"I surrender, I admit defeat in this sparring match," said Princess Irene.

  Suddenly, Princess Irene declared that she wanted to surrender.

  "Surrender? Are you sure, Princess Irene?" I asked.

  "Yes, all the attacks I launched just now were blocked by you. Even if I launch my other attacks, maybe you can handle them too. Besides, this is just a sparring match. There's no need to use all my ?strength just for a sparring match," said Princess Irene.

  "I see, then if that's Princess Irene's decision. Even so, Princess Irene is also strong because you was able to withstand my 'Half Moon Slash' attack just now without being blown away. I used that technique on my opponent in yesterday's daily match and he was immediately blown away after trying to withstand the attack," I said.

  "I see. I'll take that as a compliment. You're also great because you were able to withstand my 'Freezing Air Slash' ?even though your sword became like that. I apologize for that," said Princess Irene.

  Princess Irene apologized for my sword freezing because of her attack earlier.

  "Ah, about this sword? It's okay, I can take care of it," I said.

  - ?Flame Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Flame Sword -

  I changed my sword into a flame sword and melted the ice covering it. The ice on my sword melted.

  "Fire magic huh? The participant I defeated in the entrance exam also used a flame sword to block my attack. However, the flame sword was still frozen and shattered. Since your flame magic can melt my ice, it seems like your flame magic is on a different level from that participant," said Princess Irene.

  "Hmmm, I don't know," I said.

  "...... It seems like there are still many things you are hiding. Even so, you really are an interesting person," said Princess Irene.

  At a glance, I saw that Princess Irene seemed to smile when she said that. Even though all this time she only had a cold expressionless face.

  "By the way, Princess Irene. Why don't you practice with your two assistants? I thought you always went everywhere with your two assistants," I asked.

  "I'm not with them all the time. When I'm in the dormitory, I also live alone. I don't force them to always be with me at this academy, they are both free to live their lives as students at this academy. Just like the training I'm doing now, I don't force them to join me in training this early in the morning. But if they want to join the training, I allow it," said Princess Irene.

  "Is that so. You're a good person, Princess Irene. When other nobles treat other humans or other races as slaves. You treat them as subordinates who are given freedom," I said.

  "......By the way, Rid Archie. Do you have any activities tonight?," asked Princess Irene.

  "At night, I don't know what activities there are. In the afternoon, I have a daily match with Charles. Why is that, Princess Irene?," I asked.

  "....If you don't have any activities. Around 7 or 8 pm can you come to my dormitory? There's something I want to talk to you about," said Princess Irene.

  I was a little surprised to hear that.

  "Why did Princess Irene invite me to talk in her dorm? Could it be about the conversation she wanted to have but was blocked by other people all the time?," I thought.

  "Actually, I've often wanted to talk about this but was blocked by the presence of other people all the time. So I wanted to invite you to my dorm to talk about this. It should be possible now but it's not nice to talk about it here," said Princess Irene.

  "So it's true about that," I thought.

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  "Okay, if I don't have anything to do later, I'll go to Princess Irene's dorm," I said.

  "Make sure no one sees you when you enter my dorm," said Princess Irene.

  "Okay. How about I make a sign to knock 5 times? If you hear a knock on the door 5 times, that means I'm the one knocking on your door. So that you don't think someone else is knocking on your door," I said.

  "Your idea is good but I don't need it. I can feel someone's presence through their aura. So if someone knocks on my dorm door. I first check the person's aura whether they are someone I know or not. At least I already know your aura, so even if you knock on the door without the code, I know it's you," said Princess Irene.

  "Is that so," I said.

  "It turns out that Princess Irene can also feel someone's presence through aura, just like me," I thought.

  "Because I've had enough practice and there's nothing I want to talk about with you anymore, so I'll excuse myself," said Princess Irene.

  "Okay, Princess Irene," I said.

  Princess Irene walked away from the training ground, but she suddenly turned around and asked something.

  "By the way, what time are you competing against Prince Charles?," asked Princess Irene.

