books44 Chapter 171: Examination (2)
Chapter 171: Examination (2)
Examination (2)
Wake up... Wake up... Wake up...
A voice that wakes me up.
Shake... Shake... Shake...
The gesture that shook my body.
I quietly opened my eyes.
“Wake up... Huh? He’s awake.”
My vision filled with Layla’s large eyes. Layla is looking into my eyes, right in front of my nose.
“Elly! It seems like Shion is awake?”
“......”
How can her eyes be so big? They’re so colorful, it’s as if they contain the universe.
“No? Not yet?”
She tilted her head.
“Still sleeping? Wake up!”
She shook my shoulder again.
I wanted to say something, but my lips and tongue wouldn’t move yet.
Maybe it’s the aftereffect of using Perion and Severing Sword at the same time.
“Hey, hey. Hey, wake up.”
Slap-
A palm touches my cheek. Layla lightly slapped my cheek.
“Hey. Hey.”
Slap-
She slapped me one more time.
“Hey. Hey, hey.”
Slap-
She laughed wickedly as she slapped me.
“Hey. Hey, hey. You try getting hit. How is it? Hehe.”
Slap-
A smirk playing at the corner of her mouth. The palm that keeps slapping my cheek.
I just stared blankly.
Slap- Slap-
“Hehe. You slapped me on the airplane too.”
Slap-
“Hey, hey. Hey, you brat~ How is it~”
Slap- Slap-
“Hey, hey, hey, brat~ How does it feel to get hit~”
Slap-
As I was getting slapped, suddenly.
“How is it~ Hey!”
Instinctively, my palm swung out. Unconsciously, I slapped Layla’s cheek.
Slap──!
“Ah! Ahhh!”
Her whole body fell backward.
“Ahhhhhh!”
Layla trembled as if she’d been electrocuted.
I slowly sat up. I was still dazed.
“......”
“Ahhhhhh──”
I looked at Layla, shaking my head from side to side.
“Ah, sorry. I wasn’t thinking.”
“Kyaaaaaaa─ Kya─”
Layla rolled away on the floor.
“......”
I looked around. Everything was white.
“Where am I?”
“......Where, you ask.”
Swish-!
The curtain was drawn back.
“It’s the dormitory. The infirmary, to be exact.”
It was Elise.
Only then did I realize the situation. The ‘phantom’ that had attacked us came to mind belatedly.
“Kyaaaaaa──.”
Layla rolled back in. Elise kicked her away again.
“Kyaaaaaa......”
Layla’s voice faded away.
I stared blankly, then suddenly remembered.
“Where’s Soliette?”
Elise calmly pointed to the next curtain.
“Soliette was badly burned. Almost the entire body was cooked.”
“What?”
I quickly drew back the curtain.
Soliette was lying on the bed.
“......She looks fine?”
She looks fine. There’s no wound at all. She’s upright, with her hands folded on her chest.
“Hrrrrrr......”
She’s even snoring like a lion.
“Hrrrrrrrr......”
If there was a mane under her chin, it would be exactly like a lion’s roar.
“Why are you surprised? It’s Arkne.”
Elise raised an eyebrow as she spoke.
“At least, this monstrous direct descendant can’t be killed by ‘heat’.”
“......Ah.”
Upon reflection, that’s true. I seemed to have inadvertently forgotten a fact so obvious.
Arkne possesses an abnormal resistance and recovery ability to heat. Among them, Soliette could even survive being submerged in boiling water at 100°C.
Because she is the one who inherited the thickest blood of Arkne.
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I clearly collapsed right after dealing with the spirit body.
Whoosh-! The curtain on my opposite side was drawn.
It was Kielli.
“Hey. With this, I’ve truly repaid you. Don’t hold a grudge when we meet later.”
“Ah. Was it you?”
“......Who else would it be? Everyone else ran away. Haha.”
Kielli tossed his long hair behind his ears, revealing his side profile. I drew the curtain again. I saw Elise.
“But, you guys managed to hold out somehow.”
“That’s what I want to say. How did you endure in such a confined space?”
“Thanks to the fruit.”
The fruit enchantment obtained from [Bethune].
It was a real lifesaver.
