Perfect Avatar

A few weeks had passed since classes started at the academy. In a large meeting room, a group of students were gathered wearing the traditional red outfit of the student council.

Iris sat next to a grunting Barron and thumbed through a book; the other council members looked bored. Footsteps got closer and suddenly the door opened, revealing Hope and Thomas.

"We... We came on time!"

"... Everyone's here, you idiot, we're anything but on time."

A young man with short blond hair coughed to impose silence and the two men went to Iris's side in embarrassment.

"Alright, now that the stars of the day have finally come, we can start the meeting."

"Sorry, this crazy guy has a fetich for training and doesn't know when to stop."

"Hey!"

"Fufu, it's all right, it's never a failure to train, but let's try to be on time next time, okay? S so as we said before, today we're going to decide the list of students who will be selected for the school exchange, so I ask the representatives of each division to provide their suggestions." 𝒻𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝑛ℴ𝘷𝑒𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝑚

Three students stood up, a sheet in their hands, Hope looked at them intrigued and leaned towards his mentor.

"Um Thomas, what is the school exchange?"

"... Of course, you haven't listened, you have 1000 muscles and none of them are a brain. Like I told you, the Royal Academy represents the spear of the kingdom, to put it simply, we are the nobles who vowed to use force to defend our people, concretely, the academy needs powerful people and is therefore technically open to any person... any person who would be an emissary, of course. Next to us, we have Saint Nova, the academy strictly... You know what is Saint Nova, right?"

Hope pretended to think, causing Thomas to sigh in despair, but he patted his shoulder and smiled.

"I'm kidding, I know what it is, Nova academy is like our magnificent academy but is strictly reserved for nobles without powers."

"Now listen here, you little brat, It's not nobles without power but nobles of higher social rank! If Nebula Royal Academy is famous for no class distinctions, at least between nobles, Saint Nova is the exact opposite. This is the playground for the very heirs of the kingdom, the children of the royal family study there, the future duke, some of them are emissaries but since they're fated to rule the kingdom, they are forbidden to risk their lives like us."

"... Technically, since we're the ones fighting, aren't we more important?"

"Oh my God... If we were that important, do you think we would be sent to the Rifts? Why do you think the highest-ranked people are in Guilds? Most of us here are descendants of knights for this reason, we are the SWORD, and they are the CROWN, if a high-ranked noble is among us it means that he's either a genius or a disposable asset, can you fix that in your head."

Hope frowned for a moment, for him, this concept was incomprehensible, he had been told that the nobles of the academy were the most important people because they fought actively for the kingdom, but now he heard the opposite.

"Okay, I understand... So, what's the deal with the school exchange?" He asked, but the answer came this time from the blue-haired girl.

"The deal is, dear Hope, that as Thomas said, we are destined to become defenders of the Kingdom, and the best of us will join the royal guards, like your sister. It's not just a matter of power, it requires particular distinctions in many fields, such as education, Wisdom, performance, and sometimes status. It's also a big chance to build relationships with the top of the hierarchy, and show off the progress of the academy, some of us could even be recruited as personal knights."

She turned to the other members of the council and continued.

" It's like a contest between us, they will show us how distinguished they are and we are going to show them that we are the best knights they've ever seen. So, it's time de commencer the selections."

Meanwhile, somewhere in the wild, motionless on a lake, Dora levitated, a wooden bow in his hands, his eyes closed. Beneath him, waves and bubbles occasionally tore the surface.

"