His bouncing blond curls glistened as if he had just washed them.
His eyes, decorated with green jasper, overflowed with self-esteem and narcissism, giving off a haughty charm.
‘I’m handso and brilliant, I know it.’
If you were looking at him, it was as if you could hear that kind of voice and atmosphere.
He was a man who perfectly fit the description of a nobleman, both in his deanor and appearance.
“Congratulations, Agion! As expected, your premonition was right-”
“I’ve always thought that Agion was the most exceptional contestant among this year’s participants!”
“Agion-”
“Agion-”
“Okay, okay, ladies. Calm down.”
Agion was surrounded by female participants right now.
As if he wasn’t enough to be surrounded by beautiful won, he was practically guaranteed to take first place in the third test with his stellar performance.
Agion’s montum was rising as he spread the atmosphere of “Ladies, co here~” while he indulged in his narcissism by dealing with the approaching female participants one by one.
“Ugh, why are you doing this?”
lhen, the big man standing next to Agion, looked at him and muttered in disgust.
“Hahaha, lhen, are you jealous? That’s too bad. Not only do you have a diocre appearance, but you also don’t take care of yourself internally. Shouldn’t you beautify your internal features?”
“Cut it out, Agion. You’re the only one who’s calling ugly.”
“Well, that’s because you’re not just ugly. You’re terrifyingly so.”
“Hey, hold your tongue, idiot. Anyway, at least until the end of the third exam, please behave. Since you’re practically our team’s representative, alright?”
“Hmm? Should I? Ladies, because our Sir lhen says so, should I obey him?”
At that one word, the won around Agion turned sharp glances toward lhen.
“That’s pretty much it, get the hell out of here. Fuck off!”
“Kaaaak~”
“Agion-sama~ lhen is bullying ~”
“Hahaha, he’s just grumpy because I monopolize the flowers. Even though lhen looks like a toad, he’s surprisingly got such a cute side.”
The won burst out laughing at Agion’s words.
lhen’s rugged face flushed red.
He blushed half in sha, half in anger, and spoke pressingly.
“Agion. Don’t you realize you’re the de facto head of our team now? I don’t expect much from you, at least not until after the third test. Be dignified, eh?”
“Oh, co on. You’re such a prudish guy. Just because you fold your arms and make a nice impression on the outside doesn’t an that you have dignity.”
So of the participants knew each other before taking the academy entrance exam.
The representative students of the Team 13, including Adella, lhen, and Agion, were among them.
Adella’s family, the house of Espien.
Agion’s family, the house of Morci.
lhen’s family, the house of Dendor.
These three families were all located in the southwestern part of the continent and had long been intimately connected.
The relationship between these families also influenced the relationship between the three individuals, and they had naturally been close since childhood.
The fact that the their team reached the highest gate surely had sothing to do with the advantages brought by the relationship between the three of them.
“Hey, but I still can’t believe it, no matter how many tis I think about it, how could it be possible for us to be in the sa team?”
lhen muttered, still reeling from the excitent.
“Thanks to that, we were able to defeat them.”
Then Agion spoke with a serious expression.
“No, lhen. That’s not it.”
“What?”
“You’re saying that because the three of us in the sa team, we beat Drin Lebringer and Kasha Hanahan? I see it differently.”
“How do you see it differently?”
Agion spread his arms out proudly.
“Our team was able to beat Drin Lebringer’s team and Kasha Hanahan’s team. because of , Agion Morci, was outstanding. Even if the three of us had t, do you think our team would have reached the higher gate than those two without ?”
“Of course we wouldn’t have reached it without you… It’s one man show, you crazy.”
lhen had a lot to say, but for now, he decided to let Agion’s indulgence go.
It was clear that Agion had shown great skill in this test.
lhen arms bend inward.
lhen wanted to be proud of him, to believe that his close friend was better than Drin and Kasha.
“lhen, you know what?”
“What now?”
“The truth is, Drin Lebringer and Kasha Hanahan weren’t my type.”
“What nonsense-”
“My preferences lean more towards obedient and gentle won, but those two seed too strong to . But now, looking back at them, they seem a bit different.”
Agion’s face seed to be taken with sothing.
In lhen’s eyes, it was not a face taken with Drin and Kasha. It was a face taken with himself, thinking that he had reached the sa level as those two.
“I’m going to talk to them after the test.”
An intrigued scream erupted from the surrounding won.
lhen just muttered ‘crazy guy’ and turned his head to the side.
“Oh, by the way, lhen. Where did our Lady Adella go?”
