The three ?of us returned to the arena. We went to where Chloe and Kotaro were.

  "Brother, are you okay? How about the wound after competing against Rid?," Chloe asked, looking worried.

  "It's okay, my wound has been healed by the female senior who came to the arena earlier," Charles said.

  "Thank goodness, brother may have lost but you shouldn't be gloomy," Chloe said.

  "Yes," Charles said.

  "Then Rid, are you okay too? You were hit by that senior's attack earlier," Chloe said.

  "It's okay," I said.

  "Is that so," Chloe said.

  "By the way, it's just the two of you? Where's Enzo?," I asked.

  "After your match and brother finished, Enzo immediately left. He said he had an appointment to meet someone," Chloe said.

  "Is that so," I said.

  "Even though he hasn't had his daily match today, right? But he just left," Noa said.

  "Just let him be, maybe he'll do his daily match later," I said.

  Since my match with Charles was over, some students seemed to be leaving the arena. Either they wanted to go to another arena or they wanted to go somewhere.

  "Since Charles and I have fought, only Noa, Kotaro and Chloe haven't done their daily match today," I said.

  "Yeah, I don't know who I want to fight yet," Chloe said.

  "I don't know either, I might just choose a random opponent later. Actually I want to try fighting Kotaro but my points are currently minus because of my defeat against Charles yesterday. If I lose now, my points will be minus," Noa said.

  "W- I mean Noa is too modest, there's a chance that if we duel I'll be the one who loses," Kotaro said.

  "Do you guys want to go to the upper arena floor? It seems like some students are also going to the upper arena floor," I said.

  "Let's just wait here, besides there are still other students here who seem to want to do the daily match too. If there are no more students in this arena, then we'll go to the arena on the upper floor," said Chloe.

  "Okay," I said.

  We decided to wait in the 2nd floor arena. While waiting for the arena to be usable again because currently the supervisor Elgin was repairing the arena with an Artifact.

  Not long after that the arena was back to normal.

  "Now that the arena can be used again, who will do the next daily match?," said supervisor Elgin.

  -

  Meanwhile, Princess Irene and her two assistants left the 2nd floor arena. They headed to the arena above the 2nd floor.

  "Why don't we just do the daily match in the 2nd floor arena, miss?," asked Leandra

  "There are still too many people in the 2nd floor arena because of the match between Rid Archie and Prince Charles," said Princess Irene.

  "Isn't that good? If there are a lot of people, at least we will get an opponent quickly?," said Leandra.

  "I don't really like being in an arena with a lot of spectators," said Princess Irene.

  "But during the entrance exam, there were also a lot of spectators in the match exam, right miss?," said Leandra.

  "Yes, but that's a situation that can't be changed because it's already been determined. If I have to choose, I prefer to compete in an arena with not many people," said Princess Irene.

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  "Is that so," said Leandra.

  "Let's do the daily match this afternoon, because I have an appointment tonight," said Princess Irene.

  -

  Noa, Chloe and Kotaro had finished their daily matches with their respective opponents. They all won together. Meanwhile, it was already half past 6 in the evening.

  "Since we've all played our matches, let's go," I said.

  The five of us left the 2nd floor match arena.

  "Because my sword is broken, I plan to go to the lobby first to ask for a new sword. What about you, Charles?," I asked.

  "Yes, I also want to ask for a new sword. I'll come with you," said Charles.

  "We'll wait at the fountain after you two get your new weapons," said Noa.

  Then we went to the academy lobby and asked the staff there. After that, the two of us were directed to go to the 3rd floor of the academy lobby, where the second stage of the entrance exam was held previously. After arriving at the 3rd floor, we were told to take the weapons we wanted. Charles and I still chose swords as our weapons. After taking our new weapons, we went back down to the 1st floor and thanked the staff there. After that, we left the academy lobby.

  "How about we buy some food first before returning to our respective dorms?," asked Charles.

  "Why don't we just go for a walk until the evening? Like going to the lake?," asked Noa.

  "I agree if it's to buy food, but if it's to go for a walk until the evening, I don't think I'll join. I want to rest early tonight, so if you guys want to go for a night walk, please go without me," I said.

