A piercing electronic shrill was heard in Akira's ears, and he screamed, waking up instantly. Those were the school bells. Akira saw his first roommate, who was angry that Akira disturbed his training. His roommate said with a grumpy face, "Hi, I'm Graven Jiroh." His second roommate said, "Hi, I'm Cha Yeoul. Pleased to make your acquaintance." His third roommate, a girl, shouted, "I can't believe I'm sharing a room with boys." Akira recognized the girl as Hana. He put his hand forward for a handshake but was given a punch to the face. Hana ran out and came back with a disappointed look on her face. Akira, having compassion for her, said, "Okay boys, we'll go out and wait until the lady is done changing." Hana, thanking Akira, pushed the boys out of the room.
He met up with his fourth and fifth roommates, who were Kaori Ito and Haruka Kimura. After Hana was done changing, Akira and the rest entered the room and put on their school uniforms. Akira tried to engage Graven in a conversation, but he wasn't interested. Akira then put on his school uniform and called Graven, Kaito, Haruka, Hana, and Cha so that they would go out together for the rank assessment. As they were moving down the stairs, Graven asked Akira, "So, um, what is the strongest spell you know?" Akira said, "Um, let me see. There's {Gaia's Embrace}, {Geomancer's Call}, and my highest skill {Terra Nova}."
Cha and Graven had wide-open eyes as those Earth skills were only known by the Earth realm leader Hiroko, and they were 0 rank skills. Akira said, "Relax. At my current skill level, it's only an A-rank skill." Graven said, "What a shame. If I were an Earth specialization being, I would have tried to learn the skill from you." Cha said, "Yeah. Me too."
Reaching the hall, they entered, and the only people there were the nobles. Avius was blabbing to the others about how he was from the strongest realm and would get an S-rank. Looking at Akira, Avius said, "You, don't you know that nobles take their tests separately?" Akira looked at him and said, "*Sigh* Are you really Aya Mori's brother? You both have nothing in common. Shut your trap if you have nothing to say," shocking his roommates and mostly, shocking Avius, who asked, "How do you know my sister?" Akira ignored him and went to sit down.
Takeshi appeared and said, "There are 3 procedures in this rank testing. The first is to say your strongest skill, the second is to display the skill in the machine here, and the third is to touch the ascendancy crystal." He continued, "We're starting from the nobles. Since Avius here is from the 'strongest realm', he will go first." Avius said, "My name is Avius Mori, I am 9 and my strongest spell is the {Spirit's Grasp}." Jiro did hers, and she said, "I am Jiro Mori, I am 10, and my strongest spell is the {Supersonic Wave}."
Takeshi called the next noble from the water realm. The noble said, "I am Hotaru Nakano, I am 13 and my strongest spell is {Ice Beast}." "Wind realm noble," Takeshi said. The noble said, "I am Haruki Nakamura, I am 11, and my strongest spell is the {Wind Gale}." "Earth realm nobles," Takeshi said. A short boy appeared and said, "I am Emiko Okamoto, I am 13, and my strongest spell is {Lava Golem}." Another girl came out and said, "I am Krad Okamoto, I am 13, and my strongest skill is the {World Melt}." The flame realm noble was called out, and he said, "I am Seth Takahashi, I am 13, and my strongest skill is {Flame Wave}." The beast realm noble was called out, and he said, "I am Taekeshi Prima, I am 13, and my strongest skill is {Cockatrice's Glance}." The novus realm male noble was called out, and he said, "I am Birch Jaran, I am 13, and my strongest skill is {Typhon's Breath}." The novus realm female noble was called out, and she said, "I am Shirley Jaran, I am 13, and my strongest skill is {Tornado}." That was the end of the noble's first rank assessment.
Akira was the last person, and when it reached his turn, he said, "My name is Akira Kazuki, I'm 9, and my strongest skill is {Terra Nova}," shocking everyone. "Okay students, it's time for the next assessment test." Takeshi said, glancing towards the nobles.