Surprise

"You!" the young man freaked out a little seeing the princess bring out a level of Essence that he didn't think she had. He stopped in his tracks and quickly flew back away from her. 

Once he was at a safe distance, he looked at her with confused looks. He had thought he was the only one who had managed to hide it from everyone, but it seemed the princess was even better at it than him. 

What he didn't know was that he had only managed to hide it from the other participants who were weaker like him. The referee and various teachers had most definitely already noticed it. 

However, even the referee was confused when sensing the aura that came out of the princess. That was not what he was expecting seeing someone like her on the stage.

Was she not weak? Was her Moonlight Essence Core that well hidden that even the adults hadn't seen it?

It wasn't just the referee, of course, everyone but a few people were surprised at the sudden revelation.