After that, we left the library. When we arrived at the canteen, I met Lily.

  "Rid and Lea? What a coincidence, I was also looking for you, Lea," said Lily.

  "What's wrong?," asked Leandra.

  "Nothing, I just wanted to look for you. By the way, where did you two go? How come you two left together? Did you two just go on a date? You're really bad, Lea, you stole your own lady and now you're taking her partner," said Lily.

  "N-no, I went to the library by myself and then met Rid in the library. Rid and I happened to leave the library at the same time so we left there together," said Leandra.

  "Hmm really?," said Lily.

  "Yes, and don't talk about the lady's partner like that Lily, what if someone finds out. We agreed to make their relationship public later," said Leandra.

  "That's true, sorry," said Lily.

  "Somehow I feel like I've experienced this before," I thought.

  "Then I'll go first, I have to meet my friends again. Please continue your conversation," I said leaving Leandra and Lily.

  "Okay, see you later, Rid," said Leandra.

  "See you later," said Lily.

  Meanwhile, Lily continued to stare at Leandra who was looking at Rid.

  "Hmmmmm," said Lily.

  "What's wrong, Lily?," asked Leandra.

  "You seem to be getting closer to Rid," said Lily.

  "Was I not close to Rid from the start? I don't hate him. Besides, since Miss Irene will be in a relationship with Rid, shouldn't we as Miss's assistant also have to be close to Rid," said Leandra.

  "Well, that's true, but... ah forget it," Lily.

  -

  I went to the shopping area and when I got there, I happened to see Noa who was alone while eating the food she was holding. It seemed like he was waiting for the others to buy food. I immediately approached him.

  "Noa," I said.

  "Hmmm, oh Rid. Have you finished your needs?" asked Noa.

  "Yeah, that's it. You just eat alone here, where are the others?," I asked.

  "Ah, they're buying food at another food shop so I'll just wait here," said Noa.

  "I see," I said.

  "You don't want to buy food, Rid?," asked Noa.

  "No, today I will just cook for myself in my dorm," I said.

  "Okay," said Noa.

  I looked around to make sure no one else was approaching us. After making sure the situation was safe, I immediately handed over the letter from Lillian to Noa.

  "Here Noa, someone left this letter for me to hand over to you," I said while giving the letter to Noa.

  "A letter? Who gave this letter?," asked Noa.

  "It's a secret, but maybe you'll know if you read the letter. I'll tell you the gender of the sender of this letter so you won't be too curious. The gender is female," I said.

  "Female ???? is this a love letter perhaps ??," said Noa who was surprised.

  "I don't know, I wasn't told what the letter was, I was just asked to deliver this letter to you," I said.

  "You're not lying about this, right, Rid? Is it possible that you actually wrote this letter to trap me?," asked Noa.

  "Why would I do that? You better open the letter as soon as possible, but I suggest you open it when you're alone," I said.

  "Oh, Rid. You're here, apparently," said Charles along with Kotaro and Chloe who had just bought food.

  Noa who heard Charles' voice immediately put the letter in her bag.

  "Ah yes, I just got here," I said.

  "What's wrong Noa? Why are you holding your bag?," Charles asked.

  "Nothing, I just finished checking my bag to see if I left anything behind," Noa said.

  "I see, by the way, didn't you buy food, Rid?," Charles asked.

  "No, I'll just cook it myself," I said.

  "I see, since there's nothing else to do, it's better if we go back to the dorm now," Charles said.

  "You're right," I said.

  Then we all went back to the dorm.

  -

  The next day.

  As usual I came to the academy early. But not long after I arrived, suddenly Noa also came to class early.

  "Noa, it's rare for you to come to class early," I said.

  "How is this situation, Rid?," asked Noa who suddenly approached me.

  "What's wrong?," I asked.

  "About the letter you gave me yesterday, according to the contents of the letter I was told to meet her after finishing my studies in the back garden of the academy. The letter stated in detail which part of the garden," said Noa.

  "You just have to come to the place indicated in the letter," I said.

  "But I'm nervous about having to meet her, how about you come with me, Rid?," asked Noa.

  "Well, go by yourself. You're a man, why should I accompany you to meet a woman?," I said.

  "What if she brings her friends to the meeting place too?," asked Noa.

  "I don't think she will, when she asked me to hand over this letter she was alone, not with her friends," I said.

  "Is that so," said Noa.

  "Be brave, Noa, before you said you wanted to get a female partner in this academy, right? This is a great opportunity for you, there is a woman who wants to meet you," I said.

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  "Y-you're right, it seems like I can't back out of this," Noa said

  -

  After class.

  "Let's go straight to the arena to do today's daily match," Charles said.

