My Soul card is a Reaper-Chapter 729: The Knight Academy of Celestial Flame

Soon, Azzy left the city of Tiara and traveled to Planet Celis through the interplanetary portal like a regular angel and went directly to the Knight Academy of Celestial Flame.

After asking around, he walked into the Entrance hall or Celestial Courtyard (what it's called here). This reception area appeared to act as the entry point for the new aspirants.

The first thing that grabbed Azzy's attention as he walked into the Celestial courtyard was the statue of a man on a throne at the end of the hall.

The figure looked oddly familiar to Azzy. He looked like Adam but Azzy knew that it wasn't the case. It was supposed to be the statue of their God, the creator of the universe.

Azzy didn't care about it, nevertheless, and walked straight to the long celestial table with glowing quills resting on top of it, where a few old and middle-aged-looking angels were sitting in their positions like statues except for those who are handling the young angels standing before them.

Azzy figured out that those five also wanted to join the academy. As he walked to the empty desk and spoke about his wishes to join the academy, the elderly-looking angel asked him, "Do you have any recommendations or are you seeking admission through the standard process?"

In response, Azzy calmly took out the medallion from the pocket and put it on the table, "Through regional tournament." He replied without giving any lengthy explanation.

"Oh!" The Angel gave a nod of acknowledgment as he observed it to verify its authenticity, "Welcome to the Knight Academy of Celestial House." He smiled. The other angels, both registrars and the students, also momentarily glanced at Azzy as getting into the academy through the tournament was pretty much seen as an achievement. It also means that one has the strength. Your next chapter awaits on novelbuddy

But, at the same time, it is just a top 8 medallion, not the top 4 or top 2 of a regional tournament, much less a ranking medallion of the main Knight tournament. So, their attention only lasted a moment and everyone continued with what they were doing as Azzy was being explained the process.

The elderly angel continued, "As the medallion holder, you don't have to pay any fees for accommodation, the usage of our library, or attending classes. However, it all depends on which grade you end up with. The higher the grade you attain, the greater the benefits. Anyways, you will learn the rest from your instructor. Fill this form with the quill first to proceed with the admission. Do note that the quill is magically enhanced with the Spell of truth. So, be careful when filling in your details."

Azzy took the paper filled with angelic language, which he could barely read on his own. He had to take Lux's help while filling in the details.

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As for the Spell of Truth, the Reaper said he doesn't need to worry. So, Azzy didn't worry about it and just wrote whatever was necessary.

But then again, it isn't much complicated.

He just had to write his name, hometown, the planet's ruler's name, and his family status, such as whether they were commoners or related to any noble house.

After thinking for a while on whether he should just blend in to live as a normal guy or an outcast who might not have much attention, Azzy started filling out the form.

Name: Rael

Hometown: Carnes City

Ruling Noble House: None

Family status: Commoners

World: Astrael

Plane of Existence: Empyreon

Are you a pure bloodline or a Nephilim? = Pure Bloodline.

Carnes City is one of the cities of Planet Astrael, which he had never visited and only heard of. The city is famous for having the world's strongest guild and is known as the city of adventurers.

The reason why he chose this world instead of some home planet in the angelic heaven is to give himself an excuse to question anything that he doesn't understand while it is common for the other students. And even if he behaved weirdly, he can simply say that it was like that in his hometown. Most pureblood angels who were aiming to become Knights never come down to the lower plane anyway. Another reason, which could sound silly, is that the planet's name rhymes with his name.

Hence, this could work to his advantage, or so Azzy thought.

For a second, Azzy was also tempted to use Nephilim as no one would care about Nephilims studying in the academy at a separate region, not to mention that the outstanding Nephilim would be employed in the Major House of Celestial Flame as a servant. Who knows… he might be appointed as a servant for Claire, too. Even if it didn't happen, he could still infiltrate the palace and get closer to Claire without bringing too much attention to himself.

However, he didn't do it, not because it was beneath his status or something. But, it is because their freedom is too limited. And it takes five years to graduate from the academy.

On the other hand, the Knight Academy students only need to accumulate enough merits through missions to graduate whenever they can.

Upon filling out the form without the quill turning red at all, Azzy handed it to the angel, who took a glimpse through his details and calmly gave him the scroll of admission.

He was told to take this scroll to the testing grounds where one of the combat instructors would test his fighting prowess and assign him the class.

The testing ground wasn't far away from the Academy's office building. The giant Arena was visible to everyone.

He walked to the place and upon showing the scroll of admission to the gatekeepers, they allowed him inside.

He wasn't given any instructions on how to proceed further. Even after he asked, they kept their mum and told him to find the instructor on his own.

As a result, he used his Aura sensing to find the person on the second floor and walked straight to the place. There was actually no other presence in the entire Arena.

Upon walking into the room, a sudden barrier appeared, sealing the room; Azzy's eyes fell upon a red-haired lady wearing silverish knight armor, apart from the helmet. To his surprise, her soul realm is too high to be an instructor. She let out a smile, gazing at him with gleaming eyes of curiosity, "You locked onto my presence in the blink of an eye, lad. I never found such a trainee Knight who could do that in my four decades of career as an instructor. State your identity."

"Rael of Astrael," replied Azzy in a confident manner.

"Oh, from the lower realm but still in Tier-60s at such a young age? Interesting…" The instructor's curiosity increased even more, and she said as she conjured a ball of light above her palm, "All right. Let me explain the process. You will go through three rounds. For the first round, you just have to catch this thing."

"Can I use any method?" Azzy asked as she let go of the ball. It started bouncing off the walls at crazy speeds.

"Sure… Use any method. You can even use skill cards or artifacts you want. But no damage to the furniture or the walls," As the instructor put a restriction, Azzy nodded in understanding and closed his eyes.

His senses were at their peak. There was nothing but pitch darkness around him, and a glowing ball was moving at a slow pace.

As if luck was on his side, it wasn't even five seconds since he shut his eyes and the glowing ball was already passing by him, just a meter away.

His hand suddenly stretched forward as his body leaned to the front, and the glowing light ball ended up in his hands. He tightly grabbed onto it and opened his eyes to look at the surprised instructor, "Here."

"How quick…"

The instructor was visibly surprised by Azzy's superior senses. The blood in her body ran rampant in excitement, and she couldn't help but let out a grin and said, "We'll skip directly to the third test, Rael. Follow me to the Arena."

The barrier disappeared, and she started walking. He followed her in silence, maintaining a steady pace.

On the way, a blond guy who looked like he was in his late 20s and appeared to be quite lost spotted them and rushed toward them in a hurry, tearing up like a scaredy cat, "Sister Arin… you are here. I was looking for you all over the arena for the past lumen (30 minutes)."

The instructor's facial expression changed to deadpan/emotionless as she saw him, "A lumen? Didn't I give you a clear set of directions?"

"Eh?" Azzy was taken aback for a second. "A lumen?" He took another look at this stranger, "Come to think of it, I didn't sense his presence just now either. Hmm… I can't sense anything from him too. Some kind of mystical artifact?"

"Azrael, look carefully. He doesn't have a soul," The Reaper's voice echoed in his head and Azzy yelped out in surprise, "No soul?"

"Hmm?" "Hmm?"