Haa.
I made my way towards the auditorium. That was where the results were going to be announced.
The ceremony followed the typical pattern, with all the important mbers of the academy giving their speeches, followed by an address by the headmaster of the academy.
Then, at the end, the results of the entrance test would be announced.
Well, not everyone would have their result publicly announced.
Only the first ranker among the new recruits would be announced.
That being !
I had to prepare a speech to speak on the stage. And as I had begun to write sothing to speak... I found that it really was a brain-draining task.
What tone should I actually keep while addressing the students...
Sigh.
As for the results of the remaining students, they would be displayed on the academy’s portal once the topper of the new batch was revealed.
I looked at the watch on the nearby wall. The ceremony must have already begun.
The headmaster had asked to attend it from the beginning—but I had decided against it.
Even if I had not been the topper, entering the auditorium would still have attracted the attention of most people.
I was quite famous...
Just not in a good way!
And I didn’t have any close friends to sit with... Heck, I didn’t even have anyone to make small talk with.
The conclusion being, the situation would have been embarrassing for , no matter what I did.
So I decided to enter the auditorium only when my na was being announced.
I wanted to make a cool entrance... Not that I cared for theatrics.
Cough...
I moved towards where the auditorium should have been, only to be greeted by a room with a huge signboard on it, saying—
Pantry?!
I was sure that I had followed the map.
Hm?
Oh!
Was it on the right side, and then towards the south, turning left again...
I think I missed a turn.
Quite a few, indeed.
Haa.
The maps weren’t great. They should have made them more user-friendly.
Tsk.
Not my fault!
***
"Thank you, Sir, for your kind words. I am sure everything you said will be an inspiration for the students going forward."
The anchor spoke, her voice echoing through the auditorium.
The students had been pretty bored, hearing one speech after the other.
No matter where you go, such things are draining on everyone’s patience.
Not seeming to care for their comfort, the anchor cleared her throat as if to make the next big announcent.
And indeed, it was.
"So let’s get to today’s main event. I know many of you are curious to know who is the current top ranker among you."
Though the students were curious to know about it... none of them thought it was worth creating such a huge hype.
Yes... the top ranker was an existence that was bound to be soone strong.
But for an average student, they knew they would surely not be on that stage.
Such an elite student, soone who could surpass all peers in his generation, could only be soone among the royals of the major races.
Their talent was what had helped them control the world for ages.
Leaving aside the reveal, many students wanted the ranker to be disclosed so that their own results would be displayed on the academy’s portal for them to see.
"So are you ready?"
"Yes," the students replied in a low voice.
It wasn’t like they were disrespecting the royalty or whoever would be ranked first.
It’s just that they no longer had the energy to maintain their enthusiasm.
The reason behind such long ceremonies had always been a mystery to every student across any part of the world.
Seeing the low enthusiasm from the students, the anchor wasn’t disappointed.
This was sothing that she had expected.
"I asked, are you ready?"
She once again shouted across the hall.
"Yes!"
Such a commanding shout was enough for the students to get their act together.
"The outco this year has been the biggest ga changer in the history of the academy."
Hearing the first line seed to have garnered the attention of many.
Seeing that the audience was now hooked, the anchor went silent for a second to build the suspense.
"Normally, according to the rules, only the na of the first-ranked student is revealed, but this ti a new record has been set."
"New record?"
"Damn! Another monster."
"Hey! Who do you think it would be?"
"Obviously, the vampires would take the stage."
"Nah! You see the Elven princess? They say she is a once-in-a-lifeti talent even among the elves."
"So what? You ever heard of the new heir to House Dracoth?"
"Huh. Who is it?"
"..."
"Dude! Are you high?!"
"No, why?"
"..."
"..."
"I think it would be soone among the werewolves."
"Those beas—"
"Oyy! You want to die?"
"Calm down, guys! And don’t be racist. The ranker could only be soone from the elves."
A student spoke in a soothing voice.
The people nearby gave him a brief glance.
"Look who’s talking. Isn’t he an elf?"
"Yeah."
The student puffed his chest at being called an elf.
"Racist."
"Wha—"
"Fuck you!"
The anchor didn’t interrupt as all the students were engaged in their... discussions.
But she couldn’t delay the main event any further.
"Cough..."
The students refocused their attention, with the entire auditorium turning silent again.
For a new record to be set wasn’t an everyday thing.
"Adding your theory and exam scores, all of you are evaluated out of a total of thousand points. As for the previous record holder till date, they had a total score of seven hundred points."
The murmurs resud.
"This ti, the record has been broken by two students with a phenonal margin."
"What the fuck."
"Are there two rankers?"
"Well, that’s what she said."
"I heard that!"
"Fuck off."
The news was alarming to everyone—not only because a new record had been set, but also because there were two rankers who had surpassed previous generations.
This news wasn’t sothing to be scoffed at.
Maybe...
The power play in the world would finally tilt, with two monsters being born.
"Please welco our ranker, who has won second place with a score of eight hundred and fifty points...
A big round of applause for—Noah!"
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