When he saw this at first he didn't want to jump to conclusions but after reading the book there was no doubt about it. He was one of the two missing Elites during the announcement.
He opened his palm just like before and uttered two words.
“Display rank.”
A magical projection of two numbers hovered above his hand.
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This was the work of the bracelet.
He stared at it for some time wondering how he got such a position and the most probable conclusion he could come up with, was that the current ranking was based on the Academy’s evaluation before admitting them into the school.
This would mean that they were under observation from the Royal Academy before even becoming students.
In the contest, even though Beatrix, Sil, and Iris had the potential to perform better, they were not given that opportunity, so at the end of the day, the two top performers were him and Lidia because of their last clash.
Most likely, they had the highest rank among the six of them.