  "I see, what about you guys? Do you want to go for a night walk?" Noa asked.

  "I'm willing," Charles said.

  "Me too," Chloe said.

  "I'll come too then," Kotaro said.

  "Okay, then let's go for a night walk together as a group," Noa said.

  "I'm sorry I can't come," I said.

  "Take it easy, Rid. After I buy food, I want to go back to the dorm first, I want to get my fishing gear. Since we want to go for a walk to the lake, I might as well go fishing," Noa said.

  Then we left the first year building and left the academy and headed to the shopping area. We bought food in the shopping area and decided to eat there.

  After we finished eating there, I said goodbye to them to go home first. Noa came with me to go back to the dorm because she wanted to get her fishing gear first, while Charles, Chloe and Kotaro decided to wait in the park. Arriving at the dorm, I said goodbye to Noa.

  "I'm going home now Noa, I hope you get a lot of fish from your fishing," I said

  "Yes, thank you for your prayers," said Noa.

  Then we parted ways and entered our respective dorms. After entering my dorm, I decided to take a shower right away. After that, I changed clothes and got ready to go to Irene's dorm as promised.

  The time was still 6:55 p.m., 5 minutes earlier than the promised time. However, I chose to leave my dorm to check the situation first. I had to make sure no one saw me enter Irene's dorm. When I left my dorm, no one was on the same floor as my dorm, nor were there any people who wanted to come to this floor. I decided to wait outside my dorm until it was 7 p.m.

  After it was 7 p.m., I approached Princess Irene's dorm room while monitoring the situation. After I made sure it was safe and there was no one, I knocked on Princess Irene's room.

  *Knock *Knock *Knock *Knock *Knock

  Indeed, Princess Irene said that there was no need to knock 5 times because Princess Irene knew who would knock on her dorm door, but I chose to knock 5 times anyway. After waiting for a while, the dorm door opened.

  "Good evening, Rid Archie," said Princess Irene from behind the door.

  She was wearing casual clothes.

  "Good evening, Princess Irene," I said.

  "Please come in," said Princess Irene.

  I then entered Princess Irene's dorm.

  "This is my first time entering someone else's dorm. I've never even entered my friends' dorms," ??I thought.

  From the dorm entrance there was a hallway with a dining room at the end of the hallway, just like my dorm.

  "I didn't think you would come at 7 sharp," said Princess Irene.

  "Well, I prefer to come early if I have an appointment," I said.

  "Is that so," said Princess Irene.

  Then we arrived at the dining room.

  "Please wait here, I want to go into my room for a moment," said Princess Irene.

  I waited at the table in the dining room. After that, a knock was heard from outside Princess Irene's dormitory. Princess Irene came out of her room and headed to the door. After that, Princess Irene returned to the dining room while bringing her 2 guests.

  "Oh, Rid has arrived," said Lily.

  "Good evening," said Leandra.

  "You two... Leandra and Lily. Good evening too," I said.

  "Wow, I didn't expect Rid to remember my name," said Lily.

  "Well, isn't it normal to remember a classmate's name?" I said.

  "Is that so," said Lily.

  "Earlier you said that I had arrived, does that mean you know that I was invited by Princess Irene?" I asked.

  "Well, that's because we are her assistants, so we know what our lady is doing. And we are here to protect our lady, but I didn't expect you to come before us," said Lily.

  "I'm sorry, Rid Archie. Even though I intended to talk about this with you, they insisted on accompanying me," said Princess Irene.

  "It's okay, relax. Besides, it's their job to protect their lady," I said.

  Then the three of them started to sit at the dining table.

  "Before that, do you want to eat first?" asked Princess Irene.

  "Ah, I've eaten, if Princess Irene and the others haven't eaten, please eat first," I said.

  "No, I've eaten too," said Princess Irene.

  Leandra and Lily were silent.

  "Then, I'll get straight to the point. So what do you want to talk to me about, Princess Irene?" I asked.

  Princess Irene was silent for a moment and then began to speak.

  ".....Rid Archie......Do you want to be my partner?," said Princess Irene.

  -To be continued