Raoul rushed over when he saw what Rumi was doing.

  But Rumi was completely fine despite having grabbed the glasses-wearing girl's rain-soaked hand.

  Raoul's eyes widened at the sight.

  "Heeheeheehee!"

  Meanwhile, hyenas like ghosts began approaching the girl as if they'd spotted an injured zebra.

  Raoul immediately pulled out a Y-shaped cross and held it high.

  "Evil spirits shall remember their sin of betrayal upon seeing God's form. Begone!"

  In the meantime, Rumi helped the glasses-wearing girl up and ran toward the school entrance.

  "Eeeek!"

  "Raoul, hurry up!"

  Raoul followed while keeping the ghosts at bay with his Y-shaped cross.

  The students following behind stopped in shock when they saw the flying ghosts.

  Having reached the school lobby, Rumi and the girl shook off the black rainwater from their hands and removed their raincoats.

  Raoul, arriving at the lobby right after, immediately approached Rumi and looked meaningfully at her hand as he asked.

  "Is your hand okay?"

  "Um..."

  Rumi hadn't felt anything.

  To Rumi, the black rain was just dirty water.

  Just then, the glasses-wearing girl hugged Rumi intensely.

  "You're my lifesaver!"

  "I'm so touched that you grabbed my rain-soaked hand without hesitation."

  The girl spoke with her face buried in Rumi's chest.

  "Uh..."

  Rumi leaned her face slightly backward.

  "I'm Medina. Grand daughter of the noble Mora family. To think you have such a kind personality. Actually, I wanted to talk to you as soon as I got on the bus, but your face looked so scary..."

  Medina lifted her head and thrust her somewhat overwhelming face forward.

  Rumi immediately regretted helping the talkative girl.

  "Ugh... just go clean your hand."

  Rumi forcibly detached Medina.

  "Are you all alright?"

  Just then, a blonde woman approached with a worried expression.

  Judging by her clothes, she seemed to be another teacher, but unlike the gloomy-looking Professor Myers from earlier, she was a young and pretty teacher with a kind face.

  "How's your hand? Are you badly hurt?"

  "Yes, I thought my hand was melting."

  Medina exaggerated.

  "Let me see your hand."

  "I'm not cursed on my first day, am I? I can't be cursed. I'm from the great Mora family..."

  And she continued talking without pause.

  Rumi quietly watched the situation.

  Meanwhile, Raoul, standing beside Rumi and still watching her hand, lowered his head to whisper to her.

  "Rumi, you're that curse-immune person, aren't you?"

  Hearing Raoul's whispered question, Rumi felt like she'd been caught bragging about something she'd been announcing everywhere she went.

  "Um... yes?"

  "You should try not to let people know you're immune to curses."

  "...?"

  Raoul finished speaking and immediately lifted his head as if nothing had happened.

  "Teacher, she got black water on her hand too."

  Just then, Medina was pointing at Rumi.

  The blonde teacher looked at Rumi and asked.

  "How's your hand? Are you okay?"

  "Um... well... no... it's a bit tingly."

  Rumi appropriately raised her hand and pretended to be in pain.

  After hearing Raoul's words, Rumi reconsidered whether it was bad that she'd been telling people she was immune to curses.

  Rumi had naturally thought being curse-immune was good and had been subtly bragging about it wherever she went, but it seemed there might be some hidden story.

  The blonde teacher poured holy water on Rumi's hand too.

  "Your hand looks fine. That's good."

  The teacher examined Rumi's hand for injuries while massaging it.

  "Ah... I guess it's okay because I cleaned it right away."

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  Shortly after, all the students gathered at the school entrance with Professor Myers.

  Rumi finally got a chance to look around the school interior.

  The school interior was a bizarre mix of medieval and modern school building styles that created an unsettling atmosphere.

  In other words, it clearly looked haunted inside and out.

  There, the female teacher let her long blonde hair fall as she began speaking calmly.

