Cause For The Decline

There was only one path to victory as well as the freedom I sought.

To become unparalleled and unrivaled, I needed more experience and knowledge. To get it, I needed higher qualifications which my Lower Class Status couldn't get me.

However, if there was one thing in Ainzlark that hadn't changed since its foundation, it would be the absolute factor that determined nearly everything for a student.

This factor was even higher than the Class system that had been erected as prejudice against the untalented. This factor was an immutable rule that had existed before I was born—and the only reason I was able to rise up to great heights despite being inept.

Merit!

Talent was worth a lot, but in the end, what everyone looked forward to were the results. Results earned by pure merit are one of the deciding factors of everything in this world… and if I was confident about anything, it would be Merit-based results!

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