A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Xi Nuo and the others faced their first exam.
Jia Ka and You Luo suddenly thought of something.
"Xi Nuo, Xi De, let's make a bet!"
"A bet on what?"
"Whichever of us four gets the worst exam score has to go to the small forest behind the academy and confess to Princess Alexia!"
"The four of us? Just the three of you should be enough! I have a girlfriend!" Xi Nuo said.
"It's precisely because you have a girlfriend that we're asking you to make this bet!" You Luo said through gritted teeth.
"We said we'd all stay single together, and you actually got a girlfriend first, damn it!" Jia Ka likewise said through gritted teeth.
"Didn't you guys want to go join the fun together, and you even asked me to come along! You guys gave up too quickly. It just so happened that Milia ran out of magic when she went up against me!"
"Speaking of that, I'm even angrier. Damn it, why did you get such a stroke of luck? This is more painful than if I had been killed!" Jia Ka said.
"Exactly! Such a great girl, and you met her. Why wasn't it me? You deserve to die!" You Luo said.
"Who did you just say deserves to die?"
Milia suddenly appeared beside Xi Nuo, a slight smile on her face, but her eyes were extremely cold as she looked at You Luo.
You Luo felt a suffocating killing intent. He felt as if the air around him had frozen, and he couldn't breathe at all.
"I... I... I... I deserve to die!"
After You Luo finished speaking, he let out a breath.
The moment he finished speaking, he felt that terrifying killing intent disappear.
"Xi Nuo Big Brother, what were you just talking about?" Milia asked with an extremely gentle smile.
"We were just making a bet. Whoever gets last place in the mini-test has to go confess to Princess Alexia!"
"Are you joining in too, Xi Nuo Big Brother?"
"Yes, but don't worry, I definitely won't be last place!"
"Xi Nuo Big Brother is the best! He's the best in every way!"
Upon hearing this, Jia Ka and You Luo had already started thinking about things they shouldn't.
The thought of such a pure and adorable goddess sleeping with their good friend made their hearts bleed.
Even though they were all Magic Swordsmen at the very bottom of Midgar Academy, Xi Nuo could have such good luck, but they couldn't.
The more they thought about it, the angrier they got, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.
Xi Nuo didn't hear anything, but Milia did, and they would probably be beaten half to death... After the exam ended, everyone's results were out.
Xi Nuo had the best score among the four, while Xi De had the worst score.
This was, of course, because Xi De was controlling his score.
As a mere passerby who gets rejected after confessing to a princess, as a top-tier extra, this kind of event definitely had to be experienced!
In the afternoon, in the small forest behind the academy.
Alexia came here as usual.
Because of her status as a princess, there were always those toads who wanted to eat swan meat every day.
Alexia was truly helpless, but there was nothing she could do. In the Magic Swordsman Academy, strength was paramount. She had no strength, so she couldn't simply fall out with those Duke's Sons like Milia could.
"However, finding a boyfriend really can make these people give up!" Alexia looked at those who intended to confess to her today!
In the crowd, she saw Milia, Xi Nuo, and a person who was particularly hard to spot in the crowd, Xi De.
If Alexia hadn't specifically investigated Xi De and formed a deep impression, she wouldn't have been able to find him at all.
Xi De was too ordinary, so ordinary that he had no outstanding qualities.
It was hard to find him even when he stood in a crowd.
"Princess Alexia, please go out with me!" A Son of the Marquis said.
"I refuse!"
"Princess Alexia, please go out with me..."
"I refuse!"
"Princess Alexia, please..."
"I refuse."
...Alexia rejected seven or eight suitors.
Finally, it was Xi De's turn.
Xi De gave a fleeting, wicked smile at an extremely fast speed.
"Watch my ultimate technique, the Ultimate Extra's Confession Method!"
Only Xi Nuo saw Xi De's fleeting, wicked smile.
Xi De's palms began to sweat, his cheeks were as red as a monkey's bottom, his body couldn't stop trembling slightly, and his restless hands nervously rubbed his pants like crazy.
"Al... Alex... Princess Alexia, please go out with me!"
"The suitable shield has been found!" Princess Alexia thought to herself with a slight smile.
At this moment, on the top floor of the teaching building, Jeno Griffith watched everything that was happening here.
"The scapegoat has been found!"
Jeno Griffith's lips curved into a smile as he spoke.
You Luo and Jia Ka held their breath, intending to mock Xi De relentlessly after he was rejected.
They planned to transfer all their hatred for Xi Nuo onto Xi De.
