Academy Ankle Reaper

04. How tall are you?

I didn’t ask for your name, but I’m sure not.

The main character’s name was Hayden Parker, a masculine name.

That cute girl can’t have that name.

Probably not, or maybe she attended the entrance ceremony properly.

The main character must exist.

If the main story started, this academy will be invaded by demons in earnest, and only the main character can overcome it.

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After the entrance ceremony, the students were divided into two groups.

One is the students who passed the entrance exam and entered the school, and the other group is the students who were admitted with a letter of recommendation.

Students who entered with a letter of recommendation did not look at anything about their ability and entered with just one letter of recommendation.

I went out of my mind after waiting outside for the main character, Hayden Parker, and quietly joined the crowd of students coming out after the entrance ceremony.

“You… Did you end up skipping?”

As soon as I naturally joined the crowd, River, frowning, grabbed the hem of my uniform.

He seemed angry when he said he would come in late and didn’t go in at all.

“I was inside, didn’t I see it?”

“Don’t worry about that, I can tell you everything who was in the auditorium.”

“The girl I was waiting for didn’t come after all”

“Is that his student? There are only four empty seats at today’s entrance ceremony, right?”

I was the only student who didn’t attend?

It can’t be, then it shouldn’t be.

Then it really makes sense that the kid is Hayden Parker.

“Hey, but what does my non-participation have to do with you? Isn’t it our first meeting?”

“It’s the same freshman. You skipped group activities as soon as they started, I’ll be watching from now on.”

River, whom I saw for the first time today, intervened and then suddenly disappeared.

Is it like that?

I don’t think it felt like that in the novel.

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I finished the writing right away and arrived at the practical test center.

Because more than half of the new students came in through letters of recommendation, there were a lot of people waiting at the test center, but fortunately, the practical test didn’t take long, and the line quickly went away.

She looked around just in case, but the red-haired girl she had been late for was nowhere to be seen.

If you say you can’t see it right now, it’s not a letter of recommendation, it’s probably because you came in after taking an exam.

Hayden Parker was also the epitome of being tested.

Wishful thoughts do not come to mind with just the information given right away.

I was waiting for my turn with a confused mind…

-Koogu Palace… !

I felt the ground shaking as if an earthquake had occurred.

Then admiration spread among the freshmen who had witnessed something.

“Wow, the golem is smashed!!”

“That thing is broken”

“Isn’t that S-class?”

“As expected, he is the heir to the Russell family. That blow is the famous Boulder Strike… “

It seems that someone destroyed the test golem.

The door of the exam hall opens and a freshman who smashed the test golem in one blow enters the waiting room.

She is a very tall woman.

She was tall enough to exceed 180 cm, and her body was strong enough to be seen through her clothes.

Her long black curly hair swelled her like a lion’s mane, making her appear larger, and her pale green eyes glowed coldly.

She came out with a thick two-handed sword like a one-handed sword, and she looked as brave as a male lion with a black mane.

She really deserves to be called a heroine.

She was someone I knew.

Lucia Russell, the eldest daughter of the Russell family, who uses rocks as her family crest, is also a person of interest who, like the Atlas Titan, was destined to become a villain after being possessed by a demon.

Considering the timing, there shouldn’t be any problems yet.

There’s nothing good to get entangled with right now, so let’s just watch it without knowing it.

-Next 114

It’s my turn right next.

Lucia walking towards the exit of the waiting room and I walking towards the entrance of her testing room passed each other.

Lucia’s eyes are fleeting, but she scans my body.

“… Small.”

Muttered very softly, but my ears picked it up.

“Hey, what did you just say?”

When I woke up, my hand was holding her wrist.

In retrospect, I shouldn’t have done that.

But the action was faster than expected.

Lucia Russell’s face, holding her by the wrist, was full of embarrassment instead of the same confidence as before.

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Since I was little, I liked small and cute things.

I like the gorgeous straight blonde hair from picture books, and I also liked dresses with rich frills and decorations.

But I can’t be like that.

‘I’m not beautiful…’

The wavy hair, like seaweed, that couldn’t be straightened, was black as if it had been dipped in ink, and the body grew more and more rugged, farther and farther from cute things.

That’s why I long for and love small things that are just cute and beautiful.

But I’m not even allowed to love them.

I had to inherit the family swordsmanship.

As a woman, I only needed it when I had to have children, and I was raised as a man thoroughly from a young age.

In place of cute dolls, they made hard toy soldiers, instead of rich dresses, they wore sturdy leather armor.

When the time came to enter the academy, I was very happy.

Entering school is like entering a dormitory. If you move out of the house and live in a private room, you can collect as many cute little things as you want without interference from your parents.

As soon as I came out of the entrance ceremony and the exam, I felt that people were paying attention.

‘This is pretty strong’

I didn’t know there were so many people stronger than me at home.

I wish I could be friends with many people… But when I see real kids my age in front of me, I can’t get enough of it.

-Next 114

And I found him.

He was a dwarf with the most ideal appearance.

To be honest, I fell in love at first sight.

A cute and cool face with a youthful feeling in gorgeous blonde hair,

Despite the small stature, the body is not plump and has good proportions,

It was like a doll made by an artisan.

