their on-field experience programs. And most of the second to fourth-year students were on their long holidays. Only a few students had decided to stay inside the academy.

And yet, Besanc was filled with second, third, and fourth-year students. This wasn’t surprising.

The students who had remained in LA during the long holidays were the ones who either didn’t have a family/guardian to return to. Or they were too focused on their studies to care about anything else. Either way, accepting and completing missions issued by Besanc was a good way for these students to spend time and practise whatever they learned so far while earning merit points.

The flickering and ever-changing screen contained a lot of information regarding the sanctuary that might overwhelm a first-year newbie. Eren acted like a newbie from the outside too. But he wasn’t excited at all from the inside.

Eren’s last two years in the academy from the previous timeline were mostly spent in the sanctuary. He had only two years to at least become a passable berserker. So the Besanc and the sanctuary were more homely than his dorm room for him during those times.

Eren went towards a counter that catered to first-year students. The blonde girl wasn’t expecting any student to visit her window anytime soon so she was surprised by his entry.

“Hello, ma’am. Name’s Eren Idril. I want to register myself in the Besanc as an apprentice adventurer.”

“Boy, Besanc on-field demo program wouldn’t start for first-year students for another two or three months. We are yet to arrange the adventurers that can lead you. Come back after Besanc releases a circular notice for your year.”

“Ma’am, your name is Sharla Hinsken, right? It seems there’s a bit of misunderstanding. I’m not here for the on-field demos.

I’m here to register as an apprentice adventurer so that I can take up missions. The first-years can register in the Besanc after breaking into F-Rank, right? I’m a verified student of LA and also an F-Rank. And my BTP is 14, which meets the minimum requirement set by the Besanc.”

The Sharla was again taken aback by the first-year greenhorn’s knowledge about the academy’s rules. He even knew about her names. Although this wasn’t impossible for a first-year to know about her name, she still found it surprising.

The kid looked plain but his presence after he spoke exuded a kind of confidence Sharla had often found in the experienced adventurers.

“Alright. Allow me to scan your details.”

The blond receptionist quickly got over her surprise and resumed her formal way of attending to apprentice adventurers. Eren soon received a prompt on his spectral screen.

“Besanc (Verified) wants to access your personal and academic information. Would you like to proceed?”

Eren mentally selected the ‘Yes’ option and his information was transferred to the openly visible spectral screen in front of the receptionist.

Sharla confirmed his details, especially his BTP before proceeding to send a Besanc membership token on his ID stone.

“Hmm! It seems everything is in order, Eren. Let me warn you about a few things now that you’ve officially entered into the Besanc. Don’t head out to complete even the simplest of missions before getting your hands on suitable ranking techniques and spells. Otherwise, even a simple grab-&-fetch herb deposition mission would turn out to be deadly for you.

Your privacy is always respected by the academy.

But all bets will be off if a student dies in the forest and you are found to be involved in any way with that case. The tracking data will be retrieved from your ID stone and you will be punished by the law if found to be guilty. So don’t commit any crime.

Always make a habit of checking out the updated map published by the Besanc over your spectral screens and open screens placed inside the Besanc’s hall. This will allow you to know a lot about the forest’s current power structure, its terrain, magic beasts’ population density, and their distribution among other things. The information can turn out to be life-saving if you draw your plans related to the missions accordingly.

You can choose to share your location on the map to the Besanc network or only with your peers upon your choice. Or you can choose to stay hidden. The ones with their location encrypted will also not be allowed to know about the others’ information.

The missions need to be completed within the due times mentioned in their details. Start from the missions that have the lowest BTP requirement and gradually move towards accepting more challenging missions. Don’t get blinded by the merit points certain missions offer.

Choose missions that are suitable for your element, class, and BTP. You are allowed to stay inside the sanctuary for up to three days at a stretch unless you take prior permission.

If you fail to show up at the academy’s border checkpoint within three days, you will be considered to be in danger. Your right to privacy will be overwritten and a retrieval team will be sent to your location after tracking your ID stone.

You will be taken back by the team even if you are found to be not in any form of danger. A penalty of merit points will be raised against you. So you’ll either have to pay the amount upfront or in instalments.

Don’t go solo for beast subjugation missions. Form a party of five or seven students to complete them. If you don’t know anyone, you can request Besanc to form a party. We will send a prompt to other students’ personal screens, and they will join you after knowing about the mission details. Is there anything you want to discuss or ask?”

“No, miss Sharla. Don’t worry. I’m only going to claim the missions for today. I’ll only head out when I have a few spells in my arsenal. I’ll take my leave now. But not before confessing that your beauty exceeds the rumours that have been spread about you among the first-year students! It was my pleasure to meet a stunner like you.”

Eren complemented Sharla in passing. The previous Eren wouldn’t have done anything like that. But Eren of today knew women like to be praised every so often.

Eren wasn’t technically breaking LA’s rules by accepting missions right after entering the academy. But he was surely bending them in his favour. Therefore, he needed to smoothen out any friction that might arise due to it in the future.

Eren’s smooth complement had its intended effect on Sharla. She smiled at him and allowed him to proceed further.

Eren did not have any questions regarding the information Sharla had provided him. He already knew about how Besanc worked. But he still let her finish what she needed to say as a formality.

A new sub-screen was available for Eren to see after that. It had the title of Besanc. Eren slightly bowed to thank Sharla before heading towards a big spectral screen displayed in the hall that was titled Available Missions.

The minimum requirement for accepting the available missions was a BTP of 14. Eren had barely made it.

But the Butcher had the advantage of being a first-year. He would be prioritized by Besanc’s system over his seniors for low-level missions. For example, if there’s a mission with a minimum BTP requirement of 14, then that mission would remain unclaimed for a certain period unless a first-year claim it. Only when there’s no first year would the mission go towards the senior year students.

Emergency missions and extended missions came with their own guidelines. But generally, first-year students would be prioritized for low-level missions in all categories. The newbie students were not allowed to take up any missions that crossed a certain BTP value. But anything below that could be easily claimed by them.

Low-level missions produced relatively lowest gains in merit points. But they were easier to do than normal missions. A student would gain maximum merit points with minimum efforts if they could chain these low-level missions together. Eren was aiming to do exactly that.