Elona'S Legacy
Test (1)

The next day the candidates gathered at the hall where they lived in the palace, where they had prepared tables and chairs to work on the competition test sheets.

" Welcome to the candidates please do the test we have prepared in your respective seats and you will be given 2 hours. Work can begin now" Mark said

After Mark gave the announcement, he returned to his seat as a test supervisor with several other supervisors and outside the door of the room they were guarded by 2 soldiers. The candidates started looking at the test that was in front of them. The test asked from a historical point of view, trade arrived at the royal military.

2 Hours later

Mark announced that they could rest and regroup the next day to find out who passed the test.

" What do you think about the test?" said one of the candidates after all the supervisors came out of the room

" The historical part of the kingdom I was still able to cope with it but when I got into the trade/economic part of the kingdom I started to have difficulties"

" What else is the military part of the kingdom, I don't understand it at all" the candidates said to each other in response to the test

" Dame Elona what about you? you're definitely not going to have any problems with the military subject, are you? ask other candidates

" There's also not some I don't know for sure the answer to" replied Elona

After the test was over they continued their talk at lunchtime together in the dining room of the palace guest pavilion. In the dining room there are several tables and chairs that can be filled with 5 people per table, the candidates immediately sit with their respective acquaintances.

" Uh! It turns out there's still something you can't answer even if it's your expertise" Elizabeth said in a somewhat satirical tone

" Of course it's natural that you can also answer all the questions in the topic section that you like" Elona replied

Upon seeing Elizabeth speechless, Sabrina takes the opportunity to take down Elona on the grounds of helping Elizabeth, her best friend.

" It seems you misunderstood Elizabeth's intentions, she didn't mean to say you didn't have enough ability on a topic you liked but she was just surprised that you looked like someone who knew everything. As I said before, you're just too sensitive" Sabrina said with a smile on her face.

" I think Sabrina's daughter misunderstood me too, I just answered honestly the question because there are always new things that we don't know including the most liked topics. Don't you agree with Sabrina's daughter?"

" It's true that you're the one who doesn't think long, forgive me for saying yes" while showing a intimidated face.

For others who saw his facial expression from a distance would assume that Sabrina was being bullied by Elona and the dining room atmosphere became silent while only the voices of the candidates whispered to each other from a distance.

" Mhm... We will know the result tomorrow so you don't have to worry about each other" said one of the candidates who sat 1 table with Elona and Sabrina

" Yes right"

The next morning the candidates regrouped in their rooms to take the first test to listen to the names that made it to the next stage.

" The candidates would like to gather for a while I will read to the 15 candidates who will go to the next stage" then Mark began to read their names including Elona, Sabrina, Elizabeth

" Congratulations to the candidates who made it to the next stage, for the 2nd test will be directly held on the spot. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock the candidates will gather in this pavilion hall" Mark continued

After Mark resigned, he, the candidates whose names were not read back to his room to tidy up their belongings and prepare to go home while the ones who qualified for the next round were still in the room and started trying to get close to one by others because they remember that the candidates who managed to get through to this round will also take part in their next grade.

" Elona, congratulations you also get into the next round! yesterday I said don't take heart!

Can we be friends from now on?" elizabeth suddenly approached Elona

" ah! actually from yesterday there was something I wanted to ask you, why didn't I see those 2 good friends of yours?" elizabeth

" They didn't come" Elona answered briefly

" why? are they not supporting you? I saw in the morning they didn't come to take you to the palace either"

Suddenly Sabrina came to those who were talking

" Elizabeth, you don't say that later Elona will be sad if her best friend can't support her decision" Sabrina said

" Sad?! Actually they also wanted to take me but I banned and told them to come if I had entered the last round to give me some spirit" Elona said

Hearing the answer from Elona who was full of confidence that she could survive to the end, Sabrina's facial expression became cold seeing that Elizabeth immediately tried to change the topic to melt the atmosphere.

" Now the most important thing is that we also have to get acquainted with other candidates because as Mark said they will also take part in this competition" said Elizabeth

" Are you not curious about the next test?" said one of the candidates who was near them

" Curious! but the only thing I expected had nothing to do with using physical strength because it was certain who would win" Elizabeth said, stealing a glance at Elona.

" Why do you think that? I'm sure there's no way that the coordinators of this event are going to have us fight or sword each other out" Elona said

" It's true that I don't think too long" Elizabeth said with a smile on her face.

Like other candidates they also try to start hanging out with other candidates and spend the night getting to know each other both really as friends or whose partners they use to fight one with the other. It did not feel like the time had reached midnight that they returned to their rooms and prepared themselves for the next fight.