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“… … If so, wouldn’t it be more satisfying to fight against each other? Let’s set the schedule in two months.”
“Two months?”
“I had some income during summer vacation. I think it will take that tidying up to make it completely mine.”
You can get stronger, so let’s stick together in two months.
Allen accepted the offer without hesitation.
“good night.”
“What? Allen, are you stupid?”
It was Vita, ranked 9th, who stood up at Allen’s words.
A direct descendant of the 8th family, the Agrippa family, she has been close to Allen since she was a child.
“You’re thinking of winning because your opponent does what you like, right? If that’s the case, we’ll have to fight right now!”
“It’s a fight for my satisfaction anyway. If I don’t feel refreshed, winning won’t mean anything.”
“That may be so, but… … !”
Vita understood the words, but sighed in frustration.
“What are you going to do if the person who will one day inherit the family lives at such a loss?”
“You will graduate at the end of this year, but are you still a student? It may be my last chance to act as myself rather than as a member of the family, so I plan to do it without regret.”
“Ugh, that naive guy.”
Vita reacted the most, but the others were equally astounded.
“Ha, then, if Allen becomes 1st in this ranking match, will I be able to challenge for 1st place as well? Damn, the number 1 right now doesn’t accept requests for ranking matches.”
“Guy Jack. You and your sister decided to write only pretty words, didn’t you?”
Anise Fabrice cautioned Guy Zack Fabrice’s frivolous tone.
“Yeah yeah. I will keep quiet.”
Geysack, like a child from a noble family, had an unruly personality, but he was not as good as his older sister, Anise.
Anis, who stood at the peak of the nightray female students, was a fearsome figure who achieved 4th place in the rankings ‘despite not aspiring to be a knight’.
He was the eldest in Nightray because he had followed his younger brother Guy Jack, but there was a limit to getting ahead of him by being a few years older in this place where the best prospects in the empire were gathered.
Even considering that he had more Auras than others due to his age, the 4th place was definitely a talent to be counted on.
Thanks to this, Anise was taking on the role of an older sister who was respected by everyone, including her younger sister.
It could be said that the fact that the 15 different and immovable people somehow got together was partly due to her.
“Rather than that, Rosé, Lina. Was it a big deal this time? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“I rolled with excitement, but I’m fine!”
“Fortunately, there are no injuries.”
“If I had died at this point, my ranking would have gone up two notches.”
“What man?”
When Rogelia reacted to Nairobi’s grunts in 14th place with twin wicks in her eyes, Linaria sighed and stopped them.
Nairobi was from the Minimi family, a descendant of the Meyer family, and although not the 8th generation, he belonged to the rank.
Meanwhile, Veronica paid attention to 10th place Fernando Narvaez.
The Bright Emperor concluded that the entire Narvaez family had not betrayed him, but he did not know exactly how far they were involved with the person called the Seer.
Of course, Benjamin’s betrayal was a secret, so only Veronica and the twins knew about it here.
“Then you didn’t mean to summon everyone? We go first.”
Terry in 8th place and Milia in 5th place left as soon as the story was settled.
The fact that the two were dating was already famous on campus, so no one cared whether they went out holding hands or not.
Sherry in 6th place and Julius in 3rd place were still sitting in silence.
“Does anyone have anything more to say? Then it ends here! Everyone disperse!”
Aslan quickly ended the meeting before anything annoying happened at the noisy table.
So, while everyone was leaving, Guy Jack grabbed Vita.
“Hey Vita, wait a minute.”
“huh? What are you doing?”
They were two people who were at odds with each other in a similar rank, but if it was a ranking match, they would usually bet on the side with a lower rank.
Guy Zack, who is currently in 7th place and has a higher ranking than Vita, who is in 9th place, probably didn’t apply for a ranking match first.
“Didn’t you just hear the story and feel it?”
“How does it feel?”
“The first place match between Jeong Do and Sado will be held in two months, right? Given this situation, will everyone just suck their fingers for two months? Will the kids run wild?”
“What do you care if the kids below run amok or not?”
“Ah, I really don’t understand. Didn’t you feel that Regina-sama has changed this year?”
Originally, Regina seemed to have no interest in school affairs ever since she joined the Nightray.
However, this year, he was taking a different step than before, such as directly participating in the top sword selection contest and making it a box office success, or taking classes as a soldering iron.
“Are you going to raise your business?”
“Wouldn’t it be fun just by looking at it?”
“It would be fun if someone hit you. Anyway, so why me?”
Guy Jack laughed like a kid thinking up a funny prank.
“If it’s going to grow anyway, why don’t we grow it?”
* * *
Noah wondered if he should take Yunia into the Black Moon Dormitory, but she had already reserved a room in the freshman dormitory.
“I already know that it’s hard to find a dormitory for freshmen, right?”
“Unlike anyone else, you’re smart.”
“Twu, you were the same as me.”
Besides, seeing that he first applied for a ranking match against Noah, who was a top ranker, he wasn’t completely broken.
“You heard that I defeated Frank, and you misunderstood. Was that a famous story?”
“Dah, I didn’t really look for it!”
I don’t know if it was a selection match that was open to the outside, but the fight against Frank was a ranking match inside the school.
It was also a private ranking match.
Only now, most people thought that Noah would have won then, but even then, the consensus was that the match would have been stopped or stopped due to the intervention of Veronica and the twins.
It means that the story about Noah was before people knew about it.
It was a story that even Arni, who was openly a fan, did not know.
