Avoid Former Co-Workers

17 – 17. End-of-Semester Evaluation (5)

As is usually the case with schools, students learn relentlessly, get scolded for being wrong, and accumulate knowledge and experience.

However, isn’t there a way to check if you’ve learned it correctly?

There is no choice but to have a test that covers everything you have learned so far, and it is conducted as a regular routine to monitor students’ growth.

And there are many tests, such as achievement evaluation, performance evaluation, midterm exam, final exam, and paper exam, depending on the professor’s plan.

But there are only two important tests for students at this academy.

End of semester assessment. Semester Assessment.

Two exams that boast the largest weight each semester in the three semesters of Lebrand Academy.

With these two tests, the level of performance and actual performance are extracted and assigned to the class.

I wonder if I have not fallen behind, or rather stand out in the field where I was indifferent.

It is also a test that shows the most distinct changes, such as the potential of a person’s disposition or talent to germinate or bloom with unique magic.

Therefore, the direction of growth is often decided, so it was more important to students than any other exam.

However, the response to the end-of-semester evaluation was seriously bad.

─It’s a little strange that this is the end-of-semester evaluation.

—Yes. There has to be something more like a test, but in fact, maybe the professors who arrived from Hardia looked down on us too much?

─Even if I go alone with my partner, they don’t say anything. If I had left it earlier, I would have arrived earlier. I just got caught on my ankle.

—You’re a nobleman at that level. Among the foreign students from the Empire, there is a senior who asks me to cross the river naked! They treated me as a senior, but they were just inferior to the avant-gardes!

—Wow… No matter how hardia it is, it seems like the avant-garde is useless.

─As expected, avant-garde is avant-garde. You did a great job spending the money learning basic magic.

─Whew, it seems like a meaningless test, but what kind of evaluation are you going to do with this?

─Isn’t it deliberately easy for the avant-gardes? Well, I don’t think they’ll come up anyway.

─It’s a test that ends when you arrive and go camping. If I’m going to do this, I’ll come sooner!

─Awaken your dreams. Do you still have an evaluation for the beginning of the semester? Let’s go out and have a glass of wine.

The end-of-semester evaluation is like a collection of the knowledge and experiences students have learned, but most of the responses say that this evaluation is subtle or strange.

Moreover, they were dissatisfied with the evaluation process at the end of this semester, pouring out all kinds of complaints about Hardia being wrong and the status of Artena’s empire not being as good as before.

Students who have completed the 4th level exam rush out of the exam hall.

The only thing left in the exam hall is the professors and supervisors who will be in charge of the examination.

Professor Meuniher couldn’t count how many times he had already frowned.

“Tsk, I heard there are a lot of talented people. It’s literally a level where there is no such thing as a human disaster.”

Did the students react badly to the end-of-semester evaluation? No.

The test taker’s attitude was the problem. So far, in Professor Meuniher’s eyes, not a single person has been satisfied with it, so I said it all.

The 1st and 2nd year students this time were at such a serious level that it would be fortunate if they didn’t catch their ankles on the battlefield, let alone become full power.

What the hell can this ragtag do? It should be evaluated as the bottom of the bottom.

Meuniher swears at the professors, whom he secretly referred to as the proud line of honor students in Les Brandts.

The Archduke’s urgent request was also understandable.

“Um…Professor…”

“Something?”

“Professor… Not really lying. Nothing to record…”

“Me too…”

“…That sucks.”

How can it be that when the situation reached its peak, the directors who were watching collapsed and said that there was nothing to record while holding the evaluation sheet.

I received the evaluation sheet while enduring the swear words and swear words that were about to rise from the bottom of my neck.

“Huh… How far have you gone?”

“Kuhmm… 60% Of all 1st and 2nd year students.”

The directors are not in such good shape that they have to pay attention to Professor Meuniher.

60 Percent. A whopping more than half.

This means that 60% of the first and second year students left without understanding the purpose of the final exam.

Professor Meuniher’s eyes went dark as he wanted to know how the hell to score this and divide it into halves.

When I manually filled in the end-of-semester evaluation test and tried to reestablish an education policy suitable for it, that 60 percent of the students got a failing grade.

