After that, I saw young master Enzo approaching Prince Charles and Princess Chloe.

  "Greetings Prince & Princess, it's an honor to meet you both here," said Enzo while bowing and placing his right hand on his left chest as a form of respect.

  "Enzo, huh? Come on, don't be so formal, besides, we're not at a royal event now. Right now, we're both taking the San Fulgen Akademiya entrance exam," said Prince Charles while telling Enzo not to bow anymore.

  "Okay, Prince," said Enzo.

  After Enzo's greeting, many participants who were children of other nobles approached Prince Charles and Princess Chloe to pay their respects. Prince Charles also told them to end this salute because this was not a royal event. Among the many nobles who approached Prince Charles and Princess Chloe, I didn't see Princess Irene. I looked around to find her, and she was still leaning against the wall quietly. She looked at the crowd surrounding Prince Charles and Princess Chloe, but didn't approach them. I was still curious about what she was thinking. I used my skill again on her, but again her mind was blank as if she wasn't thinking about anything or maybe the mind reading skill couldn't read her mind. After I read her mind, Princess Irene turned to look at me again. There was no expression on her face, just like when she first arrived here, she didn't show any expression. I bowed again when Princess Irene turned to look at me as a form of respect.

  "I'm sure if Princess Irene knew that her mind was being read, how could she react twice by turning to me after her mind was read if she didn't know, or maybe it was just a coincidence? But is it possible for a coincidence to happen twice?," I thought.

  "Hello, Princess Irene" said someone who turned out to be Prince Charles.

  He had left the crowd that was surrounding him and approached Princess Irene.

  "How are you?," asked Prince Charles.

  Princess Irene who was originally looking at me, immediately turned to Prince Charles & Princess Chloe who were approaching her.

  "I'm fine, Prince, Princess. If there's nothing else you want to ask, then I'll take my leave," said Princess Irene while bowing respectfully and then going somewhere else.

  "As usual, she doesn't seem friendly and immediately left as soon as I greeted her," said Prince Charles a little disappointed.

  "Never mind, sis. Maybe she doesn't like crowds and friendliness," said Princess Chloe.

  "Maybe so, well, people's natures are different. We don't have to force her to get close to us," continued Prince Charles.

  "The prince is very kind, he even understands other people's circumstances if there are people who don't want to accept his hospitality. As for Princess Irene, does she hate the prince? to the point of walking away like that. Hmm, but I don't think it's just the prince, from the start she seemed to be standing alone away from the crowd. Well, it seems like she has her own problems," I thought to myself.

  -

  "Those upper class nobles really make a scene every time they come, it makes me lose focus on reading," said the male participant who had been sitting next to me.

  "You're also disturbed, right? I also saw you were focusing on reading a book before they all got excited because of the arrival of the upper class nobles," he continued.

  The upper class nobles he meant were probably nobles with the rank of Marquess and above (Marquess > Duke > King/Queen).

  "Not really, in fact this is my first experience seeing nobles like them," I said.

  "I see, I've seen them before because I often travel to the capital since I was little, I sometimes see them walking around the capital. Especially for the ice princess, I've often met her because we come from the same area," he continued.

  "Are you from San Lucia too?" I asked him.

  "That's right, but I'm not from San Lucia City. I'm from Piana Village. In addition to the Capital, I also often travel to San Lucia City to sell livestock products with my father. That's where I often meet the Ice Princess who is walking around with her assistant," he said.

  "She sometimes shops or looks around the city. Even when shopping, she doesn't show any expression, just flat and looks cold. That's why she's known as the Ice Princess because of her cold expression. But I asked the residents of San Lucia City about their impressions of the Ice Princess. They said that even though Princess Irene always has a cold expression, Princess Irene never acts arbitrarily or looks down on others. So their impression of the Ice Princess is good and they consider the Ice Princess' cold expression as one of her traits that may have been there from birth and is difficult to change," he continued.

  "I see, so Princess Irene is a good noble, huh, even though her expression is always cold," I said.

  "Yes, that's how it is, besides her father, Duke Louis, is also always liked and admired by the people of San Lucia, so it's no wonder that her child follows her father's character," he said again.

  "Ah by the way, besides her cold expression. The reason why she is called the Ice Princess is because she is a great ice magic user. The San Lucia family is known as a family that inherits ice magic from generation to generation. So their family are all ice magic users," he continued.

  "Ice magic huh? Ice magic is an advanced magic from water magic, not everyone can use advanced magic from basic magic. It is not surprising that the San Lucia family is one of the strongest families in this kingdom. Moreover, the head of their family gets the position of Duke who is tasked with assisting Her Majesty the Queen directly," I said in surprise.