“I guess you were really curious about what kind of person your new brother was?”
“Because it’s not!”
‘At this point, it seems rather honest.’
Even if it was intentional, it was a board to believe.
“okay. I live in the Black Moon Dormitory, so if you have any questions while attending school, please visit me.”
Noah took Yunia to the freshman dormitory with Tiu, whom she met along the way.
And on the way back, I bumped into Carlos, who lived in another dormitory nearby.
“Oh, Noah! I didn’t see you at the opening ceremony, so you’re back now?”
“Did your vacation go well?”
“Don’t talk. I went home to chase after you and it was hell training without missing a single day.”
Carlos also felt that he had grown up during the vacation, if not as much as Noah.
“Then, when I saw your story in the newspaper, I was horrified. You said you met a disaster-class monster? What kind of trouble is that?”
“It was a big deal.”
“Because Miho has been talking about it for a while among classmates, everyone even memorized the menus for the dinner you ate on the train.”
Miho brought up the story of a great hero at the awarding ceremony, and Emperor Gwanghui accepted it by saying, “Yes, you guys are heroes,” so her nose was completely raised.
In fact, it was only natural that the newspaper even put the word “great hero” as a headline.
“But did you hear that? I heard that Felix’s older brother bet your dorm director on a ranking match.”
“what?”
The news of the ranking match between Aslan and Allen was already spreading throughout the school.
In fact, only 15 immovable people heard the story, but it was leaked in an instant through faculty members, close students, and paparazzi.
A fact that everyone already knows.
Noah, who came to school late and had only met Michael, now heard about it.
“Did you know Tiu too?”
“The kids are talking about it, but if it were true, senior Aslan would have said it himself, so I just stayed there.”
“what. If it’s real, I really want to see it.”
In the Crescent Moon Islands, Noah clearly understood why the immovable 15 people were talking so loudly as if they were in another dimension.
I was able to see the real skills that I hadn’t experienced while working together in the Black Moon Dormitory.
‘I’ve gotten stronger too… … .’
The enemy of the aura is certainly stronger than the current self.
Even after regaining the previous aura, there was a clear difference in skill.
What if you completely absorb the Elixir of the Disaster Class Beast and have a huge aura?
‘At that time, it might be worth a try.’
To that end, I was thinking of devoting myself to digesting this semester.
“Even if the rumors are fake, the wave will not be a joke this time.”
“why?”
“Nevertheless, Veronica-sama was eager to change the ranking match system. No matter what happens to the first place match, those people are graduating this year. There are signs that a ranking water change will happen at this time.”
The situation where the students have returned after achieving their own growth through the summer vacation.
It was the time when the overall rankings were to be rebalanced.
There was a 1st place match where Jeongdo and the pride of the apostle were staked, and the public sentiment was burning enough to be said to be explosive.
“It’s the first day of school, and the ranking match arena is already full. This semester must be a mess?”
In the last quarter of the year, graduates are usually busy preparing for the knights exam.
Realistically, it means that next year’s rankings will be decided this semester.
“Now is the perfect opportunity to raise the rankings. Especially for guys like you and Tiu who are low in ranking compared to their current skills, this will definitely be a great opportunity!”
Carlos said excitedly, as if he was happy just thinking about it, but Noah didn’t have time to pay attention to the ranking match right now.
“I’m sorry, but I think I’ll be taking a break this semester.”
“Noah you? The one who was so impatient because he couldn’t stick with others?”
“Because of the aftereffects of the Top Sword.”
‘It’s a pity that I can’t join the party, but I still have to come and recover first.’
Fighting with an unsatisfactory physical condition would only end in an unsatisfactory ranking.
Even as it is now, it may be possible to aim for the 100th place, which was a bet with Regina, but what Noah wanted before and now was only one, first place.
It’s such a pity, but Noah was trying to give up, but not everything in the world went as expected.
that evening.
9 o’clock when administrative work closes.
A minute before that, at 8:59, notices were posted on all bulletin boards in the school.
[Approval of the ranking system reform]
The result of the vote of 15 rankers on the ranking system reorganization that took place the day before,
8 in favor
7 against
From noble mtl dot com.
to inform that the item has been passed.
The Black Moon Dormitory was also one of the official facilities, so a faculty member appeared and posted a notice before disappearing.
Thanks to that, everyone in the dormitory came out to see what was going on and doubted their eyes.
“Huh?”
“Wasn’t this always voted down with 6 in favor and 9 against, even if Veronica posted it?”
The 15 rankers who voted meant, in the end, the 15 unmoved.
Among them, there are six people who agree with Veronica’s will: Aslan, Allen, Veronica herself, Roselia, Linaria, and Ophelia.
The fact that it passed 8-7 meant that the two opponents suddenly turned in favor.
Tiu read the small description below and passed it on to everyone.
“It says that the 9th and 7th places, Vita and Geyzak, cast additional votes in favor, right?”
“Did you convince them both? When did you guys prepare for this?”
At Shiva’s words, everyone looked at Ophelia and the twins, but they didn’t know anything.
“Isn’t that what we did?”
“At least I’m new to this.”
When the twins denied it, all eyes turned to Ophelia.
But she was also bewildered.
“Of course I agreed. But every time Veronica posted it, I just voted for it and watched it.”
“… … So what about senior Aslan?”
“No? I left today and haven’t come back yet.”
The summer vacation is over and everyone is keenly aware of the upcoming ranking match.
The fire fell into the powder keg.