chapter 225
225 – I’m Going to Enter School! #5
225 – I’m going to enter school! # 5
The practical test was ‘sparring’.
It literally meant that children competed with the test director and had their scores evaluated.
The director of the test was Tywin, a 12-year-old genius girl.
Tywin also had an excellent sense of battle, and she was better suited than anyone else to take on the role of director.
“You have Morumoru with you, but there will definitely come a time when you have to say goodbye to Morumoru.”
Tywin spoke to her children who had gathered for her performance.
It was about why ‘practical skills’ are important.
“When we part ways with Morumoru, we have to become adults and live on our own. Until then, children need to develop skills to survive in the world.”
Morumoru was a friend of children.
But one day, the children would become adults, and the day would come when they would separate from Morumoru and live the world alone.
Sharpening the skills to navigate a world where there is no anvil to help anymore─.
That was the philosophy of Graham Academy’s practical education.
“Okay, then come out with numbers 1 to 10 at once.”
Tywin called student number 1 from the stage.
Soon, the children changed into their gym clothes and entered the stadium either sternly or full of confidence.
All teachers, Graham Academy officials and selected visitors looked out onto the stadium.
Among these were the knights of the kingdom and the headhunters of the adventurer’s guild.
The purpose was to select and sponsor good materials from the time first graders entered elementary school and take them to their workplaces after graduation.
Also, even if the students did not pass, if they showed talent, they could take them in and train them.
10 kids standing at the stadium with that feeling.
Originally, parents were supposed to cheer loudly, but the parent viewing was abolished last year thanks to parents who protested, “Why did you hit my child?”
So the outfield was quiet.
In a cool and quiet stadium, Silverganu, a sturdy physical education teacher, blew the whistle.
Beep-!
The actual battle started with that.
Children as young as 6 were waddling around and targeting Tywin.
Of course, Tywin snorted, “Hmph,” And briefly chanted a spell.
“Water. “Cannon.”
Pooooo-.
A stream of water sprayed from Tywin’s mouth and hit the children.
The water pressure was so strong that most of the children ran out of the stadium.
The deputy guild leader of the adventurer guild “Yggdrasil”, ‘Blonde Nanami’, saw this and her eyes lit up.
“With just two chants, you can effectively subdue your opponent without hurting yourself. This is truly cool technology. Was it really Tywin Cladeco, or was it now Tywin Baryouda?”
He was a coveted talent.
Of course, Tywin evaluated the children without paying attention.
“No. 1, 22 points. Number 2, 32 points. 3 times 5 points. Disqualified 4 times. 55 points. 6 times 30 points. 7 times 50 points. 8 times 30 points. Number 9, 15 points. Disqualification number 10.”
The score was so salty that no child scored more than 60 points out of 100.
Among coaches, Tywin was famous for giving strict performance scores.
However, no one raised any objection to Tywin’s grading.
I’m just secretly happy that I’ve avoided failure, or I’m just quietly making plans for next year.
It was with that feeling when the five groups finished the evaluation.
Tywin frowned slightly when he saw Group 6 of students.
“Article 6, position.”
Children numbered 1 to 10 entered.
Beep-!
A sparring that started with the sound of a whistle.
Tywin fired a water cannon from his mouth like he always did.
Fuuuuu-.
Children being swept away by a strong stream of water.
Of course, there was a girl who avoided it.
It was Hina number 5, the girl with flowing pink hair.
Hina rose into the air and took out her shuriken from her waist.
And he quickly threw it towards Tywin.
Fishing-.
The shuriken flew like an arrow aimed at Tywin, but Tywin remained calm.
Zek-.
He simply raised his finger and blocked the shuriken between his index and middle fingers.
Pot-.
Taking advantage of that opportunity, Hina got down to the floor and swung her palm at Ty Win.
“Hinabigi, slap your hand!”
Palm slap.
The attack was aimed at Tywin, but Tywin walked lightly and avoided all the attacks.
Awesome attack and defense.
The adults who saw that were very surprised.
“The children’s level this year is even higher.”
“He has better skills than most adults.”
Pot-.
Finally, Tywin struck Hina in the neck with the blade of her hand.
“Gek-!”
Hina fell to the ground screaming.
Soon Tywin spoke.
“5 times 80 points.”
It was a high score.
While people’s eyes lit up at the highest score so far, Tywin indifferently graded the other children’s scores and then announced Group 7’s position.
Group 7 had Cecily.
“Wooooo-!”
Tywin squirted water again.
Soon, 7 groups of children ran out in front of Cecily and blocked the stream of water.
“Gyaak!”
“Hmph!”
It looked like bees trying to protect their queen bee.
Thinking that Cecily’s dignity would have influenced the children, Tywin prepared the next spell.
“Flame. Beads.”
Grumbling-.
A fireball burned across Tywin’s palm.
Hwareuk-!