“Adryn, she went to see her.”
“Ah, Adryn. Such an attractive lady. I wonder why our Lady Adella doesn’t like her so much~?”
“I suppose it’s because of what happened to her in the past, in the social gathering.”
“I don’t really understand. Is there really a need to be so concerned about the past? She must be fully aware by now that Adryn is not on par with her.”
“She wants to make sure of that.”
“Haha, our Lady is too conscious of other people’s gazes.”
Just as Agion was about to fall into the state of intoxication again with a look on his face that said ‘I’m so cool, I don’t care about other people’s opinions’, sothing happened.
Herion Dederer, who was standing on the platform, began announcing the results of the third-round exam.
“Shhh!”
Agion raised one hand and brought the index finger of his other hand to his lips.
He wanted everyone to focus on the ntion of his outstanding performance about to co from Herion Dandler’s mouth.
Agion, lhen, and the surrounding won.
All of them listened attentively to Herion’s words with hopeful eyes.
“Team 17, consisting of the following three contestants: Adryn Teln, Mizu Bauer, and Ceylon. Congratulations.”
“…?”
“???”
The expressions of lhen and Agion stiffened awkwardly.
But it didn’t end there.
“Continuing on, I will announce the participant who received the highest bonus points based on individual evaluations and achieved the 1st place score.”
“No way…”
Agion muttered.
It was understandable that his team did not take the 1st place.
But-
“Ceylon. Congratulations.”
The fact that soone else took the 1st place position that Agion believed was his own was absolutely unacceptable.
‘Ceylon…?’
‘Who is that?’
Not him, not Drin, not Kasha, but so unheard-of guy.
“Ceylon…!”
At that mont, lhen muttered the na, saying that there was sothing familiar about it.
“Do you know him?”
The unique softness and ease in Agion’s voice had completely disappeared.
Agion looked at lhen with a cold and rigid expression.
“Well, you know, he beat Drin and Kasha in the second test-”
“Ah.”
“That.”
Discontented and malicious voices began to arise from the surroundings.
Ceylon.
Among the participants, his notorious reputation had already spread.
A clueless nobody who tried to surpass the scores of Drin and Kasha by using unfair ans in the second test.
“What happened?”
“Did he use unfair ans again this ti?”
“What is the academy even doing?”
“…”
“Hey, Agion! Agion!”
Agion, who had been listening attentively to the discussions around him, abruptly got up and headed sowhere.
lhen hurried over to him.
“Hey, Agion! Calm down-”
lhen tried to stop Agion in his state of confusion, but as soon as he saw Agion’s expression, his words got stuck.
At that mont, Agion’s expression seed strangely excited, as if he had lost his senses.
“Hey, Agion. What’s up with you? What are you thinking right now?”
Agion said with a triumphant expression.
“Implenting justice, shall we say?”
“What? Implenting justice?”
“Look at the atmosphere around us.”
The waiting room was in chaos.
Everyone was feeling dissatisfied with Ceylon taking the first place.
The atmosphere felt like it could explode at any mont.
Agion closed his eyes and stretched out his arms.
As if savoring that atmosphere.
“Everyone was expecting to take first place.”
“Well- uh, yeah. Let’s say everyone was expecting you to take first place. So?”
“What if I step up in this situation and defeat the villain who is tarnishing the authority of the academy through unfair ans?”
“What? Defeat? What are you trying to do?”
Agion pulled sothing out of his arms.
It was a handkerchief embroidered with the sigil of his family, Morci.
“You crazy person…! Are you planning to challenge soone to a duel in the academy entrance exam!?”
“Why are you so surprised, lhen? I heard you were planning to challenge that commoner guy too.”
“No, I an- I was planning to do it because he insulted Lady Adella-”
“I feel the sa way. That guy is disrespecting the academy.”
Agion said with a determined face.
“I’m going to uphold justice.”
In such a way, he spoke with self-indulgence as a hero.
“Well, you’re only doing it because you lost the top spot.”
lhen wanted so badly to stop Agion, but part of him was excited.
To see the smirk fade from that stupid, narrow-eyed bastard’s face.
Soon Agion stood in front of the platform where Instructor Herion was standing.
“Eh?”
“It’s Agion Morci!”
“Morci…”
The participants gathered before Agion cleared a path for him, greeting him with expressions of anger at the injustice, compassion and concern for him.
‘This is amazing.’
Agion spoke to them while barely managing his expression.
“You don’t have to worry anymore.”
