*Waking up on the day, Rowan couldn't help but feel his stomach twisting and the feeling that he was going into a game of death where either he will win or lose everything.
Sitting in the crowd that was slowly forming in the stadium and repairing for a grand duel between newcomers and their seniors, the grand duel that would be key to either his victory or lose again the hero later. Rowan knew that he would be tagged as a arrogant brat who gets planted in the ground for being nothing but arrogant, but he also knew that he wasn't really strong enough to take down someone who can solo two professors alone.
As soon as the event started and the announcement defining the rules happened most seniors were excited to show their junior their place, while others were here to just watch, most first years were energetic leaving a small group which clearly odded out in the crowd. Their uniform looked new, but the clear stains of dust and dirt could be seen. Rowan could tell that he had found the people he was looking for.
One by one many new students came on the stage, fought a senior student and were sent to the healing station or the medical centre. The only notable characters were the support characters for the hero and the hero who were much more stronger then everyone their age. They being
The Princess of the Free Kingdom, Abus, Hanna Abus. [A brown hair beauty with brown eyes and a tan skin. Main - Up to rank 4 Magic and rank 5 Earth Magic. Note - Extremely careless and extremely destructive]
The young duke of the Michael, Hazel Michael. [A blonde hair with a princely face worth of a young duke. Main - The twilight swordsmanship. Note - Careless, arrogant, aggressive and hates doing anything productive except fighting]
The youngest high mage, Maya Angelou. [A deep purple haired girl with dark circles under deep black her eyes and always wearing a long robe to hide her gender because of high social anxiety. Main - Up to rank 4 Magic and rank 6 Hypnosis and Shadow magic. Note - Easily manipulated, timid, shy and extremely fixated on doing experiments with living creatures except humans]
Holy Knight, Azal Michael [A red haired young knight in training who had to come to the academy to complete his training. Main - Shields and Defence Magic. Notes - Proud, useless except his defense magic, has a knight's pride but can't difference between good and evil, kind of stupid and loves helping, but never knows how]
Hero, Aither El Hero [Golden haired hero. Main - Holy Sword and can upgrade for the storyline's items. Notes - Evil to his bone, main villain, wants to rule the world, needs to sacrifice 5 close friends at the Demon Lord's castle to evolve into a Demon Lord]
And thats all.
As soon as Rowan entered to stadium for his match, the whole stadium was full of whispers excluding the Principal and Student Management who were aware of his identity. All eyes darted at him as soon as he challenges Cromatius Heather and a silence filled the crowded room. Everyone is sneaking glances at the Crown Prince and his Personal Guard then at Rowan as if the most interesting thing in the whole world was embedded on their faces. The undefeated Top Student dropped into the stadium after taking orders from the Crown Prince and the whispers started again. The match begin with Rowan pulling out a "Mushashi" or a one sided blade made for swift slashes better known as a "Katana" in real world. Rowan got it made with special mentald because he wanted to fight a hidden boss soon, but he had every reason to use it at that moment because he was in a pickle. Seeing a sword most have only heard of made the whole stadium roar with whispers mostly of Rowan origins and if that sword was special by any factor.
As the clashing of the swords started, it was breath taking for everyone even the principal because he was well aware that Rowan Theodore Evenfall was bed ridden not long again and didn't show much interested in swordsmanship pr magic. With basic magic enchants, buffing and a sword style no one could real pin point to any specific household of the empire near everyone was certain he saw from the eastern islands. As their swords continued to clash against each other and Rowan started to lose his grip on the battle because of nervousness. Soon the dual came to an end and Rowan lose, with his body intact. Many were shocked that a newcomer was able to fight head on against a young royal knight for nearly 2 whole minutes, but only the principal knew that Rowan was far more talented then anyone could have expected.
After the event ended everyone was sent back and were given a week to rest before their classes started once more. Thankfully Rowan's blade was still intact even if it had a few scratches, it had enough "durability" to fight the hidden boss that was going to be appearing in this break period. As the food was served in the cafeteria free of change for the first year, not like they were allowed to leave the academy area for the first year anyway. Rowan sat alone because everyone seemed to be sneaking glances of him and maintaining a safe distance from him. The Crown Prince was not know for acting brutal, but fighting a royal knight still was a deed no one could have expected from a newcomer and didn't wanted to get involved with him in case any problem happened. Rowan knew that the first year of the academy would be either him being alone or meeting the saintess as she didn't care about the political struggles of the academy. It might have been this reason that she also didn't have any friend. Rowan mentained a cycle of training, resting, training and then going to his room to sneak out of the academy at night. Also the system rewarded Rowan for finding a hidden piece of the quest that he was working on and Rowan was given 3 free state points from which he invested 2 in strength and 1 in speed making his strength 4.3 and Agility 3.1.