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Normally, the Academy’s entrance ceremony ends with a speech by the head representative chosen from among the nobility or royal family, and there have been no other awards or anything like that since then.

But it was inevitable that the entire auditorium would murmur at the sudden turn of events.

Theo, too, couldn’t hide his confused expression.

“Theo student from the county of Der.”

“ in?”

He couldn’t hide his expression of confusion at the sudden mention of his own name.

“Generally, it is not common to select a top student in the civilian category, so we were not able to select a top student, but the chairman who was watching said that we cannot let an excellent student pass without giving him something, so we prepared a special excellence award this time. Would you please come up to the stage?”

Whether you are a very good student or a special award winner.

Theo didn’t quite understand what those things meant.

It was Theo’s back that was blankly staring as if he was speaking a foreign language, even though he was clearly speaking the same language as him.

“Theo, come up here!”

It was Iris who was sitting next to me.

She was one of those who thought it was natural for Theo to receive the special award, so she was able to push him behind her back without showing any sign of surprise.

“No, special excellence…what is this… ”

Even though he was pushed up onto the stage by Iris, Theo was still frozen in an awkward pose.

“Yes, Theo. Nice to meet you. This is the first time since the Academy was founded that this has happened, so I was curious about what kind of student you were, but you are a very handsome student!”

Despite the teacher’s nagging response, Theo still stood there, sweating profusely.

‘No, why on earth am I an excellent student? Isn’t that what everyone else does…?!’

Since it was the academy, the largest academy in the empire, everyone was capable of using Aurors and everyone was capable of using magic to his level, so Theo only then remembered that the game he had been possessed by was a dating simulation game.

Destruction may sound like a game about going on adventures and fighting to save the empire from the Demon King, but it is basically a dating simulation.

Since combat itself doesn’t appear much in this game, things like that aren’t often clearly indicated.

However, that doesn’t mean there were no battle scenes at all, and since most of the people who appeared in those battle scenes were as skilled as the main characters, they all used auras and strong magic.

‘Crazy, that’s right. So that’s why I thought everyone here was like that.’

Of course, everyone was wearing auras and using strong magic, so they were the only enemies the protagonists had to face.

It’s not like everyone in this world has such crazy talent.

But even so, Theo couldn’t help but look even more embarrassed.

‘No, wasn’t I just a really awesome village person?’

This was because his occupation in the status window was still listed as Villager.

“Student Theo?”

The teacher called Theo’s name as he watched him not move at all because he was thinking so hard.

“Ah… Ah, yes.”

“The award will be given by the chairman himself! Congratulations! You caught the chairman’s eye right from the moment you entered school! Haha, I’m looking forward to your future endeavors?”

The faculty member in charge of the event, who knew or not knew Theo’s feelings, spoke excitedly and then went down from the stage, and with a loud clank, the chairman appeared on the stage for the entrance ceremony.

It was the first time since the academy was founded that the chairman was seen on stage at an entrance ceremony.

“I did really well on the entrance exam. My heart was pounding because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a strong person?”

“Oh, thank you… ”

“Why do you look so displeased?”

“No, no. That can’t be.”

Although he said that, Theo’s expression was not very good.

‘You’ve been standing out since you first entered school. Well, haha… Is that better than being weak?’

But this also depended on how you accepted it, but it was clear that if you enrolled and went to school with Iris and Estelle, you would inevitably stand out.

That’s why I thought it might be better to be strong rather than weak.

“There are also prizes for the Special Excellence Award? Three gift certificates worth 100,000 silver that can be used at the Academy will be awarded as prizes. I hope you find them useful.”

Normally, for nobles or royalty, it would be considered as just 300,000 silver, but for a commoner like Theo, it was a considerable amount of money.

“Thank you.”

The entrance ceremony ended with Theo, who received an award and a plaque, shaking hands with the chairman and taking a picture together looking forward.

People were still buzzing and staring at Theo, and two people were jealous of the sight.

“Oh, Theo is mine, but he has become even more famous.”

With the saint Estelle Ingrid.

“Stop talking nonsense, Estelle. Why is Theo afraid of you?”

It was Crown Princess Iris Luasa Ermund.

“But it’s still good that Theo won the special award. I guess the chairman has a great sense to prepare something like this?”

Estelle ignored Iris’ words and linked arms with Theo, giving him a pleasant smile.

