I started reading the questions on the exam. When I saw the exam questions, I thought that this quiz exam was easy and even other participants could easily do it.

  "The name of the capital city of San Fulgen, How many basic elemental magics are there, Advanced magic from fire magic, and others. Isn't this question too easy? The answer to this question should be easy to find in general books. Other participants can definitely answer this question easily. I wouldn't be surprised if many would get 100 points on this exam," I thought.

  "It seems like this exam is just a complement. The real exam is in the target destruction exam and the battle exam," I thought again.

  I immediately wrote the answers to the questions. Time passed until it was already 11 o'clock.

  "Alright everyone, this quiz exam is over. Please collect your exam papers at the front desk," said the supervisor. Immediately everyone went to the front of the room to put down their exam papers.

  After all the exam papers had been collected, the supervisor said,

  "The results of this quiz will be announced on the notice board in the lobby on the 1st floor, where you gathered earlier at 12 o'clock. After this, there will be a break of approximately 1 and a half hours until the next exam is held at 12.30. You can take a break first in the canteen inside the academy. You are free to eat because it is free.".

  Hearing that, the other participants were happy after hearing that they could eat anything for free. After that, the supervisor left while carrying the exam papers and we started to leave the room. When I was outside the room, Noa approached me.

  "How about the exam, Rid? Is it easy?", Noa asked.

  "Hmm, well, it's easy for me," I answered him.

  "You're right, I can even guess that I will get 100 points from this exam," Noa said confidently.

  "I'm not sure about that," I said in response.

  "You underestimate me, Rid," Noa said.

  "Okay, how about we go to the canteen because I'm hungry, especially since the supervisor said earlier that we can eat anything for free," Noa said as if ignoring what I said earlier.

  "Okay, let's go to the canteen," I said.

  -

  We immediately went to the 1st floor and went to the back of the administration building. After arriving at the back, I was amazed by the interior design of the academy. Behind the administration building is the inside of the academy ,the canteen is in the middle. On the left and right there are 2 buildings each and behind the middle building there is 1 more building. Each building is connected by a hallway and beside the hallway there is beautiful grass and flowers.

  "The inside of this academy is really beautiful," I said in amazement.

  "You're right Rid," said Noa who agreed with me.

  "That's enough to be amazed, we have to hurry to the canteen before we run out of space, Rid," said Noa who looked very hungry.

  I also immediately rushed to the canteen. When we arrived at the canteen, it turned out that the queue to get food was quite long.

  "The queue is quite long," I said.

  "I'm hungry but it turns out I still have to queue again to get food," said Noa complaining.

  "Be patient, Noa," I said to Noa.

  Even though the queue was quite long, it could be quickly sorted out thanks to the canteen staff who were quick to respond to the participants' requests. After a few minutes, it was finally my and Noa's turn to get our food.

  "Sir, I want curry rice but please add more curry," Noa said to the canteen staff.

  "I also want curry rice, just a normal portion," I said to the canteen staff.

  "Okay, wait a minute," said the canteen staff.

  Noa and I waited a while.

  "Hahaha, even though we were told that ordering in this canteen is free, but the common people still order common people's food," said someone behind me.

  I turned around to see the person who said that, it turned out that the person who spoke was the son of Marquess Marcelo Buston, namely Javier Buston.

  "Is there something wrong with what I ordered?," I asked Javier.

  "Yes, that's what I said earlier, you commoners have been told beforehand that all the menus in this canteen are free, and you still choose the commoner's menu," said Javier.

  "It's up to me to choose what I want to eat, does that bother you, Marquess' son?," I asked Javier.

  "Oh, it's obvious that seeing commoner's food makes me lose my appetite. Not only the food, the presence of you commoners here also spoils the view," said Javier while provoking.

  "What do you mean by saying that?," asked Noa who seemed a little provoked.

  "Isn't it obvious, I mean you guys are just ruining the view, you better leave because San Fulgen Akademiya is suitable for nobles like me, not commoners like you," said Javier.

  "Looks like you need to be taught a little lesson, huh, Marquess's son, if you get beaten up here, make sure not to tell your beloved father," said Noa who was getting ready to hit him.

  "Is a commoner like you going to attack me?," said Javier.

  When Noa was about to hit him, I stopped him.

  "Come on Noa, why waste your energy facing him," I said stopping Noa.

  "But Rid, he's already making fun of us as commoners," said Noa.

  "Come on, let me take care of him. You stay calm," I said while calming Noa down.

  "Hey you nobleman, did you say earlier that San Fulgen Akademiya is only suitable for nobles like you? Not suitable for commoners?," I asked Javier.

  "Yes, that's true, is there a problem with what I said?," asked Javier again.

  "Does that mean you oppose the rules made by Her Majesty the Queen?," I asked Javier again.

  "What do you mean by that?," asked Javier who looked confused.

