ETHERION ACADEMY

Huh?! Mikael Ren turned his face to the old radio on the edge of the desk. He frowned as he stared seriously at the radio, which at first glance sounded like it was short-circuiting.

"Hmmm..?" He walked towards the desk and his hand slowly reached the radio.

Click! Click!  He tried to turn on and off the radio. Some music channels are heard. With a confused face he put the radio back. He sighed and rubbed his head while brushing his hair back with his fingers. The light from the computer screen shone his face and illuminated his sparkling blue eyes.

"Huh.. Strange! maybe I didn't get enough sleep, I think I'm tired. But I still have to go to the academy, because it's the beginning of spring and it's just started. I can't just skip it like that!" He turned his face,

"Oh sh*t! It's 3.30am already?! D*mn! I'll be late! It take one to two hours with physical exercise to arrive there, and I have to arrive around 6am before the spring ceremony start!" He grabbed his bag on the floor and quickly ran out while closing the door with a loud bang.

Plop!  [the newspaper fell to the floor with the headline facing up]

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D*mn! D*mn! These stairs such a pain in the *ss! He muttered and suddenly jumped from the second floor stairs to the ground floor.

Mikhael Ren lives in an old five floors apartment in a narrow alley quite far from the city center. The area where he lives, is a special area provided by the government for retired elderly people or elderly people who no longer have families or have been abandoned by their families.

The room he occupied was a legacy from his grandfather after his parents were reported to have dissapeared without a trace when he was 5 years old. No one or local security forces managed to track his parents' whereabouts.

dash! daaasshhh!!! Mikhael Ren ran fast at full speed. Yup this is what is meant by daily physical exercise he does. He has been doing this since he got '0' score on his ability test last year.

Mmmppp... I don't think something wrong with my brain capacity as from how smart am I about how computer system work! He muttered with a grin on his face. But I realized how weak I am with this fragile body eventhough there's a bit muscle on my hand. Hah! I wish to have an abs, my belly look flat!

Maybe I need to do some push up and sit up too! Gosh, it's really hard!

He ran through the narrow winding alleys, sometimes jumping over some open drain holes on the side of the road. Passing the roadside market which was always busy every morning, many buyers came early so they could get fresh food.

"Hey Elren, good morning!" [fruit seller, middle age man and his wife]

"Hi,Elren!" [flower seller, old lady]

"Wow young man! Becareful don't stumble!" [butcher, middle age man]

"Good morning Mr and Mrs Agus! Sweet couple as always!.. Hello Mrs Sofia, you smell good everyday!.. And Mr Wong I like your muscle! hhahahaa.." Mikhael Ren laughed while waving his hand to them and continued running. They call him 'Elren', short for Mikhael Ren.

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Meanwhile, in spring entrance ceremony hall of ETHERION ACADEMY.

All the trainers and expert masters are ready, they are seen standing side by side on the stage that stands at the front of the hall with a podium in the middle. The hall is very spacious with a shape and appearance that is almost similar to a colosseum with a floor made of solid pure marble. There are rows of seats at the top of the hall that can clearly see the entire hall from above. But in this spring event, all the academy students were required to stand right in the middle of the hall.

ETHERION ACADEMY. The building looks like modern castle. With walls, limestone and sandstone were used. Standing on an artificial island whose soil was dug directly from the ocean, forming a solid layer so that it becomes a solid artificial island, and its location is not far from the city center.

Some students looked busy listening to the news circulating among them while waiting for the event to start, and some of them look very serious.

[murmur! murmur!]

"Hey! Did you know this year we got three rare students?!"

"Yess! I know two of them get top marks when one of them is just a complete crap!"

"A complete crap..?! What do you mean?"

"I heard that guy got the lowest score in the ability test result! And the result is Z.E.R.O..! And he is the only one in this country with that number!"

Everyone who heard it was shocked, they couldn't believe that someone could get the lowest result which was considered impossible. Because for this world, no matter how stupid people are and how weak they are, they will get a value of 1 as the lowest position and a value of 10 as the highest position.

"ZERO?!! That's impossible!! My parents will fire me as their daughter and kick me out! It was very embarrassing for them!"

"I am even very grateful for my result of '4' even though it is still far from the highest number, which is '10'. I'm sproud as a man!"

"Anyway, do you all know the 2 top marks student?"

"I heard one of them got highest value of ability, 10 point, and the other one got 9.."

"TEN?!! NINEE??!!! Omg... It's ridiculous!! So we have four people total in this country who has the highest ability results in '10' and six people total in '9' ?!"

"Yess!! And I heard their family is quite famous, to the point that all politicians try to get close to them!"

CREEAAKKK!!!

Door hall suddenly open. All eyes were on the two people who were seen slowly entering the hall. The sound of high heels and boots could be heard with every step they took.

One of them was a beautiful woman with long brown hair that fell to her waist, hazel eyes, and red rosy lips. She was wearing an academy uniform with a white coat on the outside that made her look like a young professor. She had a body like a model with a height of about 180cm.

The other one is a well-built man with an athlete's body, even the uniform he wears can't hide the possibility of having a six-pack. Brown eyes and his shoulders are broad with a buzz cut hairstyle. His height is about 188cm.

"Well.. well.. well..." The beautiful woman stopped and smiled. And the man just standing with his arms folded.

All eyes were stunned, some looked anxious, some looked amazed as if they were seeing a movie actor or maybe, an angel.

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