chapter 16
16 – Did you cheat?
Girls’ dormitory, late at night.
Selene’s room.
Selene is holding a white lion baby doll. As she lies on the bed.
It’s hard to imagine being the daughter of that cold Gramberge, but Selene has been like this since she was a child.
Bed duvets are cute character duvets, and pajamas are painted with hundreds of baby lion faces. Sele found this environment stable and attracted her. Why, isn’t it a woman’s instinct to like cute things?
But Selene was crying. Even the cute things in her room didn’t appease her.
‘Huh, shouldn’t I have followed her older sister?’
Selene feared spreading bad rumors about her sister yesterday afternoon, she followed her sister and her Evan.
Even though she did it for her sister, her sister got angry.
[Whoever I go with is my freedom. Selene, it’s not what you say to me. Go outside with Luca. Right now.]
The resolute voice of the rising sister.
No matter what she does for her older sister, if she hates it, she’ll be mean.
Selene likes her sister very much, and she did if her sister liked herself too.
‘Wouldn’t this cause her unnie to hate me?’
Selene never knew what her sister thought of her. Gramberge’s rigid family environment is not suitable for friendship between sisters. Did she talk to her sister at her once a week rate? Even that was businesslike.
What if she hates her sister? What if she originally liked her but was disappointed by this incident?
Selene squeezed her nightgown tightly across her chest. She can’t Since she is the same sister, Gramberge, that will not happen.
‘…… Let’s stop tailing for now.’
She’s what your sister hates.
Selene thought of her sister, but this time she thought of her Evan.
A man I knew only through rumors because he had many different classes and was far away.
When she was tailing, she only thought of rumors, but when she thought about it again, she looked different.
‘…… He wasn’t as bad as the rumors say.’
It sounded like a pervert with no answers to rumors, but Evan wasn’t quite like that.
Although he was frankly unlucky and very cold.
You can’t judge by just what you saw yesterday.
‘I don’t know.’
Selene sighed.
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On the day of the midterm exam.
Many students have been entering the exam room since morning.
In the exam room, there are students who gather in groups of three or five to give and take quizzes, and there are students who have their faces close to the textbook.
Still basic swordsmanship 1. There were many students even an hour before the start of the exam.
A sense of tension, a sense of crisis, and leisure. In the midst of mixed emotions, I just put a fountain pen on the desk.
‘Hmm… ….’
I am thinking of the basic swordsmanship 1. Textbook.
To be honest, it’s a memory I don’t want to recall, but I don’t forget what I saw once.
As you can see, the contents of the textbook are passing by… Eventually, I am confident that I will be able to get 100 points right.
I feel boredom.
I want to finish the exam quickly and practice.
Suddenly, Jeanne sat down next to me.
Jeanne wore large, rimless glasses, her dark circles were dark and her expression hardened.
Did you study all night?
She looked intently down at the textbook, muttered something, and then glanced back at me.
“You.”
“……… ?”
“Don’t kill me this time. Because I have to focus now.”
It must have been quite effective for me to let go of my life.
It was just killing me because it interfered with my reading, but I had no other intentions.
Jane, with a pale face, glanced at me several times.
“You’re not going to fly, are you?”
As Jeanne asks again, her face shows anxiety.
I thought it would explode easily if I touched it, but I turned my head.
It’s okay. If I interfere again, I’ll kill myself again.
“Huh?”
Jane turned her head to the side and tried to make eye contact with me.
The appearance is ridiculous.
“Are you 9 years old?”
“Me, I’m 19!”
“Do your studies. Haven’t you memorized all those trivial things yet?”
“What are you talking about! Memorize and review everything! I’m afraid I’ll make a mistake.”
Students’ eyes are drawn to this place.
Jeanne curled up with her face flushed red. Anyway, I see everything.
I turned my gaze to the void. Arms crossed, he thought of Altair and the Paladin of the End.
Jane whispered something, but I kept ignoring it, so I started studying again, tired of myself.
‘…… After all, raising the ability of the body is the first thing.’
In the meantime, I have been meditating steadily in the world of images, and I have organized the contents of my enlightenment.
To some extent, the improvement points of my swordsmanship came out, and the only thing left was to apply them in reality.
