Everyone Else Has a System

There were only three Unorthodox ones out of the top ten currently present here and together we were in a minivan of sorts with three rows of seats, with Dalton driving the car and Lucas sitting beside him. Rita and the other guy who was from the Unorthodox ones, Weber, was sitting in the back seat. As for me, I was sitting in the middle row with Lucy, who was just mindlessly observing the scenery.

I, too, turned to look at the scenery, which was lined with buildings where either the rich stayed or students of the Academy came to practise their martial arts and enhance their skills.

The more we moved in, the more I saw people wearing academic dresses. Most of them were staff members, with the others being retired professors and military guards.

"Aidan… if it is not too much-" Weber tried to ask a question, and I interrupted him before he could complete his question.

"You have to be worthy of being my friend. As for my ability… it's in-depth knowledge about monsters," I spoke without turning, as I already knew this would happen. I have decided that there would be two groups of people classified by me.

One that knows about me, they are going to be under my supervision and I will be watching over their growth. The others would never know about me, all their role is going to be: being stepping stones for the others.

"We are the Unorthodox ones, our numbers are less… we should get along," Rita spoke with a furious tone and simply ignoring her, I turned to Weber and spoke,"what's your ability though? I never got to know about it."

He was kind of confused if I was ignoring him or was showing an interest towards him, but not minding much, he said,"I know about swords and spears. My knowledge exceeds most of the swordsmen and spearmen, so I thought I could use it for humanity while earning a name for myself through it."

I pondered a little before asking a question,"what should be the edge of a blade that has to go through a battle of 10 days and 10 nights? Also, it can be sharpened only thrice with a whetstone which has already been used at least 100s of times."

"Less than 0.5cm but more than 0.25cm. Any more than that and it will break-" Weber began seriously explaining, but I stopped him before speaking,"that's okay, I already know the rest. I was just testing your ability. Maybe we can be friends… but that's for later."

Then I turned back to that monotonous scenery but someone was really upset by my rude behaviour,"You act like you already know everything. That atti-"

"I know," I shut Rita up as she got even more furious before speaking,"then tell me the perfect blade for someone with the height of 6 feet tall, 129 kg and almost bulky with 10% fat?"

'Hmmm… that's quite specific,' I thought before speaking,"the sword should be 2.34 metres long, with the metal made of silver admentite weighing about…hmmm… between 34 kg and 45 kg, depending upon the build of the body. As for the type and other things, I would need more information."

For the next few minutes, a silence prevailed and I could feel the gazes of Lucas, Dalton, and Lucy on me. Weber and Rita were really astonished right now, before Rita spoke out loudly,"how did you know?!!!"

But I wasn't interested in explaining it to her. Though that should give her a hint that there is more to me than it seems and hopefully if she ever goes against me, she would think twice before doing anything stupid.

As for Weber, I wonder if this could peak his interest. It's not a bad ability to have, to know about swords and spears, that is, maybe I can help him grow even more… Hopefully that will give us another sword expert in the future.

From that point onwards, nobody spoke and peacefully, we reached the inner circle where the tree of life was visible at the core of the Arcadia Academy. It was a special tree with special attributes that laid the foundation of the whole academy. One of the reasons I came here.

'It's a nice place to train and sharpen your skills,' I thought before watching the minivan arriving at a really lavish hotel. There were more minivans present there, so the other Unorthodox ones should already be here.

I turned to Lucy, who was carefully observing the whole thing with a bright eyed expression before I asked,"don't you have to give a test in the middle circle?" Before she turned and casually spoke,"they said I was too strong for the second test, so they directly sent me here."

I nodded at it, but Weber and Rita looked at her as if she were a monster. They couldn't believe their eyes as they assessed Lucy once more, especially Rita, who had already angered her once because of me.

Slowly the van reached the spot and all of us began getting out from the van one by one and moving towards the hotel. Inside the hotel, there was a restaurant on the right, where I saw a bunch of people excitedly eating gourmet food and another bunch of them weirdly looking at them.

The ones who were eating with pure bliss on their face were probably the newly admitted Unorthodox ones.

'If I am not wrong, the inner circle test will be held tomorrow evening, so we should still have time to do whatever we want,' I thought before moving towards the restaurant as well. All this thinking and planning had made me hungry.

"Aidan, wait, let me come with you," Weber spoke, and I turned to him before nodding and then moving towards the restaurant. For some reason, Lucas, Dalton, and Lucy followed us. Since Rita didn't know anything about this place, she too followed us before all of us sat at one of the tables.

"Ummm… what are you guys doing?" I asked as I looked at Lucas and Dalton, wondering why they were still here. Aren't they busy with the selections or something?

And hearing my question, it was Dalton who spoke up first,"it's about… Well, Lucas and the other teachers said that you could be helpful and after hearing about your ability… I wonder if you were interested in striking a deal?"