The next day, it was lunch break.

  "You and Chloe officially joined Elevrad?" I asked.

  "Yes, yesterday Chloe and I went to the Elevrad room after we finished our daily match," Charles said.

  "No wonder yesterday, when we all finished our daily match, you said you and Chloe had something to do, so you left first," Noa said.

  "Yes, this is the business I was talking about," Charles said.

  "What was the reason you and Chloe decided to join Elevrad?" I asked.

  "You know that Chloe and I are the prince and princess of this kingdom, right? One day, Chloe and I will rule this kingdom ourselves. So I thought joining Elevrad would be a good decision to gain experience in managing things. 'It'll be difficult to manage an entire kingdom right away, so why not try managing an academy first?' That's what we both thought," Charles said.

  "I see, well, that's a reasonable reason. I hope you can carry out the tasks assigned to you smoothly," I said.

  "Thank you, Rid," said Charles.

  "If you and Chloe are now members of Elevrad, does that mean it'll be harder for us to hang out after we get home? You'll definitely be busier," said Noa.

  "I guess so, sorry," said Charles.

  "Come on, Noa. Charles and Chloe joined Elevrad to gain experience. We're also getting older, so even if Charles and Chloe don't join Elevrad, there will come a time when we won't get to hang out and play as often," I said.

  "You're right, Rid. I'm sorry, Charles," said Noa.

  "Why are you apologizing when you didn't do anything wrong?" asked Charles.

  "Hmm, but Elevrad, I was invited to join Elevrad too, but I haven't accepted yet," I said.

  "But senior Vyn said that Chloe and I were the second and third people to join Elevrad as first-years. I thought you were the first, Rid," said Charles.

  "No, if I'd joined Elevrad, I'd have been busy all this time and never had time to hang out or hang out with you guys," I said.

  "Then who is it?" Charles asked.

  -

  That evening.

  Irene and I had just finished dinner.

  "Irene, I want to ask you something," I said.

  "Ask about what, Rid?" Irene asked.

  "Are you currently a member of Elevrad?" I asked.

  "A member of Elevrad? No, I was invited to join, but I haven't accepted yet. What's wrong?" I asked.

  "Nothing, just now Charles asked if you or I were members of Elevrad. Because when Charles and Chloe joined Elevrad, senior Vyn said that Charles and Chloe were the second and third members to join from the first year, which means there was a first member who had already joined," I said.

  "So that's it. Chloe brought up the same thing earlier when we were having lunch together. But I still said that I wasn't a member of Elevrad like she thought," Irene said.

  "I see, but Charles and I already suspected that the first member was Enzo, even though he never said he was. But seeing as he sometimes left first because he had business, Charles and I suspected he was," I said.

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  "The son of the Duke of San Angela, huh?" Irene said.

  "What's wrong, Irene?" I asked.

  "Nothing. By the way, Rid, are you interested in joining Elevrad?" Irene asked.

  "Maybe I was a little interested, so I didn't refuse their invitation and chose to postpone my answer. What's the matter?" I asked.

  "If you want to join Elevrad, I'll join you too," Irene said.

  "Why are you waiting for me to join too? If you're interested, you can join first," I said.

  "If we both join, at least we'll be equally busy. If I join first and you don't, I'll be busy and won't have time to make you meal. And if you join first and I don't, I don't know when I'll make you meal. If I make it first and you're still busy with Elevrad work, the food will get cold," Irene said.

  "I can make my own food if that's the case," I said.

  "No, this is our agreement, so I'll continue making your meals at the academy," Irene insisted.

  "Okay," I said.

  "Therefore, if you decide to join Elevrad, then I'll join too. If you don't, then I won't either," Irene said.

  I paused for a moment, thinking.

  "What's wrong, Rid?" Irene asked, seeing my sudden silence.

  "Hmm, if I said I wanted to join Elevrad tomorrow, would you join too?" I asked.

  "I'm fine with that, but why do you suddenly want to join tomorrow?" Irene asked.

