An Extra’s POV

[Moments Earlier]

'Ater, you genius!'

Rey and Lucielle—both of them in their Dragon disguises—stood among the rest of the Examinees in a massive hall. They had neutral expressions on their faces, but their minds were racing with several things.

For Rey, he couldn't help but internally thank his immensely incompetent Familiar.

'I have no idea the kind of insight that guy has, but he really did make everything easier for us.'

Apparently, Ater was able to interrogate the two Dragon Generals who infiltrated the Capital over two weeks ago, learning all about the Empire's workings—including details of the Academy and how to get in.

It was all thanks to that information that Rey and Lucielle knew how to navigate their way in the Empire… which brought them to their current predicament.

—The Academy Entrance Exams.

'Getting past Customs wasn't particularly difficult, due to my Skills, though we still had to remain very lowkey…'

Entering enemy territory was a task that could never be downplayed.

He and Lucielle prepared every countermeasure possible in case something went wrong, and these were already measures he had discussed with Ater prior to his departure. He had to worry about every variable.

Thankfully, everything was smooth sailing—from their arrival at the Empire to their temporary accommodations—all leading up to this moment.

thought the biggest issue would be getting into the Academy, but I never expected the process to be so simple until Ater told me.' Rey smiled, both hands in his pockets as he observed the Dragons

thousands of them present—some looking young, while others appearing a

could be spotted waiting,

what happens when the Education System is non-discriminatory…' None of that was

was doing her best to hide her excitement while looking at so many Dragons around her, Rey felt a bit of a sigh leaking out

worried that she'd be a little uncomfortable here, due to being surrounded by so many enemies and also because we're so far from

cheeks were slightly flushed with pink as her

a teenager more

real too…' He looked away, noticing that

distract himself, Rey went over what had happened prior to

written exam, which is basically just basic comprehension and writing skills, the physical exercise exam, and

was initially worried that they would ask him something regarding the History of the Dragon Empire, or something of the sort, but just as Ater had assured him, it

had any issues with that—or any of the other

a little with that. And as for Mana, I had to severely limit myself in that

he could allow his true power to be exposed in such

definitely stronger than a Dragon General, and I'm pretty confident that I could hold my own against a Lord—though, I won't be sure of victory until I actually fight

entity had no place in the Dragon Academy, yet

'Still… still…'

gaze forward and noticed that a small crowd of Examiners had now joined the Examinees in the hall—most likely to announce the fourth and final part of the

also the most

a total of thirty. This one has a chunk

Chief Examiner stepped forward and explained

absurdly loud due to an