There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

15. measure skills

The second morning at the academy was bright.

I got up early in the morning, washed up and changed into my uniform.

Obviously, as we were notified yesterday, we were to gather at the field in front of the main gate by 9:00 the next morning.

After getting ready, I knocked on Luna’s door at 8:30.

“Let’s go. Luna.”

“Wait a minute~”

I think I hear a commotion inside, but I think I just woke up.

“Sorry! I waited!”

Luna, who came out at 8:50, tied her hair differently than usual.

His eyes are blue, and his hair style has changed, so he feels like a completely different person.

“…Did you oversleep?”

It was obvious, but I asked to confirm.

“Tell me what are you doing?”

I was so proud that I had nothing to say.

We moved quickly to the front door.

We arrived almost last, just like the entrance ceremony, so we lined up at the very back like the other first-year students.

At the front of the field, the headmaster was facing us with his arms crossed.

When most of the people gathered, he announced the schedule for the day in a loud voice.

“I believe that everyone had a good rest yesterday. Today, I would like to find out your skills for more efficient guidance.”

In short, it is a level test.

Even though he is currently suppressing his magical power with the power of his master’s ring, it didn’t seem difficult to reach the top ranks if he put his mind to it.

So, the key was how much force control should be done.

In my opinion, standing out unreasonably from the beginning could rather lead to suspicion of our identity.

“Of course, students with excellent grades will be able to appeal more aggressively to join the demon lord subjugation team!”

It was a theory.

As long as it’s not about offering me, the golden ticket Seria said, strength will be the most important criterion for joining the hero’s party.

The number of people in the warriors’ party differed by era, but it is said that there were usually at least 4 people and as many as 6 or 7 people, excluding the warriors.

As far as I know, first of all, a knight who fights on the front line with the hero.

Their cover from a distance, mages and archers.

A priest who supports them at the very end. Jeongdo was the basic composition, and if you look at the records, there were times when people with unusual abilities other than this joined the ranks.

The most unusual case I’ve seen in the records is that they captured a person who was famous as the worst pirate of the time and subdued the demons together.

Apparently, the personality interview seemed to be the discretion of the warrior.

Well, in front of the Demon King, a good heart won’t protect a single life.

After the principal’s explanation, people presumed to be teachers called out our names one by one and assigned us a group.

“Article 4. Luna Iaros, Sirius.”

We were in group 4. Each group had about 30 people, and there were up to 10 groups in total.

The teacher in charge of us was a young woman with blue hair.

Even if I took a lot, it seemed that I was not over 30 years old.

After leaving the field, we headed to the 4th gymnasium, where she explained how it was going.

“First of all, you have to come out one by one and show what your specialties are.

This was an expected development.

“Of course, the school level provides full support to top-ranked students. Please cheer up!”

Having said that, I even thought that I should exert a bit of strength.

do you know Can I skip one class?

The students in group 4 all showed good skills. For humans, of course.

I felt strange when I, a human being, said this.

I was also a human not too long ago, but to think of the same cheesy words for a human subject is disqualifying as a human. This.

Over the middle, it was finally Luna’s turn.

“Luna Giaros.”

The teacher raised her glasses slightly and called her name.

Before Luna got up, I held onto the hem of her clothes and whispered softly.

“…Take it easy…”

Turning around, she didn’t answer my words, but smiled and trudged toward the center.

Oh… that’s tough…

but. She ruined my perfect Seria Daegu exodus operation without any agreement, but it was too greedy to want her to listen to me.

“What is Luna’s specialty?”

Luna didn’t have anything else that could be said to be special.

When we trained under Master, we had to learn all of the different fields.

Of course, my physical abilities aren’t that great, so I’m weak in close combat, so magic could be said to be my specialty, but

Luna is the daughter of the Demon King. I was able to confidently say that my pure physical ability was second to none.

She had no problems fighting with weapons or infighting without weapons.

So, I couldn’t predict what Luna would mention among her many, many talents.

Luna answered that she stood in front and pondered for a while.

“…that’s all.”

“yes?”

the teacher asked, as if perplexed.

“Everything. Whatever you do, do you think you’ll do better than everyone else here?”

Luna spread her chest and talked, but the eyes of the 4th group staring at her were stinging.

“Luna. Such an arrogant and disrespectful attitude is also an attitude, but in any case, you have to show one of your most confident skills.”

The teacher spoke in a resolute tone, as if she was displeased with Luna’s attitude.

Luna laughed as if it wasn’t the same.

“Does everyone here include the teacher?”

I couldn’t help but grab the back of my neck.

oh really…

“I will not forgive any further rudeness. If you do not intend to show off your special skills, I will arbitrarily end the evaluation.”

“Teacher, if I win, will you give me the highest grade?”

I felt like I was going to lose my mind at Luna asking with her arms crossed.

The teacher approached Luna as if he couldn’t stand it any longer.

“It’s a teacher’s job to teach students who aren’t spoiled.”

Luna asked, still in the same pose, without moving.

“Are you sure it’s the highest grade? Answer me.”

All the students, including me, held their breath and looked at her cheeky answer.

Unable to bear the shame, the teacher stretched out his arm toward Luna.

“Onya! The highest grade Zuma! Be prepared if you lose instead!”

The teacher spoke plainly to Luna, but he thought it was better to endure it until now.

However, sparring with Luna itself was a handshake.

The teacher must have been a pretty good wizard, but I thought it would be difficult to be that good.

yea she…

“…Do you really have to keep what you said?”

Probably few people saw exactly what happened after that, I thought.

Even so, the teacher couldn’t use a proper magic and sat down holding onto his stomach.

This was the fatal flaw of all wizards, including myself.

The key to a wizard was basically not giving distance when fighting.

It was very important for mages with relatively low physical abilities to secure a safe distance if they could not grasp the opponent’s approach speed.

I don’t know if Luna’s provocation clouded her judgment or if she looked down on Luna, but Luna pierced the teacher’s stomach with great speed.

I, who had grown accustomed to sparring with Yan, could see her movements accurately, but unless I was a high-level combat veteran, it was natural that a normal mage couldn’t block it.

Coughing cough, the teacher was in a state of collapse, and tears welled up in her eyes as if it was difficult to breathe.

“I’m not lying, am I?”

Luna sat down in front of the teacher, looked her in the eyes and talked.

“A proper evaluation. Do I have to?”

Luna’s grinning smile seemed to be enough to make her famous at the academy just because of her beauty, but the expressions of the students around her were hardened.

Can we… be friends…? Luna…?

I was worried about beating the teacher and about our image.

Our demonic princess defeated the teacher in the name of skill measurement.

Article 4 evaluation is suspended. I was forced to take a break.

I sat down next to Luna and was nagging her hard.

“No, show your skills, so why are you doing that!”

Luna was covering her ears as if she didn’t want to hear it and was smoking something else.

“It’s not like we’re sparring with each other, we’re going to beat the teacher!”

“Amelia-sama is a teacher and a teacher, so why treat something like that as a teacher?”

She muttered with her mouth pouted.

At that level, that person had unified the human continent, but there was no way he could be a teacher here.

It’s already happened, so I can’t help it, but I asked Shinsin to stop creating any more controversy.

A female student approached me shaking my head and Luna sitting cross-legged.

The dripping red bobbed hair swayed every time she walked by.

As if she had something to say to Luna, she stopped in front of Luna and opened her mouth.

“Luna Gialos. Are you really the daughter of Count Gialos?”

…I felt like a fool for expecting to finally have friends.