They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 532: Just Laid Down and Accepted His Fate

"Our next judge, representing the Royal Prigrian Military Division, a decorated war tactician, and instructor of our very own martial combat department..."

He looked to the center seat where a calm, cold figure sat in black.

"Prince Arthur White."

The crowd froze.

There was a two second silence before shocked murmurs rippled through the entire stadium.

"Wait, Prince Arthur?!"

"What is he doing here?!"

"I thought he chose to only lecture year ones?"

"Shouldn’t he be evaluating his own students?!"

"A prince. Is he even allowed to sit as judge?!"

Arthur didn’t acknowledge the reactions. He remained still in his seat, legs crossed, gaze steady, fingers linked over one knee, like a man who didn’t just expect to be there... but belonged there.

Nnenna’s breath caught.

She stared at him, stunned. He hadn’t said a word to her that morning, not even a clue. So this was why he was so serious when asking if she was nervous. He wasn’t just being supportive. He was preparing to watch her, as her Sensei and her judge.

And from where she sat, she couldn’t tell if that made things better... or worse.

"Our last judge for this exam is one of the most famous martial experts in the kingdom - Madam Wolke!" He gestured to the seated well built woman who nodded at him with a smile.

"Now that our judges are seated and the crowd is settled," he began, "it’s time to explain the format of this martial arts evaluation."

A wave of tension passed through the arena like static.

"This will be a one on one knockout format. Each student will draw lots to determine their opponent for the first round. Your performance in the match will be scored by our five judges, each giving a maximum of twenty points. This makes a perfect score of one hundred."

The grading chart appeared on the hovering screen above the arena.

70 – 100: A

60 – 69: B

50 – 59: C

Below 50: F

a beat to absorb that before

be graded only by whether you win or lose, but by how well you perform in each match. If you win and perform better in your next match,

Everyone exhaled in relief.

show incompetence or sloppiness in a later round, and your grade drops... your final score will still be that lower grade. You will not be allowed to ’fall back’ to your earlier

murmured again. Some gasped. Others

about strength," he finished. "It’s about consistency, growth under

he gestured toward a student helper holding a wooden

"Let’s begin the draw."

from the box. A

not Stephanie..." one poor student moaned, holding his paper like it

like a table," someone

got Daniel, he’s quick but not

should just hand in my

rippled across

when one average built male student, slightly muscular, cocky,

he pumped his fist, drawing attention as he turned to show the name to his friend. "I got Nnenna White. Easy

murmurs spread like

"Lucky guy."

to

she skip

I heard, but skipping years isn’t the same as surviving three years of

A from heaven," one

whose name was Kai, kept grinning smugly

training once,

Nnenna said nothing.

her expression

eyes flicked to her from his judge’s seat. No reaction on his face. Just that intense, unblinking stillness that made it

row, Elder Onyedika turned slightly and whispered to Commander Olivia

his eyes

might surprise us," Onyedika said

arena, the referee

raised