In front of a room door.

  Miss Karina, Senior Vyn, and Senior Gretta were chatting.

  "Thank you, Miss Karina. You even delivered these documents to the Elevrad room yourself. You should have just called us to pick them up in your office," said Senior Vyn.

  "It's okay, I'll deliver these anyway since I'm going to look around," said Miss Karina.

  Suddenly, the three of them sensed a powerful aura and mana coming from somewhere.

  "Is that!?" thought Miss Karina.

  "Gretta, do you feel it?" asked Senior Vyn.

  "Yes, this aura is very strong. Even someone who isn't sensitive to auras can definitely sense it," said Senior Gretta.

  "I'll go check it out, you guys continue with your assignments," said Miss Karina.

  "Okay, miss," they both said.

  They both returned to the room, and Miss Karina left.

  -

  "If I told you to break up with Irene, would you do it?" asked Queen Kayana.

  "Why do you ask such a thing, Your Majesty? And what's with this aura and mana pressure?" I asked again.

  "Just answer it," said Queen Kayana.

  As time went on, the mana pressure in the room grew heavier. I felt like I was holding a heavy weight all over my body.

  "I don't know why Your Majesty asked that. Is she also one of the people who wants the ~Matchmaking Battle~ to continue? As long as Irene doesn't break up with this fake relationship, I won't break up. I feel ashamed to say this, but there's no other choice," I thought.

  I paused, took a deep breath, and then began to speak.

  "I won't break up with Irene because I love her. I don't care even if you tell me to, Your Majesty," I said.

  "You're quite brave, aren't you?" said Queen Kayana.

  The aura and mana pressure in the room grew heavier. The glass windows in this room began to crack and shatter.

  Meanwhile, Miss Karina was seen hurriedly leaving the Elevrad room and finally arrived on the first floor of the central building. As she hurried along, Miss Karina encountered Mr. Frederick at the entrance of the central building.

  "Miss Karina?" asked Mr. Frederick.

  "Mr. Frederick? Why do you seem so surprised to see me?" said Miss Karina.

  "Aren't you in your room? You just called Rid Archie to your room," said Mr. Frederick.

  "I called Rid Archie? I didn't—," said Miss Karina.

  Before Miss Karina could finish her sentence, they suddenly felt an aura of pressure growing stronger.

  "Where is this powerful aura coming from? Has an intruder entered this academy?" said Mr. Frederick, shocked.

  "This aura comes from my sister. Could it be that she disguised herself as me and met with Rid?" thought Miss Karina.

  "Sir Frederick, I'll check who this aura belongs to. If you see any guards entering the academy, just tell them 'this matter is being handled by the principal,'" said Miss Karina.

  "Okay, but is it okay if you check it yourself, Miss? What if something happens to you?" asked Mr. Frederick.

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  "You don't need to worry, sir. After all, the reason I became the principal is because I'm the strongest in this academy area," said Miss Karina.

  Miss Karina immediately dashed out of the central building and headed for the staff and faculty building.

  The aura pressure emitted by Queen Kayana was felt by everyone in the academy.

  -

  Meanwhile, in the first-year competition arena.

  "What is this uneasy feeling? I feel goosebumps," said Noa.

  "This unpleasant aura is similar to Mother's," Chloe said.

  "You're right, Chloe. But it's impossible for mother to come here unannounced," Charles said.

  "You're right. So who owns this aura?" Chloe asked.

  -

  Miss Karina then entered the staff and faculty building. Those who saw Miss Karina were surprised.

  "Oh, Miss Karina? Aren't you in your room?" asked a staff member.

  "Sorry, I don't have time to answer that question, I'm in a hurry," said Miss Karina.

  Miss Karina continued running up the stairs until she finally reached the 5th floor. Along the hallway, many staff members were staring at Miss Karina's door, but they didn't dare to look inside. They sensed a very strong aura emanating from the door. Miss Karina appeared to be walking casually past the many staff members who had been focused on her door.

  "Oh, Miss Karina? Aren't you in your room? If you're not in there, then who is?" asked another staff member.