  "Children, welcome. I'm Nurse Claria.

  Leave all your luggage here at the entrance and go straight to the cathedral for the entrance ceremony.

  The cathedral is currently the most sacred place in North America, so from now on, erase all negative thoughts."

  Nurse Claria finished speaking and guided the children to the cathedral entrance on the left.

  The cathedral entrance itself looked like an extremely old and important stone building entrance.

  And at the cathedral doors, students who appeared to be upperclassmen were distributing small books to the first-years and having each make the Y-shaped sign of the cross.

  "Freshmen, make the sign of the Y before entering."

  Meanwhile, it was ridiculous to see Medina entering the cathedral still carrying her huge bag despite being told to leave luggage at the entrance.

  But as soon as Rumi entered the cathedral, her attention was immediately diverted elsewhere.

  It was because of the cathedral's interior appearance.

  The inside of the cathedral was the complete opposite of its exterior, presenting a truly classic and magnificent appearance.

  It probably looked like the most beautiful building in the entire town.

  With its cathedral pillars, statues placed throughout, high ceiling, and even the colors, it truly looked like a sacred place.

  And in the numerous chairs laid out inside, upperclassmen and what appeared to be first-years who had arrived earlier were sitting and praying.

  Finding a seat amid the solemn and sacred atmosphere, Rumi pretended to pray with her head bowed like the others.

  Although Rumi was dissatisfied with how pathologically bound to religious rituals everyone in this world seemed to be, for the first time she actually considered seriously participating in a mass ceremony...

  That was until Medina squeezed in beside her before prayer.

  "Thank you, Saint Angelica, for letting me sit with my lifesaver. I'm about to ask my lifesaver's name, which I still don't know. How should I ask..."

  Medina's thin, irritating voice came from the next seat.

  "Sigh... my name is Rumi."

  Rumi finally gave in to Medina's noise attack and revealed her name.

  "Thank you Saint Angelica for letting my lifesaver's name be heard by my ears just now. To think you would answer my prayer so immediately... am I truly your most precious child above all others?

  My lifesaver's name is Rumi. I shall pray for her..."

  "Ah..."

  Just then, a man stood up at the cathedral podium and made a sound.

  The cathedral, which had been filled with only prayer sounds, fell silent.

  "Everyone, hello. A new semester has dawned. I am Principal Pierre, the head of this school."

  Rumi could immediately recognize Principal Pierre whom he had seen at the town entrance when she first arrived.

  He was a middle-aged man with unkempt permed hair, pale skin, and slightly unfocused eyes.

  Next to him sat President Valentina. Valentina in a wheelchair, whom she had also seen then.

  Though President Valentina had seemed like the higher-ranking person when they talked then, apparently she wasn't the school principal.

  But at that moment, the principal's eyes from far away met exactly with Rumi's.

  Rumi was slightly flustered and avoided his gaze.

  "Now that all the first-years have gathered, we will begin the new semester commemorative mass.

  Saint angelicus' School is located where Angelicus Town, now the most prosperous in North America, began after the 6 witches nearly destroyed the world 360 years ago.

  From right here, the early exorcists were trained and spread out to create the most sacred and safe town in North America.

  Please feel the weight of that history as you strive to become excellent exorcists and contribute to creating a world where humans can prosper again.

  Now, after this greeting, I will explain the most important school rules to the new students.

  First, I am well aware of the malicious rumors that have been circulating within the school recently.

  The nonsensical false rumor that a witch lives in this school.

  If a witch truly lived in the school, all students would have already died long ago.

  Even so, Saint angelicus' School's holy power is strong enough to block a witch, so please don't worry needlessly.

  However, please refrain from unnecessarily mentioning witches and inviting curses."

  "What...? So does that mean we are safe? or not?"

  Medina muttered to herself while listening to Principal Pierre's explanation.

  Listening to it, Rumi also found it hard to understand what the principal was saying.