  "Okay," I said.

  Chloe and Kotaro also agreed, as did Enzo who came with us this time.

  "You guys go to the arena first, I have some business to take care of first. I'll catch up with you guys later," Noa said.

  "This morning you went to class first and now you have business, Noa. You're busy now, huh," Charles said.

  "This is the first time I've had something like this, right?" Noa said.

  "Your words are like what Rid said yesterday," Charles said.

  "Then I'll go first, I'll catch up with you guys later," Noa said who immediately rushed off.

  "Okay, we'll wait for you in the arena on the 2nd floor," said Charles.

  "Okay," said Noa who still had time to hear Charles' words.

  "Alright, then let's go to the arena," said Charles

  -

  I have finished today's daily match and I managed to win again. After the match, I sat on one of the benches in the audience area.

  "Because I have won 4 times in a row since the first day, that means I now have 800 points. It's still quite a long time to get 30,000 points, well it's still the beginning of the new school year," I thought.

  I looked towards the match arena.

  "Me, Chloe, Kotaro and Enzo have done daily matches. And this time Charles is competing but Noa hasn't followed us here. Why is she taking so long? Maybe she knows who Lillian really is and that makes her more nervous when talking to Lillian?," I thought.

  Not long after, Noa arrived at the arena.

  "Hey, Rid," said Noa who approached me at the seat.

  "Finally you're here," I said

  "Have you done your daily match, Rid?," Noa asked.

  "Me, Chloe, Kotaro and Enzo have done their daily match. Charles is competing in the arena so you're the only one who hasn't competed," I said.

  "Is that so," Noa said.

  "So how was it? Have you met the person who sent the letter?," I asked.

  "Well that's how it is, at first I was nervous when I met her, but she was also nervous when she met me," Noa said.

  "What were you talking about there?," I asked.

  "Sh said that she was interested in me, since the entrance exam she was already interested in me but that interest grew when she saw me compete against Charles. So she wanted to get to know me better, like that," Noa said.

  "So what do you think?," I asked.

  "Well I'm happy because someone is interested in me especially if it's the opposite s*x. So I don't mind if she wants to get to know me better. I also want to get to know her better," Noa said.

  "I see, well that's good for you Noa," I said.

  "Well, honestly I prefer it like this, if suddenly asked out by a woman I don't know I'm confused about what to do. Luckily she offered to get to know each other better first," said Noa.

  "I see, what do you think about Lillian?," I asked.

  "So you already know her name, Rid, why didn't you tell me?," said Noa.

  "So you can get to know her yourself, so what do you think about her?," I asked again.

  "Well she's pretty, and her way of speaking is also polite and gentle. That's why I also want to get to know her better. She's like a princess but I've never heard of her name. I feel like I'm dreaming when someone as beautiful as her writes a letter to meet me," said Noa.

  "I see," I said.

  Noa continued to smile after talking privately with Lillian. Although sometimes she tried to hold back her smile but she couldn't do it.

  "Well I'm glad that she's happy too. It seems like Noa doesn't know about Lillian's real identity yet, well I don't need to tell her that Lillian is actually the daughter of a Marquess. She'll find out on her own," I thought.

  -

  The next day.

  Nothing special happened today. I and the others attended class as usual, then did the daily match, bought food and then returned to the dormitory.

  Then the next day, it was Saturday and there was no learning at the academy. However, I still exercised in the morning and had a practice match with Irene in the first year training arena in the morning, then after finishing I went back to the dorm to clean up.

  Because today is a holiday and there is no invitation to go out with the others, I intend to go again to the library and look for a book that interests me. When I arrived at the library, I immediately looked for books that interested me before and immediately read them. I took books about the races of this world and books about magic and sword techniques. When I read a book about races in this world, I was surprised because this book did not contain information about angel and demon races, even though the book was about races in this world. Then I went looking for books about other races because maybe the book I took wasn't the complete version. But after I got another book about the races in this world, the book still didn't contain any information about the angel and demon races.

  "Is information about the Angel and Devil races not allowed to be published through print media and only allowed through talk?," I thought.

  Even though there was no information about their races, I continued reading the book to find out about the other races. While I was reading the book, I felt the presence of someone I knew approaching me.

  "Huh, so it's Rid," said someone.

  "Senior Gretta," I said.

  It turned out that the person was Senior Gretta, the secretary of Elevrad. She was carrying several books.

  "Can I sit here?," asked Senior Gretta.

  "Please," I said.

  Then Senior Gretta sat at the same table as me.

  "I didn't expect you to also like reading books, even to the point of coming to the library during the holidays," said Senior Gretta.