“Hey, won’t you let go of that hand?”

“Why? You can’t even link arms with your friends? If you’re jealous, why don’t you do Iris too?”

“Do you think I can’t do it?!”

Theo, who was caught between two women, began to receive even more attention from people.

“Wow, I guess the Crown Princess and the Saintess are close. Who on earth is that person?”

“Der Viscounty? I’ve never heard of it before. Where on earth is it that produces such a person?”

“I’m jealous…! I wish I could at least have a word with Her Highness the Crown Princess…!”

“Ah, Saintess… ! Please put your arms around me too… !”

Theo’s historic first day at the Academy ended up being a very high-profile one.

***

“Ha, I’m really so tired.”

As soon as I entered my dorm room, I lay down on the bed as if I had fainted.

Iris and Estelle suddenly received a special award, but they kept fighting each other, which attracted a lot of attention.

That kind of attention… it’s really burdensome.

I am… I am the real I! Capital I!

Of course, since we decided to stay between the two of us, we decided to accept it to some extent, but this is just too hard…!

Kyaak…! How did it end up like this…!

No, if I’m strong, tell me I’m strong. Isn’t that too much for everyone?!

If that were the case, wouldn’t I have adjusted my strength appropriately?

“Ha… Hold on, this is also funny.”

When I first met him, I thought he was just a simple villager, so what could he do? But that damned rascal was really awesome. I had no idea that the job of a villager could be this awesome.

To be honest, I was so flustered by the sudden attention that I just kept crying.

[ Special Excellence Award ]

[ Winner: Theo ]

It is true that my heart starts pounding for no reason as I hold in my hand an award that no one has ever received before, and that is the first of its kind from the Academy.

Winner Theo.

I’ve never received a proper award before.

“It might be… awesome.”

Sometimes I wonder when I will ever receive something like this again, and sometimes I find myself smiling because I feel good for no reason.

“Huh?! Wow! You’re in the same room as me?!”

I heard a familiar voice, as if it was my roommate from my double room.

But why are you speaking informally to someone you just met?

“Hey, nice to meet you! Do you remember me? I’m the Marty you saw at the entrance exam!”

I saw a guy who I remember talking very loudly during the entrance exam coming into the room.

Ah… my roommate is a capital E… .

“Hey~ I saw you got the special excellence award! I thought you’d be strong, but I didn’t know you’d be that strong! I barely made it in with a chin-up! Wow~ Please tell me the secret to becoming that strong!”

I suppress a sigh as I watch Marty chattering very loudly from the start.

Ah, I guess I’ll be tired in the dorm for the next year.

“That’s why I said that my heart swelled when I saw you shaking hands with the chairman!”

“… Is that so? Thank you… .”

How can you talk so much?

When I see something like that, honestly, I think it’s kind of amazing.

“But what is your relationship with Crown Princess Iris and Saint Estelle? They seem really close.”

“Oh, just friends. Both of you.”

“Oh my! Dude, you’re really in full bloom!”

Even as life blossoms and I grow older, I am the one who must prevent the destruction of this world.

If I knew this, I wouldn’t be jealous at all, but looking at this guy I feel jealous.

“Is that so?”

Let’s just roughly match the rhythm.

I decided to think positively, thinking, “It’s good to have a noisy guy around, but the audio doesn’t get empty.”

“Oh, but you got an Academy gift certificate! Do you want to go shopping with it? I heard that the Academy has really good quality items that are sold to students at low prices!”

Certainly, I’ve seen many times in games that items sold at the Academy are of considerable quality at a much lower price than the market price.

In addition, it is said that there is a considerable amount of stock of not only weapons and armor, but also miscellaneous potions and items necessary for adventure but difficult to obtain on the market, and that black market trading, where common students purchase these items and sell them at high prices, is quite popular.

Of course, if you are caught engaging in black market trading, you will be expelled without mercy.

Anyway, I received 300,000 won worth of gift certificates, so I think it would be a good idea to buy some nice items needed for class… But do I really have to go with this guy?

“My family runs a weapons store. So I’m really good at looking at things like that! Besides, you only have a wooden sword anyway, so you should probably get a real one, right?”

Oh, you’re talking about a weapons shop?

Then I guess it’s okay to ask to see the weapon.

But I wonder if Iris and Estelle will be upset later on because I only went with Marty.