S1, E3: Mikan learns that Alices are valued by the world. Alice Academy was designed to train these elite few and only those with Alices are allowed in the school. When the class finds out that Mikan doesn't know her own Alice they start to bully her. But Mikan stands up to them and explains she trusts the teacher who told her she has an Alice. Natsume then challenges her: If she can survive going through the North Forest then he and the rest of class will accept her.