Chapter 3: Chapter 2- MANDATORY income test

The great door opened little by little like a huge beast waking up from its slumber, with layers of light streaming through it and lighting up the grandiose scene behind it, 4 fully armed guards in golden armor were standing behind it like great titans defending the entrance to heaven and beyond them, you could see the magnificent and prosperous city of Dagandri, despite only being the entrance you could see people trading and working everywhere as far as the eye of all types and races could reach, worthy of being a central city on the continent, despite being an academic headquarters has a high commercial value and an even higher quality of life.

The guards who were immobile all the time moved to the sides of the door and made way for the departing carriages, all were elegant and opulent carriages, but they passed with respect through the "normal exit area", apparently in this batch there were no VIPs leaving town.

Although many carriages left compared to those who wanted to enter they did not arrive even half, so it only took half an hour before all the carriages finally left, the next thing would be the check-in process for the entrance.

Cain looked forward to how this check-in process would be, although the four guards at the door looked majestic and imposing, he did not believe that they were the ones in charge of the check-up, he hoped that someone of higher rank would be in charge of this important homework.

Not long after out of nowhere a guard appeared a little shorter in stature than the golden guards but had a unique aura that distinguished them from these and gave an intangible pressure to whoever looked at it, along with his full body armor. A pristine bluish-silver color could be recognized as someone of higher rank than the golden guards.

Mael- Hello everyone, I am Mael Leohart, Third Commander of the Dagandri city wall defense legion, as today is a special day I have personally come to check all those who want to enter the city, I will not delay Too much, but I will require your full cooperation for this check so they must deactivate the magic barriers in their carriages and not use any type of energy during the check, anyone who fails to comply with this will be expelled from the line and their entry will be prohibited. permanent-

After saying his monologue, he raised the orb that he carried in his left hand and pointed it towards the multitude of carriages.

The orb was a pasty green color and had a black spot in the shape of a tiger mark as if it were the pupil of a beast, shortly after lifting the orb, silvery-bluish energy left Mael's hand and entered the orb. causing this spot to move slightly and creating the illusion that a huge beast was staring hungrily and greedily at everyone.

From the Orb suddenly came a layer of green aura that slowly expanded towards the carriages like the ripples created by a stone in a calm lake, this aura resembling mist and at the same time water passed through the carriages one by one without stopping, in a few minutes he had gone through all the carriages including the VIPs showing no abnormalities.

Realizing this, Mael nodded a little satisfied and then gave his approval for everyone to enter the city, the first ones were the VIP carriages who were not even really checked by the golden guards

Then it was the turn of the long and almost endless "normal line" who had to be checked one by one by the golden guards to confirm their reasons for visiting the city and that they did not bring anything dangerous.

In general, there were three approved reasons for entry, the first is to take the admission exam to the Dagandri academy, they only had to present their letter of recommendation from the academy to the guards, and after a brief check, you would be allowed to pass without any commission.

The second is for commercial reasons, with how prosperous the city is and as a meeting point for so many kingdoms and dynasties it had an unimaginable economic potential, but for this, you had to pay a relatively high entry commission and the time you can stay within the city will be limited.

The third reason is to visit relatives or friends who have a permanent residence within the city, depending on the status of this relative or friend you could even not pay any commission and have a long residence in the city.

Of these three the best was clearly the letter of recommendation to present the academy test since you would not need money or background to enter the city, but this would also bring certain disadvantages, such as, for example, at the time of failing the Entrance test would be immediately expelled from the city, besides that to get the recommendation letter you have to be very talented to be worthy of taking the test or have contacts within the academy.

After waiting for what seemed like an eternity to Cain, it was finally his turn to pass the second check-up, due to the "humility" of Cain's carriage, the guards did not have many belongings to check and quickly went on to check the reason for entering the city, with this Cain proudly took out the envelope that contained his special recommendation letter, the guards simply took a look at the envelope and noticed the seal of the academy and the energy signature on it, they let them pass without much trouble...

When entering the city it seemed to be much more bustling than what it appeared from the outside, when crossing the great entrance door all the noises of the city exploded that they could not hear before giving the magical belief that they were two worlds apart, but they did not have Long time to admire the scenery as a normal guard approached and asked them to follow him to the carriage parking area, anyone who does not have VIP status or a special permit was not allowed to use carriage inside Dagandri city for reasons of public order and traffic.

After following the guard for about 10 minutes they arrived at a large and simple building in a slightly more isolated area of the city, it had two entrances, one for the first floor and one for the basement, the guard led them to the basement and after going down a few floors they were given a place to store their carriage because it is by city regulations there is no need to pay to keep their carriage stored here until they leave unless they become permanent residents of the city.

After leaving the old carriage in its place, Cain and his three personal guards left the building to look for an inn to stay.

His third personal guard is called Lauiel, as he is of commoner birth as his guards do not have a surname, but for Cain, he is like a second father, since he was a child he has been his teacher and mentor, serving him both as guard and guide, in addition to he was the strongest of his personal guards, and throughout the trip, he was the one who drove the carriage.

