From the moment of birth, everything is decided. What a person can do, and what they can achieve in life—some have limits, while others do not. If one is not born into status, they must at least be born with talent. Whatever a person possessed innately was all they had.0

Liberto de Gardenia believed this.0

As the first in line to the throne of the Kingdom of Gardenia and hailed as the most talented person in the history of the Gardenia royal family, it was perhaps natural for Liberto to be absorbed by such thoughts.0

Gardenia, while not as powerful as Kernstadt, the most formidable vassal state, was still a strong state with considerable influence. Therefore, Liberto, who was almost certainly going to be the next king, held a very high status.0

He had enrolled in the Temple and was specifically chosen to be in the Royal Class, which admitted only the most talented individuals, regardless of status. When he had been assigned A-1, a ranking that recognized him as the most talented amongst his peers, Liberto had no doubt that he was one of the foremost talents in the world and a king in the making.0

“Do you want to get your ass beaten up?”0

That was until he was suddenly beaten up by a second-year senior. 0

Liberto thought he had responded in a rather gentlemanly fashion. The Royal Class ranked students by talent rather than status, and so he was at the top of that talent-based hierarchy. 0

Although they were all in Class A, they couldn’t be the same as him, could they? Even if that person was a senior, he had some nerve to summon them all like that, despite being Number 11. Liberto felt he had already shown considerable courtesy by at least using honorifics.0

However, in return for that courtesy, he’d been shown violence. Liberto didn’t think he had been rude. After all, he’d lived in the royal palace, looking down on everyone except the king. The fact that he’d...0