When it was finally launched like a soccer ball, Cecily whistled.
Whistling!
Firrrr rrrritude wayers
I thought I heard something sharp, and then a shadow appeared over the stadium.
It had wings and grabbed Cecily’s arm and flew high into the air.
“Elizabeth!”
It was Cecily’s friend, the thunder repair ‘Elizabeth’.
For reference, Elizabeth is 7 years old this year.
It was a large and beautiful bird that even a tiger could catch.
“aah-.”
As Cecily sang a strange song, birds fluttered and gathered around her.
There were so many of them that they seemed to fill the sky.
“Go!”
Pababababat-!
Birds flew towards the ground.
At this harsh attack, Tywin clicked his tongue and opened his mouth.
“aa—.”
Tywin also sang.
Then the birds stopped flying toward Tywin and then stopped.
“Team 7, number 3, Cecily, it was good that you tried to control the birds using your princess power, but unfortunately my princess power is higher.”
Pabababat-!
The birds pounced on Cecily.
Cecily just fell.
“Hey!”
“70 points.”
Cecily received 70 points.
Arrung, leaving Cecily behind, the grading of Group 7 was completed.
Next is Article 8.
The child in group 8, number 1, raised his hand.
“Oh wow… !”
Number 1 in Group 8 was Naru.
Tywin relaxed her shoulders and hands.
Beep-.
As soon as the whistle sounded, Tywin sprayed water again.
Pooooo-.
Then this time something surprising happened.
“Narubigi, hydro pump!”
Pooh wow-!
An even larger and stronger stream of water spewed out from the black-haired Naru’s mouth her her her her. The stream engulfed Tywin’s water cannon and headed towards Tywin.
Paat-!
Tywin finally got drenched.
The children came to their senses and screamed at this surprising situation.
“Let’s attack more!”
“Let’s raise the score!”
The children who were not blown away by the stream turned towards Tywin.
But Tywin was a formidable girl, so she managed to sneak past the children who were attacking her randomly and hit her on the back of the neck with the blade of her hand.
“One, two—.”
“Ugh!”
“Hi!”
There were nine children who were suppressed like that.
The last thing left was Naru.
But Naru looked very happy.
“It’s been a while since I sparred with Tywin! “Naru is all grown up now, so you can’t stop looking at him!”
Pot-.
Naru’s appearance disappeared in an instant.
Soon Tywin lowered his head to the cool sensation and felt the sharp kick of her naaru pass right over her hair.
Soak-ae-!
It was a kick that felt like cutting the air like a blade.
Before her posture could break, flames spewed out from Naru’s mouth her her her her.
“Narubigi, emit flames!”
Pooooo-.
She would have been seriously injured if Tywin had not deployed his mana shield her to block her intense heat her her her her.
Chi-Ik-.
When the water that was soaking the floor came in contact with the flame, it was instantly vaporized and the stadium itself was filled with fog.
Tywin realized that the situation was unfavorable to him and looked around, but it was already too late.
Naru, who was already deep in Tywin’s arms, opened her hands towards Tywin.
‘We are being attacked!’
Thinking like that, Tywin soon realized that something warm had been embracing him.
Naru was hugging Tywin’s waist.
“Naru was fun!”
It was Tywin’s defeat.
Naru was very strong for a 6-year-old child.
“100 points.”
“Oh wow!”
When Naru raised her hand, the people watching this scene were greatly surprised or amazed.
“That gray princess Tywin lost.”
“Isn’t this the first time since the founding of Graham Academy that the practical skills got 100 points?”
“Maybe you saw it?”
“No, even if you look at it, it was an amazing fight.”
# # #
The evening of the exam.
A small party was held in the miscellaneous mansion.
It was a party to pray for the children’s safe passing.
“There are a lot of peaches that Naru likes! Naru, she usually likes strawberries more, but she still can’t taste the strawberries, so now she likes peaches even more!”
As Naru grabbed her peach and ate it, Hina, who also loved peaches, frowned at her. In fact, she liked peaches first.
“Hinabigi, eat peaches all the time!”
Hina couldn’t get enough and while she was eating her peaches, someone came to the mansion.
It was Erzsebet.
“The grading results are out! Normally it would take about a week, but I asked my dad to find out first!”
Erzsebet’s father, Ilgast, was the dean of Graham Academy.
Erzsebet used her position to commit all kinds of illegal activities and brought many benefits to Naru.
“Naru’s handwriting scores 35 points! Interview 80 points, practical test 100 points! Oh wow! “I passed!”
“Hina… 100 points written, 95 points interview, 80 points practical… !”
Hina had a very high score overall.
She was in a good mood and was snoring when Salome hugged Hina and nuzzled her face.
Now all that’s left is Cecily.
Cecily had no doubts about passing.
“Cecily’s interview score was 100 points, and her practical score was 70 points. Lastly, her her written score her her her was… 25 points… ?”