Chapter 36 (2/2)

‘This is the life that I want, to be a character in the upper society. This is something that I’ll never get in The School of Sword Arts.

‘While Kaunitz is a bit boring, he is considered quite a good partner. It’s just that his family matters are slightly more complicated. But so long as he can get me into Tresia Knight Academy, it’s sufficient. If I’m here…’

However, in the next moment, Vivian saw that Kaunitz’s face suddenly turned grim and a tinge of fury flashed across his eyes.

“What is going on?” He looked at the person who despatched the letter and asked, “Is there some mistake with this namelist?”

“What’s wrong?”

“What happened?”

A commotion broke out in the crowd below. Seeing this, the clan head placed his hand on Kaunitz’s shoulder and said, “Stay calm.”

“But…” Kaunitz had wanted to continue, but he felt a pressure coming from his father’s palm, causing him to be unable to move.

After taking the namelist, the clan head’s brows twitched, but he still remained calm and said, “Placed in tenth in this year’s Prefectural Selection, Aristocrat Academy, Carter.”

“Placed in ninth…”

As the clan head announced the names on the list, everyone tensed up. There were even some students from Tresia Academy who had participated in the Prefectural Selection but did not get good results, staring intensely at the clan head. They seemed to think that their names might appear on the list by a stroke of luck.

“Placed in sixth, Fei Yang Knight Academy, Barbara.”

“Placed in fifth, Shadow Moon Academy, Boris.”

“Placed in fourth, Aristocrat Academy, Ferdinand.”

“Placed in third…” The clan head paused, but continued to say with a straight face, “Tresia Knight Academy, Kaunitz.”

After he finished this line, everyone present glanced at Kaunitz in astonishment, as if they were all shocked that he would be third. The person in first place would definitely be Robert, but then who would be second? To think that he had robbed Kaunitz of his glory.

When Kaunitz heard his own name, his face turned pale and grim.

The clan head continued, “Placed in second, Robert Abel.”

“What?”

“How could this be?”

“Robert Abel, who had gone through the first transition, is only placed second? Then who is first?”

“Could it be that there was someone else in the Prefectural Selection who had already gone through the first transition as well?”

The clan head paused for a moment, as if he was questioning the person in first place was, but after giving it some thought, the name was still not familiar to him. He continued to say, “The Prefectural Champion in this year’s Prefectural Selection, School of Sword Arts, Fang Xingjian.”

“Fang Xingjian? Who’s that?”

“Someone from The School of Sword Arts? Wasn’t it already a declining school?”

An aristocrat lady walked to Vivian and asked curiously, “Vivian, weren’t you from The School of Sword Arts previously? Do you know Fang Xingjian?”

“Fang Xingjian?” Vivian jerked her head, looked at the lady and asked, “Did he say that the one who came first was Fang Xingjian? Fang Xingjian from The School of Sword Arts?”

The lady was stunned for a moment before she replied, “That’s right, do you know him?”

“How is this possible?” Vivian was stunned and she said, “How can Fang Xingjian be the Prefectural Champion?”

On the stage, Kaunitz gave a cold snort, and ignoring everyone’s words of congratulations, he dashed out of the lounge and headed for The School of Sword Arts.