Chapter 17: Fuck The Second Heroine! (1)
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"What do you mean I'm not part of a House?!"
The housing system at Irasios Academy was as rigid as the constellations themselves. Every student was assigned to one of the four elemental Houses: Fire of Solarius, Water of Lunaris, Air of Mercurial, or Earth of Terranova, which were based on their sun sign. It was simple, straightforward, and, most importantly, mandatory.
But this was not how her grand entrance into the academy was supposed to go.
Fate manipulation, my ass...
Surviving the first day was already an achievement. That was just orientation though.
The real nightmare began on the second day.
At least this time, she hadn't been publicly executed. Progress!
"Ophiuchus does not belong to any element," the House Magister explained, adjusting her glasses with an air of academic disinterest. "They are elementless. A blank slate. An enigma, if you will."
"So basically, a glitch in the system?"
"I wouldn't phrase it like that, but... there is little known about Ophiuchus. It is said to embody aspects of both Scorpio and Sagittarius, but it does not align with any of the traditional Houses."