Academy’s Genius Swordsman

16. Result Announcement

#16

“There it is. A red one.”

Ronan stretched out a finger and pointed to the middle of the crowd. Asher, who was swaying while being hit by people, looked just like a tulip blooming among the pampas grass.

As he looked around with his feet raised, he saw Ronan and waved his hand.

“Ronan! Marya!”

“I think that bastard did well on the test.”

“yes. whoever sees it.”

Asher’s expression was as bright as the sky above her head. After the practical test, the three went to a restaurant that Marya knew. It was a famous chicken restaurant in the Islands.

“Ehehehe…”

Asher groaned as if drunk the whole time she ate. It was like a kid who was really lacking something, even when he licked his tiny mouth and smiled hehehe. Ronan, unable to see, opened his mouth.

“You showed how great it was, so you split it up like that? Did you even wipe the judges’ ass with your telekinesis?”

“Wanna die?”

She threw away the chicken wings that Marya was holding. Asher, who barely came to her senses, explained what had happened in the examination room.

“Damn it, you lifted thirty logs to the ceiling? And until it spins around?”

“Yes···.”

Among the test takers who came to take the exam that day, Asher was the only wizard who handled telekinesis. Maybe that’s why, the judges’ attitude was quite favorable, and he said that he was able to demonstrate his technique without making a mistake.

“Eat yourselves, Asher. Please move my house here too.”

Is this kid really a genius? Ronan ate a chicken leg the size of a human head and admired it. Considering how hard it was to lift a child, it was a remarkable development.

After eating, the group immediately dispersed to their respective dormitories. There was no time to play because the written test was just around the corner. Asher, who was lying on the bed and reviewing, asked a question.

“Ronan, can I see you again?”

“Like this… no, was it this angle… um? what?”

Ronan was trying to imitate the swordsmanship used by Nabirose at the testing ground during the day. I was very interested because it was a technique I had never seen before. His notebook, along with clothes to be washed, lay in the corner of the room.

“I know you worked hard, but problems may come out difficult.”

The handwriting had less points than the actual performance, but it was never negligible. Ronan snorted.

“Yumma, let’s sell our worries. ask anything I will answer you.”

“Ummm…then…what is the main architectural style of the Western Doranda region?”

“Aresco.”

Asher’s eyes widened. He flipped through his notebook and asked a few questions.

“Well then… what are the three wonders that the Archmage Lorhorn accomplished?”

“Spiral tower, light attribute magic, boiling fire.”

“What is the name of the phantom species called the Mother of Fire?”

“Red Dragon Navardoze.”

Ronan said without looking at Asher. He answered perfectly eight of the ten questions that followed. Asher unwittingly applauded.

“Damn, that’s great, Ronan! really!”

“Nimi, I memorized it while saving up pooping time, but it’s strange that you don’t know.”

Ronan, who had no common sense to base on, almost memorized the entire book that Marya had lent him. The two unanswered questions were mana formulas that needed to be solved.

He devised a strategy in the direction of memorizing the whole, abandoning the math problems that required calculations altogether.

Ronan turned his back and took a stance again. The mysterious sword path that Nabi Rose showed was being reproduced in the narrow room.

“thank god···.”

Asher sighed in relief and closed her notebook. To be honest, I never imagined that Ronan would prepare for the written test as well. But isn’t this a great level?

He hummed and pulled another notebook out of his backpack. The second volume of the book that Marya lent me. So, it was a notebook summarizing the other half of the information.

‘Of course, you must have memorized all the lower volumes, right?’

Asher decided not to ask the question. As I had already memorized the contents of the commercial district perfectly, there was a high possibility that it would be a futile errand.

I wonder if the same thing will happen to me. It’s not even a bad joke.

Three days later, the three took the written exam at the same time in the main building of Gallerion. Whether or not the Phileon Academy was successful or not was announced on the same day that the written test was finished.

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“Life like a beggar.”

It was a spotless, clear night. Countless people gathered in the plaza under the pure white full moon. All of them were candidates who came to check whether or not they had been accepted into the academy.

Ronan was smoking between them. The bright eyes were half-savored. Asher, restless, pulled at his collar.

“Gee, let’s go back to Professor Baren now. I’m asking for a letter of recommendation again. yes?”

“I’d rather stick a knife in my asshole and cut a watermelon.”

“Hey, at that time, he said he would bring it even if he borrowed it?”

“Am I not even kidding?”

“Well, then what should I do…”

Asher wept. A giant serpent of guilt seemed to tighten his heart. Ronan exhaled smoke again.

“Why are you worried? Even if I fall, I fall.”

“My, it’s my fault… even if I only asked then…”

“Okay, if I hadn’t known by then, it would have been a test I would have eaten anyway.”

I hope he finally caught someone. Ronan was unaware of the existence of the underworld. Somehow, relying on memory and common sense, I wrote a lot, but about half of the problem was blown away.

“Hey, don’t worry too much.”

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Marya, who joined late, patted him on the back. Unlike Asher, who was terrified, there was no worry in her face.

“If you fail, you can join my junior next year. uh? Isn’t it bad?”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

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Marya grew tall. That said, she didn’t think Ronan would fall.

