Turning to look at his girlfriend who was fuming back where she was standing, he ignored her and turned back to speak to Liam, "Well, as long as you take a Mid grade serum, you should be able to pass easily. Low grades will be fine too but you will have to put in more effort. As for the written tests... it should be really easy for someone like you.
I heard that you were given 120,000 Rudo for getting first in the exam so you can use that money to buy yourself some decent serum."
"Mid grad serum huh... I might need to do some research on that so I guess I'll see you later. I should be able to find you here in the gym right?"
Noah nodded, "Yeah, I'll be here around noon almost every day and in the evenings. Why don't you take my contact number?"
"Sure.", Liam said as he pulled out his phone and gave it to Noah after unlocking it, who then added in his phone number and gave it back.
"I'll see you later then, see ya."
Noah watched him leave before he walked back to his girlfriend, "Well, looks like we became friends. If you wanna see the greatness of high grade serums, why don't you just check out some of the videos in CosmicTube instead?"
Seeing his nonchalant attitude, she stormed out of the gym in anger while leaving him alone.
Noah let out a loud sigh, "Just why did I fall for such a girl... She used to be so damn sweet a few months ago but nowadays it's just getting worse. Is this even worth it anymore..."
*****
Back in his room, Liam did his own research on mid grade serums and the range of the strength increase that they provided. It took him a few hours to get a rough estimate but once he was done, he felt better.
'Now I can act like I took a mid grade serum. As long as I don't show too much of my strength, I should be good to go. Also, I'm just going to a normal academy where theoretical stuff is given more importance than practical so as long as I get an average score in all the physical tests, I should be able to pass.', he thought as he closed the browser on his phone.
Just as he was about to go to get some lunch for himself, he heard a knock on the door, only to find a hotel staff standing in front of the door with a suitcase.
"Sir Liam, one of our premium members asked us to give this to you. This suitcase has books and materials that are needed for the academy's final entrance exam. We wish you all the best.", the staff said as he handed the suitcase to Liam before walking away to do other tasks.
Liam brought the suitcase back to his bed and opened it, only to see it filled with various books, half of them being textbooks while the other half were question papers from the past examinations. There were also a few empty notebooks and pens.
"I don't really want to study....", he muttered as he looked at the books before sighing.
'Yeah, I'll just go play around with my avatar while my clone will do the studying for me. Hehehe this way, I can prepare for my exams and also make some money on the side. Though, I still don't know if I can make a lot of money with those jobs since I never did any research on that field.', he thought to himself before closing the suitcase and walked out of the room so he could get some lunch.
All he had to do was show his ID and he was allowed to order almost all the menu items for free, which he took full advantage of. Unfortunately for him, he saw the same girl he had seen in the gym, who was walking towards him with a muscular guy right behind her.
He had a weird feeling that the girl was trouble but to his surprise, she was pretty nice as all she did was ask him if she could eat with him.
In his past life, he had to eat his meals alone so he had gotten too used to that lifestyle so when he heard her, he did not know what to do. One one hand, he wanted to eat his meal peacefully but on the other hand, he did not want to sound rude.
"Um sorry but I like eating my meals alone.", he said after thinking for a few seconds, which shocked the girl who had already taken a seat opposite to him.
Feeling humiliated, she glared at him and then the surroundings, only to see the people minding their own business and eating their lunch peacefully. It took her a few seconds to keep her composure in check and when she did, she flashed him a smile.
"That's fine. Would you like to have some dinner with me instead?", she asked as she glanced between Liam and the pasta that he was eating.
"I'll be taking food to my room for dinner. I have to study for my exams so I don't have much time to throw away, sorry."
This time however, she was unable to restrain herself and picked up the glass of water that was on the table before she threw it towards him.
"YOU RUDE BAST- what?", she screamed out loud due to her anger but to her surprise, both the plate and the guy in front of her had vanished. At least, that was what she had thought until she heard his voice behind her.
Holding the plate of pasta in his hand, Liam gave the girl a disapproving look, "That was a bit too rude, don't you think? Splashing someone with water when they're eating? Especially when it involves strangers."
Seeing the commotion take place, one of the guards ran towards Liam before glancing at the girl, "Sir, could you please tell me what is going on?"