142 – Final Exam (4)
It was while Shivar was taking a test that wasn’t a test.
As the afternoon class was self-training, Kara was with Luna.
To explain in more detail, she is receiving training and sparring from Gloria and Kronos.
From the beginning, I tend to receive training from them every day when I am scheduled for self-training. The trainers also knew the academy schedule in detail.
“That’s it. I’ll take a short break.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
After sparring with Kronos, Kara gave her greeting.
Although she was only sparring, she exerted quite a bit of effort and was sweating profusely.
Thanks to this, her unique brown skin became darker, making her look more healthy.
“Whew.”
Kara let out the breath she had been holding and slumped down in her seat.
The sparring with Kronos had no choice but to exhaust his strength in many ways. Because most of his attacks were powerful.
To counter that power, you need to consume a huge amount of magical power, so it is best to avoid it at all costs.
However, Kronos also took advantage of that point, making it difficult to deal with him.
He was, after all, a general of a country, and of the powerful Granada Empire.
‘I also had other thoughts.’
In fact, if you want to continue sparring, you can continue. However, Kara’s mind was very complicated at the moment.
Kronos also sensed that she was thinking about something else and ended their sparring with her briefly.
‘How can we set conditions that will satisfy Sivar?’
Kara’s distracting thoughts are none other than final exams, or to be exact, Shivar’s employment.
Most of the time, she takes on the role of team leader whenever she practices or takes an exam.
Although she is the elder, she takes on the role as if it were a given, thanks to her natural charisma and practical experience.
So, she is worried about the most important thing, Shivar’s employment.
‘If you just hire him, you can definitely win.’
It is no exaggeration to say that the difference between victory and defeat in this test lies in Shivar’s hands.
At first glance, it may seem like high risk, high return. Considering Sibar’s enormous amount of food, this is half true.
But Kara knows. Hiring Sibar is not a high risk, but a low risk.
The moment you hire Shiva, you can complete all tests in one day.
I was able to be sure because I saw his power clearly with my own eyes.
‘The problem is how to hire them… But is it really possible to hug them?’
The problem is the contract. In order to hire Sivar, you must first make an offer.
If Sivar accepts the proposal, the situation will become complicated the moment the other side also makes a similar proposal.
What’s more, Luna already told me. Sivar said he came from living in the wild and likes the warmth of humans.
‘Furthermore, there is a lot of maternal love…’
When that thought came to mind, Kara’s face naturally turned red. At the same time, I remembered the time when Ellie was pampered by Sivar.
If it were anyone else, I would have taken it off in a hurry, but since it was Shiva, I understood. He is a wild man who is faithful to his instincts rather than reason.
More than anything, I’ve heard it somewhere before. It is said that men prefer women’s breasts, regardless of whether they are children or adults.
If we take this into consideration, Sivar’s actions were understandable. However, it is difficult to express it openly in civilized countries.
‘Tatars are lenient in this respect, but…’
Tatar was founded not long ago, so its unique tribal culture remains. A representative example is ‘Jeongjo’.
A married woman must offer her body and soul to her husband and she must not defile her body until then.
If you look up to this point, you can see the culture commonly seen in tribal groups, but Tatar is a little different.
It seems lenient, but it seems strict. It’s limited to married women, otherwise it’s fine.
Of course, this does not mean that you can use your body carelessly. In any culture, such women are mostly avoided or despised.
‘Oh, is it okay for me to hug you? No. This is too blatantly clingy…’
Kara also had strange notions that were as strange as those familiar from the Tatar culture.
When performing ancestral rites, people wear extremely revealing clothing, but direct contact with men is embarrassing.
What if you have a crush on that guy? Reason and emotion clashed, creating greed and agony.
‘Tests aren’t that important…’
Kara turned her head. When she turned her head, Luna was receiving training from Kronos.
She has achieved tremendous growth in just a few months. She may still lack some of her technical skills, but she stands out nonetheless.
But Kara didn’t really care. Even if Luna got stronger, she didn’t cause any harm to herself.
‘But I also don’t like the fact that Sivar is sticking to that side…’
It was only because Luna said that first that it bothered her. Why does Luna know such things so well?
She even told me everything as if it was a secret that didn’t need to be hidden. She couldn’t go because she didn’t want to be suspicious.
Originally, her doubts kept coming back and forth. Although she only recently learned why she suffered from muscle pain every morning, she is still on guard.
‘······Or do you really have no idea?’
Looking at Luna’s fierce personality, her persuasiveness is high. She may have said something like that because she really had no idea.
One way or another, the fact that she confuses people has not changed. I feel like I want to look inside my head.
‘Grace, she’s anxious… Sigh. Head hurts.’
Kara sighed and lowered her head. If she doesn’t know anything, she’s fine, but it just messes with her head.
I wondered if this was a high-level psychological tactic, but it had to be Luna. She would have just snorted and moved on if someone else had said it.
“What are you worried about?”
“······Huh?”
It was a time when Kara was struggling in her anguish. A beautiful voice came into her ears.
When she raised her head, a beauty reminiscent of her pure white eyes was looking down at her. She is Gloria, the fosterer and sparring opponent.
She was looking at Kara with a bright smile on her face, and although she didn’t know why, she looked very interested.
“I heard from that person, and he said he seems to be thinking about something else today. Isn’t that right?”
“Yes, it’s true that I had other thoughts, but why did you come?”
“I’m just going to be a little rambunctious. If I’m so upset, I won’t be able to concentrate on training. Oh, of course, you don’t have to say anything.”
As Gloria said that, she placed her butt on the seat next to Kara. It’s a natural behavior.
Kara didn’t feel uncomfortable with her actions either. Instead, she only felt friendly.
