Avoid Former Co-Workers

15 – 15. End of Semester Assessment (3)

The climbing test was not as difficult as I thought.

On the contrary, it was a pity that it was so easy. So, on the contrary, I tried to come down from top to bottom, but it was still a disappointing difficulty.

Because it’s a place for students to evaluate, it’s not the original one on Mount Utulum, but it’s been cut and laid down to make it fairly easy to climb.

Thanks to this, Junon was able to properly check his current physical condition, and felt a sense of satisfaction as he realized that the training had worked.

But who would have known it would turn out like this?

“Lenias. You have to stretch your left leg and step on that path…”

“…Well, how do I get there…?”

As you can see, Rhenias can’t go up at all.

Although no specific time has been set, he did not mention when the test will be over.

So it’s correct to say that there are limitations, but…

‘You’ve been here for 20 minutes…’

Looking at this, I’d be very upset if I brought you the real cliffs of Mount Utulum.

“Sigh… Huh? Mom…!”

Renias is whimpering right now, but it’s been a long time since I’ve climbed that rock wall many times since I’m not satisfied just by looking at it.

It is said that 20 minutes have already passed since he boldly showed his spirit of challenge, saying he would try it himself while blowing his nose.

However, Rhenias’ feet and hands are always in place.

I know there’s no time limit, but I didn’t want to do this anymore, so I needed to let Rhenias know the reality.

“Hey, Rhenias. Would you like to come down for a while?”

“No, it works! It’s been uploaded a lot right now!”

“…Not even 2 meters up.”

“Ah, that’s too much, senpai. Are you trying to make fun of me? No matter how much I can’t go up, that’s a little… Eh… Now, wait a minute…? What are you doing…”

…Unfortunately, that’s true.

It can’t be helped. I’m not trying to bring it down… But it should be pointed out that it continues to stand still.

“Can you feel my palm?”

“…Yes.”

I put my hand on the sole of one of Renias’ shoes and lowered him so that I could see where the bump was.

“Now. This is where you are stepping.”

“…Oh my God. That’s ridiculous. It can’t be… Evil!”

As Junon lowered his waist and kindly explained, Rhenias let out a sound of despair. Rhenias, who lost all his strength in his trembling legs, immediately slammed his butt on the ground.

“Huh… What now?”

“So why didn’t you use magic in the first place to go up comfortably?”

“Then you’re saying that senpai should also come up with magic.”

That’s right… Although that magic could block attacks as a substitute for a shield, it wasn’t something that could be climbed over like a real shield…

“…Kuhmm. Still, how could it have been possible with your help? For now, it was a two-person team.”

“Huh… It could have been…? Why did I think so soon…”

He has a surprisingly clumsy side. Is that why people say he has a cute side?

No, this is not the time to think like that.

“I can’t help the past. Rather than that…”

There is no one around here. It’s because I finished the first stage rock climbing test.

If you’re still running late, you might have to use magic, so you might ask why I’m still not using it.

-‘Unless the pair is torn, the step-by-step test must be completed in the same way.’

When Rhenias declared that he would use magic this time, one of the supervisors came out and mentioned it.

So wouldn’t it be better to split up now? Under the agreement with Renias, it was decided to split from the pair. However…

-‘At the time of requesting the break time, it is as if the two have already declared that they have reached an agreement, so the two cannot be separated unless the exam is over.’

There is one more clause, but why is it like this!

Break time is, in fact, a chance to use when faced with difficulties during the evaluation stage!

So the reason why we became a team of two is that we have to work together to take the test in the same way, and when we run into difficulties, we use break time to come to an agreement and pass the test together.

Since there is a partner who physically ascends and descends the rock wall, Rhenias finds herself in a situation where she has to climb barefoot.

Isn’t this the sound of lightning falling in the dry sky?

‘Professor Meuniher… What a test like this…’

As I keep thinking about it, the nagging of that eccentric professor comes to mind. He thought he might have a headache, so he shook his head and brushed it off.

First of all, I have checked my physical condition through this test, so I have no regrets. In the first place, thanks to the hidden test provisions, there were restrictions, so I couldn’t proceed further.

He lightly touched Rhenias’ knee with one finger and said.

“Ouch.”

“If the knee is kept as it is now, there will be scars on the outside as well.”

“I see…”

This gentle rock wall is not so easy for a well-bred girl from an aristocratic family to climb by herself.

If he continued to get hurt like this, it would be worse than not taking the test, and at this point, Junon decided to seriously recommend Renias to give up. After all, you have achieved your goal.

