Naomi just stared at the guy without any expressions.

  "Um... teacher? am I allowed to come in or is there some punishment?" The guy who was Aurelian didnt really know what to make of the situation.

  Naomi soon got out of her stupor.

  "You re te"

  "Yeah , just as I was saying , I was caught up looking at the different things of the academy , I didnt realise the passage..."

  "That's not an excuse."

  Aurelian just stared at her bnkly and didnt know what to say.

  "Should I go stand outside as punishment." Aurelian asked with a straight face.

  This time , Naomi stared at him bnkly.

  "You re supposed to say I won't do this again and go take a seat."

  "Just like that? ok then, I won't do this again , I promise to be on time, teacher."

  "Call me Naomi , you can go take a seat."

  Sighing Aurelian, walked up to his choice of bench... rather, that only bench on the rightmost corner of the cssroom. Is he only had come to the academy not just yesterday some days prior, he could have spent more time touring the academy premises that fascinated him.

  Aurelian went and took up a seat on the bench where Daphne and Aryana were sitting.

  As soon as the cssroom was filled , Aryana wondered who would be coming and taking a seat on her bench. Given that it was te and the teacher would be coming anytime soon , she knew this person was in for a scolding. Again , who would come te on their first day? She couldn't just sleep st time due to all the fear and excitement she had for attending this academy. This academy would very well determine her future , so it was understandable.

  Either the person didn't care about being te or were just caught up in some accident.

  When the teacher came and introduced herself , she was very happy knowing she was getting a chill teacher as her homeroom teacher and had almost forgotten she had a bench mate missing.

  Then he saw him.

  How could she describe it?

  Fear, intimidated, starstruck , mesmerised, disbelief and so on.

  She couldn't see him and at the same time couldn't take her eyes off him. The presence of the other students such as the blue haired guy who had entered previously or the princesses or Anastasia paled in comparison.

  He carried himself an aura of regality , majesty and prowess that far surpassed the likes of any student present.

  Even Naomi, who had seen a lot of students in her life was shocked seeing him.

  Just as he was finished talking with Naomi and walking towards them , her fear increased dramatically.

  Those scars on his face and his visage was too much. A timid girl student even shrieked when he walked near and accidentally stomped the foot of her bench mate.

  It was just like when a monster, an abomination was walking towards someone and they felt powerless knowing they wouldn't be able to defeat the monster or even run away.

  His deep voice when he was talking to Naomi probably also pyed a role for the girl student to shriek.

  He came to their bench and sat near Daphne who just sat there like a statue and didn't know what to do.

  Was this guy a gangster? Heir to an evil organisation? mafia?

  His bck hair and bck eyes. Did anyone even had one let alone both?

  Aryana had probably seen bck eyes three times in her life and one time was when she saw a diseased person's eye turning bck and other times on images only.

  Her thought chain was broken , when Naomi addressed the students once again.

  "So , I was about to say the overview of the academy year. As you know , each year is split into two semesters , happening every six months. You are to take four compulsory subjects each year and two subjects of your choice which you would have already chosen.

  There is no concept of expulsion in our academy. You would still be able to continue your studies if you failed some exams although you won't be taking supplements for it. Although the final exam pys the most role in deciding if you pass the year or not , do know that all these exams are calcuted in your internals which are also considered.But do know , unlike these exams, if you fail your final exams , you can get to take supplements but if you fail even that , you can either wait a year or repeat the year again.

  It is like this as you all are already students handpicked from best of the best. As such it would be foolish to expel you based on academic or combat scores, as theoretically you all could pass it without any issue. Of course either due to carelessness or ziness , not realising what you are capable of and you don't pass the year, it's all on you and there is nothing we can do on that.

  Of course this system is also in pce so rather than focusing on mainly on academics and combat , you can focus on yourself and find your weakness and strengths and you be able to do that without any stress."

  "Of course one thing to add. Your status nor your influence outside doesn't matter nor does it py a role here. All of your status or influence is determined by your ranking here. Its a meritocracy society."

  Then Naomi went on to describe the subjects the students had to take compulsorily and an overview of those csses.

  After a session of almost 15 minutes describing everything about their academic year , Naomi started taking the attendance.

  It was not based on the ranking of students but rather their enrolment order.

  No student knew the exact rankings as they were only given their own ranking for now. This would change when the school announced the rankings on the public school board as rankings was something that would be changed every month.

  Rank was very important as it dictated what kind of facilities you got and the resources you got for training.

  Even more so than knights ,as 95 percent of the students were mages in the academy , resources was vital for their witchcraft.

  Naomi went on taking her roll and finally it was Aryana turn who wasn't expecting her name to be called as still she was still contempting about Aurelian

  Izabelle , Liriel and few other important students' names were also called out. Naomi's gaze lingered on Izabelle and Liriel was for sometime before calling other names.