Professor Meuniher finally decided that he needed to strike down the rotten branch boldly.

“I think we should open another class.”

“Wouldn’t that make the class more difficult?”

“It’s not upstairs. You need a class to put those idiots in. There might be some guys who change their minds and go straight through the evaluation at the beginning of the semester.”

“Then… The F class below the E class…?”

“Yes. Let’s make it downwards.”

Class assignment is the end-of-semester evaluation at the end of a semester and the beginning of the semester at the beginning of a new semester. Determined by these two tests.

There is still a chance for them to get out of the failing grade.

If you prepare for the beginning of the semester during the short vacation after the end of the semester, you may be able to avoid being assigned to the worst class, Class F, which will be opened soon.

“What about the remaining 40% of students?”

“There are students who are still in progress, and some stand out guys are said to be seen.”

“…That’s fortunate out of misfortune.”

Since 60% of the first and second year students fail, Professor Meuniher, worried about what to do if all students end up in the lower class, lets out a sigh of relief. It means that even in this dead academy, there is a glimmer of hope.

Now I nod my head when I see the evaluation record of the cotyledons that grow straight, unlike when I pruned the rotten branches.

A pair going back to the rock wall to check if there was anything special.

Those who used to tell me to cross the river but check to see if there are more hidden streams other than the visible river.

This level is very good, and there are quite a few people who hastily climbed the rock wall of the 1st stage exam and made up for the lost score in other items.

‘This is normal. By the way.’

It is only now that the correct attitudes of those who take the test are revealed.

If you didn’t tell me anything, you should question whether something might be there, and it’s only right to doubt whether the purpose is hidden.

Isn’t there a way to think about why the test is so easy and what this test without any restrictions is trying to evaluate?

You may come to impulsive judgments as soon as you start, but you shouldn’t continue to pursue comfort.

That was the intention of Meuniher, the author of the end-of-semester evaluation.

If you look a little deeper, you can see the real divinity.

—Huiyu, it’s pretty cold, isn’t it?

For example, unlike the stupid partner in the back river, he threw off his shirt and crossed the river without using any magic, and with the mindset that he would survive in the wild, he crossed the river without getting his clothes wet as much as possible.

─I wondered if I could record it like this… Isn’t it weird?

—Hmm… Erica I think you’re right. Let’s redo the contour spacing. I can’t help but mark the way here.

─Michelle, you have no idea how reassuring you are. I wouldn’t have been able to do it if I was alone.

—Erika, you were the one who detected the absence of demon beasts. You were also the one who thought that making a map would be the correct answer since there are only geographical features.

Not forgetting that they were in a group of two, going with a partner, of course, a pair of sophomores who keep in mind that the exam has a purpose.

─The color of the leaves does not change. So it’s not about purifying polluted river water… What the hell is that?

Although she disagreed with her partner and acted separately, she is a sophomore girl who approaches the intention of the test on her own accord.

All of these people revealed that they struggled with their hidden intentions.

‘Goden, Erica, Michelle, Senia… I see many others. I should write it down separately.’

These were the names of the students worth paying attention to even with the eyes of the picky Professor Meuniher.

I was optimistic about the fact that there are always cotyledons that will make flowers bloom even if I teach like this, and I was writing down promising names on my personal notepad.

-Ah, ah. Can you hear me, Professor Meuniher?

The guiding instructor of the 2nd stage exam requested a communication from him.

“What’s going on?”

-That’s…

As with Professor Jake, a situation came when it was difficult to score a pair.

***

“Which pair did you mention?”

“There are two of them. Sophomore boy…”

“Shh. It’s not important, so just watch.”

Professor Meuniher, who arrived after receiving the message, immediately began to focus on the conversation between the two.

“Senior, is this enough?”

“That’s enough. Leave it there. I’ll rope the rest myself.”

It could be considered a coincidence that they didn’t even use magic at first, but even now Junon and Rhenias have no intention of using magic.

I made full use of the tools that were put in the Aureum pocket, and even untied the small string attached to the provided water bottle to use.

It was as if he perfectly penetrated the goal that no one expected to be able to accomplish in this test.

‘…Could it be that you haven’t used magic at all?’