"Okay!" Alexia grasped Xi De's index finger.
"Huh?"
Xi De looked up at Alexia, his expression one of disbelief.
"No, Princess Alexia, did you perhaps say the wrong thing?"
"No, I agree to go out with you!"
You Luo and Jia Ka stood rooted to the spot, their hearts utterly chilled.
It was bad enough that Xi Nuo found a girlfriend, but now Xi De had found one too.
This was a critical hit to both of them, and it was true damage that ignored armor.
"By the way, I remember you and Xi Nuo are brothers, right? Who is the older brother and who is the younger brother?" Alexia asked.
"We were both born at the same time, but neither of us wanted to be the younger brother, so we never discussed it. We just treat each other like good friends who are brothers!" Xi De replied.
"So that's how it is!"
After saying that, Xi De wanted to be alone.
He turned and left.
"My stomach hurts, I'm going to the restroom!"
"Go ahead!" Alexia waved her hand and said gently.
You Luo and Jia Ka immediately fell to their knees.
"Why is this happening? Why, why didn't I muster the courage to confess to the Princess? This opportunity was clearly mine!" You Luo cried out in extreme regret.
"Exactly! If only I had known, I wouldn't have changed the exam report!" Jia Ka said.
Xi De returned to his room, his soul out of his body.
"Why is this happening? My portrayal of a passerby was so perfect, why would Princess Alexia take a liking to me!"
"How does this feel like it's developing into a romantic comedy! Where did I go wrong!"
"No, I need to make a plan. The plan will be called 'You Bastard, Dump Me Quickly!'"
As a princess, she must care a lot about etiquette, so I will disregard etiquette... The next day, as usual, the five people ate. Xi Nuo and Milia sat at one table.
Alexia came and sat down beside Xi De.
The waiter brought several plates of rich dishes and placed them on Princess Alexia's table.
Every dish looked quite expensive.
It was even better than the food Milia was eating next to Xi Nuo.
Milia's food was high-class, but compared to the Princess's food, it was still a bit inferior. The Princess's food was always top-tier.
"Princess Alexia is actually with those low-ranking nobles!"
"Why is Princess Alexia's boyfriend such a mere passerby!"
Everyone around them was discussing animatedly.
Because Milia's father was a Viscount, a title just above Baron, he wasn't considered a very powerful person.
Milia was also regarded as a low-ranking noble by those people.
But they didn't dare to say it to Milia's face, because Milia would genuinely beat people up.
In Midgar Academy, in most cases of conflict, the one who hit paid compensation.
The academy didn't support private duels, but it wasn't too opposed either; after all, it was a Magic Swordsman Academy, how could one get stronger without fighting?
As long as no one died, it wasn't a big problem.
Moreover, Milia was very rich. It had already been confirmed that even the Duke's Son didn't have as much money as her last time.
No one wanted to deliberately try to extort medical fees from Milia.
They were all nobles, so they couldn't possibly lack money.
Xi De looked at the table full of rich dishes.
"Is the Princess's food so lavish?"
"Yes, I can never finish it!" Alexia replied.
"Then you certainly wouldn't mind if I tried some!"
Xi De extended his chopsticks and directly picked up the steak in the center.
He also poked the plate, making a loud sound.
Then he ate with gusto, completely disregarding his image, eating large mouthfuls and making a lot of noise at the same time.
"I'll try this one too, and this one, this one looks delicious too!"
Jia Ka and You Luo were so scared they didn't dare to continue eating.
Xi Nuo's eating was too barbaric, like a hungry ghost reincarnated, frantically devouring the food in front of him, and stirring it a few times with his chopsticks every time.
Everyone around could see that Xi Nuo had no manners at all, a complete bumpkin, the antithesis of a gentleman.
"Dump me quickly! I'm ruining your food like this, and without your permission, you must find me very annoying, right!" Xi De thought to himself.
You Luo and Jia Ka could already feel Princess Alexia getting angry.
"It's okay, I can't finish it anyway!"
"Cough, cough, cough!" Xi De choked.
It wasn't because he ate too much, but because of Alexia's answer.
He had thought about this 'You Bastard, Dump Me Quickly' plan for a long time, but no matter how much he calculated, he never expected that the other party still wouldn't dump him even with this behavior.
Then Xi Nuo displayed many, many flaws to Princess Alexia.
But it was useless, completely useless. Princess Alexia still had no intention of breaking up.
Xi De also found it hard to initiate a breakup himself. If he dared to, he would be a school celebrity tomorrow, and he was determined to be a perfect passerby; he didn't want to attract attention.