  "Now new students, let's all open to the first page of the booklet you received when entering the cathedral and read together the most important Level 1 rules."

  'The school is fundamentally a safe place. Therefore, even if you see unfamiliar students, hear scratching sounds, or objects falling by themselves, don't worry about it. Most cases are just the school's resident spirits playing pranks.

  *The cathedral is the safest place in the school. If anything happens, evacuate to the cathedral without thinking. (Don't forget to make the sign of the Y when entering the cathedral.)

  *The abandoned school in the west, the Devil's Tower in the east, and the northern forest are all forbidden areas. Never enter them.

  *Do not go outside after sunset. A bell will ring 10 minutes before sunset. If you are outside, enter a building immediately when the bell rings.

  *Refrain from spirit rituals after sunset. And the Spiritualism classroom is off-limits after sunset.

  *The cafeteria is off-limits after 7 PM.

  *No matter what food is served in the cafeteria, do not complain to Cook Mrs. Mabel. All school food is safe to eat.

  *First-years must not enter the school stadium.

  *The school provides 11 bottles of holy water daily. Drink as needed and before bed, always pray and drink one bottle of silver holy water before going to sleep.

  *Never stay awake between 2 AM and 4 AM.

  *If someone comes to your dormitory room in the early morning, never open the door.

  *If a headless ghost appears at school and asks where Room Zero is, never answer. Pretend you can't see or hear it. And if you survive, report to the exorcism teacher immediately.

  If you have already reacted to the headless ghost in any way, lead it to the northern forest while answering and die quietly.

  *If a student appears looking for a student named Lucy, answer that Lucy is already dead. Most will retreat then. There is no student named Lucy at our school.

  *If you see a student completely wrapped in bandages, treat them sincerely as a student. They're actually just like regular students so they're not particularly dangerous, but don't create unnecessary trouble.

  *If during the day you hear pleasant humming music coming from an unknown location, immediately cover your ears, sound the school alarm, and evacuate to the cathedral. Then wait for death.

  *If one day you suddenly feel heavy shoulders and thoughts of death, visit the nurse for a special exorcism ritual.

  *If there's a fire at school, you don't need to do anything.

  *If while reading in the library you find a book with inverted text or get a nosebleed while reading, immediately stop reading and report to the exorcism teacher.

  *Bathing in Men's Bath #4 is strictly prohibited. If you don't want to lose your physical body forever by drowning, do not enter that tub.

  *Do not ask Ghost Professor Himmelburg of Astronomy about the past. If he remembers the past, we will have to close the school.

  *Red water coming from toilets or showers is an everyday occurrence. Therefore, no action needs to be taken.

  *... ...'

  Rumi felt like she was losing her mind reading these seemingly endless rules.

  She had heard strange rules when entering the town and at Mr. Fellman's house, but this haunted school's rules were truly overwhelming.

  Nearly three pages were densely packed with Level 1 rules.

  And the back of the rulebook contained Level 2 and 3 rules along with illustrated fables. At least the Level 2 and 3 rules could be considered explanations of what to do in certain situations.

  Beyond that, it detailed how to deal with different types of ghosts and monsters, what emergency prayers were available, what to do when a friend dies, and even what to do after becoming a ghost.

  In other words, this entire thick booklet was dedicated to rules.

  Rumi was somewhat shocked that these things actually happened at the school.

  Indeed, no matter how she looked at it, except for this cathedral, the rest of the school buildings appeared to be the most cursed place in Angelicus Town.

  "...About 10 students die and become ghosts every year. This happens because they don't properly follow these rules and drive themselves or their friends to death.

  Ignorance is scarier than death. So I hope you all thoroughly learn these rules.

  Especially new students, you must memorize all Level 1 rules and basic prayers before leaving the cathedral today.

  Students who cannot memorize both rules and prayers will never be allowed to leave the cathedral as of right now."

  "...?"