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Chapter 69 : Examination Day
🕑 Added 2022-08-14 14:30:19 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
Curus Wafers -> Cyrus Wafers. Sounds like waffles. I have been using class and rank interchangeably but I’m considering standardizing the term to be consistent. Hmm.
Bonus chapter to thank patrons’ supports.
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December 26, 2029.
Today is the day of the written exam.
We walked through the gates of the Lister Imperial School for the first time and entered the campus.
"I wonder how many people are going to take this exam. There are so many people, it looks like garbage.”
“Clarice, I feel like the way you are using that phrase is subtly wrong but... then again, how many tens of thousands of people are there? We should take today's written exam seriously. Let's do our best."
"...okay...tomorrow’s real battle..."
Ellie said so as she had already given up on today's written exam.
"I'm sure Eririn and I will be fine, even if our scores are a little low."
The one who said Eririn was Misha. Misha seems to have gotten a lot closer to Ellie since yesterday and the day before.
As for the written test on the first day, there was not a single question that I did not understand.
The test consisted of mathematics and science at the level of a first-year junior high school student in Japan, and a simple Japanese test.
Ellie and Misha both seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the sea, and both of them repeatedly muttered, "I'm fine, I'm sure I’ll be fine.”
December 27, 2029.
Today is the practical test.
It seems that we were divided according to our ability to some extent from the beginning and the place where I, Clarice, Ellie, and Misha were to be tested is the same.
There are about 50 of us, including four of us, that will be taking the test inside the Lister Imperial School while the other students take the practical test outside.
First, the examiners told the students to form pairs and fight suitably.
I was surprised that there were 10 examiners. Some of them seemed to be school officials who had nothing to do with the test...
I teamed up with Clarice and we started a proper sword fight with wooden swords.
Ellie also started fighting with Misha as if they were joking around with each other.
The other examiners also started fighting with less lethal weapons provided by the school.
But unlike us, they are fighting seriously and some of the candidates were injured.
Then that one candidate who is fighting with other examinees and won, shouted...
“My name is Dominic! Sword Saint Dominic August of the Holy Kingdom of Diadora! Anyone who wishes to challenge me, come forward!"
There's something very interesting about this guy. How can he say such a thing when he's a candidate?
Clarice seemed to have the same opinion as I did, and was completely taken aback.
Well, Japanese people tend to dislike this kind of thing.
However, it seemed that the rest of us didn't think so, and one after another, the students who had settled their fight began to come forward.
It seems that it is me and Clarice who has an unusual way of thinking in this world. So power is something to be flaunted for them...
The six remaining winners were competing with each other excluding me, Clarice, Ellie, and Misha.
But for some reason, the losers sat and stared at us... Why are they looking at me and Clarice instead of the ones who are fighting? Ooh, everyone is probably glued to Clarice's looks again......
Then Dominic, the previous guy, came to us and called us out.
"You guys are pretty strong. Fight me. Let's see how good you are.”
Amazing condescending attitude. I replied, "No, thank you." and Dominic said to me
"I see you lost your nerves. Well, it seems I was mistaken. Excuse me."
With that, he turned on his heel. I didn't really care what he said but Clarice...
“Well then, shall I entertain you instead? Sir Sword Saint."
Clarice is getting angry…and for some reason, Ellie and Misha are also showing hostility towards Dominic.
I appraised Dominic.
Name: Dominic August
Title: -
Status: Human race, head of the Augustus Baronet Household
Condition: Good
Age: 9 years old
Level: 18
HP: 40/40
MP: 14/18
Strength: 22
Agility: 25
Magic: 12
Dexterity: 12
Durability: 18
Luck: 5
Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv4/C)
Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv2/E)
Equipment: Sword of the Gale
Equipment: Cloak of evasion
Yup. He is strong in his own way. If he continues growing up, he'll be stronger than Van, the leader of the AzureFangs…
But he’s not good enough to fight Clarice...
“Hoh...... never seen such a beautiful face before. I'll take care of you in my bed later. Come."
Dominic's words irritated me as expected.
