Somehow Ended Up Ranking Tenth!

This day, the entire Auriel Knight Academy began to grow tense.

Everyone started waiting for the results of this exam to be released.

This was of vital importance to them.

The students of the Auriel Knight Academy were basically divided into several categories.

The first group were those very worried their grades would drop; they were mostly female knights, because years of war had caused them to forget much of their knowledge, and before they could recover they were suddenly hit with a surprise exam!

The second group were the other students; they weren’t knights, so they hadn’t experienced the war, and they were confident—some even a bit happy—about this kind of exam, because good results could earn them better funding.

The third group were ordinary knight trainees. They formed the core student body of the Auriel Knight Academy; most were both fearful and secretly confident, and some were eager to see if they could improve their ranking by their scores.

At this moment everyone was anxiously awaiting the exam results.

They were even more nervous than during wartime; there was no doubt about that.

The Academy began releasing results starting with the Student Council, then the Four Great Knight Orders, followed by rankings within the ten districts, and finally the massive batch of ordinary students’ scores which would take some time.

First they would announce the Academy’s top ten.

In each district, huge magical screens unfolded in the air.

The students below watched tensely and focused, ready to look for their names.

Then the results began to be announced!

“Aaaah!!!”

“Great! Fantastic! This time it’s really good!.”

“Not bad, not bad—no regression is fine.”

“Oh no! How could this happen!!”

Although the exam was just a simple written test, with no other components.

But most students complained vocally; after all it was a surprise test, and it had truly caught everyone off guard.

However, the few students who were already strong were very happy; this type of purely written exam was actually a good way for them to raise scores and secure funding.

Soon the top ten appeared.

Interestingly, since most people here belonged to one of the Four Great Knight Orders.

If the top ten included members of their own order, they would be very pleased.

They were sometimes even happier when others from their order scored well than if they themselves had.

Tenth: Eren Dragonborn

Ninth: Weiluxika Lycoris

Eighth: Fire Lina

Seventh: Eo Crimsonmoon

Sixth: Naya Blackwing

The sixth through tenth places were extremely surprising! They even drew exclamations from the crowd!

The sixth, Naya Blackwing, and the seventh, Eo Crimsonmoon, had long occupied positions around here, and they were respectively the second-in-command of the Sky Wing Order and the Three Moons Order.

The only familiar absence here was the Flame Lance knight Manaen, whose results had also been pretty good.

But everyone knew her current condition: she was severely injured and hospitalized, unable to take the exam.

People had even come to expect that she would be among the five to ten range.

The commander of the Elemental Knight Order, Fire Lina, ranked noticeably lower this time, which was a little surprising—perhaps also due to the war and the suddenness of the exam catching her off guard.

As for the sudden appearance of Dark Knight Weiluxika in ninth, that wasn’t hard to understand, because she served Young Master Lycoris.

Although most people had never actually seen Naiye Lycoris in person, they had always heard of his reputation.

It was said that during his studies Young Master Naiye had never fallen from first place!

This time, perhaps because it was a surprise exam and caught people off guard, maybe he wasn’t first—perhaps just in the top five?

But what everyone was truly amazed by was not those few people, but………..

“Oh my, Captain Eren actually tenth? I remember last time he…”

“In previous exams he didn’t even make the rankings; Captain Eren’s scores have always been unbearable to look at!”

“Has Captain Eren been working hard all these years for the sake of finally getting a good score in this exam?!”

“That’s just outrageous……”

Everyone, especially the knights of the Dragon Knight Order, pointed at the tenth-place Eren Dragonborn!

They were extremely surprised that the Dragon Knight Order’s captain, whose scores had been poor, had ranked so highly this time?!

As everyone buzzed with discussion, the top five finally appeared.

Fifth: Nia Skywing

Fourth: Ice Tina

Third: Rena Silvermoon

Second: Meiyu Canster

First: Naiye Lycoris

The ranking of the top five didn’t provoke much astonishment.

They were familiar faces who always occupied the top five in every exam.

The only unusual thing was Young Master Naiye—he alone had a perfect score! He dominated the rankings! Even President Meiyu fell short by some margin.

But anyone who had heard of Naiye Bi’an’s results knew that in written exams like this—and indeed in all related exams.

Young Master Naiye Bi’an had always been first with a perfect score! He had never dropped a single point!

Otherwise he wouldn’t have finished his studies within a year and then returned home to inherit the Bi’an family.

However, the shock caused by these rankings still didn’t compare to that of the Dragon Knight Order Captain Eren Dragonborn in tenth!

This was his first and the only time someone from the Dragon Knight Order had placed in the top ten!

It was truly astonishing, because members of the Dragon Knight Order generally performed poorly in this kind of exam.

The best among them had only reached 105th place, not even cracking the top one hundred.

And given that Eren Dragonborn’s performance had always been rather poor, everyone was stunned.

As for cheating, that was even less likely—put aside how strict the rankings were.

This kind of written test was straightforward and simple; aside from empty-headedness, it didn’t require anything else.

Anyone who dared to cheat to get such a result would only be ridiculed by the knights!

If you didn’t see your name in the rankings, it meant your score was relatively low and ordinary.

Those would be released gradually later.

But everyone was still talking about Dragon Knight Order Captain Eren Dragonborn in tenth.

“Sigh… that stinky brat, he’s so dumb.”

In the manor, Young Master Naiye sat by the window watching Eren, who had placed tenth.

He couldn’t help shaking his head, but a spectator’s smile appeared on his face.

He picked up a healing spray, removed the bandage from his arm, and sprayed it a few times.

The wounds on his arm had fully healed.

“I told him to keep his score in check, not to score too high—otherwise he deserves to get his butt beaten later.”

When Eren sought Naiye for tutoring, Naiye had been very direct, telling him all the relevant points and the general scope of the exam.

As long as the study was targeted, even those with average scores could use it to get good results in this kind of exam.

After all, it was a written test and actually quite simple.

The Dark Knight Weiluxika’s first excellent result at the Academy was also due to Young Master Naiye’s instruction.

Afterwards Naiye even specifically tutored Eren in more detailed, targeted study, which led to a remarkable improvement in his scores.

Finally Naiye reminded him to control his scores, not to score too high—otherwise jumping from poor to suddenly so high would be shocking!

Who wouldn’t be surprised!

It wasn’t cheating, so after scoring so high Eren felt a bit cocky.

He was now excitedly bringing the results home, like a child who had got a good grade for the first time, eager to receive praise from his parents.

But for Eiru Dragonborn, his grandmother, such an obvious result would only make her furious!