On the southern side of the capital city of Markove.
At this location stood a large school building for teens. But at the current moment, this place was being decorated for a special event.
The Chancion Competition. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novᴇlfire.net
The competition that would change the life of one individual to the ultimate degree and open the door for nobility for them. But only if they had the grit to surpass all the challenges that life will throw from that moment on.
The competition was split in three stages. The first being the test of intelligence.
This is where the school building came in place. Right now it was being customized for all the people that had decided to participate in the competition. They would have to give a written exam which they must pass to get to the next test.
The school building which would have been an ordinary place any other day was now filled with various types of people. The white colored building couldn't stop the glaring red guards and various people from distinguishing themselves from afar.
Everywhere I looked, the place was packed with people. It was so crowded that even the huge assembly ground couldn't keep enough people and they had to line up far from the street.
It took a grueling amount of time before I could come to the 6th booth. The guy in the booth, most probably a teacher temporarily hired by the academy looked at my information before sliding a circular chip at me.
"Num 3465, go to the 3rd building, second floor's class 15."
Doing as such, I walked through the formal line and found the classroom. It wasn't a problem finding it with guards stationing at every corner of the place and labels being put in plain words.
Still… even with that there were more than some people who lost their way.
Before I could even come towards the place, I heard noises from the place. The classroom was filled with chatter of other contestants.
"Did you know that only one can win the whole competition?"
"That's common knowledge, did you know that 3 years ago something special happened that made the academy choose more than just one winner."
"Ahh, I wonder what the girls of the academy look like."
"They'll be cannon for sure, dude. Have you seen the nobility, all of them look better than the girls in our village."
You would wonder if they were actually adult men or middle graders with their way of speaking. Of course, I wasn't any better but at least I kept those thoughts in my mind or spoke of them in discreet places.
"Shit! Do you see that guy!"
Ignoring the chatter about me, I walk to the farthest seat there was and sat on it. They continued with their chatter as I simply waited until the supervisors came.
Walking inside the hallway of the third building were two people. Both of military background and were chosen to supervise a group of contestants for this event.
The one on the left, a bit skinnier than his friend, lit a cigarette and took a drag of it.
Seeing that, his friend on the right sighed, "Valko, you know we're not allowed to smoke at the exam, right?"
Valko took his words casually, "That's why I'm taking one right now. Wanna take a drag?"
The friend shook his head, "No, it's better if I be of sound mind before facing what's coming next." His face went pale, "It's going to be a grueling experience supervising this damn exam."
Valko nodded, "A reason to take this." He showed the cigarette, "At least it'll be better to take some weight off for now."
At that, the friend smiled and both stopped momentarily and leaned against the wall, "You always figure out a way to make people do things your way."
"It's not that I figure it out, it's you Matthew, that listen to what people tell you."
"You pretty much do."
Mathew shrugged his shoulders, "Hey, at least I don't get barked by the captain as much as you do."
"I won't do excessive chores that won't put money in my pocket."
Hearing Valko, Mathew laughed before remembering something, "Hey Valko, you supervised one of these exams before too, right?" Valko nodded.
"So can you tell me why these people try so much every year?" Mathew asked, his face filled with curiosity, "Don't they know that only one of them is going to win this whole charade and get admitted into the fine academy."
"Beats me, I just do my job and get the extra pay for it."
"Haha… you and your money. Makes me wonder if you got married to the high official's daughter for love or money." Mathew laughed before taking the cigarette and inhaling it, "They could just get in the army like we did."
"The army's a fucked up place, you know that as well as I do."
"Well, at least we have a chance to get a well-paying job."
"That's only if we as new recruits survive." Valko said, remembering his own recruitment, "Tell me, how many of your friends survived recruition tests?"
Mathew went quiet at that. Knowing that the chances of survival was far lower than promotion in the standard army. His friends who joined with him were all gone and only he was the only one left.
Valko crushed the cigarette under his boot and walked ahead, "Let's go finish this shit and get our money."
I stayed quiet until I saw two people coming inside. They both quietly walked and stood before the board, overlooking the chatter in front of them.
The one on the right, pale looking one, took up three chalks before aiming them at a group and hitting them square on the head.
The action of the man, immediately stopped the chatter and everyone looked at them strangely before the group complained, "Whad ya do that por?"
"You three, out." The pale man said as the group looked at them, shocked.
"I said you three are expelled from the test, you can pack your stuff and get the fuck out of here."
The group of three, who looked like ruffians from their appearance, menacingly came before the guy, their height dwarfing the man, "Wanna repek that moron?"
"You didn't hear," Valko scratched his ear, "I said, you're expelled."
The group of ruffians now lay on the floor and both the supervisors stood before the contestants, their appearance still as neat as before except for some misplacement's.
Valko looked at the group of losers before him and spoke clearly, "So… anyone else have anything to chat about?"