  "The plan is 4 PM," I said.

  "4 PM, I'll watch it later," said Princess Irene who immediately walked away.

  Princess Irene walked towards the stairs to go up to the 1st floor. While walking on the stairs, she held and looked at her rapier. She saw that her rapier had a fairly large crack.

  "Looks like I have to change to a new rapier," said Princess Irene.

  -

  After a few minutes, Princess Irene left the training ground. I also finished training and left the training ground to go to the dormitory. When I arrived at my dormitory, I immediately went to take a shower and prepared breakfast after I took a shower. Then I immediately got ready and changed into the academy uniform. After that I went to the academy and headed to the first year building.

  When I arrived at class, the class was still quiet, only a few students had entered. Then the other students came including Charles, Chloe and Noa. After the students arrived, Mr. Alan entered the classroom and started today's class.

  There were no special incidents from the beginning of class, during lunch or during the last class lesson. Until finally today's lesson ended, Mr. Alan left the class.

  "Is it time yet?,"

  "Not yet, their match is still 1 hour away,"

  "I can't wait to watch it," said the students who seemed impatient to watch my and Charles' match.

  "Hey Rid, because the match starts at 4 PM. Do you want to go back to the dorm first?," asked Charles who approached me.

  "Yes, I want to go to the dorm first to change clothes. How about you, Charles?," I asked.

  "I also intend to do the same, how about we go to the dorm together?," said Charles.

  "Okay," I said.

  We went back to the dorm first, this time Enzo and Kotaro also came with us. We finally arrived at the dorm and I entered my room to change clothes and put my bag down. After that, I came out of my room again while carrying my sword and getting ready to compete. When I came out of my room, I saw Charles had also come out of his room.

  "Looks like you're ready, Rid," said Charles.

  "So do you," I said.

  Then Chloe, Noa and Enzo also finished from their respective rooms. Then we immediately went to the academy. When we were at the dormitory gate, we met Kotaro who was waiting for us. Because Kotaro was on a different floor from us, he waited at the dormitory gate. Then we walked to the academy and walked again to the first year building. Then we went to the 2nd floor of the first year building to see if the second floor arena was crowded with other students or not. When we went to the second floor, it turned out that the arena was very crowded with first year students.

  "This is our main star today,"

  "Princeee,"

  "Riddd," said the other students.

  "I didn't expect there to be this many spectators, it seems like all the first years will watch this match," I said.

  "Hahaha I also didn't expect the match to be this lively," said Charles.

  Because we would fight at 4 pm while it wasn't 4 pm yet, the arena was still being used by other students to hold daily matches.

  "Don't worry, Rid, prince. We've told all the students not to compete at 4 pm because there will be an exciting match to look forward to. So in this arena or in the arena upstairs at 4 pm there will be no one competing except the two of you," said one of the students.

  "I see, so you've planned this," I said.

  "Hahaha, that's how it is," said the student.

  The clock finally showed 4 pm, it was time for us to compete. We headed into the arena to compete.

  "Defeat the prince, Rid,"

  "Prince, defeat Rid," said the students watching from the audience seats.

  "It seems like we're both popular," said Charles.

  "Don't compare me to a prince like you, it's clear that you're the popular one," I said.

  "Hahaha," laughed Charles.

  "The match between the two of you seems to be the most interesting so far, look at the number of spectators there," said the supervisor Elgin.

  "Well that's natural, Mr. supervisor, because the one who will compete is the prince of this country. So many people will watch it," I said.

  "You're too modest, Rid, it's clear that many people are watching because they want to see the ability of the student ranked 1 in the entrance exam," Charles said.

  "Hahaha, you two are too modest. The many spectators are of course because they want to see both of you, not just one of you. Come on, let's just start the match. Rid Archie, are you ready?," asked supervisor Elgin.

  "Ready," I said.

  "Charles Estella San Fulgen, are you ready?," asked supervisor Elgin

  "Ready," said Charles.

  "Alright, then the match begins!" said supervisor Elgin

  -To be continued