"Princess Nova, your royal highness, you are my idol!"
"Lady Snow, you are the most beautiful lady! You will definitely be rank 1!"
"March, you're even more handsome than I thought you were! I'm in love with you, marry me!"
"Prince Silver, you can do it! Show everyone that elves are the best!"
•••
There was a giant stadium on a small floating island in the sky. It was filled to the brim with people.
Humans, elves, dwarfs, and many more races were cheering for their favorite contestants.
Not only that, there were also big screens streaming every moment to the whole world.
And you might ask, what is this tournament about?
It was nothing other than the entrance exam of The Academy—the best academy in the world, where every genius and noble of the Light Factions went.
The entrance exam wasn't about deciding who would join the Academy — all 100,000 students here had already qualified.
It was about deciding which class each one would enter.
This system was created by the Academy's founder, who didn't want things to be unfair.
As long as you had talent, you could get the best facilities and benefits, whether you were a noble or a commoner.
Now, the massive crowd of students waited for the exam to begin, just after the principal's speech.
Some looked nervous, some excited, and some anxious.
'Yeah, sure… fairness,' He thought.
'I'm sure the Academy will be many things, but fair isn't one of them. And seriously—who names a school "The Academy"? founder of academy was definitely on weeds.'
In the crowd of students was a young man with white hair and golden eyes, wearing a robe around his body.
He wasn't hiding his face, which was extremely handsome. This was none other than Lex.
He touched his head like it was aching
painful!
He had just transmigrated and was lost in thought.
'So… whose body did I transmigrate into?'
Lex wasn't sure, but soon memories began to flood into his mind.
It hurt — not unbearably, but like falling and hitting your head hard, leaving you dizzy and with a pounding headache that wouldn't stop.
'Calm down, calm down. It's not the time to overthink, not in a crowd.'
He took a deep breath in and out. He knew thinking too much right now could be dangerous.
Soon, he calmed down, and a thought formed in his mind.
'Star, huh? So I've taken over his body… should I be happy or sad?'
Star Heaven — one of the most remarkable side characters in A&A.
Early in the game, he was a side villain. By the mid-game, he was a background character.
Star had a huge following among A&A players, and if you asked why, you'd usually hear two reasons.
First, he was an absolute aura farmer — the kind of character who could grind ridiculous power and make it look effortless, questionable actions aside.
Second, his popularity exploded at the end of the mid-game, when players got that ending.
'That shit still gives me chills.'
At first, Star was just "that creepy noble villain" who kept harassing female heroines — always to be stopped by the MC.
Basic trope, right? But it happened ten-plus times. Players started to notice it didn't fit his personality at all.
Theories popped up that he was possessed just to make the MC look heroic. And guess what? It was true — the God of Fate was pulling his strings.
When that theory got confirmed, Star went from mild liked to beloved.
And then… came the mid-game ending. One of the craziest, most jaw-dropping moments in A&A history.
He remembered the whole backstory.
And then something else hit him.
'Wait… if I'm in his body… would I—'
A chill ran down his spine. His body suddenly stopped listening to him. He couldn't move a muscle.
His eyes turned on their own toward a beautiful girl far away.
Ember. A commoner. A genius. One of the heroines. In the OG game, the MC got close to her over time, if you went through all her quests.
'Oh no… I remember this bullshit.'
This was how the MC first met her. She was being harassed, and the MC saved her.
And the one harassing her?
Star.
Yes, he was possessed back then, but no one knew that. If he let the event happen like in the game and the MC interfered… he was finished.
'What should I do…? I can't even move properly.'
Star had lost almost all control over his body, and with every passing second, it slipped away even more.
His mind was running at full speed, trying to find a solution—anything—but nothing came.
'Do I really have to do what the God of Fate wants? No… think of something.'
Star knew he wouldn't actually succeed in harassing Ember, but the very thought disgusted him.
Disgusted at the God of Fate for turning him into a puppet.
Being someone's disposable pawn. Being the bad guy just so the world could be saved.
Some hypocrites would call it a "necessary sacrifice" for the greater good. He didn't care.
His self-dignity was worth more than the world.
He didn't want to become some doll dancing to another's schemes.
'System… I have a system, right? Miss Kitten said so.'
'System!!!' No reply.
So he called out to the one and only her.
'Miss Kitten!!' he shouted in his mind.
A blue screen flashed in front of him.
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