  "You said that this academy is only for nobles, right? But Her Majesty the Queen even invited us commoners to take this entrance exam. If this academy is specifically for nobles, then why are we invited? Are you going to defy the rules made by Her Majesty the Queen with your words?," I said to Javier.

  "You d*mn commoner, are you trying to threaten me?," asked Javier who looked annoyed.

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  "Threaten? I don't have a high position to threaten a Marquess's Son like you. I'm just stating the facts. And again, try to imagine if you defy the rules made by Her Majesty the Queen, what will happen to your father? Will he lose his Marquess title and his noble title because of the words his son said? If so, are you ready? To become a commoner like us," I said provoking Javier.

  "YOU RUDE COMMON PEOPLE!!," said Javier as he was about to hit me.

  "That's enough, Marquess's son," said someone while holding Javier's hand.

  It turned out to be Prince Charles who stopped Javier's hand.

  "Ugh, Prince," said Javier.

  "Can you stop this action, your actions just now do not reflect what nobles should do," said Prince Charles to Javier.

  "But Prince, he started it first," said Javier.

  "I've seen the problem from the start, you interfered too much with the food they chose and then protested it. They are free to choose the food they like, no one should protest or even belittle them. Do you understand, Son of the Marquess of Rovinj, Javier Buston ??," said Prince Charles firmly.

  "Okay, I understand Prince," said Javier while bowing his head.

  "It's good that you understand, please continue to queue for your food," said Prince Charles.

  "Alright, Prince," Javier said obediently.

  Even though Javier seemed to obey the prince's words, I knew he still had a grudge in his mind. I decided to see what was on his mind.

  "You b*st*rd commoner, just watch me avenge this insult," that was what crossed Javier's mind.

  "But you're not the only one who still holds a grudge, son of the Marquess, I also still hold one. Should I humiliate you in a match? If that happens, I will show you my strength." I thought to myself.

  "I apologize to both of you, for disturbing you while you were queuing for food," Prince Charles said to me and Noa.

  "You don't need to apologize Prince, you're not wrong, the one who should apologize is him." I said to the Prince.

  But it seemed like he had no intention of apologizing from the start.

  "Is that so, because your food is ready. Please continue to eat it. Sorry for disturbing your time," said the Prince politely and bowed his head slightly.

  "Okay Prince, we'll excuse ourselves," I said to the Prince.

  -

  We finally sat at the dining table and immediately ate the food we ordered. While eating, we also chatted.

  "Prince Charles is really cool, I can't believe he's going to be in the same generation as us," Noa said to me.

  "You're right, not many nobles have the same character as Prince Charles. The nobles should imitate Prince Charles' character and attitude," I said in response to Noa.

  "You're right Rid, but I'm curious if the Prince didn't stop the Marquess's son earlier, what would have happened?," Noa asked me.

  "Hmm, I don't know," I said in response to Noa.

  "Will you be the one who gets hit by the Marquess's son or will you attack the Marquess's son first, ah too bad I can't see the rest," Noa complained.

  "You seemed happy with the situation just now," I said in response to Noa.

  “Of course, I’m looking forward to the situation where the arrogant nobles are suddenly humiliated by the commoners. I feel like I would enjoy it,” Noa said with a smile.

  “If you’re looking forward to that kind of situation, why don’t you create it yourself. You confront those nobles and humiliate them,” I said.

  “You stopped me earlier, Rid. If you hadn’t stopped me, I might have fought him hahaha,” Noa said with a laugh.

  “It’s true that I stopped you earlier, but if you really were going to fight him, aren’t you afraid that he’d interfere with your life? I already did it earlier, so it seems like I’m now his target,” I said to Noa.

  “Don’t worry, even if he bothers me, he will only bother me, not my family. Because when you enter San Fulgen Akademiya, you will not be able to leave the academy complex and contact people from outside, you have to live in a dormitory inside the academy complex, and for your needs, there are already around the academy complex. But that’s for those who pass the entrance test, but considering his noble status, it seems like he will pass, so I don’t need to worry if he doesn’t pass and bothers my family. Besides, the one he’s targeting now is you, Rid, hahaha,” said Noa with a laugh.

  “Laugh as much as you want,” I said a little annoyed.

  -

  We finally finished lunch in the canteen. While waiting for the announcement of the results of the first entrance exam, we decided to just wait in the canteen while sitting at the dining table we occupied earlier.

  "The curry tastes really good, is it because I'm hungry or because it's free?" Noa asked me.

  "Maybe because of both," I answered.

  The canteen was starting to get quiet because most of the participants who had eaten chose to leave the canteen, maybe they wanted to walk around the academy. While I was sitting relaxing, I looked around the canteen. And I saw Princess Irene and 2 people who accompanied her to lunch.

  "Who accompanied Princess Irene? Did the Ice Princess finally get her first friend in this entrance exam?" I thought.

  After I looked more closely, it turned out that the ones accompanying Princess Irene were not humans, but a fox Demi-Human and an Elf, both of whom were women.

