Villain Princess.

Noblesse oblige.

It was a phrase that was very common to be heard by the nobility, but not many people actually followed through with it. After all, they didn’t have the intention to truly help the people all the time.

Many of them become noble because of the profit they could obtain after becoming one.

And that becoming a noble meant that they were entitled to many privilege they didn’t have before.

For those who were born in nobility family but not qualified to inherit their parent’s title, it could also be said to be a chance for them to prove themselves and regain their status. Even if it was lower than their parents and siblings, but they were still noble nevertheless.

However, being a noble was not all sunny and fun.

There was something called noblesse oblige, their duties they have to fulfill as a noble.

The higher one’s rank, the higher the responsibility they have to bear on their shoulder.

"I know." Leon frowned.

His father had echoed those words in his ear for a long period of time, making him feel tired with those things. The only good thing was that he was the second child, so the succession matter had nothing to do with him. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As for his nobility title later on, his father had made the arrangement.

Besides, Leon was also confident that he would be able to earn a title with his own ability. He just had to work hard.

"It’s still stupid." Leon snorted and then shook his head. "Forget it. By the way, His Highness will have competition later on. He told me to inform you so that you can watch him."

The boys would learn swordsmanship ever since they were young as it was a compulsory lesson. However, it was not necessary for them to be the best if they didn’t want to become a knight.

Many of them only study swordsmanship for the sake of learning and nothing else.

Some girls learned swordsmanship for some reasons, but it was not very common as their study didn’t include this lesson.

"Ok," Aurora replied.

As Crown Prince Edward’s fiancée, Aurora did have to go and see him.

Even though she was not very interested in Crown Prince Edward’s spar because the last time it was such a mess, she would still come and cheer for him. Though, the so called cheering was nothing more than watching.

Aurora was not really excited for these kind of things.

"I’m going now." Leon nodded at Aurora politely and then walked away.

Watching the boy walking away, Aurora pursed her lips. She knew that Leon was not satisfied with her answer, but he also knew that he couldn’t possibly pressure her. Probably, he would try to watch over her from time to time.

But Aurora didn’t really care about it.

She had other things that she wanted to do.

...

But troubles would always come in pairs.

For the first year students, their first monthly examination would start after three months have passed.

Aurora naturally achieved the best result and stood firmly at the top of the list.

This made other people felt amazed.

Because they had seen how Louis usually performed in class. He was very active and also the student that the teachers liked, but his result was not as good as Aurora?

Some students felt that this was really interesting.

"Impossible." Louis frowned when he saw the list in front of him.

He was confident that he would get the first place and even the teachers often praised him for his good result.

But in front of Aurora, how come the result was really bad like this?

Louis suddenly couldn’t accept it.

"Teacher, is there nothing wrong with the test result?" Louis came to the teacher and asked bluntly.

He was usually quite tactful but when he saw the result that was far below his expectation, he couldn’t help himself and felt that he had to get to the bottom of it.

The teacher frowned. "There’s nothing wrong with the test result."

"But..."

"If you’re dissatisfied, you can come to the Headmaster," the teacher said patiently.

Louis frowned.

Should he come to the Headmaster for this matter?

But thinking that there was a name above his name... Louis didn’t feel too good.

"Is it really so important to have his name written as number one?" Crown Prince Edward murmured in a low voice, clearly not understand why Louis was so fixated with being the number one.

His own name was not written in this list.

And Crown Prince Edward had long guessed that it was because his score was not good enough. To maintain the face of these noble children, if their scores were too low, it would not be posted at all.

Crown Prince Edward was naturally included among those whose score would not be posted because of this.

Beside him, Leon looked at the list and saw his name that was at the middle towards the bottom.

Oh well...

Study was never his forte.

Leon rubbed his nose and then looked at Aurora whose name was at the forefront. It looked rather amazing if he had to say.

"I’m going to see the Headmaster." Louis struggled for a while before he walked in the direction where the Headmaster was located. No matter what, he wanted to complain about this score.

He didn’t believe that with his ability, he would be lower than a woman like Aurora!

Aurora saw this scene and mockery flashed within her eyes.

She knew very well that Louis was a proud and arrogant person, one who couldn’t take defeat lightly.

However, Aurora also knew very well hat there were many talented and capable people around her. She was only slightly better at the study because of the harsh training she had received ever since she was young.

Besides, the ranking was actually not very important.

Aurora turned around and left, hoping that the Headmaster would not call her for such a useless matter.