123 – Cooperative Trials
-Julia Grace
-Rachel Scarlett
-Sharon Horncia
-Chrono Morris
I took a look at the list of our team members.
“What are you doing? Don’t stand there blankly, follow me quickly.”
“Okay.”
To this day, I still wonder how they got together like this. It’s a combination that doesn’t really have any contact in the original.
Yulia is the main character who supports the main character right next to her.
Rachel is a supporting character who shows a great presence whenever she appears and helps the main character’s group.
Sharon is a minor character from the same class who only appears briefly as if passing by.
And I’m just an extra to fill a spot that didn’t even exist.
I wonder how there can be no point of contact like this even if we compare them one by one. However, it was new to me that the relationship was maintained through a trivial occasion called a group assignment.
‘How long will it last…?’
A sudden curiosity.
How long can this fantasy quartet last?
In the original work, as the grade goes up, the class naturally changes and new characters appear.
The main character and Yulia stay in the same class all the way to their senior year, but there is no law that all the rest will be like that.
Right now, even for Rachel, in her second year, she was split into a different class, and Sharon and I don’t even remember clearly what will happen.
Realistically speaking, not all four of us will be promoted to the same class.
Because you choose according to your own path and magic characteristics.
Of course, I have no idea about it.
“Cro?”
“Uh, huh?”
I belatedly escaped from my thoughts at Yulia’s voice.
Rachel shook her head with a snort of laughter.
“Ugh. Look at me being so stupid and out of my mind again. Do you really not let go if you do this during exams?”
“Don’t worry, it won’t happen.”
“Then did you do a good job not to worry!”
In the midst of arguing with Rachel, Sharon strode towards me and asked her.
“Are you feeling very bad?”
“Huh? No. Just···.”
I couldn’t finish all the words.
It’s because Sharon, who came right in front of her nose, put her hand on my forehead without warning.
“Fortunately, I don’t have a fever.”
“·······.”
I was so flustered that I couldn’t even speak properly.
While I was stunned, Sharon took another step as if nothing had happened.
What was that? Am i weird?
Fortunately, the two people who watched the situation reacted similarly to me.
“Wow… What? Are you two dating?”
“Absolutely not.”
“For a moment I thought I was wrong. Was he originally that bold?”
That’s right. It might not seem like a big deal to measure the temperature with her hand, but she was a little surprised when Sharon, who was always quiet, first touched the opposite s*x.
Yulia stared at Sharon’s back and said with a smile as usual.
“It’s probably because he’s worried about Cro.”
“Yes. How could that ice princess like such an idiot?”
Hey. What does that mean?
Isn’t it too much when the person concerned is openly right next to you?
Anyway, it’s as Yulia said. It must be a strange mind to give special meaning to the act of counting ten.
What if it was Rachel instead of Sharon who acted like that?
There’s no need to misunderstand, he just passed it over casually. Originally, she is a naturally easy-going and not shy kid.
[Whoops. That’s it… The picture I was hoping for!]
‘Goddess, please be quiet.’
Yes. It’s all because of this goddess that I’m overreacting.
Since you gaslight in your head all the time, my thoughts keep going in that direction without even realizing it.
I have to shake everything off now.
Because the exam right now is more important than these useless things.
***
We arrived at the entrance of the test center in time for our turn.
“Are you in Group A this time?”
“Yes.”
“You start at Gate 3.”
A large building in the corner of the academy site. This place is like a kind of set where the entire building was built solely for testing.
Except for the big framework of collaboration, the test is different every time, and you can check the rules only after entering the test room.
Following the guidance of the examiner, I moved to Gate 3 and went inside.
When I went inside carefully, I found a small table with a description of the rules for this test written on it.
First of all, I read the manual carefully one by one.
“It’s easy. In a word, it is survival.”
It was as Rachel summarized it. A team survival format in which you defeat competitors currently on the test site and survive to the end.
Thus, it was a relative evaluation in which grades differed depending on the level of the classmates who entered and competed together. Of course, survival rankings don’t necessarily go according to grades, but it can’t be helped that the reflection rate is high.
In that sense, should we consider our team to be a significant advantage?
I call it a fantasy 4-member group in my own way, but in fact, objectively, our team’s level is far above average.
Yulia Needless to say, an all-around beauty student,
Rachel is a bit behind in theory, but in practice, she is a specialist like no other.
Sharon’s exact skill is hard to figure out, but seeing that she beat the main character in sparring, she’s definitely not weak.
Lastly, I, too, have achieved considerable growth through the absorption of gems.
In other words, it means that each and every member of the team has enough skills to be the ace if they go to another team.
Of course, it was too early to expect good results unconditionally.
As I said several times, this test puts cooperation first.
No matter how high the ranking is, if you show a creaking image within the team in the process, you will lose a lot of points.
“What should I do?”
“What do you think is difficult? Just follow the road and hit it every time you run into it.”
“Hmm. Isn’t that too simple? What do you think of Crow?”
Yulia asked for my opinion.
“Okay. I don’t think it’s bad to break through head-on like Rachel said.”
“Is that so?”
I didn’t have enough time to prepare, and I had to move right away, but it didn’t seem like there was a need to come up with a strategy that was too complicated.
“I think I just need to roughly decide what to do in battle.”
“Good idea. So, how do you plan your position?”
This time, Sharon answered calmly.
“Rachel is the avant-garde. Julia is the rearguard. The other two lieutenants.”
“Okay. Simple and nice.”
“Okay. Then let’s start.”
We were able to finish the operation time faster than expected and depart.
I thought it was too rough, but after thinking about it, it was the most appropriate position distribution.
Rachel, who has the highest pure fighting power among us, is in charge of firepower at the forefront.
Yulia, who specializes in supporting abilities, supports from the rear. Placed in the middle so that I, who has strength in utility rather than combat, can support the two.
Except for Sharon whose ability is shrouded in a veil, she couldn’t have a more perfect position than this.
“By the way, the exam hall was very well made.”
“Yes. It’s like being in a real cave.”
As the two said, the test site must have been inside a building, but it was decorated like a cave in nature.
Anything of this quality must have been helped by magic. If it was made with pure labor, it would not be enough even if Hollywood scouted it right away. Oh, is there no Hollywood yet?
Anyway, not only the appearance, but also the smell and temperature are all perfect, so you are immersed in it as if you were in a real cave.
“Totally a maze.”
“Wouldn’t it be over without meeting the enemies properly?”
To get a good score, of course, the more battles, the better.
On the contrary, avoiding battles as much as possible and surviving for a long time to raise the ranks could be a strategy, but that is a method chosen by students with relatively low skills, and it does not suit us.
“Shh. It’s footsteps.”
“I heard that even a lion will come if you tell me.”
“Rachel. It’s a tiger.”
My words were easily ignored. As we figured out the opponent’s existence first, we decided to make use of that advantage for a surprise attack.
As I held my breath behind the wall and waited, I heard a conversation with the footsteps slowly getting louder.
Aren’t they wary? How dare you go around showing signs like that.
We didn’t even talk that much. Rather than being full of confidence because they were superior to us, they looked like newbies who didn’t know anything.
I understand something. Isn’t this the first test you take after entering the academy?
If you haven’t graduated from middle school, you might be confused because it’s your first time.
The only unfortunate thing is that the examiner can’t take care of such a situation.
We are almost there.
Three.
Two…
“Go!”
Rachel launched an ambush at half a step faster than our tempo.
“Huh? Wait for a sec···!!”