Then Clarice struck Dominic's wooden sword with her serious attack.
Dominic could not react at all and was sent flying.
"Sir Sword Saint, why don't you quickly get up?”
Dominic was caught completely off guard but nonetheless surprised to see his sword fly away.
A swordsman having his swords blown away is the same as losing.
Dominic used Wind magic to bring the sword back to his hand.
"I guess I was a little too careless.......You have great sword skills to match your face. I'll give you my seal of approval.”
After saying that, Dominic slashed at Clarice.
Clarice is not going to go easy on him at all, and she has the complete upper hand whole time.
Many times, Dominic was hit by a single, unrelenting blow. Well, she seemed to weaken the power a little when she hit him.......
When Dominic was beaten to a pulp and could no longer hold his sword, Clarice said a few words to stop him.
"Sir Sword Saint. I've had a real Sword Saint who taught me how to use a sword. If you are going to call yourself a Sword Saint, you should at least be able to defeat me, an archer, or else I will feel sorry for your title.”
Hey, hey, who's the real Sword Saint? ...... It's not me, is it?
Dominic looked astonished, "You call this an archer......?" He let out such words before collapsing.
The examiners around seemed to be completely in awe of Clarice.
Then one of the examiners said
"All right! So much for the farce. We will now conduct a practical test on those still standing. This time there will be a special examiner who will go out of his way so make sure you're on your toes!"
With that, an examiner was assigned to every standing student, except me, and the battle they call exam began.
I thought there just might be not enough examiners. So I watched the candidates fight.
Apparently, the examiners are C or D-class adventurers, and Clarice and Ellie appeared to be dominating them. Misha put up a good fight but was defeated in the end.
All of the candidates were looking at Clarice and Ellie's fight and saying things like "amazing" "cute" and "I'm definitely going to confess later” though.
In the end, Clarice and Ellie defeated the examiners. Ellie had a somewhat taunting fighting style.
"I didn't expect two of them to lose.”
One of the examiners muttered to me.
The examiner had a real sword in his hand, not a wooden sword. It's a sword I've seen before...... an ice blade.
"Brat! Take your sword! We'll continue where we left off!"
The man said and held up his sword. I think this guy is Cyrus......? He's one of the reason I’m here.
"You're the guy from the slave auction, aren't you? Why are you here?”
I asked him without pulling out my sword and showing any resistance.
Then Cyrus seriously slashed at me.
I deployed my Sylphid and stepped backward as fast as I could.
"To think you can dodge my attack just now… Are you really a 9-year-old? Well, let me answer your question. As you know, the examiners here are adventurers. My predecessors are up there watching the battle. There’s no way to measure the kid who had C-class adventurer capabilities three years ago unless it is B-class adventurer. I came purposely all the way here. Or rather, I volunteered."
You're being a pain in the ass...
"Anyway, you're basically confirmed in the S class anyway....... Also, two of your cronies took down an examiner each. And you're definitely stronger than those two."
All the examiners around me stared at me at once. Damn! He screwed me up!
Cyrus read my expression.
"What, you didn't hear anything from Sasha? Didn't she tell you to give it up?"
"Ah...she did tell me that......."
That's what she meant by "give it up"!
"I understand. I give up. But please use a wooden sword, not the actual sword since it’s not a real fight.”
"Tsk, that's a shame. I'll let you off with the wooden sword thing. Are you so afraid of getting hurt?”
"Yes, I'm a bit worked up at the moment, and I don't want to dismember you so..."
When I agitated Cyrus, he screamed like a madman and slashed at me.
Cyrus's stats is a little higher than mine in both the strength and agility department. However, my swordsmanship level is higher than his.
Therefore, both of us are evenly matched in ability. I had not deployed my Sylphid though.
It had been a while since I had a full-on swordfight, and I was having a good time.
I am sure that Cyrus was also enjoying it. More than 10 minutes passed in a stalemate.
The other candidates didn't seem to understand what was going on.
Dominic was so surprised that his jaw was off.
"Stop! That's enough!”
It was Sasha who stopped the sword fight between me and Cyrus.
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