Every students are now in the hall and guardians are on the audience seats, with academic counsellors on the left while Professor Rick is on the platform near the boulder, holding his list.
"Honorable Lady Althea Lucine Argyros of Wisteria." I froze when Professor Rick called me first.
Right, it's called by rank for mana testing, not by alphabetical order.
I gulp taking a deep breath as I stand up, controlling my aura to stabilize it and help me keep calm and focus, I headed to the platform with professor guiding me upstairs.
I stand in the middle in front of the giant boulder of white marble.
"You just have to put your palm there and it will measure your mana and show your affinity." Professor Rick said as I gulp and look at my right palm.
I'm awakened in this life, I'm sure my affinities in water, aura and light will be revealed.
I can't lie and hide my affinities, it wouldn't matter as long as the mana is on average, no matter how rare it is, I'm sure I'm still low of mana but enough to pass the Sectre.
I put my palm on the boulder and I immediately feel a faint electricity like buzz through my hand which made me flinch when the boulder flash a blinding golden light which made me feel a bit light headed, watching a blueish hue appear along the beams.
I heard gasps as I tense and the light intensify even more.
What-
My aura affinity, it's part of the blinding light and water affinity.
I can see a 2 hues of blue, the inner core is a clear labradorite like dark blue and gold, the middle is faded to a light sapphire like color making it look as if it's one, and surrounded by the blinding white light.
"It-s l-light, light and water affinity in combine, the lady's mana." professor said in shock as I take my hand of the boulder as the light disappear almost immediately, the whole room was silent.
I look at Professor Rick who only saw the 2 blue hues as one, and obviously didn't saw the difference.
If the aura affinity is only for my mother's female direct linage then I don't think anyone knows what aura affinity is, I assume.
After all, my mother's family never let their female descendants far away from the Ilia's empire, once they marry, the family are to comply to a protocol that they must live in the imperial palace.
That's what I heard from Wendy.
There's only limited people who knows about the aura affinity.
I feel so tired, whole body feels so cold I'm going to pass out if I don't take a seat, I walk away from the boulder, composing myself and remain expressionless.
"You may now take a seat honorable lady." he quickly respond assisting me off the platform and I ignore the multiple stares, shutting down my aura affinity to prevent myself to weaken further.
My brother quickly grab me and lead me back to my seat.
I can sense the tension from the students surrounding me, the next people trying are princes and princesses of foreign kingdoms.
I was considered higher in rank after my father acquired Ilia, from the Emperor who handed my mother's dying country to my father, who rebuild the cold land and it's people with his knowledge on how to govern the northern Wisteria Grand Duchy.
I just found out about it when I overheard his meeting with his people.
It's an old agreement between my parent and the Emperor when dad wiped out the country of Luxem that invaded my mother's homeland.
The Luxem is located on the west side of this empire, the land is more fertile and there are easy to access crops and all perishable goods, so the Emperor took advantage and have the land as an extension to Hestia for resources which will be the best for this empire.
Ilia is now restored, the Emperor didn't know that dad already clean up the country, taking down the monsters one by one with only him and our skilled shadow knights.
The Ilia is now a lively country with it's remaining people, we even found Wendy's eldest brother who's now promoted from poor Marques to an Earl after my father tested him and appointed him to look through the land without any malice, who gladly accept the offer after finding what happened to her sister, Wendy who is alive and the imperial princess having two children and married to the Grand Duke before she passed away.
Dad rebuild the Ilia country with magic and invest with various mana stones, along my grandmother and the dark tower to create a livable and active community of it's remaining people, helping the people there to get back on pace and have their livelihoods again, there are trades happening there too and foreigners settling down for their businesses after vast amount of diverse mines full of ores are discovered, the people are permitted to buy their own shares, they can't own it to themselves but only profit yet the people are cooperative since it's an old law of Ilia.
The country of Ilia is now allies with the Hestia after the emperor granted the rights to my father, under the Wisteria Grand Duchy as a reward.
It's a mystery to other countries how Ilia was the riches before it was ruined when it's located on the cold north, not knowing it's land rich with mines.
Since my mother, the crown princess of Ilia, already passed away and only my brother and I are left as her inheritors, which makes my father the Emperor of Ilia, my brother as a crown prince and me as the princess by the law.
But since we aren't crowned formally, we'll remain the Grand Ducal family and it wasn't even an issue to us.
And the reason why the Emperor is pushing my dad to agree to make me the Hestia's crown princess, it puts me to the top list of qualified no matter how weak I was with magic even in my past life.
"Lady Talia Monique Melba, of house of Marques and Marchioness Melba." the professor called which caught my attention, blinking as I look at the students who just finished before Talia.
The examinees who are already done look so pale and worn from the mana test.
I remember almost dying because of Sectre in my past life, it was a mess.
I watch as Talia walk up wearing a red ball gown, she touch the boulder and a faint green light flash, it's her Terra affinity, which solely focus on controlling land and growing plants.
