"W-what the... seriously?!" Greve asked in disbelief in almost a shouting manner. There was actually someone that has enough guts to slap his friend? Who could do something like that?
Greve's interest was piqued. As far as he was concerned, even high-ranking Nobles and Royals wouldn't easily touch the Ybra Family. They hold great power that even the Imperial Family wouldn't want to antagonize them
Slapping Cain was almost akin to courting death!
"W-who was it?" Greve can't help but inquire. This is too big and juicy piece of news! He wants to be informed!
"You talk too much" Cain simply replied before walking on his own. His chest feels stuffy as if he would suffocate any moment from now
With a distressed heart, Cain just went to his own class. To his luck, the schedule for this time of the day was the swordsmanship class
The Great Sage Academy as the number 1 Academy in the whole Empire occupied a large area
As all the Nobles and Royals attended, the academy couldn't be shabby. It was complete with all sorts of facilities
It has wide training areas where students from different classes can train together
The training grounds has a large capacity and the sounds of weapons hitting each other along with the students' shout rang loudly
This place is quite noisy, Cain dislikes any crowded and loud places perhaps except for this one
As soon as Cain arrives, all eyes immediately turned to look at him. Some have admiration in their eyes as they want to fawn over him but the others were filled with undisguised jealousy
However, no matter what they think of him, Cain just want to live his life peacefully
"Hey, hey, you still haven't answered my question. Who dared to slap you?" Greve continue to bother his friend as he was extremely curious about what exactly happened
Unfortunately for him, Cain continue ignoring him as he walked to where his classmates and professor was located
Seeing them with his own eyes, Cain can't help but have mixed emotions. Some of these people have died before he regressed. Cain even witness some of their deaths
As for the others that survived, some of them was living like dead while the others became Keon's slaves
The Royal Villainess knew how to hold a grudge. As almost everyone in the Academy look down at him, he made sure that he would avenge himself
Now that Cain was seeing these people with different fates more clearly, it was normal to feel complicated
However, it also helps Cain recover from the shock that Keon had given him earlier. That moon is the evilest person in this world, just because some people bullied him, he made sure that their lives would be ruined
There is no need to feel pity. All Cain has to do was to force Keon into taking down Lawrence that would bring the downfall of the Empire that would inflict countless lives
The whole class waited for a few more minutes as they still have time before the scheduled time for the swordsmanship training
In the meanwhile, this class's swordsmanship instructor gave out some instructions first
"Everyone, listen to me. The annual sword and magic tournament in the Academy is already near. To help all of you have more experience, I collaborated with another class to spar with all of you!"
"They might be your opponents in the upcoming tournament and it would benefit all of you to compete with them. You could learn about their skills and techniques to prepare. But of course, there is also the risk of the opponent reading all of your skills"
"This all would go down to how skillful you are. Whether your opponent learned about you or you learned about them is all up to your own skills!"
The swordsmanship instructor - Professor Keating announced and most of the students immediately became excited
The Sword and Magic Tournament is held annually in the Academy and it holds great significance
As the Nobles and Royals attended the Academy, the future of their families can be seen by the performance of the students in the Academy
After all, their children and especially the heirs all attended the academy with almost no exemption
Once a student showed great performance, it could be viewed as their families having better days ahead of them
The lower-ranking Nobles that showed their talent can make connections to the higher ranking ones
As for the high ranking ones, they could display their superiority using their children
A strong individual can battle an entire army on their own. Military strength is one of the most important powers that Nobility and Royals should have
Although a family's military strength could not be judged based solely on one person but there are still people that exceeds multiple aristocratic families' power
An example of that was Cain Ybra himself. He was a single person that holds the power of armies. No wonder that he managed to snatch the Three Great Treasure that enables him to return to the past
"Your opponents would be arriving soon. I suggest that you all prepare and do some warm-up first"
With that, the students went to grab their own wooden swords. Since this is merely practice/training, there is no need to use a real sword
The life in High Society is a very complicated one. The Academy wants to avoid as much conflict as possible
If the students were to get badly hurt or worse die, it would spell a huge trouble
Cain also grabbed a wooden sword, holding it in his hand with a complicated expression on his face
He has confidence that with the experience he accumulated before regressing, he could dominate the Tournament
However, if he showed too much power, it might alarm a lot of people. He learned in the hard way that although his family is a very powerful one, they also have a large number of enemies
Showing too much power would spell trouble yet the same could be said if he were to show too much weakness