  "Lux Raven"

  The blue haired boy answered present.

  There were many noble houses or family names named Raven but no one could pinpoint Lux's origin.

  It was impossible to know what was going on Naomi's head but it seemed like she knew of the boy's origin somehow.Then Naomi's stood there without calling out names, staring at the attendance book, her magic suspended in the air. For sometime it was like that , before her voice trembled a little and she called out.

  "Au...Aurelian As.. Ashuros."

  Silence, utter silence. Even the little intaking between students were gone.

  Then the silence descended into noise.

  "Ash...Ashuros! you gotta be kidding me"

  "Don't tell me we got an Ashuros in our css now."

  "Bah! it just has to be a peasant whose parents didn't know better and named him as such."

  "You mean Ashuros... as in THAT Ashuros?"

  Many students openly discussed the situation among themselves and while some mumbled quietly among themselves.

  Even Izabelle who always kept her calm was shaken a little.

  "Silence please." Naomi called out and instantly pacified the crowd.

  "Who... Who is Aurelian Ashuros here?" she said scanning the entire room.

  Aurelian then put up his hands.

  "It should be me I guess , unless someone is impersonating me." he said in a deep voice.

  Everyone instantly turned to Aurelian who spoke up.

  A student who was a knight and very tall at 6'6 stood up and asked.

  "You are from the house Ashuros?"

  Aurelian stared at the muscle head for some time. He knew this was bound to happen the moment his name was revealed. This wasn't anything new to him. He could of course refuse to comment anything on the subject and move on saying 'it doesn't matter'. The problem was that an Ashuros had to acknowledge that he was an Ashuros no matter what.

  "Im."

  Everyone let out a cold breath. So this guy with two scars on his face was an Ashuros? Even if he was a distant retive of the family or from a cadet branch , his status far surpassed even some royal families of the world.

  Naomi compared to the students got her bearing a little faster. Letting out a small cough, she was about to call out the next student's name , when Aurelian spoke up again to the muscle head who was still staring at him.

  "Whats' your name?"

  The muscle head guy was dumbfounded for some time.

  "Alderic Ulfling"

  "Who is Sanchez Ulfling to you?"

  "He.. He is my father , why do you ask?"

  "My father Konstantinos Ashuros , the world conqueror sent his regards to Mr. Sanchez and the Ulfling house."

  Alderic didnt know what to say. Ulfling was a banner house under Ashuros that was responsible for monitoring some of its oversees territory of the various isnds spread throughout the world. Ulfling itself was a glorious house and their house members were guild leaders , great warriors and so on.

  Aurelian showed his chain that was under his uniform. As soon he showed it.

  "My lord." Alderic soon went to Aurelian's bench and kneeled down before him.

  "My father is ever grateful to serve your house and so am I. Please kindly put in a good word of the services of our house. I would be your guardian and will make sure to protect you in the campus premises!" Alderic decred boldly.

  The students couldn't comprehend these turns of events. The msuclehead guy was some in the high third tier of knighthood! His ranking was definitely in the top 50 rankings. For him to bow down to someone, it would rightfully be the son of the world conqueror, Konstantinos Ashuros. The most powerful man of the world and an existence that could only be compared to the legendary existence of the world that existed eons ago.

  The indisputable proof that he was the son was his chain.

  It was a gold chain that had a lighting bolt as a dolr. While it looked ordinary at first gnce. Its aura was something that couldn't be denied. It was a world css artefact! Something only few people held in their hands.

  Even Naomi who was actually quite old compared to her youthful appearance had never seen artifacts of much lower quality like legendary and mythical. She was a high tenth tier mage and was once a member of the world guild started by the shared realm Elin.

  But this artifact's integrity couldn't be denied. As someone could not deny existence and reality , the couldn't deny this. Their soul would automatically interpret the aura released by the artifact and decipher it.

  "May the gods bless you, Alderic" Aurelian put his hands on Alderic's hand and blessed him.

  Alderic smiled broadly and puffed up his chest and went to his pce. Now people would respect him more than they respect the princesses and other influential people! If he could use this opportunity and sick by Aurelian's side , he would strike big! his life would be turned upside and down , he could even become the next head of house and his elder brothers would be sidetracked.

  Fortuna Estori is a pce where status and influence outside the academy didnt matter. It was especially true not only due to the meritocracy nature of the academy but also due to the fact that most had the same status and influence. All belonged to high noble families , kids of powerful mages and knights, influential families and so on. The difference between them were minimal.

  But then again there were some that were of too high a birth compared to others. Izabelle ,Liriel, Anastasia were one of them. Their families controlled some of the strongest countries in the world. The academy heavily relied on donations and contributions from these families even though they earned tons of money from other incomes. Such was the expenses in running an academy like this.

  As such among the students atleast there would be an hierarchy not only among ranks but among status. Even some teachers would try to curry favours with the influential students.