I also like the general appearance of small, chubby dwarfs, but I have never seen a creature that moves in such an unrealistic way.

Is this a dream to see such miraculously beautiful dwarfs walking around?

I don’t know his name, but since he came in after receiving a letter of recommendation, he must be a son of a famous family.

It was good to come to the academy.

I’m walking this way. It looks like I’m going to take the exam in my next order.

I don’t know who it is, but I want to be friends with that dwarf.

But I couldn’t think of what to say, so I couldn’t speak.

It was because he had only been training in swordsmanship and had never properly spoken to his peers.

While hesitating, he passes me by.

Let’s give up greeting now, there will be another opportunity.

It’s even more embarrassing to see it up close. It’s cute and small.. I really like it.

“… Small.”

I couldn’t say that I wanted to be friends, but the words I was muttering in my heart leaked out of my mouth inadvertently.

“What did you just say?”

Then the dwarf race passed by me and grabbed my wrist.

I tried to shake off the sudden touch.

‘Isn’t it moving?’

I can’t shake it off.

As if it were fixed, the wrist would not move no matter how much force was applied.

“Hey, tell me again, what is my height?”

He asks me in a voice that sounds clearly angry.

Anyway, what I thought was small seemed to have come out of my mouth and hit my nerves.

But an angry face is also cute.

The feeling of the small hand felt on the wrist is also very embarrassing.

I have to apologize… But I’m so embarrassed that I can’t even say it this time.

No, how am I supposed to say it in the first place?

“What is that?”

“Why aren’t you rooting for me?”

“Fight, fight!”

“Hoo~ If you blow on it, it will fly away!”

“Isn’t it just waiting for the little things to fly away?”

People around me are looking this way again.

I’m not looking at you, I’m not even moving.

I can even feel awe at how such power comes from that small body.

The expression on his face became even more ferocious when someone said he was a little bit mean.

‘That… I just wanted to be friends… ‘

“Ah… no i just… “

As many people’s eyes are focused on her, her hair goes white.

– No 114?

“Tsk, I need to take the test first… Let’s see, you.”

Like a savior, he let go of his wrist and went into the test room.

The wrists were red and swollen in the shape of his hands.

When you come out after the test… Be sure to apologize.

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As I entered the exam hall, I only swung my long sword.

The fact that a long sword that is just slightly longer than the upper body of a normal man is as long as a two-handed sword to me reminds me of what I just heard and made my mood even worse.

‘..Small….’

I remembered what happened a little while ago.

I didn’t have to go that far.

But my spinal cord reflex made me angry.

After living with this full body for over 10 years, the most sensitive thing is the gaze of others.

Whether at home or as an apprentice to the Knights Templar, I can’t stand the discomfort I feel everywhere, the gaze, the whispers, and the small insects crawling up from my toes.

“Still, I endured it well.”

I rushed and grabbed my wrist, but I endured it well.

If it had been in the past, I would have been blown away as soon as I heard it.

It seems that I endured it because the other person was the other person.

Lucia Russell’s past wasn’t as happy as Atlas’s.

I have to reflect.

I didn’t need to get entangled right away, and I didn’t need to get attention, but I just made a sudden move.

But I won’t apologize first.

Because it was you who said something unpleasant in the first place.

Huh… Okay, let’s calm down, as we originally intended, press the golem’s switch appropriately to make it inoperable and get points between A and B.

The test site was an amphitheater reminiscent of the Colosseum.

If I remember correctly, the golem used for the entrance exam is definitely a PG-17, a typical punching bag that is strong but slow and weak in attack.

Across from me, a huge training golem type 17, ID number PG-17, appears.

A golem is a type of monster that moves autonomously in a form formed by attaching various minerals around a core.

It can be created naturally, but it can also be produced artificially. In this case, it becomes a very convenient magical creature that faithfully follows the creator’s orders.

The test golem is a bipedal type similar to a person with two arms and two legs attached to the body, but like an ape, the arms are long and reach to the knees.

Unlike natural golems with various inorganic substances attached to them at random, the smooth, blackish-brown body looked like a wooden doll.

PG-17 is a general-purpose practice golem often used by knights against apprentice knights.

The PG series boasts a long history as a practice golem. Among them, the most notable feature of the PG-17 is the ‘hospitality sensor’ protruding from the round head.

Introduced since numbering 17, this sensor has a function to detect the movement of the target and adjust the movement to the extent that an attack that can be reasonably avoided and not seriously injured even if hit, so you can practice exhilaratingly by simply activating it and find out what level your level was later. You can also check.

Indeed, it could not be the golem that is most needed in this skill verification test.

Before the start, I was warming up and looked at the golem and found something strange.

I also clearly remember what it looked like because I beat it often during my apprenticeship days, but it looked a little different.

“Was your hair originally that pointy?”

In the PG series, each head is round and hemispherical, but oddly enough, the hair of the golem that appeared in front of you is cone-shaped and pointed.

“…..I don’t think that’s a PG-17?”

-Then the test begins!

-Geee!!!!

As soon as the sound to start the test rang out, the golem fired beams from its eyes.