  "That's right, the 4 Noble Families whose heads of the family get the title of Duke, there's no doubt they are the strongest families in this kingdom besides the family of Her Majesty the Queen herself," he said in response to me.

  "By the way, you also know about advanced magic, do you like reading books about magic?," He asked me.

  "That's right, in my late grandfather's house there are a lot of books and one of them is a book about magic, I really like reading grandfather's books," I answered.

  "I see, it seems like we have the same hobby. By the way, where are you from?," he asked me again.

  "I come from Aston village, which is in the province of San Minerva which is in the south of the kingdom," I answered.

  "San Minerva huh, from what I heard the son of Duke San of Minerva is also in this academy, but he is a student from the previous class," he said.

  "Speaking of which, we've been talking about a lot of things since earlier but somehow I seem to forget something but what is it?," he said confused.

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  He thought hard until he finally knew what he forgot.

  "Oh yeah, names, we haven't introduced each other's names," he said after thinking.

  "Oh yeah, I didn't think about it either, my name is Rid, Rid Archie, you can just call me Rid," I said.

  "My name is Noa, Noa Sigisbert. You can just call me Noa, nice to meet you Rid," he said while extending her hand to me.

  "Nice to meet you too Noa," I said while extending my hand as well.

  After our introductions we shook hands.

  -

  Without realizing it, after the excitement of Prince Charles and Princess Chloe's arrival and my conversation with Noa, it was already half past ten. A man approached us and spoke,

  "Attention everyone, let me introduce myself, my name is Alan Hugo. I am one of the teachers at San Fulgen Akademiya and also one of the supervisors who will supervise your entrance test. Previously, I would like to thank the participants who accepted the invitation from our academy, both from the San Fulgen kingdom and from outside the kingdom and thank you also to the participants who have been willing to wait. Without further ado, the San Fulgen Akademiya Entrance Test for 1217 is hereby declared to have begun!!," he said.

  And finally, the Entrance Test for the number one academy in the kingdom has finally begun.

  -

  "Without further ado, the entrance exam for San Fulgen Akademiya 1217 is hereby declared to have begun!!" said one of the academy supervisors, Alan Hugo.

  The participants immediately responded, some were impatient to show their abilities, some were nervous, and some responded normally. As for me, I really can't wait for this entrance exam. In addition to being a means to become a student at the academy, I can test my abilities by fighting other participants because I know there is a battle test between participants too.

  "It's finally started, I'm tired of waiting," said Noa excitedly.

  "You're very enthusiastic, Noa, you must be very confident in facing this entrance exam," I said in response to Noa.

  "Of course, I've been practicing a lot all this time, especially I'm really looking forward to the battle test between participants, maybe I can get an opponent that makes me excited," said Noa.

  "Aren't you afraid if you get an opponent like Prince Charles, Princess Chloe, Young Master Enzo or Princess Irene?," I asked Noa.

  "Indeed, they may be the top participants in this entrance exam, but wouldn't it be interesting if we got opponents who were superior to us, especially if we could beat them," Noa said confidently.

  "Indeed, I agree with you. I would definitely be proud if I could win against top participants like them," I said.

  "But there is still 1 more participant who I think is top," Noa said.

  "Hmm, who is that?," I asked Noa.

  "That's you, Rid," Noa answered.

  "How can I be top, when I'm just a participant with an ordinary background. Not one of the nobles," I argued.

  "Maybe you think so, but I know that the Ice Princess has been looking at you several times since earlier. Maybe you didn't realize when she saw you. To attract the attention of the Ice Princess, you are definitely not an ordinary person, Rid," Noa said.

  "About Princess Irene turning her head towards me, maybe it was just a coincidence, besides I haven't done anything strange that attracted attention since earlier, right?," I argued again.

  "Indeed you don't attract attention, but there must be something special in you that can attract the attention of the Ice Princess. The participants of high noble blood are indeed special and strong because they inherit the blood of the strongest family in this kingdom, but they are not scary," said Noa.

  "What's scary is when ordinary people hide their true strength," continued Noa.

  "It's up to you to think of me however you want," I said as if accepting Noa's statement.

  "I'm looking forward to something interesting in the entrance exam later, Rid," said Noa while smiling at me.

  "It seems like I've become the target of one of the participants here, but never mind, I do want to take this exam seriously," I thought to myself.

  -

  "Ahem, everyone please don't make a fuss first. I will explain about the entrance exam this time," said the supervisor.

