Level Infinity Weakest King

And before he could say that, a princess walked out of the garden while saying, "It means, his rank is higher than yours, Dranis."

"…"

The princess who walked out of the garden had normal black hair and black eyes. But her complexion was otherworldly!

"Who is she…?", Rex asked in the lowest audible voice possible to Biyou who was excited and flustered at the same moment.

He got up and then said, "She is one of the highest rankers…"

"Her name is Ariel Elizabeth, the second princess of the Kingdom Ezikra."

"Class 1S rank 07…", Biyou ended the conversation with just this.

Rex was genuinely surprised when he heard the rank and the class in which she was.

He thought, 'So, she is one of my classmates…?'

He then looked at her from top to bottom as if he was analyzing which did seem a bit disrespectful.

She was wearing white gloves and had a similar watch as well. Of course, she looked at Rex and then bowed while saying, "Surely, you have a higher rank than him."

Rex didn't reply and kept mum. The princess then looked at Dranis and asked, "You have just disrespected a high ranker, don't you think you should apologize?"

"P-princess Ariel?", Dranis, the blondie bastard was surprised when she appeared all of a sudden.

She didn't have any words. He had indeed realized that Rex was of higher rank than him.

He was about to give up and apologize when he looked at Rex again.

'I have never seen this bastard here…'

'Wait, could he be someone who just got transferred here today?', this sudden thought came to his mind.

'Although the chances are slim, it is possible for someone to get transferred since there are still 3 days left for official admissions to end…', he thought for a bit.

"What are you waiting for, shouldn't you apologize?", she asked.

"No!"

"I mean, no princess. I don't think I apologize…"

"Don't you think he is a new face?"

"I have never seen him around here, what about you princess?", he asked.

When Ariel looked at Rex, she did nod her head thinking that she had never seen him either.

But of course, nobles, princes, or princesses wouldn't have so much time to remember the faces of every commoner or slave.

Yes, they wouldn't even do it if they have all the time in the world. It's just that, they couldn't bother with remembering someone as low as them. Thus, Dranis exploited this fact and just made up something that sounded quite believable.

Well, it was the truth anyway. Rex was never seen here because he was new so it was obvious for others to conclude the same thing.

Biyou wanted to defend Rex by saying a lie, "No he-"

Rex knew what Biyou was doing and purposely stopped him.

He said, "Yes, I was admitted to the Academy today."

"See!?", Dranis shouted after Rex mentioned this.

Ariel, who had bowed earlier in respect, stood quietly. It was either because she was thinking about what to do about her mistake or she was just disappointed in herself for jumping to such a conclusion.

Yes, others who stood by, understood that the situation was completely wrong.

Well, in the Academy, a lower rank has to obey whatever order a higher rank gives. However, if one doesn't have any rank, then he is generally not under those categories and thus need not necessarily obey their orders!

Considering that Rex was admitted today, he had no chance to get any rankings since he hadn't taken any other examinations other than the entrance test.

Also, the entrance test was bizarrely weird thus it gave him no rankings either. Due to this, he was an exception and thus wasn't affected by the Oath Of Orders!

"Got it, I wasn't the one who was wrong.", Dranis just somehow escaped the situation and went away from the scene.

Yes, he was way too scared to lose his dignity right now. He thought that it was best to let go of the matter and return to the dorms. He had some wit at least, he wasn't a high ranker for no reason!

Regardless, after he left, other nobles went their way as well. The same was true for one or two princes and princesses who had come to see the reason for the commotion. Well, they had started going their way even before Dranis left.

In any case, Ariel, Rex, and Biyou were the only ones left.

Ariel approached Rex and said, "I am really sorry."

"I didn't know that you hadn't received a rank…", she said.

Well, it was nothing to apologize or get angry at. Rex calmly said, "Ah, it's fine. Thanks for your help."

After saying that, Rex pulled Biyou's hand and walked towards the entrance of the garden.

Ariel was surprised by what Rex was doing. She hadn't heard their conversation earlier so she thought that Rex might have no idea about the rules of the garden.

She immediately rushed towards him, thinking that providing this information might make up for the earlier mistake, but yet again she ended up making another mistake.

After she explained to him the rules about the prince and princesses being the only ones that can enter the garden, he said, "Ah, Biyou told me about this earlier."

When he smiled saying that, he bowed and asked for forgiveness again.

"I'm-"

"I'm sorry. I jumped to conclusions again…", she said with a sweet voice just like earlier.

"Haha, it's fine. No worries…", he smiled as she apologized.

'What an interesting girl…', he said to himself as he continued to walk towards the entrance.

On noticing this, Ariel again rushed towards him and stood right in front of him.

"Um, really, I think you didn't understand what the rule meant."

"Oh…"

"Then could you explain it to me?", Rex asked as he smiled.

The princesses then started explaining, "It means that unless you are a prince or princess, you can't-"

Rex was quietly observing her as she spoke when his gazes fell upon Biyou who had his right thumb raised as if he was saying, 'Way to go bro! What a way to flirt with the princess!'

Rex was not foolish enough to not understand the gist of what he said.

But yes, he didn't respond as any of it wasn't true.

He just kept listening to what she was saying patiently.

"So, since you aren't a prince, you can't enter!", she said and concluded.

After all this talk, Rex still kept staring at her.

Both of them had their eyes locked on each other.

Ariel was slowly moving her eyes here and there while trying to keep herself distracted but in the end, she would still look at his eyes.

Biyou, who slowly moved and stood between them, was enjoying this romantic situation.

'Why…'

'Uh, Why is he staring at me so intensely?', Ariel asked herself.

'D-does he like me?', this was the very next question she asked.

'I mean…'

'I can accept him since he is handsome and good-natured…'

'But…'

'But…', she kept saying but as she stared back at his eyes.

Well, while these were her thoughts, what were Rex's?

'Ha…'

'She is just like my friend Ariel from my past life…', he thought.

Yes, when Rex was young, he had a friend called Ariel who died when she was barely 17.

She had black hair and black eyes just like Ariel in front of him and as he listened to her, he recalled all of her moments.

But yes, he snapped out of it when the bell of the Academy rang.

It was for the students who had evening classes.

In any case, Rex then shook his head and then continued walking towards the gate.

The princess, who was left behind turned and called out to him again.

She said, "What are you doing…?"

"I said since you aren't-"

That's all she had said when Rex turned and replied with a question, "Who said that I am not a prince?"

He smirked as he asked this.

She was awed when he asked this. The same was with Biyou who turned into a statue momentarily after hearing this.

"Eh…?"

"You-"

"You are a prince..?", Ariel was surprised.

"Then, this attire…?", she looked at his clothes when she mentioned that.

Well, she recalled her mistakes and then apologized to him again while thinking that she jumped to a conclusion again.

"I'm sorry!"

"Looks like I jumped into conclusion again."

"I judged you just by looking at your clothes. I am-", she was about to apologize when Biyou spoke in the middle.

"For real!?"

"Are you really a prince? Then from which kingdom?", he asked as his eyes sparkled.

But yes, he as asking sarcastically.

'What a way to flirt bro. You even went ahead and made a lie of being a prince, lol.', that's what he thought.

But yes, when he asked this, Ariel was interested too.

Rex then chuckled and as he walked, he said, "I am a prince to my mother and father."

And thus, only after saying that, he entered the garden!

"…"