After walking a bit they found a quiet and secluded inn near the building where their carriage was kept, paying a few silver coins they set aside 3 rooms to stay for the night that was approaching.

Tomorrow early was going to be the registration and entrance exam for the academy this year, so all those who participated had to arrive at least one day in advance so as not to miss it.

Because of how unique this academy is, absolutely everyone who wants to enter it must pass the selection exam, no matter how powerful the background they come from or their background, everyone must pass the test to join it, but Cain was Something like an exception, there are two ways to take the admission test for the Dagandri academy, one is the exam at the main headquarters that would be the one that would be taken tomorrow, and another would be a personal test carried out by someone of high rank in the academy outside of this.

Although it is rare for these tests to happen, someone of high rank indeed goes out into the world for various reasons and during their stay in certain kingdoms, they take the opportunity to take an admission test on a whim, although these tests are usually even more difficult. then at the headquarters due to its eccentricity.

And Cain happened to be one of those who surpassed them and became an external student of the academy a year and a half ago, but he had never planned to come to it for many reasons.

For this reason, he should be able to re-integrate into the academy without going through the annoying exam tomorrow without problems, although he would enter two years late because he did not come at the time it happened, that really did not matter much to him. Cain.

Looking out of the inn's advantage as he lost himself in thought he seemed to suddenly think of something and decided to rest early today and prepare just in case, "one should never underestimate one's enemy or destiny" was one of his father's teachings. , so it was better to be prepared for all possible cases.

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Early the next morning.

The sun had not yet risen over the horizon, but Cain was already awake and getting ready to go to the exam room, the period to present the test is all day, but the sooner he gets out of the problem the better, in addition to only he had to report for reinstatement and he didn't really have to present proof so it would be wise to get out of trouble as quickly as possible.

Because he was not used to wearing noble suits it took a while to enlist, he has always found noble suits to be excessively opulent and impractical, so many layers of clothing without any royal function, but he did want to show respect for the academy It should at least comply with the dress code.

When he finished preparing, he left his room. In the hallway, Sadie, Danae, and Lauiel were already waiting for him. Sadae and Danae were wearing simple clothes under their simple guard armor and Lauiel was wearing standard butler clothes.

All students are allowed to bring only 2 personal guards and 1 attendant to the city, luckily this was enough for Cain to bring his henchmen.

Sadae- soon the records of the tests will begin, if we leave now we would arrive at a good time to present your request for re-entry-

Caín- well get out now while this is done before we can start faster with true training-

he replied as he walked out of the inn and headed to the registration center, although the journey here was pleasant and carefree he never stopped training daily except for yesterday.

At first, he disagreed with his father when he decided to send him to the Dagandri academy, but he had to accept that only here could he find a chance to overcome his limits and become even stronger to change everything.

in a short time they arrived in front of a luxurious building with a large traffic of people despite how early it was, many people were going in and out, but most were young people between 13-14 years old, usually only those under 14 who managed to reach the bronze grade are eligible to take the Dagandri academy test so practically all those who took the test were in this age range.

Cain would turn 16 this year so it could be considered a rare sight to see him heading to the building on this entrance exam day, so in no time he became the focus of attention in the surroundings as he made his way to the section of the record.

There were a total of 10 secretaries doing the registrations of participants, but only 9 were actually working on everyone's registrations since the last one only attended to the VIPs' registrations and it was still empty which only generated envy of the " common ".

At that moment a luxurious carriage came to the front of the registry building attracting everyone's gaze, those capable of taking a carriage in this city are either very rich merchants, city nobles, or VIPs, and so that they arrive at this place as much as possible. Surely, VIPs are the ones who come to present the test.

The carriage that arrived was led by 3 large Gevaudan wolves and Cain recognized that it was one of the carriages that entered yesterday afternoon, the carriage door opened and a young man of about 14 came out, he had a fierce face and very Seriously resembling that of a veteran royal guard, with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a tunic with additions of animal skins that made him look both elegant and fierce, when he saw him, Cain's eyes lit up.

'Are there really noble clothes like that? I should get some so I don't wear these uncomfortable layers of clothes. '

The young man did not look at anyone and walked straight into the building and went to the VIP registration line, acting as if there was no one around him and it was only him in this building.

Shortly after behind his carriage another came being led by a Shadhavar, this one looked even more majestic and the great Shadhavar added an extra grandeur, this was the carriage of the Damael empire and for the size of the carriage and the enormous beast that It was most likely that its owners were from the royalty of Damael.

And indeed from him a couple of luxuriously dressed young men got off, a boy and a girl respectively, both were about 14 years old and wore imperial tiaras that showed their status as high-ranking royalty, the boy was the typical handsome and arrogant prince that they were on top of the world, and the girl was 60-70% similar to the boy next to her, but she had an icy, silent temper and exuded an aura of remoteness.

