70 – Before Grading
The start of the rating competition.
At the parade ground, first-year students were receiving individual evaluations.
Handstand push-ups, running 20 laps around the parade ground while holding a 30kg rock, pull-ups on an iron bar, etc.
Regardless of your ability level, if you do well in this assessment subject, you can receive a lot of points.
So the students were being seriously assessed for physical fitness.
Students filled the parade ground.
First-year faculty members serve as supervisors.
“Let’s go~ There, Handolph! Because I fell, I was out, 31 times. Next~”
Clap, clap!
Professor Nata, dressed in a loose gym uniform, clapped her hands and sent Handolph, a student who had fallen from a handstand, outside.
Because Nata is the proctor for the handstand push-up test.
Nata filled the empty space on the mat with a student and looked at Evan.
Evan is standing on his head and doing push-ups without any wobble.
“Hiya~ I guess it’s because he’s a dragon slayer after all. “The sense of stability is different.”
Nata felt a faint desire.
Evan is standing on his head with his strong back.
From Nata’s perspective, Evan’s physical ability was about C, but his use of muscles was extraordinary.
‘Currently 51… Their strength and agility stats are better than those with B.’
Evan has good muscle flexibility and knows how to use his body.
Nata swallowed her saliva slightly, looking at Evan’s writhing muscles.
‘Hmm, how can people change like this?’
A damp heat hovers over my body.
In the past, Nata hated Evan for being mean to her and not working out.
But these days, he looks different as he works out hard.
‘Well, it’s fine for me as long as my partner is good at sports even if he’s a pervert.’
In particular, the type that used muscles cleverly aroused Nata’s liking.
Tap!
Evan filled 70 and came down.
“70! 70 Evan, I’ll get the highest score. Great job!”
Nata laughed and shouted cheerfully.
Evan landed steadily on the floor and took a deep breath.
‘Not bad for a warm-up.’
Physical strength evaluation using only physical abilities without using magical power.
As the other students worked hard and sweated, Evan thought it was a warm-up exercise.
Evan had already been confirmed to repeat a grade, so he wasn’t interested in his score.
“Okay, next!”
Nata claps her hands and calls for the next student.
Evan went to the next assessment subject.
‘I hope I can warm up quickly and finish.’
A gravity room floated around in his head.
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Time passed and the group evaluation began.
Entrance to an underground tunnel, slightly away from the academy.
Although it is not an academy, all first-year students and first-year faculty members took their seats.
For the flower and final group evaluation before the grading evaluation.
There was a pulpit in an open space, and Mayer was on top of it.
“Once the group evaluation is over, it is actually the end of the second semester of the first year. Students who need to go home can do so… Even if you are outside the academy, please always try to remember that you are a Charles Academy student.”
The Sword Saint Mayer speaks in a different tone of voice than usual.
Because it was vacation right after the grading competition, the students smiled with each other’s eyes shining.
Most of us were nervous about the upcoming rating competition.
After Mayer finished speaking, Lin stood at the podium.
“Everyone must have listened carefully to Professor Meyer’s sermon. Don’t be reckless and do your duty as a student. Now, here is the guide to the grading process. “I guess everyone prepared well, right?”
Lin’s eyes scanning the audience.
The students who were underprepared looked like they were out of breath and their bodies were shrinking.
Those guys must not be rated well.
As Rin thought, she spoke in a slightly subdued voice.
“The group evaluation is to pass through an underground tunnel. It may seem simple, but various illusions and curses await you, so get through it well. The evaluation will look at how you responded to illusions and curses, how you responded to enemies, and how fast your transit time was.”
Contents of the exam delivered before the exam begins.
Students tried hard to remember.
“…… “After 20 minutes of preparation time, the test begins.”
Lin came down from the podium with a warning.
Students begin to mutter. Most of them were groans.
“Huh… “Illusions and curses, I just hate them.”
“Okay… “We need to prevent mental contamination with magical power.”
“I think mana distribution is important… “How long is the tunnel?”
“Ha… “I didn’t prepare, so I failed.”
There were some productive talks occasionally.
Cynthia, who was sitting in her professor’s chair behind the podium, let out a small sigh.
Because I found Evan among the students.
Even though he repeated a grade, he came to take the exam.
‘…… ‘Maybe you want to avoid repeating a grade?’
After Vice Dean Asher’s scolding, all first-year female professors removed Evan’s blacklist. So that he can take classes whenever he wants.
But Evan did not attend class. For this reason, repeating the grade was confirmed.
‘If he wants…’ ‘It would help me avoid repeating a grade even now.’
Evan seemed to welcome repeating a grade and did not ask Cynthia for anything.
Come to think of it, when she had asked Cynthia to take her own class the other day, Evan had said no.
It seems like he wants to get paid.
Cynthia felt disconnected from Evan.
‘……….’
