71. Competition

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"I just came here after a day but still it feels year apart. The time difference is a bit difficult to adjust."

Alex was looking at the academy with his usual blindfolded eyes.

"But... Ross didn't told anybody... Right?"

Yesterday after teaching Ross a bit, he told him to not let anybody know that he is a duke in undercover inside the academy. Even though he agreed, Alex was still worried.

"And 18 wanted to come with me. I took a lot of effort to persuade her to stay in mansion."

Alex sighed as soon he remembered all the problems he faced today. And with all in his mind, he entered his class.

And there he saw the shunned boy - Ross sitting in a corner while all students looking at him with contempt in their eyes.

"Sigh! One more problem added to today's list."

Alex walked up to him and gave him a hand to clean all the trash thrown in his place.

"Hey! What are doing? Don't you understand that, I the Viscount..."

Before the man could say anything more haughtily, he felt a very terrifying presence upon him. He knelt down and was so terrified that he even pissed his pants.

All the students were surprised at the sudden fall of the son of the Viscount. The one who took the first place in harrassing Ross.

Ross was shocked but then he looked at Alex. After knowing his identity, he knew that Alex helped him this time.

"Thank you."

"Don't mind."

Then both of them sat in their respective seats and the teacher came in. The teacher was quite old but not like the one like the sages who seemed to have see the world.

The teacher was probably in his fifties. He came inside with a air of arrogance within him.

The arrogance of nobles.

'I just don't understand why they are so much proud over the title? The powerful and smartest people are always calm and are never prideful. They always seem to be courteous in front of people. And if you nobles have so much power, then you should also be calm and should have behaviour a noble should have. But this?'

Having the views of modern world, Alex always finds flaws in the nobility of the kingdom.

It's not like their are only bad nobles. Some nobles specially the ones in the high rank - Dukes are good and humble. Don't let the power consume you.

But in the good, bad will definitely arrive. It the law of counterforce.

Alex didn't thought much since he himself didn't had that much ambition of changing the current system. After he was himself a Duke.

Being selfish is one of his iconic qualities.

"Morning, Apprentice Slayers."

All the students stood up and saluted the teacher in the front. This academy is just like the military school to breed soldiers.

Slayers are also a type of soldier. Though it is more special. And the teachers - meaning the one in the front is also someone who has been assigned rank in the army.

Without waiting much, the teacher who was wearing a monocle, directly said the most important news without hesitation.

"From next week, The Annual Academy Slayers Competition is going to start. And I hope all the students to do the best."

Annual Academy Slayers Competition. A competition that occurs annually in the academy.

As the name sounds, it is a competition to search and get talented slayers. The competition is very influential which makes youngsters to try hard to win the battles for the future honors.

All the students were shocked but then happily started gossiping in excitement.

"Cough! Cough! Don't be too excited. In this competition, even though you could get honor to become a first class slayer you could also get injured, so I hope you all to be careful while choosing whether you want to participate or not. That's all."

With saying all that, the teacher left in his own pace. All the students were excited and we're happily boasting their friends that they will win.

And such a clique was near the ex-girlfriend of Ross - Clara. The talented girl who was abandoned by him according to her and rumors she heard.

The boys were all around her talking and flattering her.

"I think Clara-san will definitely win this time!"

"What do you mean by think? She will definitely win!"

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Ross was looking her with a sad gaze. As soon she saw him, she turned her with contempt and talked with the rest of them. But one of them was quite close to her. Alex somehow felt a bit weird looking at him.

"Hey, Ross."

"Yes, Alex-sama."

"Who is that?"

Alex pointed at the blue haired man beside Clara.

"That's Tristt. He is my other childhood friend and is her current boyfriend."

"Hmm... The current boyfriend, is it?"