  "Well, I wasn't really interested before because none of my classmates had joined Elevrad. Now that Charles and Chloe have joined, I'm reconsidering. Joining an organization like Elevrad seems like it would broaden my experience in dealing with various problems," I said.

  "Hmm, okay, if you want to join Elevrad tomorrow, then I'll join too. Let's go to the Elevrad room together tomorrow after our daily match," Irene said.

  "Okay," I said.

  -

  The next day, after our daily match,

  I said goodbye to my friends and went ahead with Irene because I had something to do.

  "Don't tell me you're going on a date with Princess Irene, Rid?" Noa asked.

  After Noa became Irene's partner in the second trial, she changed her nickname for Irene from 'ice princess' to 'princess Irene'.

  "Well, let's just say that," I said.

  Then the two of us hurried to the central building and climbed the stairs one by one to the 7th floor, where the Elevrad room was located. When we reached the 6th floor, we passed Princess Amelia, who had just come down from the 7th floor.

  "Princess Amelia?," I asked.

  "Rid and Princess Irene? What are you doing here?," Princess Amelia asked.

  Irene seemed wary when she met Princess Amelia.

  "We're both going to the Elevrad room on the 7th floor. We have business with Senior Vyn," I said.

  "I see. Sorry for interrupting you, you guys please pass," Princess Amelia said.

  "Okay," I said.

  For some reason, Princess Amelia was being very gentle. It wasn't like she was usually rude. Then the two of us walked past Princess Amelia. As Irene was about to pass Princess Amelia, Princess Amelia said something.

  "You don't need to be so cautious, Princess Irene. Our match is over, and let the past be in the past. I also promised not to bother you again," Princess Amelia said.

  Irene then fell silent and turned to look at Princess Amelia. But Princess Amelia continued walking down the stairs to the 5th floor. Seeing Irene's silence, I called out to her.

  "What's wrong, Irene?" I asked.

  "Nothing," Irene said.

  Then the two of us continued our walk and finally arrived at the 7th floor. The 7th floor was almost identical to the 5th floor in the faculty and staff building. There were many rooms lined up on either side of the floor, and at the end of the floor was a door, likely the main entrance to the Elevrad. We walked towards it.

  As we reached the door and were about to knock, it suddenly opened, and from behind it emerged Senior Gretta.

  "Rid and Princess Irene?" asked Senior Gretta.

  "Hello, Senior Gretta," I greeted her.

  Irene didn't greet her but immediately bowed her head.

  "What brings you two here?" asked Senior Gretta.

  "We need to see Senior Vyn. Is he here?" I asked.

  "Yes, he is. Please come in," said Senior Gretta.

  Then Senior Gretta invited us both in. We both entered the room. The room looked spacious and grand, with a large table in the center and a small table at the end. At the small table, Senior Vyn was writing some documents. He didn't seem to notice us. There were no other Elevrad members in the room besides Senior Gretta and Senior Vyn. Then Senior Gretta approached Senior Vyn.

  "Leader, there are Rid and Irene, who said they want to meet you," said Senior Gretta.

  "Rid and Princess Irene?" said Senior Vyn.

  He immediately looked at us both.

  "Wow, I didn't realize there were honored guests in this room. My apologies," said Senior Vyn.

  "It's okay, senior. I saw you were busy," I said.

  "Hahaha, that's it," said senior Vyn.

  "Then, I'll go out first, I have some business. You guys can continue our conversation," said senior Gretta.

  "Okay," I said.

  Irene bowed her head back to senior Gretta. Then senior Gretta left the room.

  "Please sit down, Rid and Princess Irene," said senior Vyn.

  Senior Vyn motioned for us both to sit at the large table in the center of the room. We sat down.

  "Yesterday I was visited by Prince Charles and Princess Chloe, and today I'm visited by the first and second-place students from the first year. What business do you two have with me?" asked senior Vyn.

  I paused for a moment, then began to speak.

  "We both want to join Elevrad," I said.

  -To be continued