"Lyn Grisvil, what happened to you? It's me, Rafe Lostfield," Rafe said with a confused look on his face.
The teenagers there began to whisper as they looked at Rafe with disgust, the red-haired boy who had been knocked down by Rafe now stood up and wrapped his right hand around Rafe's neck from behind.
"Is she really Lyn Grisvil?" thought Hayato as he stopped his steps and looked at the blonde girl.
"Please beat her up, princess!" said the red-haired youth who had locked Rafe's neck.
"Don't interrupt my conversation!" snapped Rafe as he released the lock on his neck, also slamming the young man's body to the ground.
"There is no Lyn here! Don't you know your own king's daughter, huh?" the girl snapped as she glared at Rafe.
"The King's daughter?" muttered Rafe in shock.
"My name is Mia Ruttera Livsirg, I know you mean no harm. But I think you've got the wrong person," the blonde girl said with a smile.
"She's the youngest daughter of King Luiz Ruttera Livsirg!" the girl said in front of Mia.
"No way," Rafe said quietly as he looked at Mia from head to toe.
Rafe's eyes fell on Mia's neck, there seemed to be a small mole on her neck, even though Lyn didn't have a mole on her neck. Rafe's excitement, which had been raging earlier, vanished at once after he realized everything.
"You strange young man, he must be just making excuses because he wants to hug the princess," said some teenagers without uniforms.
"You're shameless, insolent to the princess," said another teenager.
"I'm going to report this to the teacher," said the girl in front of Mia, but Mia quickly restrained her hand.
"Never mind. I'm sure he just misunderstood," Mia interrupted.
"I'm sorry. I seem to have made a mistake," Rafe said quietly.
"No problem. Next time you should check the person you want to say hello to first, because it could get you into trouble," Mia said.
"Hehehe... thank you. I did it because the princess' beauty is exactly the same as my girlfriend's," Rafe said with a smile.
"Tch," the girl grumbled in front of Mia, as if she didn't like Rafe comparing Mia.
"Thanks, now you'd better get in line with the other participants, the event might start soon," Mia said.
Rafe just nodded and got back in line. But the other teenagers seemed reluctant to get close to Rafe, choosing to run ahead of Rafe or slow down behind Rafe. Hayato immediately ran after Rafe, who had moved away.
"I'm going to report this to Prince Gill," grumbled the red-haired boy who had been pushed by Rafe while holding his shoulder.
"You don't have to do that! This is an order from me," Mia said firmly.
"Huh?" the red-haired youth near Mia looked startled at Mia's words.
"Yes, Princess," the two girls in front of Mia replied respectfully.
"What's wrong, Princess? Isn't this how you usually act?" asked the red-haired boy who had been slapped by Rafe.
"I don't know either, I'll let you take the lead here," Mia replied as she walked away, followed by the other two girls.
"O-kay," the red-haired youth replied reluctantly.
"Oh, hero Lyn Grisvil, let this despicable student of yours be your lover," Hayato said quietly after he was near Rafe.
"You want to mock me, huh?" grumbled Rafe.
"Hahaha... no way. I understand how you feel, I feel the same way about my teacher," Hayato replied as he patted Rafe on the shoulder.
"But you're too much to hug Princess Mia, it's a good thing you weren't beheaded or reported to the king," Hayato continued.
"You didn't tell me who she was either," Rafe grumbled.
"I didn't know she was King Luiz's youngest daughter either, I just knew her name. You're the strange one for wanting to hug her right away," Hayato said.
"Anyway, she looks a lot like Lyn, even the mana feels the same. Only she has a mole on her neck. After I felt it carefully, it turned out that there was also a slight difference in the mana aura," Rafe explained with an annoyed look on his face.
"How similar is that? Even to their mana?" Hayato asked curiously.
"If you don't know, just shut up," Rafe grumbled as he continued walking.
Rafe and Hayato finally came to a very large hall. There were a lot of chairs lined up in the hall, the seats were for teenagers who wanted to take the Elexia Academy entrance test.
In front of the test takers' seats, there were fifteen more seats lined up and a podium in front of them. Behind the fifteen seats were thirty more seats occupied by Academy students wearing the same uniform as Mia and her two friends.
Meanwhile, the fifteen seats in front were occupied by the teachers of Elexia Academy. Bara, Lola and Nia were sitting in one of these seats. An old man with a white beard sat in the middle of the teachers' row. Between the students' seats and the teachers' seats were five huge crystal balls on a black steel pedestal.
Rafe and Hayato immediately chose seats in the middle row because the front row was already full. The other teenagers, who had seen what had happened earlier, seemed reluctant to sit near Rafe and Hayato. But they didn't care, because in the end, the other teenagers who didn't know about the incident ended up sitting near them.
"Elves? Dwarves?" muttered Rafe, who was surprised to see a female elf race sitting in the teacher's section. There was also a male dwarf sitting next to an old grandfather with a white beard.
"Look, isn't that the pure elf you're looking for," Hayato said.
Rafe didn't react at all, seemingly mesmerized by the beauty of the elf sitting in the teacher's section. Nia, seeing Rafe staring at the teachers' row, immediately smiled. Rafe's attention was distracted again when he saw a young man in uniform whose mana was similar to Mia's, the young man also had blond hair with a face cut similar to Mia's.
"Is he Mia's brother too," Rafe muttered softly. Hayato, who was looking at the other teenagers, seemed to ignore Rafe's words.
"Is there something you're looking for?" Rafe asked.
"Yes. I'm looking for my future wife, usually at events like this a main character meets his future wife," Hayato replied while continuing to look at the other teenagers.
"You freak, you shouldn't use strange language in a situation like this. Other people will stay away from you," Rafe said.
"You don't know yourself, you're the one who will be shunned by others now because you suddenly want to hug the princess," Hayato grumbled.
"Hehehe... that was an accident, unlike you," Rafe said.
"Tch, you're shameless," Hayato grumbled.
The event was started by two Academy students as hosts, welcoming the arrival of the teenagers who came as test takers for the Elexia Academy. Then they gave the opportunity to an old grandfather with a white beard to welcome the participants, he was none other than the deputy head of the Elexia Academy, his name was Jevalta Maximus.
The next greeting was given to the Chief of the White Knights, an organization consisting of the 30 strongest students of Elexia Academy. The blond young man who looked like Mia immediately stood up to make a speech, he was the second son of King Luiz Ruttera Livsirg, his name was Gill Ruttera Livsirg.
The two presenters then explained the next event that the participants would go through, after which they excused themselves and handed the program over to Bara. Bara explained that those present would go through a test to measure how much mana they had. Those with no mana would be declared failures. Those who passed would be placed in classes based on the amount of mana in their bodies.
Bara then showed them how to take the test. He walked over to one of the crystal stones and placed his hand on it. Soon, the crystal glowed brightly. All the young people who saw this were immediately amazed. Bara explained that the contestants would be called by the number they received at the gate.
"An ancient test method that often appears in otherworldly novels," said Hayato, who seemed familiar with the test method Bara was demonstrating.
"Those magic crystals that wizards use on their wands, I didn't think they could be used for this," Rafe muttered in amazement.
"Numbers 001, 002, 003, 004 and 005. Please step forward," Bara began calling out the names of the test takers.
At that moment, two young men and three girls began to step forward. Rafe was surprised when he saw the black-haired girl coming forward near the blue-haired girl. She was none other than the girl who had hit him with the broom.
"That girl," Rafe said as he looked at Elena.
Continued...