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88 – Midterm Exam 8

“The test is already over…………….”

[Clara Adelian disqualified. Time remaining until test ends: 2 hours 33 minutes. However, since Loki is the only one remaining, the practical exam will end.]

The broadcast announcing that the practical exam had truly ended interrupted Clara’s words and reverberated through the forest.

“As Clara said, the test has indeed come to an end. I guess I won.”

Looking at Clara, I realized that even a pouting expression can be beautiful on a pretty person.

Her beautiful red eyes were wider than usual, and her slightly parted lips revealed a bright red tongue that matched her eyes.

“By the way, I really succeeded.”

When I gave up on the written exam and planned for the practical exam, the thought of this actually working was the first to come to mind.

I had three main plans.

The first was to enter the situation room, where I could see the entire forest and the students’ locations.

The second was to scatter Bluetooth magical devices throughout the forest, allowing me to broadcast fake announcements at any time.

The place, filled with dust,

Someone walked, applauding unseen.

“Surely, at the end, they cast magic on the ground, obscuring our sight. Truly amazing.”

Too exhausted to turn her head,

Clara couldn’t see the owner of the mischievous voice.

“Miss Clara, you’ve worked hard.”

Thus, she didn’t notice

Loki drawing his sword on her back.

“The test has already ended…………”

Just when Clara wanted to express her discomfort

Towards Loki, who held a

Third, it was about exhausting the stamina of the special class students as much as possible.

This was the best way for me to overwhelmingly rank first in the practical exam.

As Clara’s gaping mouth gradually shut, it opened again as if she was trying to say something.

“What’s happening right now…”

As Clara’s eyes gradually closed, she started to stagger.

Oh? Isn’t that dangerous?

Seeing Clara stumble, my body reacted instinctively.

As Clara began to stumble, she eventually lost her balance and was about to fall to the ground.

-Thud.

Fortunately, I was able to catch Clara when she started stumbling, so she didn’t fall to the ground.

If there is a very small and insignificant problem, it’s not that I held Clara’s arm or hand.

“…………..”

“…………..”

Clara looked at me with wide eyes without saying a word. Then, without a word, she shifted her gaze to my arm wrapped around her waist.

My arm was wrapped around Clara’s waist, and naturally, my hand was holding the area between her side and stomach. That middle ground.

Hmm, it’s surprisingly sturdy.

Even though it was an embarrassing position with my hand on her waist, Clara didn’t seem embarrassed at all. Her face didn’t turn red or anything.

“Let go of this quickly.”

Upon closer inspection, she seems somewhat embarrassed.

Her face didn’t turn red at all, but her ears were as red as her eyes.

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“Without me, you would have fallen to the ground covered in dirt, don’t you think your arm would still be intact compared to the filthy floor?”

“Let go.”

Clara squirmed in my arms, eager to get away as quickly as possible.

-Tight.

“Ouch.”

As I exerted more strength in the hand holding Clara’s side, her squirming ceased and she gave me a resentful look.

“I understand that you want to get away from my embrace quickly. But just bear with it for a moment. You don’t have the strength to stand right now, do you?”

“…………..”

Clara didn’t say a word, as if my words had struck a nerve.

Her mana couldn’t have been depleted.

Even before our fight, Clara had used a lot of mana, and she had unleashed a barrage of magic while fleeing from me. But Clara’s mana didn’t drop by much.

So the reason Clara was so exhausted must be…

“It must be because of the last spell she cast.

It seems that using the power she learned from the mage tower is still too much for her.

She’ll be able to use that magic freely and unleash it later, but for now…”

“Ugh… at least let go of your strength.”

Clara groaned and looked at me.

Ah, I forgot to release the tension in my hand.

“Just wait a moment, please.”

Releasing the strength in my hand, I conjured a chair from the empty space and carefully sat Clara down on it.

Clara, sitting in the chair, rubbed her side as if it hurt where I had grabbed her.

“What exactly do you carry around in that bag of yours?”

“I always carry various things. It’s said that men who are well-prepared are popular with women, you know?”

I shrugged my shoulders and replied, “Oh, do you want a blanket to relax comfortably?”

“I don’t need it.”

I took another chair from the bag and placed it next to Clara, then sat down.

“Then, would you like some tea until the professor arrives?”

Sitting in the chair, I took out tea and teacups from the bag.

“I don’t need tea. Just explain. Why are you, the one who failed, still alive, and what was the midterm interruption broadcast about?”

“Hmm. If Clara drinks this tea, I’ll tell you something special.”

I poured tea into the teacup and handed it to Clara sitting next to me.

“………….”

