ENDLESS MYTH : Surpassing The Gods.

The bus stopped. The passengers streamed down from it one after another. the last one to step down was a young man with red eyes and black hair, on the annular of his right hand was a golden ring. Even though you could somewhat see that he was a man, he was so beautiful that even if you were told that he was a girl you'll have no trouble believing it.

After stepping down from the bus, he couldn't help but look at the little white building in front of him. He looked at the map on his phone to be sure, but, since it clearly indicated that he didn't make a mistake, he decided to stop wasting time and entered the building.

The interior of the building was rather simple or rather desolate. it was nearly void of any form of decoration. The only two things present were a table and a chair. On the chair, a woman was seated.

she was beautiful. the kind of beauty only obtained by m.a.t.u.r.e women. she was rather tall, standing at more than 170 cm, her plump body added to her blonde hair and her office lady style of a suit should have filled the dream of many men. She wasn't a seductress, her charm was more of the motherly type.

The woman, seeing him, stood up and said calmly "Welcome ! how may I help you ?" All that with a perfect smile on her face! It was the kind you couldn't help but like even though you know it was it given to many before you. 

(She is good, I wouldn't want to face her in negotiations )was all he thought after looking at her. Still, he must have been spacing out for some time since she called him once again "Mister? "

"Ah..excuse me, I was too deep in thought"

"It's nothing. so how may I help you? "

"And you're ?"

"Oh !! how could I forget? I am Nicole du Pont, one of the administrators of the test," said Nicole always with the same smile.

"I see. my name is Sol, Sol Heracles" 

said the boy with a pathetic voice.

Nicole, hearing his name, had her perfect smile cramp a little, just for a slip of seconde. Sol, who was observing her couldn't help but praise her self control. Most people who heard his family name would be frozen stiff or gawk for a few seconds.

"Cough, cough" Nicole, as if to dispel the awkward air that was settling in, coughed a little and then had her smile came back as if nothing happened.

"Sol Heracles... I see. I'm in charge of doing a preliminary test as to weed out those who overestimated themselves but, knowing your noble lineage such a test would be a waste of time" she was behaving more respectfully, such was the power of the name Heracles.

Sol wasn't surprised by her attitude change, still, he couldn't help but ask "Are you sure I can pass like that? isn't it a little too biased ?" even though he spoke like this, his tone was still plain. Since that day, he only showed his emotion when speaking with his sister or the few people he could call friends.

"Do not worry sir. All the members of the 14 great families are exempt from the preliminary. still, for the rest of the test, they will be basically treated like any other" was her answer to his question.

After thinking about it, he understood the situation. The preliminary should have been about the determination of the participant's constellations or other such blessings. Most likely, those with blessings who didn't meet the mark were excluded. "Hum... Ok, I understand. SO, what do I do now? "

"Now that you passed the first phase, I will give you an overview of what will happen please listen carefully"

" Ok I'm ready"

"So, firstly, congratulations on passing this test. your constellations are graded at the top level. Now for the later part of the test, you'll go in groups of three. each group can have no more than 1 member of the 14 great families in order to balance the power. In fact, few groups will even have one since it's pretty rare for a noble to take the test. The two other members will be randomly selected. any questions until now ?"

Sol had no question, so he signaled her to continue.

"Once the groups are formed, they will have to be teleported to an island. There, the second round of selection will happen. "

"So what will be the content of the second test ? " asked sol curiously. 

"Sadly I cannot answer this question" She seemed troubled. Sol gave her a small nod. Even though he couldn't understand the need for such secrecy he still respects the rules imposed. "So, what next? "

"Now you'll receive a random number. After that, you'll pass through the door behind me. There you will find yourself in a room fully furnished and you'll also meet the other peoples who also passed the first test. you'll have two hours to familiarise yourself with the other before continuing on the next phase" the door in question being pointed at by Nicole had nothing special at first glance, still, such an impression would be a mistake.

This door was a dimensional door. The principles behind its functionality were rather abstruse but in short this door was connected to a room who was present in another building. This kind of door allowed safe and fast travel most of the time and was basically a necessity for most.

After observing the door a little, he decided to walk toward it. in his mind, he thought back to his conversation with his sister. The whole thing was fishy, Helen wasn't usually that pushy when asking him to do something. Still, even though he knows that something was weird, the knowledge that his sister would rather die than harm him and the fact that he already gave his promise for their bet made it so that he had no choice but to continue. Now he could only hope that the next test wouldn't be too hard.

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After the departure of the boy, Nicole couldn't help but relax a little. Even though he seemed harmless she knew better than to believe his appearance. All members of the Heracles family were crazy warmongers. Even the more mellow of them are still bloodthirsty enough to give the shill. Their names were even used to scare children in their community.

"What does a member of that family could learn here?" even though the stars academy were the best of the best, be it in resources or teaching, they were a still a level below that of the Heracles family and unlike the others nobles families, they didn't really need the school to make connections . She could only hope that he wasn't here to make trouble.

While she was pondering, a man entered the building. He wore a black suit with a golden ring on his middle finger. On the ring was written the number eight. His face was covered by a white mask. His step was light, almost soundless.

While he was clearly someone strong, he radiated no aura and that in itself was even scarier. It means that he could sneak up almost anyone without being seen if he wished so.

She immediately knew what kind of man was in front of her. He was a member of a secret organization in the service of the Heracles family. The members were known as numbers or faceless. An organization mired in mystery. All was know was that their members were classed by numbers. The lower the number, the more dangerous they were and each of the singles digits number could rival an army. It was also known that only the leaders of the two specials families could give orders to them.

"Madame du Pont, a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet you," said the man with a low bow. Nicole couldn't help but frown.

A member of the Heracles followed by a faceless. Meeting two such people back to back was too much. She wondered if today was an unlucky day.

"Mister eight.... Sadly I cannot say that the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e is shared. To what do I owe this visit ?"

Eight, not caring about the way she talked, still answered like a gentleman.

"Not much, I was just entrusted with a mission from my master"

"You mean... Him?"

"Exactly... Do not worry I will not ask you to change your test or play favorites. I just want to give you some... Let's say suggestions."

After saying his piece and without waiting for an answer he turned and entered one of the rooms. Nicole did nothing to retain him. She just looked at the door with a peculiar expression. A few minutes later, she went to her perfect smile and entered the room. She didn't know what the leader of the Heracles family was plotting, but as long as it's wasn't too much she would have to listen. After all, having Minos himself owe a debt to the school wasn't an occasion that could be missed...