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."

But in four years, she's never said a word after one of my confessions. She always just runs

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

about these surface things.

arm from Leonel's shoulder, pounding

patiently for their fourth National Championship loss in

complex light in his best friend's gaze. James was easily three inches taller than him and had been his partner in crime ever since they entered Royal Blue Junior Academy together. Leonel would never miss something like this, he knew him

something to talk to

was cut off by

there's a test

to find someone he could cheat off of. Without thinking much, he pulled out a binder from his backpack to cram for his

he 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 fact his Gene Analysis decided that his fateful career was that of a 'Five-Star Tight End', he wouldn't be

this, it was already a miracle that Leonel could make it into

other things, this test was meant to decide your optimal career path while weighing your benefit to

person wouldn't cause any waves in their career path, but they would be able to stabilize its foundation, allowing the innovators at higher star evaluations

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

The trouble was

sport. This was part of the reason he was ranked so lowly on the Eligible Minor list. Many ranked above him were only worth three stars to their professions, but they

ranked so much higher than

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

with Leonel, they could only shake their heads 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, yet now he sat right behind her in class as though he didn't know

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

they could be considered quite close knit. They had become quite invested in the Leonel-Aina romance. Unfortunately, the two gave them

away. The test will start

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

gaze completely vanished. It was like he entered a

to it. After all, they had journeyed up with Leonel from Freshman Class A. But it would

there a need to take it so seriously? They really couldn't understand how Leonel was 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

Without a

of the class breathed a sigh of relief. Now

teach. I

lady getting on in years, smiled lightly. She was quite fond

something and paused. He looked up to the ceiling and muttered something as though

finger tapped the metallic watch on her small wrist

a daze for a moment before she looked up and realized it was