After my meeting with royalty a week had passed, I spent the week going to the gym as normal while meeting up with Eric and Flora to eat or talk during breaks, the content of the classes was nothing I couldn't do, although almost all the kids in my class could do it without any problems, I was always the first to finish all the assignments, thanks to this it was inevitable that I would start getting attention, they started calling me "The genius of the advanced class" which is a bit ironic if you ask me since the advanced class is composed only of geniuses in general.
This also implies that Prince Edward's forte is certainly not brains since he did not stay in this room, also, my relationship with Emi has evolved more and more, although it's not really going the way I wanted it to now we can call ourselves friends at least, although I expected it, Emi really doesn't seem to have any particular feelings about me, if I had to say I think she just has an interest in how my brain works or something.
"Alright everyone, that completes our class today, you can now leave and go to your next classes"
Susy-sensei said, following her instructions everyone started gathering their materials and were leaving, once I packed my things I started walking towards the door.
"Ren, Princess Emi told me that you wanted to meet me, when you finish your class meet me in my lab"
I was stopped by Professor Susy as she said those words to me, apparently Emi was able to schedule a conversation of mine with her.
"Ah, yes, thank you for taking your time for me Susy-sensei"
I said as I bowed to show respect.
"Hahaha, you don't have to be so formal, Emi already told me a little bit about the content of the conversation and being honest I am also interested in talking to you, Emi told me that you would definitely be able to help me with my research"
Susy-sensei said with a smile, i was a little embarrassed by her words since I didn't think I would be praised out of the blue, after saying goodbye to the teacher, I started to move to the next class which would be fencing, today we would have a mock fight, as I approached the Dojo, I noticed that there was more movement than usual.
As soon as I opened the door leading to the Dojo, I was surprised by what I saw, the bleachers were completely full, probably 90% of the audience was composed of women, in addition there were several students from other classes mixed in, among the audience I could see Flora and Emi, both were sitting side by side and seemed to be talking.
"Hey, Eric"
I called Eric's name as I walked to the middle of the students who were already holding their weapons.
"Ah, Ren, you finally arrived, I thought something had happened since Princess Emi was alone when you came"
Eric said with a smile on his face.
"I was just talking to Susy-sensei, but anyway, what's going on, it's more crowded here than usual"
I asked as I looked around, hearing my words Eric looked at me with a confused look.
"Didn't you know? Today we are going to have interclass combat practice"
Eric said.
(What, really? How did I not know that?)
I asked myself, letting out a sigh, after that I walked to the armory and picked up a wooden sword.
"I hope you are prepared plebeian, today I will show Emi that the only man worthy of her is me"
Suddenly a voice came from beside me, as I turned around, I saw that the owner of the voice was Prince Edward, as soon as I said this, he simply started walking towards a group of boys who were watching us from afar, I noticed that all three of them were looking at me with a certain anger, although I don't remember offending all three of them.
(This is not going to be good at all, I am being hated, aren't I?)
Sighing I start walking towards Eric, as soon as I approached, I heard a big voice in the place that made all the students quiet.
"I see you are all here, very well, let's start the little interclass tournament, although it is just a friendly between your classmates, I want to remind you that your overall performance will also be evaluated"
Said the teacher.
"Your sparring partners are on the board, you have 5 minutes to get ready"
He said as he pointed to a board, everyone started walking towards the board including Eric and me, as we approached it was possible to see our opponents, there were several grids with various names on them and all the grids branched off into three at the end showing that there would only be three winners.
"It looks like you and I are not on the same grid"
Eric said.
"Ugh, damn, me and Prince Edward are on the same grid"
I said as I looked at Prince Edward's name, the two of us would face each other in the third match.
(Although I want to believe that this was pure bad luck, I doubt it was just that, the words from before... he sure did something)
I thought as I had a depressed look on my face.
"Alright, now that everyone has seen their opponents get ready for us to start the fights"
Said the teacher, after that I walked towards the "Ring" while being watched by several people sitting in the bleachers, as this place was very large several fights could happen at the same time, and as the swords were made of wood the chance of us being fatally injured was almost nil, as I walked to the "Ring" my eyes met Emi's, she was standing next to Flora who gave me a hand wave along with a smile, Emi was also looking at me, with a simple small smile along with a small wave of her hand my heart started beating extremely fast, this caused me to quickly look away fearing she would see my smile.
(If I lose, I would be too embarrassed to look her in the face, I need to win anyway)
With that thought I made my way to the "Ring"