The entrance ceremony

It was now evening, and I was in my room, getting ready for the entrance ceremony

The ceremony is like a party, where the new students gets to know each other,

The principal would first give a speech and then tells basic the rules of the academy,

And then the students can socialize, dance, and enjoy refreshments together.

I was wearing luxuries attire with intricate design,

 I cast a final glance in the mirror before departing from my room,

To my surprise, Mary was standing outside my room,

"You are looking handsome " Mary complimented, "Do you mind if I tag along with you? "

I nodded in agreement and said: "How can I refuse my dear sister "

With a smile, Mary held my arm and together we made our way towards the venue,

New students first had to go the auditorium first where the principal would give her speech,

As we entered the auditorium, we saw most of the new students have already arrived,

We walked up to the front where all of the nobles were sitting and sat on the front row.

After a couple of minutes, an elf, appearing to be in her 30s, ascended the stage.

She had blonde hair, pointy ears akin to elves and a noble air surrounding her.

Her presence commanded the attention of the entire auditorium, causing a sudden silence to fall over the students,

It wasn't merely a reaction of awe, the elf had casted a silence spell, making the auditorium completely silent.

While the nobles and certain students from mage families recognized the spell,

confusion and panic spread among commoners and students from knight families,

The elf's voice broke through the silence with reassurance in her tone,

"Don't worry, I have cast a silence spell on you all"

With her words, a sense of calm began to settle over the students.

The elf said,

"Welcome to the Maple Leaf Academy. My name is Amelia Forest. "

"I am the principal of the academy. " 

As the students regained their composure, their attention was now on the principal, their cheeks turned reed with blush seeing her beauty.

Well, this short of reaction is inevitable for the heroine and a harem member of the hero.

I sighed as I was thinking, 

'The world tree is drying, The elven saint received an oracle that the hero would attend the academy and only he can solve the problem of the world tree. '

'She was given a bracelet that would shine and disintegrate when it's close to the hero '

'And Today, when Arthur goes to the stage to give his speech as he got the first place in exam, the bracelet would shine and then disintegrate. '

'The principal would then support him unconditionally, that makes a lot of trouble for her in the later stage '

The principal was still giving her speech,

"You will be assigned to classes based on the path you've chosen, whether it be that of a mage or a warrior"

"However, those for magic warriors, you can attend both sets of classes. "

"Other than that, you are welcome to explore other classes such as alchemy, blacksmithing, pottery, and many more."

She then paused for a moment as she saw the expressions of the students,

"Now, the student who has won the top rank in entrance exam, Arthur, please come on the stage and give a speech "

Arthur, his body mostly covered in bandages, made his way onto the stage with a noticeable limp,

Amelia also furrowed her brows as Arthur was slow,

However, as Arthur approached the stage, she sensed a subtle glow emanating from her bracelet,

Her eyes widened as a smile appeared on her face,

'At last,' she thought to herself, 'My years of waiting is finished '

Her gaze softened as she looked upon Arthur, a mix of concern and compassion,

She held Arthur's hand saying,

"Are you ok, how did you get hurt this much "

Arthur was taken aback, he lost his composure in front of Amelia's beauty,

"It's nothing, I got hurt in the duel with Archie "

Amelia instantly got angry, she turned towards the crowd and said,

"Which one of you is Archie, come on the stage "

Mary held my hand with worry,

I smiled at her and said, "It's okay... no one can hurt a Everheart. "

With that, I stood up and leisurely walked towards the stage,

Amelia's anger calmed down a little as she saw my appearance,

But looking at Arhtur, she was enraged again,

'How dare he hurt the future hero '

Amelia said: "Walk faster. "

I sighed and directly jumped on the stage, standing beside Arthur in front of her,

Amelia said: "Why did you hurt him so badly "

I said: "He challenged me for a duel, who knew the first ranked student would be this weak "

Amelia's anger flared, and she unleashed her powerful aura,

She is a grand sage, so her aura was powerful, but I remained resolute and didn't kneel,

But said in domineering tone with anger,

"How dare you attack me, princess Amelia Forest "

Her aura wavered in surprise at my tone.

"How do you know my name? "

The students were also surprised to hear me calling her a princess,

She is the princess of the elven kingdom, that's why she was able to sit in the position of the principal.

But only some noble families and royal family knows her identity,

I said,

"Huh... you name, I even know your purpose of coming here."

"And I also know that purpose has just been completed. "

Amelia's was so surprised that she momentarily forgot to cast a spell to prevent the students from overhearing us,

Now her identity has been exposed and someone knows her purpose of coming here,

Even the royal family doesn't know the purpose of her coming here,

If they knew, they would make sure to oppress the elven kingdom in the name of the hero.

I said: "How dare you want me to kneel down. "

Arthur limped his way in between me and Amelia and said righteously,

"Don't talk to the principal this way."

I just slapped him with full force, sent him flying out of the stage as he lost consciousness again.

Amelia could have stopped me from hitting Arthur, but my words have frozen her body,

I said: "Do you want everyone to know, or do you want me to kill the reason. "

I also glanced at Arthur as I was saying this.

She was now sure that she messed with the wrong person,

She asked cautiously as to not offend me,

"Who are you? "

I said: "You are living here for so long and you don't even know the son of the Everheart family "

Her felt a subtle fear as she heard the name of the Everheart family,

"Does everyone know about my purpose of coming here "

I said: "Only the Everheart family right now, but I don't think that would the case from now on "

She anxiously said: "Please don't do that... my kingdom would be in trouble if you do this "

I said: "Well, the information that the world tree is drying worth a lot. "

Amelia was now in disbelief and fear took over her.

I said: "The information that only a hero can solve the issue of world tree also worth a lot. "

Amelia throat as dry by now as she felt her body lose all of her energy.

I further said,

"Also the information that Arthur is the hero, how much do you think the information would cost "

Amelia was now in despair and in awe of the Everheart family,

Only the elven royal family knows about the situation of the world tree,

And she didn't even know the identity of the hero, but the way Archie said, shows that the Everheart family was aware of the hero's identity from a long time,

She waited for years for the arrival of the hero,

But the Everheart family knew everything.

Seeing her despair, I said,

"Well, all of this can be only known to you and the Everheart family "

Her eyes lit up: "Tell me what do I have to do? "

I said: "You wanted me to kneel Infront of all these students despite being no fault of mine "

Amelia said: "I am sorry, I didn't know you were from the Everheart family "

I smiled and said: " I don't want your apology, I want you to kneel, if you don't want the information to spread " 

Amelia was now in tough spot,

As she is the princess of the Elven family, so her kneeling would be the kneeling of the whole elven kingdom.

But if she didn't kneel, her kingdom would be in a lot of trouble.

Amelia said: "You also told everyone about my identity, let's both forget these things "

"Haha.. " I laughed and said, "I don't forget things this easily "

"Either you kneel, or I will make sure that everyone knows about your purpose "

Amelia gritted her teeth as she glared at me with anger,

I smiled and said: "I don't like your gaze "