Clara seemed reluctant, but she must have known that if she didn’t drink the tea, I wouldn’t tell her, so she finally drank it.

“How is it? Do you like it? Is it delicious?”

“………………..”

Clara didn’t respond to my question and silently drank her tea again.

“The professors will be here soon, so I’ll explain as simply as possible.”

I didn’t mention that I had attached a tracking module to the location guide that led me to the control room.

Just like when I explained it to Gashreen earlier, I showed Clara that I was making a fake broadcast using a Bluetooth microphone.

Clara, who was smart, would understand this much.

“In the end, it was always in your hands…”

Clara murmured quietly.

“If Miss Clara had thrown the last spell not onto the ground but at me, the outcome might have changed.”

“That’s just hindsight. The reality is that I won against you.”

“That’s right. So, in the end, in this mid-term exam, I’ve beaten Miss Clara.”

Upon hearing me, Clara furrowed her brow.

“What nonsense is that? You won in the practical test, didn’t you?”

“As Clara said, I am good-looking, right?”

“Sigh… What was your written test score? No matter how much better the practical test is than the written, you scored zero.”

Ignoring Clara’s words,

I pointed at myself with my finger.

“I’m first.”

This time, I pointed at Clara with my finger.

“Clara is second.”

“…………….”

Seemingly reluctant to engage further, Clara took another sip.

It seems she quite likes the tea.

Following Clara, who had almost finished her teacup, I spoke up.

“So, as per our previous agreement, since I won against Clara in the practical test, would Clara grant me one wish?”

“I never made such a promise.”

“Oh, come on. Think about it carefully. We definitely made that promise back then. You’re not pretending not to remember because you’re embarrassed about losing to me, right?”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“It’s not nonsense, it’s the truth! Just think about it once.”

“Even if I think about it a hundred times, I never made such a promise.”

“Clara, I didn’t know, but now I see you’re really stubborn.”

I shook my head vigorously and said, “……..oh, my will……”

“Hey! Clara, are you trying to cast a spell right now?!”

“Tsk.”

The banter between Clara and me continued until the professor arrived.

* * *

A few minutes before Loki and Clara were bantering.

Loki pointed a sword at Clara’s back just before the professors announced the end of the exam.

“Sigh… in the end, that guy won.”

“Yeah, honestly, I thought Loki would be the top student from midway, but I never expected him to win like this at the end.”

Before Loki left the situation room to catch Clara.

When Lucas and Sophia were in the midst of a fight, Loki spread another false rumor.

[30 minutes left until the end of the exam.]

When Loki first pulled out the doll, I thought Clara would scream again.

“Did you really think we would take advantage of not being given a separate time limit like that…?”

“If they had suddenly said the exam was over, Clara might not have believed it, but since they kept saying there were 30 minutes left, then 10 minutes left, there was no choice but to believe.”

Loki’s actions were therefore terrifying.

From the professors’ perspective, it seemed absurd, but from the students’ point of view, it was only natural to believe.

The professors sat down in their chairs and looked at Loki and Clara, sipping their tea as they conversed.

Perhaps it was because of the magic Clara had cast earlier, but although their appearance was visible, no sound could be heard.

“They seem to be getting along well. Is Clara and Loki’s relationship like that?”

“What do you mean by ‘like that’?”

“Obviously, they are close friends!”

At that moment, a young professor interjected into the conversation.

“Yes? I naturally thought that Loki and Sephia Levayden were ‘like that’.”

“Why would Sephia suddenly be mentioned here?”

“They were talking and getting along well while walking to school together…”

“Well… surely you’re not the type who thinks they’re close just because they had a conversation, right?”

“It’s not that, the atmosphere was clearly different!”

Then, another young professor chimed in.

“Weren’t Loki and Johanna the ones who were ‘like that’?”

“Isn’t Johanna a bit too over the top?”

“I definitely saw them having a friendly conversation on the bench before.”

“Isn’t that just because they’re both in the same student council?”

“It’s because of that reason that I made my way into the Pathfinder that no one had ventured into in the first place!”

“Please write your novel appropriately.”

“The one writing the novel right now is the professor!”

Meanwhile, the middle-aged professors, who were witnessing the dignified debate of the young professors, chatted while enjoying the tea Rocky had given them before leaving.

“The people involved in this are truly diverse.”

“That’s right. From the Revidian post-writer to the Adelian viscount, and even the Freiya viscount, it’s quite a diverse range, isn’t it?”

“Surely not entangled with Her Highness the Princess, right?”

“hahahahaha! No way, right?”

“Of course not, right? I said it, but it’s unbelievable. Hoho.”