At first, he thought that his system was trying to make him the valedictorian, which he didn’t mind because if he worked hard like any other normal student he could achieve it.But then he realized something.His quest didn’t tell him to become the strongest student, it was to become the strongest mage.So within these 8 months, he was expected to surpass both students and staff alike which includes final years, professors, guards, etc.He looked below.[Punishment: ???]This was written in blood read, so it was either death or something close to it.Art couldn’t help but let out a bitter chuckle.‘System, you’re trying to kill me right? And my dear guide, what do you have to say about this?’[…………]‘............’‘So that’s how it is huh?’ he shook his head before focusing on the task at hand.He exited the large hall and when his gaze fell on the outside of the academy, he was pleased.“As expected from the Royal Academy.”The environment was beautified with plants like shrubs and g

It took him 15 minutes to get back with only 7 minutes left before the welcome announcement.It was going to be held in the large hall which he stood in front of and after walking in over a thousand seats came into view along with the large stage in front of them.Many people were already present, some had begun familiarizing themselves with others. He quietly walked to a seat that had fewer people around before taking it. ‘Two minutes left,' he closed his eyes thinking more about the old woman and the strange white feather. She didn’t give him much to go on with and he was hesitant on collecting the feather, but his curiosity got the better of him and now it ended up in his inventory.He decided to research more about it later but he would have to do it carefully because there was still a lot of mystery behind it. When he used his inspect skill on it, the feather was a B-rank artifact which was high and powerful but he doubted that it would cause a lot of people to come after him

When he saw this at first he didn't want to jump to conclusions but after reading the book there was no doubt about it. He was one of the two missing Elites during the announcement. He opened his palm just like before and uttered two words. “Display rank.”A magical projection of two numbers hovered above his hand. [ 20 ]This was the work of the bracelet. He stared at it for some time wondering how he got such a position and the most probable conclusion he could come up with, was that the current ranking was based on the Academy’s evaluation before admitting them into the school.This would mean that they were under observation from the Royal Academy before even becoming students.In the contest, even though Beatrix, Sil, and Iris had the potential to perform better, they were not given that opportunity, so at the end of the day, the two top performers were him and Lidia because of their last clash. Most likely, they had the highest rank among the six of them.This was just a spe

They got to a large open door that had above its header [1-B], and after walking in, a lot of people came into sight and more were still arriving.The seats which increased in steps formed a semi-circle around the large platform meant for the teacher.The seats were more than enough and wanting to be alone, he separated himself from Viron who had some explaining to give to Sil.He looked around for familiar faces after taking an empty seat in a less crowded area at the back which was higher. He sighted two Elites as he remembers the faces of most of them and they were drawing some attention but it was inferior to that of a girl. This was the same ice girl he met the previous day.‘So she’s also here.’“Gorgeous right?” He heard a voice from behind as he shifted his gaze to the boy who proceeded to seat beside him.“The name’s Greg,” he said outstretching his hand for a shake.“I’d prefer if you talk less,” Art faced front paying no attention to him.“That’s cold,” he muttered, retra

Art left, leaving some thoughts going through their heads but before any comments could be made, a beeping sound came from their bracelets which indicated that it was time for their next class.“We’ll continue this some other time,” the busty girl said as they all departed.Karon’s gaze drifted toward the two figures who had the potential of becoming his queen.He didn’t know who to give his attention to.They both had the princess title in different ways but the princess of the kingdom was in the same class as him. Class 1-A.So he just headed in the same direction as her.The lilac ice princess headed in another direction along with three others.They moved at their own pace but got there at generally the same time.As she walked in, her eyes happened to fall on the boy she met the other day and also during today’s Elite meeting.He wasn’t seated far away so she was able to see his expression but there was nothing.His golden eyes had no feelings or emotion. If anything, he seemed to