  "Well, just to fill my free time. Senior Gretta yourself is the same, right?," I asked.

  "Yeah, besides I also like reading," said Senior Gretta.

  "Is that so, does Elevrad also have no activities during holidays like this?" I asked.

  "When we have a lot of things to do, usually we still work on Saturdays and Sundays. But today there's nothing so I can enjoy this holiday," said senior Gretta.

  "Is that so, it must be hard to be a member of Elevrad," I said.

  "Hmm not really, usually there's a lot of work when there are events like tournaments and festivals. Don't you want to join, Rid? Become a member of Elevrad," said senior Gretta.

  "Not for now but I'll think about it later," I said.

  "Well, I won't force you anyway," said senior Gretta.

  Then the two of us focused on reading the books we brought.

  -

  Without realizing it, it was already noon, I said goodbye to senior Gretta who was still reading a book. I returned the book I was reading and went back to the dorm to prepare lunch. When I was almost to my dorm room, Noa suddenly called me.

  "Oy, Rid," said Noa.

  I could recognize that it was Noa from his voice even though my back was to him. Then I looked over.

  "What's wrong, Noa?," I asked.

  "I've been looking for you everywhere," Noa said.

  "I've been in the library reading a book, so what's wrong?," I asked again.

  "Oh yeah, do you have any other activities tomorrow, Sunday?," Noa asked.

  "Tomorrow, I don't think so, what's wrong?," I asked.

  "I want to invite you to go for a walk tomorrow morning, either to the park or to the lake. I've also invited the others," Noa said.

  "Is that so, okay, I'll come too," I said.

  "Okay Rid, I'll invite Lillian tomorrow too," Noa said.

  "So tomorrow you actually wanted to go on a date but because you were embarrassed you invited all of us," I said.

  "N-not like that, besides we're not a couple yet. I just wanted to invite her to hang out with the others," said Noa.

  "Yeah, yeah, Okay, I'll come along tomorrow," I said.

  "Okay Rid," said Noa.

  "Okay, I'm going back to my dorm first," I said.

  "Okay," said Noa.

  Then I went into my dorm.

  -

  The next day.

  In the morning we decided to gather in front of the dorm. We were all gathered except for Noa and Lillian who Noa said she wanted to invite. Then not long after they both appeared.

  "Yo everyone, have you been waiting long?," asked Noa.

  "No," said Charles.

  "By the way, Noa, she's...," said Chloe.

  "Ah, let me introduce myself, she's an acquaintance of mine, her name is Lillian," said Noa.

  "Let me introduce myself, my name is Lillian Aurora Nielba, Noa asked me to go out with her," said Lillian.

  "So it's really Princess Lillian, how are you?," asked Chloe.

  "I'm fine, Princess Chloe," said Lillian.

  "No need to be so formal, why don't you just relax with me? I'll just call you Lillian," said Chloe.

  "Okay, Princess- I mean Chloe," said Lillian.

  "It seems like Chloe already knew Lillian, is it because they're both high-ranking nobles? Chloe didn't look nervous when she chatted with Lillian," I thought.

  "I didn't expect you to know Princess Lillian, Noa," said Charles.

  "P-Princess Lillian? S-so Lillian is a princess?," asked Noa.

  "I thought you already knew since you are her acquaintance. Lillian is the daughter of the Marquess of Bibury, Adelmo Nielba," said Charles.

  "I-I just found out about this," said Noa.

  Then Noa immediately looked at me, but I chose to look the other way.

  After that we gathered, we set off to go around. At first we went to the shopping area to buy food, then to the park and then went to the academy lake. Noa was initially even more nervous after finding out that Lillian was a princess but over time she got used to chatting with Lillian just like when she first met Charles, Chloe and Enzo. We played for quite a while at the lake until finally we went home and returned to our respective dorms.

  -

  The next day.

  Because it was Monday, we continued our lessons in the morning and afternoon and then had daily matches in the afternoon. This routine always takes place during school days at the academy. And for holidays, my routine is just going to the library or going around alone or with others. For sports and training, I always do that every day. In the daily match, every week Charles, Noa and Kotaro always take turns to challenge me to a daily match. Although in the end they always lose. But I realized that even though they always lose, they get stronger every time they challenge me again. Only Enzo and Chloe have never challenged me to a daily match. For Chloe I understand because she is a girl so she must prefer to find a girl opponent too. For Enzo I don't know why, but I don't really mind it. And the days continue like this.

  -

  Then without realizing it today is exactly a month since I first studied at the academy. And right now, the entire academy is being stirred up by a rumor. The ice princess who is famous for her cold nature and is also the daughter of a Duke of San Lucia, is rumored to be dating someone.

  -To be continued