Faced with the sword, she was sure of it. It was a knife skill that wouldn’t be strange even if he got the highest score.

At that moment, a blue ball of fire was shot up towards the empty night sky.

– Pyuoooooooo!

The fireball that reached a certain height exploded as it was and changed into the shape of a huge eagle. Marya, wide-eyed, shouted, pulling the two boys by their necks.

“Announce!”

“Kek!”

Asher, strangled, tapped Marya’s arm. At the same time, the eagle spread its wings. The names of the successful candidates were written on the wings that circled the sky of the plaza.

The magic that strengthened their eyesight and reading comprehension was applied, so the successful candidates could quickly find their names. Before long, cheers and sighs poured out from all sides of the crowd.

“Successful! Whoa!”

“I, me too!”

“Aaaaah! no!!”

It was a moment where joy and happiness intersect. There was a girl who collapsed crying out of nowhere, and there was a fool who screamed and turned heads on the spot. There were far more sad people than happy people.

“Hey, Marya… over there!”

Suddenly, Asher pointed to the middle of her right wing. Marya turned her head and hardened as if she had become a stone. A very familiar name was written there. with ranking.

[Martial Arts / Marya Caravel: Practical 9th, Written 9th (4)]

“ah···.”

It was also a good grade to receive a scholarship. She stared blankly at her name. My vision was blurry for a moment as the days I had been working hard for so far passed in front of my eyes.

“Ah, Mr.”

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Marya wiped her eyes with her sleeve and lifted her head again. A loud cry came out of her mouth as she looked at the list again.

“hey! Over there!”

Asher was still searching for her name. Marya lifted him up so that he could see the eagle’s left wing.

“Fifteenth from the left! Three spaces from top to bottom!”

“uh···?”

clink. The staff that slid out of Asher’s hand fell to the floor.

[Magic / Asher: Practical 12th, Written 1st (3)]

“I… am I the number one in writing…?”

“Cutie! What the hell is this! yes?”

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Marya hugged Asher tightly. It was an unbelievable result for only one month of preparation. Even if it was said that he received special privileges as a telekinesis wizard in the practical test, the fact that he received first place in the written test was almost a perfect score.

“By the way, what is (3)?”

“It means there are three more people with the same score as you. One must be Schlieffen, and I can only guess who the other one is.”

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Marya mentioned the girl who came as the adopted daughter of the Akalusia family this time.

A rare genius who deals with three attributes at the same time. He said that she was probably the head of the magic department.

“I really should call you seniors.”

Then I heard a giggle next to me. Both of them turned their heads at the same time, their faces hardened. Ronan, who had taken his eyes off the list earlier, was smoking a cigarette.

“Come on, wait, Ronan. No name…?”

“Hey, don’t play around.”

“If I go to school next year, why not?”

Ronan shrugged once and then pointed into the air. It meant you should look for it.

Asher, who lifted herself with her telekinesis, began to rummage through the list again.

“Uh, no… really….”

Asher’s voice was trembling. Marya smiled awkwardly and squeezed Ronan’s arm.

“Ah, it can’t be. there will be.”

“No?”

“do not say that.”

She tried to pretend to be calm, but she couldn’t hide the fact that her breathing was getting worse. Ronan silently poured more powder into the pipe. The two looked through the list with a decisive attitude.

“This… this is nonsense…”

Ronan’s name was not visible. It was the same no matter how many times I read it again.

“What is wrong? huh? This is nonsense.”

“Marya.”

“Common sense it is! Does this make sense?!”

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Marya grabbed Ronan’s shoulders and shouted. Ronan looked at the wet eyes and smiled bitterly.

Then another fireball was shot into the sky.

-pop!

It was a red color that contrasted with the blue fire before. The crowd’s eyes were focused on a halo that was much brighter than before.

“Is that…?”

Of the three, only Mariya knew the identity of the flame.

Glory Phoenix. A bird of glory that announces only the names of the chief and vice-chairman.

The rapidly soaring fireball took the form of a phoenix and engulfed the sky just above his head.

– Pyuoooooooooooooo!

The phoenix spread its wings. Bright and colorful lights embroidered all over the place, as if the sun had risen for a moment.

People who bowed their heads vertically shouted cheers.

“Waaaaaaaaaaaah!!”

Asher and Marya were still looking for Ronan’s name. The two people who raised their heads reflexively froze.

Ronan tilted his head.

“ok? Why?”

“Lo, Ronan…. That, that, that… that…”

“Tell me, ma’am. speak.”

Asher stuttered like a parrot with dementia. Marya was no different.

Frustrated, Ronan raised his gaze. Your names were floating in the night sky.

[Head of Martial Arts / Schlieffen Sinivan de Grancia]

[Magic and Chief / Erzebet de Acalusia]

The writing was large enough to be seen throughout the island. The first thing that came in was the names of the chiefs shining in gold.

‘After all, the head of the martial arts department is Schlieffen. But who was Erzebet?’

Anyway, after checking the seniors, Ronan looked down. The names of the vice-chairmen were flashing a little more frugal than that of the chiefs in silver.

[Secondary Seat in Martial Arts / Ronan]

[Magic and Second Class / Fion Shalpine]

The cigarette that was in Ronan’s mouth fell.