She sparred with me every time I trained, and even taught me her good techniques, so she got closer to me.
“What’s your problem? I’ll help you if I can.”
“It’s no big deal. It’s just…Because of the exam.”
“Exam? Oh, come to think of it, it’s a final exam, right?”
“Yes.”
“Kara, I thought she didn’t care about exams, didn’t she?”
Gloria revealed her doubts. She knows that Kara doesn’t care about her tests and assessments.
Kara is a person who entered school as the face of Tatar. Reputation is inevitably more important than tests.
If you do well on the test, your reputation will increase accordingly.
But that won’t mean much since it will only increase your reputation as a warrior.
“That’s right. Other things are more important to me than exams. However, this exam is a little complicated.”
“It’s complicated… In what part?”
“Is it okay to say this?”
Kara asked with an expression as if she was okay. She wants to at least follow the rules.
At this, Gloria waved her hand and joked.
“Ah. The Academy doesn’t care about such things. All they need is to avoid spreading strange rumors.”
“Um… Is that so?”
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“Yes. So, can you tell me what it is? It seems to me that Kara is focusing on something other than the test.”
That’s sharp. Kara couldn’t help but widen her eyes when she heard Gloria’s point.
As she learned during her training, Gloria had quite a sharp side.
It was similar to what she said earlier when she said that what is important to her is not evaluation but reputation.
“You know very well. Gloria is right. What happened is…”
Kara clearly revealed what had happened. Starting with the content of the final exam and ending with Sivar’s employment.
Gloria listened to her explanation in silence. As she listened, she realized one thing.
It is not a test, but it is focused on Shiva. The content of the test was overlooked.
Although she tried to avoid unnecessary obsession with Kara, she ended up emphasizing it instead.
“To sum it up, you’re saying you’re worried that the Sivar student will be taken away?”
“It feels strange to hear that it’s being taken away. Anyway, it’s true that I’m worried about that.”
“Hmm…”
Gloria appeared calm on the outside, but on the inside she was smiling. She was already having fun.
Then she turned her head and looked at Luna. She was focusing on training rather than exams.
“It’s fun.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t care about the exam, but I’m worried that the most important student, Sivar, will be taken away from the exam… I think it’s a different story, doesn’t it?”
“Huh…?”
Kara’s thoughts stopped for a moment at Gloria’s sharp point. That is definitely true.
If you bring Sivar, the test is a guaranteed success. But although Kara is focused, she doesn’t really care about the exam.
“Let’s be honest. You don’t want a Sivar student going to a Luna student, do you?”
Gloria asked with a playful look on her face. She has the expression of a bad girl who got the trick right.
Kara was quite embarrassed and hesitated for a while. It felt like her inner feelings were revealed.
“Well, that… That’s absolutely not the case.”
“Really? Can you swear to Gulag that you have no interest in the Sivar student at all?”
“··· ···”
I can’t get there. If you swear with confidence, you swear, you can’t sell the gulag.
As Kara remained silent, Gloria nodded her head with a satisfied look on her face. There was already a sweet scent.
“It’s okay. Actually, she kind of noticed.”
“······Have you noticed a lot?”
“I don’t know that far. It’s because I had a similar experience.”
Similar experience? Kara tilted her head when she heard that.
She still does not know the relationship between Gloria and Kronos.
It may be true in human relationships, but in relationships with the opposite s*x, it is inevitable because he is almost illiterate.
“Anyway, for what reason did student Kara have a crush on student Sivar? Because he approached her without prejudice when others called him a barbarian?”
“······Do you also make prophecies?”
Now I am more embarrassed than embarrassed. Every time I said it, it was all accurate.
While Kara looked at her with a dumbfounded expression, Gloria put on her proud face. It’s a bonus that she raised her head as if saying yes.
“If that’s the reason, then there would be enough grounds for liking him. But did you know that Student Shiva also had feelings for Student Kara for similar reasons?”
“Yes, yes?”
Of course, it wasn’t always right. This time, even if I made a mistake, I did it correctly.
But the mistake I made was too great. It was so bad that Kara’s eyes widened.
“Do you remember? Originally, this training was only scheduled to be conducted by Sivar and Luna students. But Student Sivar said that Kara students must be included.”
“Uh…I remember.”
“At that time, I realized. Student Shivar had a crush on student Kara. That’s why she forced herself to ask.”
“··· ···”
Gloria’s words were quite persuasive. In fact, if she only looked at the process, she was bound to be highly persuasive.
First of all, it is important that we approach each other without prejudice. This alone would have increased their affinity for each other.
Like a king playing on her treacherous tongue, Kara began to fall in love with her Gloria’s story little by little.
“So, there is no need for Kara to be afraid. She should come out stronger in times like these. Besides, it’s not like she doesn’t have any competitors, right?”
“······Competitor? Surely Luna?”
“I can’t tell you that far. It’s a secret.”
It’s Luna. It’s just a secret, Kara has figured out that it’s Luna.
Then Kara shifted her gaze to Luna. She has just finished her training and she is taking a break.
‘Somehow he confidently revealed the secret.’
He had a knack for confusing people with his mouth.
Still, it wasn’t uncomfortable or unpleasant. On the contrary, the spirit of victory arose.
Starting from this final exam, it will become clear who Sivar will choose(?). This is certain.
“······I guess I’ll have to try harder.”
“Cheer up. I will support you both.”
When Kara had a competitive spirit that wasn’t competitive.
‘What should I eat for dinner?’
Luna really had no thoughts.
And on the other side…
“Good. This plan is perfect. If this is the case, Sivar-san… hehehehe.”
There was someone who made a really dangerous plan.
Gloria is definitely also chosen by Chaos.