Entrance exam

The next morning,

I was sitting by the window of my room gazing the view of the academy,

The students were busy preparing for the entrance ceremony as there would most certainly be no classes today.

Also, it was the final day of the academy's entrance exam,

 I sighed as I thought about the story,

'Today is the grand entrance of the Hero Arthur, he is from a common background, so he doesn't have a last name. '

In this world, only the nobility and few families of knights with great achievements possess the last name,

Arthur was orphan and was nurtured in an orphanage until he was eight,

After that, He ran away from the orphanage to look for the opportunity and worked in various places for some time.

He joined the adventurer's guild at the age of 10.

He has the halo of the protagonist, so he met some good people who taught him the ropes of being and adventurer.

"He is also a magic swordsman, and we are the same age... but he has experience dealing with monsters as an C ranked adventurer " I said.

The adventurers ranks are, F, E, D, C, b, A, S, SS.

The guild would later introduce the SSS rank for the hero Arthur.

"Well he will achieve the heavenly level in both magic and swordsmanship in the future" 

"According to the novel, he is most probably in the peak of intermediate level in swordsmanship and magic "

"But OfCourse, as a protagonist, he can defeat a mid advanced ranked mage or warrior"

*Knock*knock*

The knock on the door interrupted my thoughts,

"Enter" I said.

Mary entered the room,

She has applied a bit of makeup today, making her top level beauty to advance one step further,

I said, "Sister, what brings you here "

Mary pouted and said: "Am I not welcome here? "

I said: "How is that possible... you can come anytime, that is if you knock "

Mary sighed and said: "Are you not going to watch the last day of the entrance exams "

I said: "No, I want to rest. "

I thought: 'Why would I go there, the hero will get jealous of my appearance and the fact that I didn't have to go through the entrance exam and will challenge me after he topped the exam'

'He will win and get the recognition of the student council and my ex fiancé '

But Mary has different ideas,

She walked up to me, grabbed my hand and said in a sad tone,

"So you want your sister to go there alone... "

"You know there are a lot of boys there, and I am afraid they would do something to me "

I sighed and said: "Sister, who would dare to touch the Everheart family "

She pouted and said quettishly " I just want to spend some quality time with you "

I thought: 'I also want to see the main character. '

I said: "Ok we can go, but I have to change, so you can wait outside "

Mary happily left the room saying: "Ok I am waiting outside "

I then changed the cloths and left the room,

Mary's eyes widened a little by my looks and said,

"You look handsome "

Ater that we came downstairs to the cafeteria and ate our breakfast together,

We left for the examination hall after that,

The hall has a fighting platform in the center and sitting area around the sides,

The sitting area was filled with students wearing the academy's uniform,

Some students saw us coming and were surprised,

Soon, almost all of the students were looking at us,

It's not every day they see a handsome man and a beautiful girl,

Many of them were saying,

"Who are these people? they look beautiful"

"Don't you know, they are the children of the Everheart family "

"Look at the handsome guy, I hope he can be my boyfriend "

"The girl is a beauty too "

Ignoring the sounds of the students Mary and I walked to the sitting area for the nobles,

Most of the noble children bowed a little in respect of our family,

Nodding to their bows, Mary and I sat down in the front row,

But albeit to our knowledge, two pairs of eyes were staring us with different intents,

One was the princess Emma Tudor, who was also sitting on the first row but couple of seats away from us,

Emma was thinking: 'He didn't even look for me... did he really change?... I don't believe it '

The second pair of eyes were from near the fighting platform,

There were row of new students lining for their duel,

And among them was our hero Arthur,

He has blonde hair and brown eyes and was handsome, just one or two level below Archie,

He was staring Archie with a frown when a fat guy standing behind him said,

"He is Archie Everheart, the heir of the Everheart family "

"I heard he is also a new admission this year "

Arthur said: "But I didn't see him in the exam, how can he be the new admission"

The fat guy said: "Most of the nobles don't have to give the entrance exam as they were already taught from the childhood "

Arthur was instantly enraged: "This is unfair... I will see for myself how he was taught "

The fat guy said: "Whatever dude, just don't offend him "

"Even the princess can't get away after offending him "

Arthur has already seen the princess and has considered her as her own,

He looked at the princess and asked with a hint of anger in his tone,

"What did he do to the princess? "

The fat guy said: "She was his fiancé and was the future queen with his support"

Arthur eyelids twitched when he heard fiancé but he forced himself to calm down, 

The fat guy continued: "But she didn't like him, so she poured wine on him on his birthday "

"So he canceled the engagement and took away all of the support from her "

"Now the princess has even lost the right to participate in the competition of the throne "

Arthur was now further enraged: "How can he do that? "

The fat guy was confused and asked: "The princess was clearly at fault here, why are you angry at him "

Arthur said: "It's her choice if she didn't like him, but he doesn't have the right to take away her support "

"Huh.. " Only this word came out of the fat guy's mouth as confusion took over him,

The fat guy said: "What do you mean, she insulted him in front of the nobles, so he took away the support of his family "

Arthur said as he looked at Emma: "No, he is wrong "

Arthur anger was now increasing every second as he saw Emma was looking at Archie,

The fat guy said: "What would you do if she did that to you? "

Arthur said with confidence: "That would never happen, I would have made her fall for me " 

The fat guy said: "Buddy, I asked 'what if'... "

Arthur said: "I told you already, that would never happen to me "

The fat guy was in disbelief now and distanced himself away from Arthur,

*Ding* "Arthur lost his financial backer. "

*Ding* "rewarded with +10 proficiency in magic and swordsmanship. " 

Host- Archie Everheart

Age - 15

Hp - 1000

Mp - 1000

Talent rank- S

Swordsmanship - Intermediate (76%)

Magic - Intermediate (69%)

I was surprised by the notification of the system,

'What happened... I didn't even do anything '

I looked down to the line where Arthur was standing and was surprised to see the fat guy retreating away from Arthur,

'The fat guy must be the son of the merchant family that supported hero financially in the early stage of the novel'

'But why is he backing away from the hero with that look of disbelief on his face '

I was confused but decided to not dwell on it,

My attention also lay upon Arthur who was staring in my way but not at me,

I followed his gaze discovered Emma there, sitting couple of seats away from me.

Emma quickly averted her gaze from me as she saw me looking towards her,

A smile appeared on her face: 'So he was looking for me '

However, the direction she turned and smiled was Arthur's.

Arthur's face also lit up when he saw the princess looking at him and smiling,

'Did she also fell for me? '

I also noticed this and barely stopped myself from laughing,

 The duels started at this moment, directing everyone's attention at the platform.

The duel is the process in which the academy selects the top students and select the classes for them,

The top 10 students get the chance of entering the A section where only the most outstanding students can study.

Archie was already in A section, but according to the story, his position in the A class would weaken after he was defeated by Arthur today,

And after the first semester, I will be transferred to the B section,