“More importantly, how many of us survived?”
“Exactly 507. Only about 20% are left.”
507.
I nodded and asked again.
“Did they eat?”
* * *
What’s this? Is there no third test?
──That’s right! It’s time to go home! It’s the end of the second quarter!
Waaaaaaa───!
A huge cheer echoed throughout the dormitory. A faint smile crept onto my face.
──Great! Then! Escape!
I got up. Then, a word suddenly caught my attention.
“......Escape?”
But, the dormitory was filled with the sound of people bustling out.
I started packing my bag in a hurry. I opened the door on a whim.
Whoosh- A gust of wind swept over me.
“.......?”
I blinked my eyes.
The corridor was completely empty.
“What the.”
There was no one. Just a moment ago, it was filled with the sounds of seniors rejoicing.
It was eerily quiet.
No sound could be heard, no presence could be felt. It was enough to give me goosebumps.
“What is this......”
I walked down the dormitory corridor. I opened the door leading outside.
“......?”
It was a typical night in Planarium.
I started moving. Slowly, I started descending the mountain path.
No matter how much I thought about it, something felt off, so I drew my sword. I walked cautiously, keeping an eye on my surroundings.
So it went for 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours.......
“?”
In the distance, at the end of the mountain path, I saw a familiar silhouette.
──No way?!
It was him. He looked surprised to see me.
“What is it.”
──Shion Ascal...... Did you escape?
“Escape? I don’t know, but I’m here, aren’t I?”
──Good. You’re the first!
“......Excuse me?
[1st Place : + 3,000 AP]
3,000 AP appeared on my student card.
It was bewildering, but apparently, I was the first.
“Is this the end?”
─Yes. You can just go down!
“Well, okay.”
I started descending the mountain path again.
Crackle-
Somewhere, the sound of a radio transmission echoed.
Crackle-
Right behind me. In other words, inside my bag.
I quickly opened my bag. I grabbed a fist-sized piece of equipment.
Crackle-
It was a radio. The radio was emitting a signal.
I turned it on.
“Hello.”
─Eek! You scared me.
It was Elise’s voice.
“Oh. Elise, is that you?
─Who are you?
“Who am I? I’m Shion Ascal.”
─Phew.......
Elise let out a sigh of relief.
─Where are you?
“Where am I? I’m outside right now? I’m about to arrive at the train station.”
─......What?
Her voice rang out in surprise. I bet her eyebrows shot up too.
─What are you talking about?
“What do you mean, what am I talking about.......”
Ah.
A thought suddenly brushed past my mind.
When I opened the door to my room, there was a peculiar ‘wind’ that blew in.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but was that the effect of magic?
I smiled contentedly and shrugged my shoulders.
“I think I’ve passed. The third test.”
─What...... Are you crazy? No, are you really Shion?
“Hey. Don’t mess with me. I have a tremendous resistance to this kind of magic or magical power.”
Hahaha.
I laughed.
─......Resistance?
“Anyway. I’m going, so take care. Oh, I see the train station.”
Under the night sky. The lights of the train station are twinkling.
─Hey. Stay. Won’t you help?
“I’d like to help, but I’m already done.”
I looked at my student card.
[3rd Test 1st Place: Shion Ascal]
It’s clearly marked.
Whether it’s a fluke or unexpected luck, thanks to this test being designed extremely favorably for me.
“I’m going.”
─......bastard.
Elise cut off the radio.
I chuckled and tucked the radio into my pocket. I sat down on a chair at the train station.
“......Aren’t you going?
“!”
My body jolted.
“Ah, you startled me. Give me a heads up.”
Akane was right next to me. She was flipping through a newspaper, glancing at me.
“I asked if you’re not going.”
“......Where to?”
“The test.”
“Didn’t I pass?”
“That’s true.”
Akane furrowed her brows.
“But you could still help, couldn’t you?”
Help? Me?
More than that, Akane’s behavior is strange. She’s not usually like this.
“......Well, is there a problem there?”
Snap!
Then Akane folded the newspaper. She looked at me with a slightly mischievous face.
“There is a problem.”
She said, chuckling.
“You killed a very important spirit entity in Planarium. Everyone is very angry.”