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Amon walked through the streets, watching some couples hanging out.
It was close to 4, so third years and second years were already free as well.
Passing the parks and buildings, different training buildings were around him now.
He was out of the comfort and entertainment zone now, which included their dorms and other utilities for life.
Looking at the large training buildings, Amon barely saw anyone around them for training except a couple of second-years and first-years.
He sighed deeply.
This was another reason why the academy suffered so much this year.
Other than the noble children and main cast who had exceptionally high talent and strength, this year was nothing but garbage.
It did not mean that the low social standing students did not possess any potential, in fact, some had talent even comparable to the low or mid-class noble families.
But it was the fact that they just accepted their strength and refused to grow stronger.
In their mind, just being admitted into the best academy in the human continent, Icantia, was enough for them to grow very strong and be able to face the ghouls.
But this was not the case of course. And as a person who knew the future, he knew how fatal it would prove later.
He had to change this mindset of theirs quickly in order to stop the future losses.
Suddenly, two figures coming out of the armenist grounds caught his attention.
Both were female students and he could already sense how strong they were from the aura he sensed from them.
With long sky-blue hair and sapphire eyes that attuned with the color of the bright sky and reflected upon it, Charlotte donned a flexible knightly armor that accentuated the curves of her body.
Right beside her, Alya was dressed in a stealthy agile lightweight brown armor that stuck close to her body, outlining her ample breasts.
Her long blonde hair was tied into a ponytail exposing her nape for the others to see while her crimson eyes shone like bright rubies.
Unbeknownst to the duo who were engaged with each other, the males around the area fawned over them while some girls cast jealous stares at them.
'Ah yeah, these two...' Amon thought.
It was not strange to see them both here on a holiday.
First, he looked over to Charlotte.
Even in the novel, she possessed a knightly hero spirit from birth. Despite her high-ranked talent, she never let that stop her constant hard work to get stronger.
As the younger one of the two daughters in the Sullivan family, Charlotte already gave up the seat to her elder sister as she had no interest in becoming a Matriarch.
Rather, she expressed a deep desire to join the Imperial Military.
And because her family specialized in Earth element which was a defensive element at its core, they had deep connections with the Military.
Sullivan Family was the weakest out of the 4 families as well. But it was never a problem for them as they had forfeited from participating in the fight for the throne.
The current Matriarch of the Sullivan Dukedom, Vanessa Von Sullivan was a caring and kind person and she had honored her daughter's wish to join the military.
Moving on, Amon's gaze moved towards Alya, the twin sister of Michael Von Lancaster.
Every 100 Years, the 4 Dukedoms would fight for the throne to be the next ruling family over Icantia.
In the last battle 97 years ago, the Lancaster Family had won the battle again. They have been on the throne for 197 years now.
The next battle would be held 3 years later from now, in which either one of the 4 families would win or the Lancasters would keep their throne.
As the twin sister of Michael, both of them had grown up together as close twins.
Well, it was mostly the former always taking care of her or following her as a kind twin while the latter would always end up being flustered and would run away.
However, when Michael had awakened a low-class talent and Alya had gotten the exact opposite, the former had automatically stopped being around her to not harm her image.
Though their parents loved both of them, Michael knew about the other nobles who would look at him with disdain when he was alone.
To not let this affect his sister, he had distanced himself from her.
Because of the distancing from his family and continuing to remain weak for 2 years, Michael had given up the seat to her sister for the throne battle.
Armenists were generally weaker than clovists, that was an undebatable fact.
This was why she trained relentlessly in order to not lose the throne in the future and solidify her position as the first ruling Queen of Icantia.
But she also cared about Michael right now even if the latter didn't know.
He knew that she must have been very worried yesterday when he got hurt, even going to visit him later in secret.
He saw them coming toward him while talking with each other.
Done with them, Amon started to get on his way, taking his gaze off of them.
Suddenly, Alya felt something move in her peripheral vision and her gaze quickly moved towards it.
She saw a man with a slightly above-average face, black hair, and onyx black eyes walking through the street.
Just like everyone, she realized that he was watching them as well.
His gaze was more perceptive and a calculating one, unlike the other ones who were entranced by her and Charlotte's beauty.
But it didn't matter. Not like she knew him anyway.
She was about to move back to Charlotte when suddenly a stroke of familiarity hit her.
She knew who the boy was now. He was the one who fainted after using his [Blood] element in the test.
He was also the weakest person in the entire year. A below-average 1-leaf clovist only.
But those were only mere things that she realized about him.
The most important thing about him was.....
He was a dear friend of Michael, her twin brother.
And he had also instantly run to him after the explosion or so she had heard from Elizabeth
And so she quickly called him.
"Hey! Wait!"
The boy stopped and looked back, his black eyes boring deep into hers, completely stoic.
"You are Amon Ashford right?"
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