“It doesn’t matter if you give up and leave as long as you’re okay.”

“…Yes?”

“Because I didn’t have any expectations for this test anyway. We couldn’t help it because neither of us knew about the test provisions.”

“…”

Junon said as if he could do anything about the exam.

It was because there was no need to force myself to get grades at the end of the semester anyway, and in the worst case, even if I got a failing grade, there was still an initial evaluation that included a written test.

However, complicated feelings developed in the girl who fell silent and lowered her head.

It was the first time that a good and naive junior could feel guilty.

‘Because of me…’

I couldn’t get over that single rock wall that was only 8 meters tall.

Because of that, I give up the end-of-semester evaluation score, which is conducted in pairs, and lose half of the class assignment points.

It’s your own score. You can’t come up with a countermeasure in this situation, so you can whip yourself, but it’s a different story when someone else is involved.

While Rhenias was surrounded by such complicated state of mind, Junon invited him once more.

“There’s no need to be so downhearted just because you can’t do one of these things. If everyone is good at something, there are things they’re not good at. I have no intention of blaming you if you didn’t make it, and even if you take the test anyway, you’re still in E class or at most I must have been in class D. As you can see, I have no talent.”

The tone of a senior who really doesn’t seem to have any expectations for the exam. That came as a fresh shock to Rhenias.

When the story of her division came out, it was because she, who was the main character of her victory banquet, remembered one of her facts that she had forgotten.

“…Senior. Can I ask you something?”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“Why didn’t you come to the banquet hall…”

“Oh, that. I fell asleep while listening to the lecture.”

Now I’m even starting to have doubts. Did you really fall asleep while listening to a lecture?

‘Senior is the same class E…’

And there was definitely a conversation like this in the banquet hall.

-‘Hey, isn’t there Junon-senpai in Class E?’

-‘Huh? Uh uh that’s right. Why is he?’

-‘Hey, Noel. Isn’t Rennias Junon’s partner?’

-‘Aha, that’s right.’

A perfect conversation was going on, and Rhenias was about to ask questions to find Junon’s whereabouts.

The D and E class students who were gathered at the time showed the same reaction.

-‘Yes? Did you attend the last lecture?’

-‘I’m sure. I’ve definitely seen him leave the classroom. But after that, we don’t know. Because he came right to the banquet hall.’

It was not wrong to say that I listened to the lecture. However, he never said he was sleepy.

I also couldn’t hear where it might have gone. There was other information, but it was all that I had solved the problem as easily as eating rice.

There was no information about his last whereabouts that day.

Isn’t it the moment when it becomes clear that one side lied?

‘The senior is lying.’

Why? Why? He’s the kind of person who should be even more desperate if he’s desperate for test scores.

Even though you have been discriminated against, you must be living an unfair life that is no different from the people who were blocked at the entrance to the banquet hall.

Isn’t it strange that he has no regrets? Also, according to other people’s testimonies, the statement that he fell asleep during the lecture and couldn’t come was wrong.

Lies.

There was only one reason for lying.

‘To be considerate of me…’

-‘What if I catch you in the end-of-semester evaluation?’

Those were the words of a senior who was concerned about her first meeting, but somehow, Renias felt sick to her stomach and lowered her head.

‘Who’s holding someone’s ankle…’

It was not the senior who was worried from the beginning that held his ankle, but himself who couldn’t even climb a single rock wall straight.

Leaving behind those vicious nicknames and nicknames, what kind of school life have you been through?

I didn’t want to think about it anymore, so Rhenias left his body first.

“Uh… Uh uh…? You don’t have to overdo it!”

Junon couldn’t help but panic when Rhenias got up and grabbed the rope again and started climbing without even shaking off the dirt on his buttocks.

“Wait, over there!!”

I’m more motivated than before, but there are certain things that cannot be solved with speculation alone.

“Ah…!”

“Renias!”

It went up a little further, but fell in a dangerous position.

I tried to climb it, but this rock wall was too daunting an ordeal for a slender female body and an untrained magician’s naked body.

Still, the silver hair did not hit the ground.

It’s because Junon, expecting to fall, hurriedly ran and gently embraced the body of the sorceress as if she were holding a princess.

However, the girl is so resentful that she is causing her senior a nuisance, and she even sheds tears from her resentment.

“You almost got hurt! Why are you pushing yourself so hard…”

“I’m going up… No matter what…!”

The emotions Rhenias faced with the evil began to support him so that he could face the fear he had innately.