Chapter 185 Arcadia Academy#12 Test Of The Orthodox Ones

Time passed, and the next evening arrived. We were at a stadium at the northern intersection of the Core and Inner Circle. The 10 Unorthodox ones were made to be seated with the highly assigned teachers in a grand open area from where the whole field was visible and at a distance on the ground I could see Lucas, Irene and the others observing me rather than the upcoming match.

It wasn't just them, but I noticed Adara and, at a distance, Amelia too, looking at me, trying to analyse me. The teachers who were assigned to me also peeked at me whenever they could and not just them, but my own Unorthodox classmates, were looking at me curiously.

I stood up, garnering the attention of everyone at once as their eyes were focused on me before I moved closer to the railings to watch the match more closely and properly. Placing my elbow on the railing, I rested my chin on my arm before taking a look at my buds that I planted to grow and bloom, finally taking their first step.

Lucy, Lucas, Amelia, Adara, Dalton, Cristine, Bernette, Eliza, Elizabeth, Annabeth, Irene, Linda… Yup, that's about them.

A smile blossomed on my face as I looked forward to the future once again. The more things went according to how I wanted it to be, the happier I became. Everything was going on smoothly and I will make sure it keeps on going that way.

I saw another couple of faces that I needed to get into my pockets sooner or later. After concentrating enough, I found Lilith as well. She, too, at this moment, was looking at me and I smiled at her, making her look away before I saw that the match was about to start.

It was a knockout type, with the rankings based on who attained the most points to the one who attained the least points. The match started with the lowest fighting the one just above them in ranking and slowly building up their points until they reached a higher height.

Once the lowest gets defeated, and can't move ahead, at some point, the next lowest starts fighting against the one just above him in ranking. If he fails to defeat the one adjacent to him, then he loses that match and gets eliminated.

'Generally, the lower ones get eliminated fast leaving behind only 90 people who make it into the Academy. Though, the fight still continues to determine their rankings,' I thought as I saw people getting eliminated faster and faster.

Total 345 people were qualified for the final test and with every match being only a minute long with minimum breaks, 40 people were eliminated within the first two hours and unsurprisingly the more the time passed, the elimination rate increased because of the difference between the power levels.

Almost 5 hours later, only 90 people were left on the field with the others being eliminated and the matches were stopped because the batch had already been selected. As for the final rankings, those matches were scheduled tomorrow and for some reason, the Unorthodox were also included in those matches.

Perhaps they wanted to establish a clear cut ranking of the whole batch at once? Well, doesn't matter to me since I plan to be the last anyway.

'Hmmm… Everyone made it, I guess,' I thought as I looked at the smiling faces of the girls, they looked really happy that they made it through. Though all of them were in the top 20 already, even before the matches began, their turn never came, except Bernette, who was at 56th rank.

'Bernette's fighting capabilities are really explosive along with her sudden mana growth. Perhaps she would grow into a real monster as well… I guess saving her had another benefit that I did not consider previously. Lucky me.' I thought as I smiled before moving away from the railing, only to find two people standing in front of me.

"Can't even wait for a day to see me?" I asked as I winked at Adara who looked really irked by that and Lucas, who was standing beside her, observed my remark with a curious expression before speaking.

"You surprise me every time I meet you."

"Did you forget about the beating I gave you last time, lover boy? Why are you here again?" I spoke in a sudden cheerful tone, which made him take a step back and gulp before he shook his head and said,"I am here because 'She' has asked me to fetch you."

Hearing his words, I sighed a little before looking at Adara and asking,"and love, what do you want from me?"

If eyes could kill, Adara might have killed me already, but she sighed before speaking,"there is something that I wanted to know."

Hearing her words, I chuckled before speaking,"I will tell you about it in bed. Leave the private things for private times." There was a really mischievous look on my face, but her glare became more sharp and Lucas, who was previously a bit curious now, was really, really curious about our relationship.

"Lucas, is it really important? The person who asked to meet Aidan. I want to have some time alone with him and it could be long, so if that person isn't as much important, can you excuse both of us?" Adara spoke with a serious tone before moving towards me but Lucas spoke,"it's the principal. She is the one who wants to meet Aidan."

Hearing his words, Adara suddenly stops before sharply turning towards Lucas with a disbelieving expression as her eyes ask him,'are you sure it's here? You are not mistaken, are you?'

"Tell her I will be visiting her later on. For now, I will be with Adara or if she really wants to meet me, then she can come see me in the evening herself," I said before looking at Adara and continuing,"let's go."