Mike tilted his head slightly. "Why do you ask?"

Elina hesitated for a moment, then answered honestly. "Because… if you join a group, I'll join the same one."

Mike looked at her, a little surprised, then nodded. "Alright."

She relaxed a bit and smiled. "Still, let's wait and see. I want to check what other groups are forming in the academy first."

"That makes sense," Mike said. "No need to rush."

Elina lowered her arms. "We have time. One night won't decide everything."

Mike nodded again. "Then we'll look around first."

With that settled, Elina turned to leave. "I'll see you later."

"Yeah," Mike replied.

She walked back down the hallway, leaving Mike alone in his room again.

He closed the door and looked around once more.

Groups, choices, alliances.

"Now, according to the information I bought, Elina will join a group of commoners—others from simple village backgrounds like her—and lead them," Mike mumbled as he sat on the bed.

"Well, one good thing about this dungeon," he continued, lying back and smiling faintly, "is that I can practice here for years, while only a few days pass in the outside world."

Thanks to it being a story dungeon, time flowed much more slowly here. The entire dungeon would take over five years to complete, and in the meantime, he could live here without returning to his original world.

"But in the meantime…" he muttered, a thoughtful expression crossing his face. "I wonder what new talents I'll gain."

He stretched out and glanced at his Infinite SSS Gacha. Each week, he could gain a new talent temporarily, and if he put it in the permanent slot, it would become permanent. He had already set the Beast Overlord in the permanent slot, as it was perfect for his class.

"Alright, spin it!" Mike said, and the gacha wheel began spinning wildly.

The wheel slowed, ticking past several slots, until it stopped on a new talent:

[Sword Saint : SSS]

[A sword is an extension of yourself that can cut anything. You can cut anything.]

"The description is really short, and there's no other explanation… but the power to cut anything? That's insanely strong," Mike muttered, staring at the newest talent. "This is… f***ing powerful."

"And combining it with my Grand Weapon Mastery, I'll be insanely powerful," Mike mumbled, smiling as he examined the new talent.

"Wait… Sword Saint? Now that I recall it, one of Elina's future partners is a Sword Saintess. She's from the Jade Kingdom in the East, and she's also in an academy there," Mike muttered, thinking through all the information he had bought from the guild.

"Aside from Seris, there's Sword Saintess Fei from the Jade Kingdom, Melina Everdrake—the powerful Golden Warrior from the Lion Kingdom in the South, Tomoe the All-Magus from here in the North Spade Kingdom, and finally Elisa, the Saintess of the Sun from the West kingdom of Light," Mike mumbled. "All four of them will form a party with Elina to defeat the Tyrant King Darth from the Tarot Kingdom in the center."

"But… all of them are girls, and I'm the only boy," he continued, a foolish grin spreading across his face. "Seems like my own harem is forming all on its own. Heh…"

He imagined all the top-class beauties he had seen so far.

"Okay, I can at least start a harem here," Mike said, clenching his fists. "Even if not in the original world or my own world, I'll make it happen here."

" After learning the world I was reborn in is monogamy one, I thought my dream of harem is over but now I can atleast enjoy for a bit here" he mumbled smiling.

Mike leaned back on the bed, letting out a slow breath. The excitement of the gacha talent, combined with the knowledge of the story dungeon and the future partners of Elina, made his mind spin.

First Sword Saint talent… check. Training for years in a place where time moves slowly… check. Potential allies forming naturally… check.

He sat up and stretched, looking around his room. "Alright… first thing, I need to get a feel for Sword Saint. Let's see what it can really do."

Pulling a wooden practice sword from the side rack—just a temporary training weapon—he concentrated, letting the Sword Saint talent awaken in his body. Golden energy traced along his arms, and a faint aura of light formed around the blade in his hands.

He swung it through the air, and a faint shimmer cut through the dust motes in the room. Each strike left a small trail of slicing energy, as if the blade were literally cutting space itself.

"Not bad…" he murmured, smiling. "If this works like the description says… nothing will be able to stand against this."

He ran through a few more swings, testing the range, speed, and control of the talent. Even with a wooden sword, the sensation of cutting with absolute precision was intoxicating.

After a few minutes, he set the sword down and rubbed his chin. "Okay… Sword Saint, Beast Overlord, Grand Weapon Mastery… this is going to make things interesting."

His mind drifted back to the academy. Corin's group, other first-years, Elina leading her team…

"Tomorrow, I'll see how the academy really works," he thought, a faint smile on his lips. "Time to see what kind of players I'll be dealing with—and what kind of opportunities are waiting for me."

The next day, Mike woke up to the soft morning light filtering through the window.

As he stretched, he noticed a folded letter slid under his door. Curious, he picked it up and opened it.

It was from the Academy itself.

Informing him of the shedule and that his supplies are right outside his door.

Mike glanced at it as he opened the door.

Sure enough, outside his door, neatly arranged on the small hallway table, were a stack of books, a freshly pressed uniform, and other items supplied by the academy—pens, scrolls, training materials, and even a small toolkit for magic practice.

He picked up his letter again and glanced at it, then grabbed the uniform and started dressing.

After putting everything in order, he checked the schedule that had been included. His first class was listed as Combat Basics, Room 9, starting in three hours. Plenty of time to get familiar with the academy grounds and maybe peek at what other first-years were doing.

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A/N : I still plan to keep it non harem but I am just telling there is an possibility of small harem arc here of you guys want it, just vote it here.

Though it will be only for here, only in this arc it will be Harem if you guys want.

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