As Agion reached the platform, he first noticed Adella’s presence.
“This is unbelievable, Instructor Herion!
Undoubtedly, she had the greatest injustice and dissatisfaction with the current situation.
” Adryn- Team 17 has reached the highest gateway!? Isn’t there sothing, sothing wrong!? Our team 13 reached the ninth gate, two gates higher than Drin and Kasha!”
Herion, in response to her words, reluctantly checked the data as if to show others.
“The final record for team 17 is ten gates.”
At those words, the eyes around the room turned once more to team 17.
Adryn of House Teln.
Let’s assu she can achieve that.
But the others were the problem.
The one from House Bauer with the fake assassination and the fake swordsmanship.
And the commoner who has beco infamous among the participants.
Those two outperford themselves?
Even Agion, who surpassed them by overcoming Drin and Kasha?
“It’s impossible!”
“It doesn’t make sense!!!”
“Clearly, they must have used so unfair thods!”
The nobles willingly supported Adella and protested to Herion, with expressions full of hostility and malice.
Amidst the explosive situation, Team 17, who bore all the enemies and malice, remained calm.
“Haha, this is amusing. The reaction is quite heated, isn’t it?”
“Well, is this the view of the victor? I see only losers.”
“How can you guys be so calm…?”
“Miss Adryn are also seems calm.”
“No, I an-”
Team 17, knew what happened in the third test.
And so did Herion.
“In the sa way as the second test, we need to reevaluate their test record! Sothing will surely co up!”
“Exactly!”
Herion, realizing the truth in a participant’s words, tried to show them Team 17’s record.
Unlike Sinia, who tried to cover up Ceylonn’s success during the second test, Herion was actively highlighting Ceylon’s achievents while trying to make them understand.
The video footage, coupled with Herion’s eloquence, should be enough to convince everyone.
“Agion deserves the qualification!”
“That’s right!”
However, Herion wasn’t the only one hoping for the opportunity to co forward.
“Now, everyone! Please calm down!”
When soone ntioned his na, Agion, at that mont, drew attention with his exaggerated gestures and elegant voice, full of self-confidence.
“First, to those who were willing to speak up for . Thank you.”
Agion elegantly greeted the female participant who ntioned his na.
“But, everyone, I am okay. I respect the judgnt of the academy and Instructor Herion.”
He made a polite gesture towards Ceylon.
“I also show respect to him, as he took first place.”
Agion greeted Ceylon with a gesture that emphasized flamboyance rather than formality.
“Huh? Oh~ Well, thank you so much for acknowledging , Sir Agion. I’m not sure how to repay you.”
As a result, Ceylon’s foolishness was highlighted even more.
At this mont, the temperature of the participants towards each other is in stark contrast.
Feeling more confident in his actions, Agion continued.
“By the way, Ceylon. You’re truly amazing. Reaching the 10th gate.
“Hahaha, I guess you could say I got lucky, because I t so good company.”
“I agree. In an exam like the one we just had, it’s very important to be lucky and have a good team, but, Ceylon. I’m sure it’s not all luck, as you already know. There’s sothing special about you.”
“No, I don’t…! Even with all those praises…! I don’t have anything…!”
No.
‘It will be revealed, you fool.’
Agion concealed such thoughts and politely praised his luck.
“It’s not just flattery. Clearly, you have sothing special. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have reached a higher record than anyone else and confidently taken first place in this third test. In that sense, Ceylon, I have a proposal for you.”
Agion pulled a handkerchief from his bosom.
“A special person like you deserves to shine as the protagonist on stage in front of others. In that sense, I offer to be your stepping stone or supporting actor, helping to highlight you.”
Everyone present understood his intentions and erupted in cheers.
Agion!
Ceylon!
Agion!
Ceylon!
Their nas were enthusiastically chanted, shaping the scene.
There was no atmosphere to refuse Agion’s proposal.
Herion, who had been observing the situation, mumbled quietly.
“It turned out well.”
Agion’s ears caught Herion’s words, and he smiled mischievously.
‘It turned out well?’
He wondered what that ant.
Did even soone like Herion have dissatisfaction with the current situation?
The undercurrent of self-indulgence beneath Agion Morci’s elegant expression beca even more intense.
He looked at Ceylon.
At this point, Ceylon’s idiot appearance looked rather adorable.
“So, what do you say, Ceylon?”
Agion whispered to himself, filled with intoxication. The response ca imdiately.
“Accept it, Ceylon.”
Not from Ceylon, but from Herion.
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