Zane walked to the podium, and everyone was curious as to whether what they had heard about him being a cripple was true.
"Principal, do you think it’s okay leaving him to take this test?"
"Vice Principal, with his lineage, he must have awakened his abilities in the past years, so let’s watch and see," the Principal said, looking at Zane with curiosity.
"Since he has the blood of parents who made the whole continent fear them, I can expect more from him." A beautiful lady walked toward where the Principals were standing. Her name was Hannah.
"I didn’t expect you to come to see this event," the Principal said, looking at her.
"I didn’t want to come, but Princess Sofia and Princess Freya recommended me to witness the birth of another monster like the King," she said while standing at the balcony, looking at Zane who was about to touch the Diamond Crystal.
"If that’s the case, let’s see if it’s true," another professor named Francis said, standing near them.
Zane reached the podium and put his hand on the crystal. But for a moment, the whole area became dead silent. Even the wind stopped.
"That’s never happened before..." the professor said.
BZZ..... BZZZZT!
The Diamond Crystal started sparking with some lightning and then stopped. Everyone could not even speak or laugh they were still observing what was going on since the atmosphere had completely changed.
CRACK!
"AH... D-Did the crystal just crack?!" the students started whispering.
And then...
FWOOOOOOOSH!
A surge of mana erupted from the crystal and shot straight into the sky! The mana had different colors red, black, gold, green, brown, and gray. The colors were rotating around each other like they were infusing together.
When the colors reached the sky, clouds started to form, with lightning sparks flashing and thunder rolling.
AND Then....
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The mana then exploded, creating a huge wave of mana spreading across the entire capital.
"The prophecy has been fulfilled," the King said while taking a sip of tea in his palace.
"As we expected... and it came earlier than expected," one of the women who visited Valeria City said, sitting on a stone in the mountain shrouded in dark mist.
"It seems our first plan failed. It’s time for the second plan. Do not fail me again, do you hear?" a deep voice echoed in a huge room covered with dark curtains, taking a cup of wine that was placed in front of the curtain.
"Yes, my Lord. I won’t," a woman dressed in black with her face covered answered, and then used teleportation magic.
"The... The... The prophecy! Our kingdom’s prophecy has been fulfilled!" the Principal said, standing up from his seat with his eyes wide open.
"No way... You mean that prophecy?!" Hannah asked, without shock on her face.
After the explosion in the clouds, the shadow of a man appeared with a crown that had a side looking like the sun and the other side looking like the moon. As for his body, it looked like an open dark sky with an uncountable number of stars, but at his side, there were other statues with different colors.
"What are those idols...? We can’t even look at them!" the students started whispering.
"This pressure... It’s as if we are in front of Gods being judged," one of the professors said while shaking.
The clouds and the image disappeared, and it started raining softly without any cloud in the sky, while the sun remained as hot as it was.
"What is his rank?" one of the students asked.
CRACK... CRACK...
The Diamond Crystal started cracking all over, and then..
SHATTER!
The Diamond Crystal shattered into pieces, shocking everyone.
"Mmm... Sir, I will pay for the damage," Zane said while scratching his cheek softly and looking the other way.
’Is that all he has to say after doing that?!’ everyone thought to themselves.
’It seems I didn’t make a mistake when I refused to cancel the marriage agreement,’ Eveline thought as she looked down, blushing.
’Tch... Why is she blushing at this guy?! I will show her that I am better than him and she will fall for me! Bwahahaha!’ Brandon thought to himself and started laughing out loud.
Everyone looked at him out of confusion.
"Don’t worry about it, Prince Zane! I will take care of it!" Hannah shouted from the balcony.
’Who is she?’ Eveline thought while clenching her fist tightly.
"No... No... Don’t worry, I will take care of it myself," Zane said after feeling an uneasy aura coming from Eveline.
"It’s fine if you want to pay for it, but we have another one so it’s your choice," the Principal announced.
"NOW WE ARE GOING TO PRACTICAL EXAMS! EVERYONE, FOLLOW OUR ACADEMY COUNCIL LEADER WHO IS ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE! HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE TRAINING GROUNDS!"
Everyone started following a young man who was wearing a red suit with gold buttons and black shoes. His hair was well-maintained, black, and shining.
"I didn’t expect you to have grown this much," Eveline said.
"Well..."
"I knew you were someone special, Zane. After all, I heard from my mother, the Second Queen, that after you finished the tests ten years ago, the crystal broke the exact same way it just did," Leon interjected and explained.
"What...? Why didn’t I hear about it?" Eveline asked.
"Haven’t you thought about it? Why would your father and mother refuse to cancel your marriage agreement when asked by the Duke?" Leon muttered.
’Now that I think about it, my father has always told me to get stronger so that I can be able to stand by his side... Could it be...?’ Eveline thought to herself and looked at Zane with a smile.
"That’s in the past. Let’s focus on the practical exam, you two," Zane said while yawning.
"After these exams finish, we need to talk, Zane," Eveline said.
"About what? If it’s about the marriage agreement, don’t worry about it," Zane said.
"Bro, why are you talking like that? She is in love with you, so why?" Leon asked.
"It’s not that I don’t like her. As I said before, we can talk about it after all , I was the first to fall in love with her," Zane said while putting his hand on his head.
"So what do you want to talk about when you are in love with me?" Eveline asked.
"Well, I don’t want to force someone to spend the rest of their life bound to me," Zane explained.
"Man, you read too many romance novels," Leon said while softly slapping Zane.
"Ouch... Why did you do that?"
"Hahaha, you are really interesting, Zane. Ten years ago, you were running behind your mom the moment you saw me. Now you don’t want to be bound to someone who doesn’t want you? , it seems we are on the same page, but I hate to disappoint you, I made up my mind a long time ago, so we are going to spend the rest of our lives together. Do you have a problem with that?"
she said while holding Zane’s hand with a weird smirk.
"No, ma’am," Zane replied out of a little fear.
"NOW EACH PERSON WILL CHOOSE THEIR PRACTICAL EXAM ACCORDING TO YOUR CLASS!"
"PRACTICAL EXAM BEGINS NOW!"