  "I don't know, I'm going to my office. You should go downstairs and don't eavesdrop or open this door after I enter," said Miss Karina.

  "Okay," said all the staff members.

  They hurried downstairs. Meanwhile, Miss Karina immediately opened the door to her room and saw Queen Kayana sitting, spreading her powerful aura. In front of her was Rid Archie, who was also sitting, but seemed unaffected by the pressure from Queen Kayana's aura.

  "What are you doing, sis? Stop spreading your terrifying aura. Look, the window in my room shattered because of you. Everyone in this academy is panicking because of your aura," said Miss Karina.

  "Oh, Karina, you're back," said Queen Kayana.

  "Quickly stop your aura!" said Miss Karina.

  "Yes, yes. Ahaha, it seems I overdid it," said Queen Kayana.

  She stopped spreading her aura. Then the situation returned to normal.

  "How am I supposed to explain this to the others? And why are you spreading your terrifying aura while talking to one of my students? What are you talking about?" asked Miss Karina.

  "Well, I spread my aura when I wanted to ask Rid something," said Queen Kayana.

  "What was that question about?" asked Miss ?Karina.

  "I asked him if he would break up with Irene if I ordered him to. But he said he wouldn't break up with Irene even if I did. For some reason, I was a little annoyed, so I strengthened my aura," said Queen Kayana.

  "You're just a little kid who gets irritated easily. By the way, are you okay, Rid?" asked Miss Karina.

  "I'm okay, miss," I said.

  "Try standing up," said Miss Karina.

  I did as she said.

  "Then walk around the room," said Miss Karina.

  I did as she said.

  "I didn't expect you to be okay after facing the pressure of my older sister's aura at such close range," said Miss Karina.

  "He's indeed an interesting student, as you say, Karina," said Queen Kayana.

  "That doesn't mean you can just let that aura of yours out in this academy. At least fix my broken window," said Miss Karina.

  "Yes, yes," said Queen Kayana.

  Then Queen Kayana snapped her fingers, and the broken window glass returned to its original state.

  "Okay, you can sit down again, Rid," said Miss Karina.

  "What about Miss Karina?" I asked.

  "I can sit over there," said Miss Karina, pointing to a chair on the other side of the room.

  Then I sat back down, and Miss Karina sat down in another chair.

  "Why are you interfering in their relationship, sis? Are you unhappy that Irene is no longer your future daughter-in-law?" asked Miss Karina.

  "No, that's not it. I did know that Irene was paired with Rid from your report. But I don't know why my husband knew about it even though I never talked to him about it. Then he told me about it even though I already knew. And he said he wouldn't cancel the ~Matchmaking Battle~ even though Irene already had a partner. I don't know why he insisted on holding the event. Ah, sorry, you're confused about this, Rid. It seems Irene hasn't explained this to you," said Queen Kayana.

  Then Queen Kayana began explaining about the ~Matchmaking Battle~ to me, even though I actually already knew.

  "So that's how it is, I just found out about this," I lied.

  "Yes, my husband said he wouldn't cancel the event even though he knew Irene already had a partner. He said it wasn't certain that your relationship with Irene would last until the event. Tell me, Rid, are you currently having any arguments or anything that makes you want to end your relationship?" asked Queen Kayana.

  "So far, nothing. You could say we're currently in our lovey-dovey period," I said.

  "I see. Then I can assume your relationship will last, at least until graduation. But my husband's words about your relationship not necessarily lasting until the event itself made me think. If your relationship with Irene is currently at its most intimate, then I'm wondering if someone wants to forcefully end your relationship to force Irene to participate in the matchmaking battle again. For example, I intimidated you earlier, but it seems intimidation didn't work on you. So perhaps they'll use a more extreme method to end your relationship," said Queen Kayana.

  "What do you mean, sis?" asked Miss Karina.

  "To make Irene lose her partner and return to the matchmaking battle, the last resort is to kill Rid, her current partner," said Queen Kayana.

  -To be continued