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Chapter 67 : Academy City Regan
🕑 Added 2022-08-14 14:04:49 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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December 20, 2029.
We got to Regan City earlier than planned and decided to go sightseeing there.
What? Studying for the exam, you say? There was this one time Ike sent me a letter, he said that the written exam was difficult but it was easily covered by the practical exam so don't think too hard about it.
It’s important to listen to what your predecessors say after all.
By the way, the exam at Lister Imperial School is held over three days.
The first day is the written exam on the 26th, the second day is practical, and the third day is also practical.
The written exam on the first day is, literally, a written exam but the practical exam on the second day is mainly on non-magic skills, and the practical exam on the third day is about magic skills.
I'm planning to do only the written exam seriously, try to get into the higher rankings in the practical exam on the second day, and adjust my final result on the third day.
Of course, there might be others stronger than me, and you may think I'm being conceited but it's better than being the center of attention.
Because I am afraid of the Japanese who should have reincarnated with me and Clarice.
The members of Azure Fang who accompanied us will also be in Regan until December 30.
December 29 is the announcement of the results and the entrance ceremony will start on January 1, 2030, the following year.
They will stay in Regan until December 30 in case we fail.
The city of Regan was so large that it could not be compared to Almeria.
And the races of the people that pass through the city are varied. The human race, beast race, midget(dwarves) race, demon race......
But I did not see any from the fairy(elves) race. Well, maybe it was just a coincidence that they were not there today.
First, we decided to go check out the Lister Imperial School on the north side of town.
"...amazing...it’s so beautiful…"
Clarice muttered unconsciously, impressed by the architecture a little further on from us.
The Lister Imperial School is a building similar to the Palace of Versailles. In fact, it looks like a combination of several of them.*1
We are now in front of the gate of the Lister Imperial School.
"Certainly...it's amazing...... Then we have to do our best and pass the exams right.”
When I said above, Ellie also seems to be impressed, although she doesn't express it in words.
We are still not allowed to enter the Lister Imperial School.
Lister Imperial School is very heavily guarded, and only students, faculty, and those who work at the school are allowed to enter.
We can only drool and stare.
We left Lister Imperial School and decided to have dinner with the members of Azure Fang.
"Mars, this city is incredible. I hope one day Almeria will be like this."
Van, the leader of the Azure Fang, said this. By the way, Van also became a baronet.
When he returns to Almeria after this escort mission is over, he will officially become the head of the Order of the Knights.
All the other members will be incorporated into the Order of the Knights.
Incidentally, another Order of the Knights will be created for the Red Wings, and the leader of the Red Wings will be the head of the order in this group as well.
In other words, the Bryant family will have two knight orders.
Zeke plans to create a total of three Order of the Knights in the future, and he is planning to create another order from the beastmen led by Black Tri-Stars.
"Yes, it is. But I'm worried about security if Almeria becomes such a large city. There being slums and such.”
"Well, that's true. If the city of Almeria becomes this big, we as the knights might be very busy.”
Van already has a sense of responsibility as a member of the knights. Well, there’s a saying that the job maketh the man.
"Hey, Mars. I might be mistaken but when we were out there, didn't people from this city keep looking at us?”
Clarice said and Ellie added…
"......they were."
I knew both of them had noticed.
"I guess so. At first, I thought it was jealousy, that I am taking Clarice and Ellie around with me... and that is the case for many of them but I also felt some other kind of stare.”
"Well, Mars is in a complete harem situation if seen from the side. And they're both stunningly beautiful women. I'm sure they'll be jealous at least a little. I'm sure there’ll be even more who would be jealous when you go to school or something.”
"Yeah, I'm......aware of that... and Clarice and Ellie are plenty mature for 9 years old. But I've definitely felt more than just that kind of stare so let’s be a little more careful.”
With that said, we headed back to the inn.
Of course, I, Clarice, and Ellie stayed in the same room.
The next day we continued to do some sightseeing and enjoy dinner. We also decided to study a bit.
There’s nothing to worry about Clarice’s and my academic ability but I was a little worried about Ellie so I decided to help her with her studies.
December 24, 2029
As the days go by, I can see people gathering in the city of Regan. They come from all over the world to take the entrance exam to this Regan Imperial School.
Naturally, in addition to the students taking the exams, the students’ guards also come. As I looked at the students and their guards, I said to myself.
"Taking another look, these are all terrific people, aren’t they. I guess that's what you call a mix of a racial salad bowl, isn't it?"
"I suppose so. I think this is the only place in the world where you can see so many different races at the same time.”
" ……Everyone here is a rival…can't lose...”
"Yup. The Lister Imperial School attracts only the best from each country and region, and the ratio of applicants is said to be close to 100 times more numerous than the rest. It’s plausible that even if someone gathered all same generation people as us from one town and not a single one gets accepted.”
"Isn't it quite the hurdle for the three of us to take the test and all three of us get in?"
"That’s true. I might as well get serious about the practical exam on the second day. When I appraise the people who would be taking the exam, there are quite a few people who are good. Still, no one has as high a skill level as we do though…but what I'm curious about is that there are quite a few people with low-level skills but the individual themselves have high levels……I wonder why.”
"......those people......are all upper-class aristocrats...... power leveling......some of them are hiring a number of B-ranked parties to ...... let them last hit."
"Oh, I see what you mean ...... so that’s why their stats and skill levels are low for their level... Ellie knows a lot."
"It's...common knowledge in the Lister Confederacy...amongst senior nobility but papa never did that... Upper-class aristocrats in other countries do the same thing too..."
I feel like Barnes would have done something like that for Ellie... But, in fact, Ellie was level 1 when we first met so that means he didn't power level her.
"It’s not like I can’t understand how the senior nobility point of view. I wouldn't want my sister, Leena, to take the risk of adventuring to level up either so I'd do it...”
"The Bryant household loves Leena a lot. I'm a little jealous.”
"...yeah......but Leena's so cute......can’t be helped."
We had gone out to eat and were on our way back to the inn when Clarice whispered to me.
"Hey, someone is watching us, isn’t it?”
"Yeah. It's been the same guy watching us the whole time. Now I know where they're looking from. What do we do? Should we go storm this guy's place?”
When you have been followed and watched for days, no matter how skilled the stalker is, you can always tell when that someone is watching you. Though if I had really searched for him from the beginning, I could have found him right away but I knew he would have noticed me so I had to be very careful.
"Isn’t this a little scary?"
"But don't you kind of hate it when it's like this all the time? And don't you prefer to go into the exam without this burdened feeling?"
“....storm......and chastise.”
"Ellie. The first thing we need to do is to talk. You can't just go in there and start fighting, you know?”
"...understood.”
“Then in five seconds I'm going to run over there, please come after me."
They nodded and I start counting.
"Five, four, three, two, one, let’s go!"
I suddenly changed direction and ran into the alley where the people watching me were.
The people watching me were so surprised that their mouths were agape.
I was surprised to see them, too.
"Misha? You've been watching us this whole time......? Even Sasha too......?"
There was Misha, a fairy(elf) who had been sold at a slave auction with me and Clarice, her mother Sasha, and behind Sasha was a Dames...
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