  “Demi-Human and Elf? I know that this academy also invites participants from outside the San Fulgen kingdom, but I didn’t expect there to be Demi-Human and Elf who registered and passed the entrance exam. But I didn’t see them when we gathered in the lobby before the exam started,” I thought to myself.

  I kept looking at Princess Irene and her 2 friends, until Noa was also curious about what I saw.

  “What are you looking at, Rid?,” Noa asked me.

  “I’m looking at Princess Irene and her 2 friends,” I answered.

  “Her friends?,” Noa was surprised and also looked at Princess Irene.

  “Aren't they!?,” Noa said a little surprised.

  “Do you know them?,” I asked Noa.

  “They are the Ice Princess’ assistants, well you could say that they are also her friends. I often see her walking with her two assistants when she is in the city of San Lucia. But I was surprised to see the princess also registering her assistants to this academy,” Noa answered.

  “So they are Princess Irene’s assistants, why did I just see them now? They didn’t accompany Princess Irene in the lobby earlier,” I asked Noa again.

  “I don’t know about that either, it seems like they were given the task of watching over another place,” Noa replied.

  After we talked about that, I looked at Princess Irene again, and this time Princess Irene also looked at me. It seemed like she realized that I had been watching her, I bowed lightly as a form of respect. Because I didn’t like being looked at by Princess Irene all the time, I invited Noa to leave the canteen.

  “It seems like the results of the first entrance exam will be out soon, how about we go to the lobby,” I said inviting Noa.

  “That’s right, let’s go there,” Noa agreed.

  We immediately left the canteen.

  -

  Meanwhile at Princess Irene’s place.

  “What’s wrong, Miss? Are you interested in that man?,” asked the Elf assistant to Princess Irene.

  “Yes, you are right, I am a little interested in him,” answered Princess Irene.

  “Hmm, what did Miss see in that man that made the Ice Princess interested? Was it because he had a feud with a Marquess's Son,” asked the fox assistant.

  “Maybe that is also a reason, but maybe because of his presence, somehow it seems different from other people,” said Princess Irene,

  “So the reason is because Miss's feeling said so huh?,” asked the Elf assistant.

  “Earlier I saw that he also often paid attention to Miss, is it possible that he is also interested in Miss?,” asked the Elf assistant again.

  “You are right, he often paid attention to me earlier, but the way he paid attention was different from most trash who paid attention to me with hidden intentions. It seems like he has his own special reason,” answered Princess Irene.

  “If I'm not mistaken, his name is Rid Archie, a commoner and the one with him is Noa Sigisbert, we met him before when we were traveling around San Lucia,” said the Elf assistant.

  “Rid Archie huh,” said Princess Irene.

  "Do we need to spy on him, miss?," asked the fox assistant.

  "No need, I feel like you guys can be easily found out if you spy on him, just let it be," said Princess Irene.

  "Okay, miss," they both said.

  "Rid Archie huh, maybe he can help me solve "that" problem," thought Princess Irene.

  "But miss, even though you said earlier that you were interested in him. Why didn't you smile when talking about him?," asked the fox assistant.

  "Should I smile when talking about him?," asked Princess Irene.

  "Uh no, you really are an ice princess, miss," said the fox assistant.

  "Haha," chuckled the elf assistant.

  -

  Back to Rid & Noa's side. It was already 12 o'clock, it seemed like the results of the first stage of the entrance exam were out.

  "Come on Rid, hurry up, it seems like the results are out," said Noa.

  "Come on Noa," I said.

  We walked quickly down the hallway connecting the canteen and the administration building. After we arrived at the lobby of the administration building, it turned out that there were already many participants who wanted to see their test results. We immediately approached the crowd. They all seemed surprised by the test results.

  "I thought I had answered all the questions correctly, why didn't I get 100 points,"

  "I also didn't get 100 points even though I was sure that all my answers were correct,"

  "Why did only 1 person manage to get 100 points, and that person wasn't even a Prince or Princess," they said in the crowd.

  I wondered what they meant by that.

  "Rid, have you seen the test results?," asked Noa.

  "Not yet Noa, I was still thinking about what they meant," I replied.

  "You should quickly look at the exam results, Rid," said Noa.

  "Yes, yes, okay," I said.

  I immediately looked at the exam results paper that was attached to the bulletin board. I was surprised by the exam results.

  First Stage Entrance Exam Results-Quiz Exam:

  1. Rid Archie = 100 points

  2. Charles Estella San Fulgen = 95 points

  3. Chloe Estella San Fulgen = 95 points

  4. Irene Emerald San Lucia = 95 points, and so on.

  I looked down at the exam results and found Noa's exam results, which also got 95 points.

  "Almost all participants got 95 points, Noa also got 95 points. I thought earlier that this question was very easy and maybe most participants could get 100 points. But why am I the only one who got 100 points?," I thought.

  "Is there a question that only I know the real answer to?," I thought again.

  - To be continued