Ti passed, and the next evening arrived. We were at a stadium at the northern intersection of the Core and Inner Circle. The 10 Unorthodox ones were made to be seated with the highly assigned teachers in a grand open area from where the whole field was visible and at a distance on the ground I could see Lucas, Irene and the others observing rather than the upcoming match.
It wasn't just them, but I noticed Adara and, at a distance, Alia too, looking at , trying to analyse . The teachers who were assigned to also peeked at whenever they could and not just them, but my own Unorthodox classmates, were looking at curiously.
I stood up, garnering the attention of everyone at once as their eyes were focused on before I moved closer to the railings to watch the match more closely and properly. Placing my elbow on the railing, I rested my chin on my arm before taking a look at my buds that I planted to grow and bloom, finally taking their first step.
Lucy, Lucas, Alia, Adara, Dalton, Cristine, Bernette, Eliza, Elizabeth, Annabeth, Irene, Linda… Yup, that's about them.
A smile blossod on my face as I looked forward to the future once again. The more things went according to how I wanted it to be, the happier I beca. Everything was going on smoothly and I will make sure it keeps on going that way.
I saw another couple of faces that I needed to get into my pockets sooner or later. After concentrating enough, I found Lilith as well. She, too, at this mont, was looking at and I smiled at her, making her look away before I saw that the match was about to start.
It was a knockout type, with the rankings based on who attained the most points to the one who attained the least points. The match started with the lowest fighting the one just above them in ranking and slowly building up their points until they reached a higher height.
Once the lowest gets defeated, and can't move ahead, at so point, the next lowest starts fighting against the one just above him in ranking. If he fails to defeat the one adjacent to him, then he loses that match and gets eliminated.
'Generally, the lower ones get eliminated fast leaving behind only 90 people who make it into the Academy. Though, the fight still continues to determine their rankings,' I thought as I saw people getting eliminated faster and faster.
Total 345 people were qualified for the final test and with every match being only a minute long with minimum breaks, 40 people were eliminated within the first two hours and unsurprisingly the more the ti passed, the elimination rate increased because of the difference between the power levels.
Almost 5 hours later, only 90 people were left on the field with the others being eliminated and the matches were stopped because the batch had already been selected. As for the final rankings, those matches were scheduled tomorrow and for so reason, the Unorthodox were also included in those matches.
Perhaps they wanted to establish a clear cut ranking of the whole batch at once? Well, doesn't matter to since I plan to be the last anyway.
'Hmmm… Everyone made it, I guess,' I thought as I looked at the smiling faces of the girls, they looked really happy that they made it through. Though all of them were in the top 20 already, even before the matches began, their turn never ca, except Bernette, who was at 56th rank.
'Bernette's fighting capabilities are really explosive along with her sudden mana growth. Perhaps she would grow into a real monster as well… I guess saving her had another benefit that I did not consider previously. Lucky .' I thought as I smiled before moving away from the railing, only to find two people standing in front of .
"Can't even wait for a day to see ?" I asked as I winked at Adara who looked really irked by that and Lucas, who was standing beside her, observed my remark with a curious expression before speaking.
"You surprise every ti I et you."
"Did you forget about the beating I gave you last ti, lover boy? Why are you here again?" I spoke in a sudden cheerful tone, which made him take a step back and gulp before he shook his head and said,"I am here because 'She' has asked to fetch you."
Hearing his words, I sighed a little before looking at Adara and asking,"and love, what do you want from ?"
If eyes could kill, Adara might have killed already, but she sighed before speaking,"there is sothing that I wanted to know."
Hearing her words, I chuckled before speaking,"I will tell you about it in bed. Leave the private things for private tis." There was a really mischievous look on my face, but her glare beca more sharp and Lucas, who was previously a bit curious now, was really, really curious about our relationship.
"Lucas, is it really important? The person who asked to et Aidan. I want to have so ti alone with him and it could be long, so if that person isn't as much important, can you excuse both of us?" Adara spoke with a serious tone before moving towards but Lucas spoke,"it's the principal. She is the one who wants to et Aidan."
Hearing his words, Adara suddenly stops before sharply turning towards Lucas with a disbelieving expression as her eyes ask him,'are you sure it's here? You are not mistaken, are you?'
"Tell her I will be visiting her later on. For now, I will be with Adara or if she really wants to et , then she can co see in the evening herself," I said before looking at Adara and continuing,"let's go."
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