A black-haired, black-eyed second-year male student I’ve never seen before.

A silver-haired, black-eyed first-year female student with whom he is familiar.

A strange anticipation began to bloom in Professor Meuniher, who focused his gaze on the two.

“By the way, senpai.”

“Suck…! Why?”

“Why don’t you use magic even if you succeeded in the first step, rock climbing?”

“Because I’m only going to go over it naked.”

When the silver-haired girl asked the black-haired boy, who was holding a log on one side and weaving it into a knot, Professor Meuniher looked startled and raised his eyebrows.

Earlier, the male student named Goden was at least a person who had grown up in Hardia, and she thought it was because she was once a student he taught.

But what did that sophomore just say?

You’re thinking of going over it naked?

‘I bet you didn’t learn anything from me… Did you see the reason for not using magic right away?’

That one word penetrates the significance of this test.

Crisis on the battlefield will come without warning, so how will we deal with the atrocious situation where we cannot use even a single spell?

I also did it to see if the students were alert, but I never thought I would notice the core content of the test.

No, it seemed that no student would notice that the test was based on such an emergency.

Professor Meuniher was holding his breath and concentrating on the conversation, holding his expectations as high as a balloon.

I wonder if he meant not to burst like a balloon. That expectation fades.

“Wouldn’t it be hard to jump over with your bare body?”

Junon checks if one of the rafts is secured by pulling it, then answers Rhenias’ question.

“If it was uncomfortable, why don’t you tell me soon? I said you can go first at your own discretion without worrying about it. I thought it was okay to split from the pair after entering the second stage exam.”

“It’s not like that, I’m just asking because I’m curious. If anything, I could use magic to escort you to my senior, but I wondered why you’re taking an inconvenient path.”

“Um… It’s just my personal problem.”

“A personal matter?”

“Even though I’ve sprouted my own magic, it’s not really effective in this kind of place. So I just have to heal it with my body.”

“Eh… I guess it was like that. Oh, I’ll do that, so please give it to me. It’s fun doing it.”

Leaving meaningful words behind, the two began to focus only on building the raft.

‘…Was it something like that?’

Still, I was wondering.

I wonder if there are people who accept this situation as a battlefield and take everything seriously.

I wondered if it was a divinity that would show his potential as a commander in case of emergency.

It also played a part that his appearance, which had returned to the land a long time ago, overlapped with the black hair and black eyes of that student.

It’s not good to have excessive expectations, so for now, you should return to the position of professor and test supervisor.

“What recorded the two of them?”

“Here you are.”

“Hmm…”

Looking at their actions, it seems that the students in Class E knew early on that they had no talent for magic, so they turned to using their bodies rather than magic.

‘It was a coincidence, not a judgment.’

I felt regretful, but I thought it was enough that there was an item worth giving high marks to, and Professor Meuniher personally scored Junon and Renias.

“I took care of the problematic part myself, so take turns watching and dealing with the remaining ones.”

“Yes…? School, Professor! Hold on!”

“I’m pretty busy sorting out so many of those failing grades right now. We’ll talk about the rest later.”

Professor Meuniher recommended the existing director to take a break, appointed a new director, and returned to his original place.

But… A rather embarrassing situation unfolded.

“Uh… Do I have to call Professor Meuniher again?”

“What happened?”

“That… I didn’t know how to grade it, because it’s not something the professor checked.”

“Hmm? Tell me more.”

The instructor, who was scratching his head in embarrassment, soon confessed the truth, and the new supervisor understood why he had called Professor Meuniher.

“Hmm… It bothers me that you’ve already figured out the identity of the clock that only tells you in the 4th level exam…”

“But it’s kind of like asking the professor for communication and explaining the situation…?”

The newly arrived director nods his head in agreement. This is because Professor Meuniher was very upset with the current thugs.

If you asked for communication again in that state, you might feel uncomfortable saying that I called you for something trivial like this.

“Let’s just record it for now. Can we talk about it later when the anger subsides?”

“That would be nice. Oh, it’s not because I never want to take on his anger, you know?”

“It’s like a plausible excuse. The professor won’t take it seriously even if he checks it himself anyway. Don’t worry.”

But with this sloppy handling, everything started to turn upside down.