  Indeed, after the supervisor said the exam had started, the atmosphere immediately became noisy. Many participants were talking to other participants just like I was talking to Noa just now. Even though a detailed explanation of the exam had not been explained.

  "The San Fulgen Akademiya entrance exam will be divided into 3 exams:

  1. Theory Exam or Quiz

  2. Target Destruction Exam

  3. Combat Exam

  For the Quiz exam, the maximum points you will get are 100 points. The target destruction exam gets a maximum of 200 points. And the combat exam also gets a maximum of 200 points. So out of the 500 participants currently present, only 200 participants who get the highest points will be accepted as students of San Fulgen Akademiya," explained the supervisor.

  "Is the explanation about this entrance exam clear? Does anyone have any questions?," asked the supervisor.

  "I want to ask, sir," said a participant who turned out to be Prince Charles.

  "Please, what do you want to ask, Prince?," asked the supervisor.

  "If the total points of a participant from the three exams are in the 200th position, but the participant in the 201st position also has the same points as the participant in the 200th position. How is the treatment fair?," asked Prince Charles.

  "Thank you Prince for your question. That's right, I forgot to explain about this situation. What if the participant in the 201st position has the same points as the participant in the 200th position? One participant is accepted into the Academy and the other participant does not pass into the Academy even though both have the same points. To overcome this situation, another battle test will be held between participants with the same points, to determine which participant is entitled to pass into the Academy. Does this explain everything?," asked the supervisor.

  "Sir, I want to ask," said one of the participants whose name I don't know.

  "Please, son," replied the supervisor.

  "What about the detailed explanation for each test?," asked the participant.

  "Ah, for the explanation of each test, it will be explained by the supervisor who will supervise you later. Are all the explanations clear? Does anyone want to ask any more questions?," asked the supervisor again.

  But no participants asked.

  "Okay, because no one asked any more questions, I think you already understand the explanation," said the supervisor.

  "Because soon you will take the first entrance exam, which is a quiz test, so now you are asked to go to the 2nd floor of this building and go to the room that has a list of your names on paper that is attached to the wall and door in the room," said the supervisor giving the last explanation on this floor. We immediately went to the second floor of this building.

  -

  We finally arrived on the second floor of the building and checked each room to find our respective names. After a while of searching, it turned out that I was in room number 4 and was sitting in the seat with the number 4 in the room.

  "What room number are you in, Rid?," Noa asked me.

  "I'm in room number 4, what room number are you in, Noa?," I asked Noa again.

  "I'm in room number 2, it's a shame we don't share the same room," Noa complained.

  "What would you do if we were in the same room? Cheat?," I asked again.

  "No, no, I can do my own exam. It just feels good to be in the same room with someone I know," Noa replied.

  "Is that so," I said.

  "Okay then, see you again in the next exam, Rid," Noa said as he walked towards his room.

  "Yeah, see you later," I said in response.

  "Even though he talked as if he considered me a participant to be wary of, why is he still friendly towards me? It seems like he's the type of person who considers his rivals as his friends too," I thought.

  After that, I immediately went into my room and immediately looked for a seat that I would occupy. I looked around and it turned out that there were 50 seats available in the room. If each room has 50 seats, that means there are 10 rooms used for the first exam.

  "Because I was number 154, that means I'm in room 4 with the 4th seat, right? That makes sense," I thought.

  After finding my seat, I immediately took it. Other participants in the same room as me also started to enter and take their respective seats. After all the participants in room 4 were in their respective seats, a female supervisor came into the room.

  "Hello everyone, let me introduce myself, my name is Nora Kalandra. I am the supervisor for the Quiz exam in room 4," said the supervisor.

  "First I will explain about the rules of this quiz exam. The exam will consist of 20 fill-in-the-blank questions and the questions are about general knowledge, either about magic or about the kingdom of San Fulgen. 1 correct question will be awarded 5 points, which means if 20 correct questions will get 100 points. No one is allowed to cheat on each other or use other cheating tricks. In each room, magic detection has been installed to find out whether there are participants who use magic for cheating tricks or not. That's a brief explanation of this exam. Are there any questions?," asked the supervisor after explaining about the exam.

  There were no signs of anyone asking.

  "No, huh? Well, if there are none, we can start the exam right away. The exam will start at 10 am to 11 am. I will start distributing the exam papers," said the supervisor.

  The exam papers were then distributed one by one to each participant. After all participants received their respective exam papers, the supervisor immediately gave the signal.

  "Okay, please start working on the exam," said the supervisor.

  - To be continued