The Soul Substitute Trash of the Duke Family
Chapter 18

Academy Registration Day

"I want to enroll in the academy." Said Leona while submitting the registration form to a committee. The organizer read Leona's form and nodded.

"Welcome to Moon Shadow Academy. Let's follow me to the exam room. Good luck." The committee was friendly and gave Leona the exam number.

"Thank you." Leona was friendly and accepted the exam number.

They immediately headed for the room where the exam was held. During the trip, Leona was unceasingly amazed at the interior of the building. It looks magnificent and unique, with intricate yet beautiful vine carvings.

"This is the place to conduct the exam. Good luck."

Leona thanked him and immediately entered the room. It looks like some people are already there and sitting on their respective benches according to the exam number.

Leona went down the table to look for her seat, after finding it she immediately sat there, ignoring some students sitting around her. He thought more about plans to train the demons and find additional sources of income and reorganize the village where he lived.

After a while, a thirty-year-old man entered the examination room carrying a stack of papers that allegedly contained exam questions. Not forgetting the killing intent came out from the man's body which made the entire room shudder in horror.

"Good morning everyone. I'm Ryn Jiyoon, the supervisor of this year's exams." Said the man with the killing intent coming out more and more concentrated from his body.

The European-Korean crossbreed man stared at the entire class with a bloodthirsty look and smiled with a grin.

"Will anyone resign? Get out now!" The exclamation was loud and looked at the prospective students one by one with a strong intimidating look.

A few seconds later a candidate walked out of the room followed by several other students. Leona observed them, who turned out to be a high class noble child visible from her super luxurious appearance. After five minutes, the number of prospective participants who initially reached four hundred was now reduced and left three hundreds of students. More than the previous year.

Usually every year this academy accepts students only about a hundred people, even then who pass the exam. The rest resigned as they are today.

Ryn immediately distributed the question sheet to the examinees who were still in this room. When he finished, he made an announcement. "This is the academy's entrance exam. The last question will be your determinant. Don't cheat, I'll always keep an eye on you." He said with a murderous tone.

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All the students were creeped out in fear, except for Leona who was already immune to this kind of situation.

"Then, you can work things out from now on in an hour and a half!"

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Moon Shadow Academy was actually not an exiled academy. This academy is the only academy that trains its students rigorously and gives missions in the second year.

Graduates of this academy will go directly to the battlefield, guard the border or become guidance teachers and teaching teachers in the Academy.

To practice their skills, the academy provides intensive materials and training for a week. In the morning until noon they get lessons and in the afternoon until late at night they will undergo training and simulation.

Because the academy was dangerous, many nobles sent children they did not want to attend, hoping they would never return because they were killed on missions. Because of this, the academy is called an outcast academy.

Thirty minutes passed, many students came out of the room because they were caught cheating. Leona took the test easily and now looked around her with a probing gaze.

Many ordinary people, fallen nobles, poor nobles and low-ranking nobles took the test in this academy. Judging from the quality of the clothes they used, there was no luxurious clothing like royalty in general.

"You done yet?" The whisper of a girl sitting next to him. Leona looked over and observed the girl. Look beautiful with pink hair with clear blue eyes.

Leona just nodded and looked back at her surroundings. The girl went back to her exam.

"Participant number 149, fall!"

Time passed so quickly, many participants failed to do the test because of cheating.

"Timing ten minutes!" Ryn exclaimed and stared at the entire room with a murderous look. His eyes looked at Leona who looked angrily with eyes that were moving around watching her surroundings made the man interested. It seems that the girl was not able to kill the man she let out.

The academy conducted a written test with a great killing aura, whoever survives then he is entitled to become a student of the academy, no matter which class he comes from. What this academy wanted was equality without offending the status of the family.

Unlike the Blackmoon Mage & Night academy which accepted various circles of students who were favorites of nobles, the school only trained magic and honed their talents. Usually those who graduate from there will be soldiers and family successors.

"Time's up!" Ryn shouted while pounding the table making all the participants scream in shock. In a hurry they put his writing equipment on the table.

"Last question." Ryn said which made all the participants look at him tensely. They wondered what questions would be asked of the man.

"You weak garbage, losers, unwanted children, the burden of government. Do you think you can be in this Academy to boast of the family that threw you away? Are you here to show them that you are worthy? Once trash is trash." The teacher's words made all the participants stunned. Some of them are not wanted by the family, have a little mana and others. Suddenly the room was quiet.

"Teacher, what you say is true." Sahut Leona made all the participants look at him. Leona ignored them and let out her opinion.

"We are unwanted, weak, powerless and others, but we will prove that we can stand alone without family." Ryn looked at Leona lowly.

"Why do we prove ourselves to people who do not want our existence? It's just a waste of time. We better prove ourselves to ourselves. For what has mana great but can not control it? For what to have abundant mana but weak body? For what has abundant mana but useless brain?" Leona's words made all the participants look at her in admiration. Even Ryn pulled a slight corner of her lips.

"Indeed people assume people who have no mana or anything and are considered trash, if they can find the right place, then the trash will become something valuable. Different stories if what is considered a diamond turns out to be just a piece of garbage. Isn't that embarrassing?"

All the participants were busy with their thoughts. There were even some participants with the words Leona.

"You're right. The academy is not here to show off power or power. You are here as equals, no matter the nobles, commoners or royal relatives. Congratulations, you guys graduated!" Run's speech made all the students look at him confused. Did they hear wrong?

"What's your name?" Ryn asked Leona.

"I'm Leona Arathena, the scum of a kingdom that has no mana."

Suddenly the whole room suddenly heard that.

Rumors of Duke's biological daughter being evicted from her own home for being accused by the Duke's adopted son?

Rumors that Leona is the Duke's biological daughter are ignored by her own family for not having any mana?

Notoriously mean ugly girl likes to torture waitresses at the Castallio residence?

Or a recent rumor that ran away from getting pregnant with her personal maid?

"Is the rumor true?" Asked the pink-haired girl who made Leona frown.

"Which rumor? There are too many rumors about me." Leona cuek who makes the whole room cengo, including Ryn who is still in the room.

"You ran away pregnant with your personal servant."

"Haha, do you believe that rumor? Come on, I got kicked out because of Mr. Duke's favorite foster child, not because I'm pregnant. After all, the male servant was my uncle who was a distant relative on my mother's side. The Castallio family knew nothing about my mother's family. You can believe it or not. " Obviously Leona at length made the whole room go silent.

So those rumors are just empty rumors?

"Ehem! You will attend the admission ceremony of new students in early spring. See you back." And Ryn immediately disappeared from there leaving the students still shocked.