Seeing them Cain narrowed his eyes, he really disliked the Damael empire and its emperor so from the beginning he had a bad image of these two, and the expression on the boy's face just made this first impression worse.

Upon arrival Bosfor did his best to show his most imposing and majestic side, he did not even bother to take a second look at the people around him as he made his way to the VIP registration line, but suddenly he felt a peculiar look in his path that made him feel inexplicably angry.

When he turned around he found in his field of vision again that annoying peasant from the third carriage that he had encountered yesterday, this boy seemed to have a special talent for angering others so he left a deep impression on Bosfor despite the short contact.

But looking at him now outside the ramshackle carriage he was a bit surprised, this boy was quite tall and seeing the whole picture he was clearly older than him, it had to be known that it is very rare for someone over 14 to take the Dagandri academy entrance test for various reasons.

Mainly because the requirements would be much higher for those who are over 14 years old, it would be a standard test for those of the second year of the academy so it would be too difficult for someone from outside the academy to compare with those from outside the same age because of the great difference in training resources and teachers.

But here this "peasant" decided to take it despite the ridiculous difficulty just to humiliate himself, for this type of a person it is not worth it even for Bosfor to think of them and much less to keep anger on them, realizing Of this he quickly forgot about Cain and headed to the VIP registration area to quickly finish these boring procedures.

Watching the VIPs pass by and finish their paperwork quickly and efficiently Cain lost himself in thought as he looked at the long line he was in.

Cain- Well since I'm still a special case and it won't take long, why not do it in the VIP area? - He said to himself in a low voice as he left the " common " line and headed for the VIP line.

At that moment Bosfor was finishing his paperwork and was about to go to the teleportation portal that would take them to the test area with Helael when he noticed Cain heading towards them confidently.

Bosfor- What do you think this farmer is doing? Do you think you have the right to use this row? Well, anyway, I felt that all this was very boring, let's stay and see the show a bit- he said in a not so low voice so that Helael and the secretary who attended them could hear him.

To this Helael did not say anything and just waited next to Bosfor and the secretary frowned a little looking at Cain, but did not say anything improper and just waited, shortly after Cain came to where the secretary of the VIP row with a smile while saying.

Cain- Hello, I know that I shouldn't be in this row, but my request is a bit special so I think it would be good if they attended it here- he said while passing the old envelope with the recommendation letter and re-entry in it.

The secretary was about to reject it, but seeing the old man about his intuition told him that it would be better to check first before deciding and taking the envelope to review it.

Meanwhile, Bosfor just put a mocking look on his face as he looked at everything and thought.

'Surely this peasant has talent as a buffoon, surely he must think that since he got a letter of recommendation despite being a commoner, he must be special and treated as such'

But shortly after he was surprised when he noticed that the secretary's face suddenly turned serious and asked permission to confirm something with his superiors, this not only surprised Bosfor but also Helael and even Cain

'Confirm what exactly? Although a reentry request is certainly a bit special, it shouldn't be a problem to discuss with the manager, right? ' Cain thought as he waited for the secretary to return

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Meanwhile in different and remote aviation ...

A middle-aged man was sitting quietly meditating on a stone tablet, the air around him seemed to freeze along with everything else as if the entire room were a portrait painted on a large wall.

But this scene was suddenly interrupted when a guard in Silver-Blue armor suddenly interrupted his meditation, if he was given a second glance they would realize that this was Mael Leohart who had inspected everyone by the time Cain arrived at the town

Mael- Mr. Jasdal inform us from the registration section to the test that an applicant arrived with a request for reentry as you ordered and his name is Cain, they ask for confirmation to follow their previous instructions- I respectfully inform the Man in front of him

Jasdal- Oh? Has that boy arrived yet? Well, tell them to follow the plan to the letter and not to give them a chance to resist, they don't need to explain anything to them and just throw it away- he replied with a bit of emotion as if he was soon to see a fun show

Mael- As you order- he replied while bowing slightly and leaving

Jasdal- Old friend, finally that boy to the academy, as I promised I will treat him as cruelly as possible and give him the opportunity he was waiting for hahahaha- he said to himself in a low voice before resuming his deep meditation

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At the same time in the registration area

The secretary had finally come back from talking to her superiors and gave Cain a strange look before putting on a poker face and speaking.

Secretary- Regarding your application, you actually passed the entrance exam a year and a half ago, you are eligible for re-entry, but I regret to tell you that your test has expired so you will have to present it again before being formally re-entered- he said without pause or consideration as he checked. a meaningful glance at a corner

Caín- Does the test deciduous? How is that possible? Wait and I talk to

Secretary- it is not necessary, everything has already been duly reviewed, it was concluded that today's entrance exam is MANDATORY so a proving ground will be assigned immediately-

The secretary didn't even let Cain reply as she interrupted him and pointed with his hand, before he knew it a golden guard appeared next to him and lifted him with one hand by the never and threw him into the teleportation portal that was located. was heading to the proving grounds, it all happened so fast that when Cain came to himself he was already being swallowed by the portal and could only roar helplessly

SHIT!