Ranking System

[Courtney POV]

"Courtney, are you sure you want to go to "school."

Back when I was younger, I was homeschooled. Meeting people was hard when you didn't have much contact with someone your age.

My parents were strict, and I didn't connect with them because of their nature. The day I became an idol was the day we broke off our relationship. They were strongly against me becoming one, as I had a duty to be married off to someone.

The first person I met was Sid. Sid and I had met four years ago. The first time I met him was when I went out for the first time.

He was easy to talk to. Even with my shy personality, he was patient. I couldn't help but be bitter when I thought about him.

When he tried to sacrifice me along with Charles, my heart shattered. I know my life would be a worthy sacrifice, but for him to do it without hesitation hurts. He was also the person who inspired me to become an idol.

It took time for me to become successful, but with time I started to hit it high. And sooner or later, my popularity soared to great heights, and I became number one. It may sound great, but with too much popularity, it became harder to make friends with peers or fans.

Accepting Charles's offer may be too hasty, but coming to this world would help me forget Sid. It would also help me break out of the popularity chain was the only way to get what I wanted.

In this world, I could start over and make new friends without worrying about people being too nervous or even jealous of my status.

I'm happy with my situation as everyone in this house was friendly. And a school experience was like icing on the cake.

"Do you want to go to a regular school? Or the one Reina and I are attending?"

"Of course, I want to go to the school you're attending."

"Wait... You go to school?"

"..."

In all my time, I had never heard Charles mention it. So I assume he travels around and plays around.

"I have classes, but I don't attend them."

"Oh..."

That would explain why I never knew, but going to school with him and Reina was an experience I wanted to try.

"Are you sure? It's a competitive school. There will be fighting, competition, and heartbreaking moment. I don't think you would get the experience you're looking for.

Fighting? Competition? And a heartbreaking moment? That's not what I had imagined when going to school would be like.

"Then shouldn't you enjoy it there?"

Charles seems like a competitive person. And for fighting, he has no problem punching someone in the face.

"Being too famous is a pain."

Hearing what he said, I could relate to his pain.

"But even so. I still want to try."

Charles was in his thought when I urged him to let me go.

"Very well. Bring Rose here and I will help you with your admission."

I was confused about why Charles asked me to bring Rose, but I had to find Rose if I wanted to go. Running around the house took me longer than I thought. Rose was sweeping the floors on the upper floor.

"Rose! Charles asked me to find you. Let's go!"

"Wait!"

Finding Rose, I took her hand and had her follow me. Charles waited for us in the same living room we were in before.

"Let's go to the bathroom."

"Are we doing something sexual..."

I didn't think he would want to do us in the bathroom for my school admission. Rose also wasn't ready and was unprepared for a sudden request.

"What are you talking about? You want to join the academy, right?"

I nodded my head, confirming what he said. Hearing what Charles had said, Rose sent me an interested look.

"I promised Rose earlier that I would help her improve her rank. You will also need to be stronger to attend the school Reina and I are in. You will be sweating a lot, so the bathroom is the best place to be."

Why did I feel disappointed hearing that? My face turned how assuming that we were going to do it in the bathroom. Rose felt my embarrassment and looked away.

Charles smiled at my embarrassment. He grinned at me while staring at our bodies.

"If you don't pass out, I will reward you."

My body felt hot when he whispered into my ears. Rose also got the same treatment and was interested in the "reward."

After explaining what we would be doing, we arrived at the bathroom. If anything, you might as well call it a hot spring.

"Now strip."

Before we thoroughly went into the hot spring, Charles had us strip. Doing what he had said, we stripped and went to the hot water. Sitting on the hot spring was relaxing...

"Take these."

"Rank three physique capsules?"

It wasn't my first time seeing them, but it was hard to obtain these materials even as someone as famous as me. Charles had four for two of us each.

"You're lucky that I'm overseeing you both. Usually it would be painful if you take these. Like really painful. But I can numb your pain reception if you want."

I took a first-rank physique capsule and felt weak for a week. I didn't want to use Charles's influence to join the school. I would be embarrassed to go if I did.

"Please do."

"There."

Charles slapped my bottom, and I felt nothing. But did he have to do that in front of Rose? Even if he did us together, it was still weird.

We took our capsules and immediately started to sweat. I could imagine the pain if Charles didn't use his skill.

Looking at Rose, she was sweating even more than me. Luckily Charles had stopped our pain reception.

"How are you feeling?"

He wanted to check up on us to see whether this was fine.

"I'm feeling tired..."

"Me too..."

Until Rose pointed that out, the energy that I had was being drained. Charles tapped on our shoulders and had our stamina recover in a blink of an eye.

For the whole day, we stayed in the bath for the first capsule to be finished. Even with Charles's help, the toll was too much. My body felt strange, and I felt sleepy.

"Great work. Rest first before we continue the second process should be easier."

After Charles had taken us out of the bath, we passed out. I don't think I want to power up even more...