Her mana only fills half, but terra affinity is one of the four major elemental affinity, which only the bloodline of Duke Malevolent of Sylvatica, Marchioness Calista is a distant relative of the duke so I wasn't surprise at all when Talia have that same affinity.
That's what made her a potential candidate when my dad insist on me becoming a crown princess, she was seen as the most with potential due to her being wielder of one of the major elements.
I frown when her aura turn as green as her affinity and her emerald dress, it reeks as she force herself to put more mana, almost pushing the boulder but the green hue of her affinity appearing on it just become shaky and suddenly disappeared as the councils started calling her out to stop.
"Lady! Stop!"
I only watch the commotion as Talia was pulled away who squeal and pass out as I tilt my head with frown when the foreign students frown but have yellow aura in amusement to what's happening.
I mean, it was funny maybe but I'm too tired to bother.
I can only turn my head and look at who's next, it's a long line, one by one, they could have just let the examinees who are finished go.
I waited patiently till dawn, they're still testing the barons' children, the last one to be called is Malina under the baron line.
"Miss Malina Mary Birsha, House of Baron and Baroness Birsha." the dark hazel eyed with crown braided copper brown hair with bangs, wearing a blue ball gown walk up, too proudly.
I watch the boulder half field with sea blue hue, it's water affinity too.
I used to wish to have that same much of affinity too.
But now that I'm awakened, I'm much more aware how my aura affinity affected consumed my mana so much and took over me in my past life, I'm glad the situation change in this life.
I just want to live my life with my family, if the Aristocrats found every loophole they could just to take my family down, but now that I know what could possibly happen in the future, I can change it now that my grandmother is taking me freely and make me participate with out businesses.
My hatred that build up against Malina just become even stronger when I saw her forced smile, looking at my family's direction from the audience where her parents are trying hard to be close in public pathetically.
Her aura, it's so green and murky, it disgustingly reeks.
I remain expressionless and feel presences as I turn to my left and find the familiar boy who's most definitely around my brother's age, arms cross while standing next to my brother who are both at the same height and both wearing cloaks that hides their eyes, it's Sir Max that I met earlier.
They're just conversing casually and I can tell they're good friends.
Now I feel bored, I can't even talk to anyone since the gaps of the seating arrangements are wide.
"Miss Kiera Rosa Mabel, House of Baron and Baroness Mabel."
The familiar girl with long mahogany brown curly hair and deep brown eyes, Sir Rafael Mabel's little sister who was hired as my lady in the waiting after my nanny, Wendy was falsely accused of treason and killed, and same date their parents died of a tragic unexplained carriage accident on the way to a business trip.
Kiera, she's the most genuine and sweetest person, she's like a sister to me and would share me her favorite books.
She entered the house while his brother was at the academy, she studied at home with me, I was aware that she was bullied at the academy which made her agree and didn't even hesitate when she was offered to accompany me while she can study with all her hearts content and the grand duchy.
I saw how she was badly treated and harassed by Malina every time that devil was around, it get to the point that we would hide in the secret passage in my room where there's another hidden room, just to avoid Malina.
Her pale yellow aura signals anxiousness can be seen through her modest purple gown, the boulder turn half pink, it's nature affinity, she can easily grow plants with just touching the ground and control the plants, she was interested in alchemy, I'm sure she still is in this life.
She looks so happy which made me happy too but conceal it, looking at my palm.
I think I can help their parents avoid that carriage incident.
They were on their way home when that happened, and the place they visited, it was owned by the Earl Saveria.
I remember my father receiving a report that time from Sir Rupert that the Earl potentially hoarded the wheat, the incident will be 3 years from now, Baron Mabel moved, trying to solve the issue after the empire appoint him to connect to the Earl.
There was a lot of speculations but it was thrown under the rug, dad couldn't find a clue which lead him to create a trap which the Earl bite into that cause him to get caught about the tax issue and the wheat, but the Mabel couple's death remained unsolved and was marked as an unfortunate accident.
I can help exposing the Earl without peoples lives becoming a scapegoat by the empire.
The Earl will purchase the mine with silver ores that was owned by my nana around this year through an auction, I just have to avoid my grandmother from auctioning the mine and find a way to expose the illegal warehouse he's hiding on the south.
There are so many illegal things linked to the Earl that heavily involves some of the aristocratic faction.
Kiera was my only true friend, her family suffered yet my father continue to help Sir Rafael and Kiera to continue in life.
I could only watch by afar as a stranger, in this life I'll find catch the culprit who attempted to poison me before who falsely accused Wendy and got her killed.
I'm not scared of doing something horrible if thing go down south again, I'm not going to waste this life sitting idly when I'm fully aware that I could change the course of the series of unfortunate events.
After the long line of commoners getting tested, it's already late at night when the Sectre finaly ended.
Everyone was dismissed as I stand up first, impatiently and go my way as my brother quickly followed me and catch up.
I'm too tired.