‘When will it be possible?’
I realize the seriousness of my body all over again.
A sigh comes out.
‘…… I just have to work hard.’
Isn’t there another way?
Let’s not be impatient.
I opened my eyes.
The podium was noisy, and before I knew it, Lin and an assistant professor were standing there holding test papers.
Lin glanced at the students and swung the cane.
“Quiet!”
Rin shouted in a shrill voice.
Her spirit kills the movements of the fidgeting children.
The students looked down at Rin with her tense face, unmoved.
“Insert the textbook. As previously announced, the test is 25 questions and a total of 100 points. We do not accept appeals for grades, so read and solve them correctly.”
After that, Lin distributed her test papers. Her ferocious gaze passes me and the four people I fell face down a week ago. I made eye contact with her with her nonchalant face, and took her test paper.
White paper neatly printed with magic.
The sweet smell of paper tickles my nose.
‘It’s been a while.’
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a test like this, so I feel new.
An assistant professor stood in the back as a supervisor, and Lin explained the precautions for the exam and checked his watch.
Ding~ Tdling~
The test bell rang. Rin nodded her head and announced the start of the test.
Students are busy unfolding test papers.
I opened the test paper leisurely and read the questions.
Up to 20 questions are multiple choice, and questions 21 to 25 are subjective.
I quickly solved the problem. I don’t like writing the textbook, but anyway, I shouldn’t take this class again.
The problem is easy. Rather, it is more difficult to calculate the 70 points exactly.
‘I don’t think there’s much discrimination.’
If this is enough, everyone will get 100 points.
If I get 70 points, won’t I be in last place? I can’t even remember my ranking score in my previous life, but I feel that way. Of course, since the score Lin gave me is 70, I’m sure only that score is correct.
I checked for incorrect answers in the back questions while calculating the score appropriately. I have already achieved 70 points in the multiple choice only. You don’t have to solve the subjective formula at all, but I checked it.
‘Ohh.’
The last two questions.
There are contents beyond basic swordsmanship 1.
Honestly, I didn’t expect it, but it’s interesting. It seems like a problem to prevent 100 points, but both problems were related to the three catastrophes.
「No. 24 (Subjective, 4 points): A’s swordsmanship has reached the master level, but A’s magic rank is F and he cannot use the mental world. The opponent is a Dragon who can use magic. What is A’s best response here?”
This is a fairly useful problem.
Charles Academy is an educational institution created to deal with the threat of the Empire.
So, as the school year progressed, there were many contents dealing with the threat of the empire in a customized way.
I didn’t expect you to stand out in the first year exam.
Lynn wore her hair.
This practical problem is what I was hoping for.
The dragons mentioned in the problem must be the servants of the first dragon in the third disaster.
‘If you follow the contents of the textbook, it would be correct to run away.’
If your magical power is low, a single swordsman cannot attack the dragon in the sky.
The textbook says to run away at this time. Don’t give up on an impossible fight.
But how dare the prosecutor show his back?
I don’t really like such humiliating and weak behavior.
I wrote the correct answer in my own way. There is a special move that can be performed even with a magic rank of F. In the problem, A said that it was the master’s swordsmanship skill.
Lin wants a free answer.
After solving the hardest number 25, I got up.
Perhaps all the subjective answers are wrong.
I didn’t think of anything in the textbook.
Still, I had something to think about, so I solved it happily.
I handed in the exam papers to Lin, who was standing at the podium and keenly monitoring the students.
Am I number one? Lin looked down at me, narrowing her eyes.
“Evan… Have you already solved it?”
“Yes.”
Already.
There is a misnomer. I unraveled leisurely.
Rin took my test paper and looked through it as if laughing.
“Do I have to personally express that I gave up? I’m sure you…….”
The more Lin’s expression checked my test paper, the more he was engulfed in doubt.
Rin looked at me again with a disbelieving face.
“…… Have you ever cheated?”
“Are you saying that?”
“…… I misunderstood, let’s get out.”
Lynn shook her hand and checked my test paper again and again.
Are you surprised that it only scored 70 points?
Or subjective questions?
I am no longer interested either way. I returned to my seat and packed my things.