Dimensional Descent

Leonel's depressed mood didn't last for long. Soon we was smiling as though nothing had happened.

At that moment, an arm wrapped around his shoulders. Considering how easily the culprit had done so, it was obvious that he was even taller than Leonel.

"Another failure, how many is that already? 520?"

"521." Leonel muttered.

"Almost every school day since first-year, huh?"

The culprit laughed, leading Leonel up the stairs.

"There are too many young noble women looking to get into the good books of the 3021st bachelor of the Eligible Minor list. Yet you've been solely focused on one girl for four years, think of all the hearts breaking across the world."

Leonel laughed. "James, when you have to say such a large number, it makes the accomplish ring hollow, don't you think?"

It was quite funny. It was nice to be ranked, but being told that there were 3020 men better than him didn't exactly have a nice ring to it. Plus, this was just the Eligible Minor list, once he turned 18, he might not rank on the true Eligible Bachelor list at all.

More depressing than that was the fact there were several snotty-nosed brats no more than 13 or 14 years old ranked ahead of him.

"Bah, forget that damned list." James spat. "Who knows what perverted grandma ranked a bunch of minors on their eligibility? Load of nonsense."

"Must be nice looking down from on high like that, Mr. 1034th."

James laughed pervertedly, shaking Leonel side to side with his arm.

[Scanning… Security procedures underway]

[Student Leonel Morales recognized]

[Welcome future Five-Star Quarterback]

Leonel heard the usual mechanical voice ringing in his ears. Though he knew no one else could hear it, he still felt a deep disgust whenever he heard this introduction.

"Think about it this way," James continued as they entered the grand hallways of Royal Blue Academy, "There are over three billion people on Earth who are under 18. Half of those are men like us. Yet were in the top percent of a percent of a percent of them.

"You gotta stop chasing after this one girl. There are too many who want you."

long as she rejects me, I will leave her alone. But in four years, she's never said a word after one of my confessions. She always just runs off." Leonel swiped his finger under

before bursting into another fit of laughter. It seemed the students were used to

I waste my words, I know you don't care about these surface things. I should

pulled his arm from Leonel's shoulder, pounding a

preppy boys can just wait patiently for their fourth National Championship loss in a

his partner in crime ever since they entered Royal Blue Junior Academy together. Leonel would never miss something like this, he knew

something to talk to you about

voice was cut off by the

there's

as James ran away like a madman, likely trying to find someone he could cheat off of. Without thinking much, he pulled

and James weren't in the same class. While Leonel ranked third academically across all subjects, James was near the bottom of the barrel. If it wasn't for the

separations very seriously. Due to this, it was already a miracle that Leonel could make it

he took a mandatory Genetic Analysis Examination. Among other things, this test was meant to decide your optimal career path while weighing your benefit to society. This career path would be graded from one to five stars

but they would be able to stabilize its foundation, allowing the innovators

level. These were people that would revolutionize their fields. In a single generation, there wouldn't be more than a hundred children with

had such an evaluation. He too was a Five Star Professional. The trouble was that he had no interest in joining the National American Football League and becoming

sport. This was part of the reason he was ranked so lowly on the Eligible Minor list. Many

James wouldn't be ranked so

just on time. He smiled lightly to greet a few people before burying his head back

when they noticed their school's star quarterback cramming as he usually did. His personality was really too odd. He had just been confessing his undying love to

Aina who blushed whenever she saw Leonel on the steps hardly reacted to his entry into the class either.

had become quite invested in the Leonel-Aina romance. Unfortunately, the two gave them no food

away. The test will

flickered and became screens. They were designed to block light projection in every direction but the test-taker's own perspective. So,

a

to it. After all, they had journeyed up with Leonel from Freshman Class A. But it would be a lie to say they didn't still break out into a

evaluated as a Five-Star Quarterback instead of a Five-Star General. Even if he was evaluated as a Four-Star General like his father, it would have been

finished with blazing speed, only taking half an hour to complete a two-hour test. Without a choice, he pushed up from his desk,

the class breathed a sigh of relief. Now they could

I

getting on in years, smiled lightly. She was quite fond of this young one. "I know you athletes have a lot on your plate. Go on

something and paused. He looked up to

Aina who was still focusing on her exam. His finger tapped the metallic watch on her

in a daze for a moment before she looked up and realized it was Leonel. For a moment, she didn't know