From the moment Evan announced her preliminary engagement to the Marquis of Ashur, her heart aches.
Evan’s prospective fiancé.
As a professor, it would be something I shouldn’t think about.
Somehow I feel uncomfortable in the position of a professor.
‘…… Ha.’
Cynthia sighed again.
Students were standing in line in front of the tunnel entrance, waiting for their turn.
Among them, Evan also stood in line and listened to Selene’s introduction.
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Selene brought a very innocent-looking, muscular girl.
“Hello! This is our team member. “I’m a bit disappointed in the written exam, but Goliana always gets good grades in the practical exam.”
“hehehe, Evan-kun, kill with one strike. It was very refreshing to watch the defeat of Hilda’s gang last time. It is said to be Goliana of a Philistine baron. “I will do my best to not be a hindrance.”
“… ….”
Evan looked at Goliana in silence. She is Goliana, with bloated muscles and a physique that could be said to be that of a man. There were definitely signs of hard training, but the flexibility seemed to be low.
Well, it didn’t matter how much Evan got in this evaluation.
“…… I guess it’s good. “Please take care of me.”
“hahahaha! Yes!”
Goliana smiles brightly.
Evan quietly turned his head towards her.
It looks like the lively Goliana is annoying.
Selene looked at Evan and secretly smelled his scent.
‘…… Herbal scent.’
As expected, Evan has a herbal scent.
The scent of the handkerchief she gave to Wolgwang.
You could say that Evan prefers herbal scented perfumes… Evan didn’t seem to be interested in decorating the castle at all.
‘…… Almost certain. Let’s see him in action this time. If his movements are really agile and outstanding… You can think of it as moonlight.’
Selene made a promise.
This will probably be the last time we see Evan this year.
After the evaluation, Evan will go to Grace Street, and he will return to Gram Berge.
‘Let’s take it while we have the opportunity.’
If it turns out that Evan is Moonlight, he will try to get closer to him.
Selene took a deep breath, and she heard a name being called.
“Next group!”
Selene took the lead when the instructor called, and she winked at Evan and Goliana.
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Evan and his party entered the underground tunnel.
The tunnel was dark.
There are no students in sight, and the dirt road continues endlessly below.
“Come protect her head with magical power!”
“Yes, Selene!”
Selene took the lead, warning her companions.
The group’s eyes gradually become brighter in a dark space.
Evan used his magic power to drive away the illusion.
Illusion magic is already in effect.
An illusion that deceives her vision and disorients her sense of direction.
Evan, who had developed a sense of illusion while dealing with Maya’s mental magic the other day, was not affected by the tunnel’s illusion magic.
“Ugh… ….”
“Where am I…” Guys!”
Selene and Goliana did not see any other students, but there were many students nearby who were under the illusion spell.
Probably, they will be dragged out by the professors later.
The evaluation score is the lowest.
Evan looked ahead.
A crossroads has appeared.
“It’s a crossroads.”
“Hmm, that’s right. Evan, what do you think?”
Evan thought about Selene’s question.
From the looks of it, it is a child-level fantasy, and the strength of the curse felt from afar is weak.
It would be better to finish it as quickly as possible.
“It’s on the right.”
“Um…… ? “Do you know the way?”
“Yes.”
Evan could feel the presence of her distant professors.
Because my sense of magical power is similar to my previous life.
“hahahaha! Evan was the guide for this! Let’s go to the right, Selene!”
“Ugh… I can’t lose to Jeanne in this evaluation…….”
Selene was confused, but she decided to trust Evan for now.
Even if she tried to go through the passage where the wind escaped, Selene’s senses were confused.
She couldn’t feel the wind.
Selene vaguely realized that she was under an illusion.
30 Minutes have passed since entering the tunnel.
Evan knew the way, and her group moved forward at a fast pace.
On the way, Selene and Goliana were struck by numerous curses and illusions. Selene managed to resist with her magic, and her sense of touch was blocked, but Goliana fell completely.
Goliana fainted without moving anything.
Evan pointed to Goliana.
“Can I throw this away?”
“Jo Won must pass together!”
“…… “It’s annoying.”
Evan lifted Goliana up in her arms and kicked her away. Selene tried to lift it, but it was in such poor condition that Evan just lifted it.
It would be nice to finish the exam quickly.
“You… are you okay?”
Selene asked Evan carefully.
She is a very scary fantasy to me… Evan seemed fine.
Evan briefly agreed.
“Yes.”
“Okay… “I see.”
Selene nodded her head slowly.
Like taking something in slowly.
“We’re almost there.”
Evan lifted his chin.
You can see a chapel-like place in front of you, and you can also feel the presence and magic of the professors.
Probably, that will be the final exam location.
“Already?”
“Okay. “Be prepared.”
The enemy is ahead.
Selene, who understood her meaning, checked her iron sword and prepared herself for battle.