Chapter 21
"You have 60 minutes for this exam! Begin!"
There would be written and practical tests and the written one was the first .
Probably due to the amount, the test isn't divided by subjects, everything has to be done in 60 minutes .
To be frank, I didn't prepare anything for this test . Or rather, I didn't know what kind of subjects would be in the test .
Thus, I'm completely improvising on-site .
From what I've seen, the test is about national language, magic circle math, and simple geography . And also combat arts .
The first two were all rudimentary so I didn't have any problem .
One of the question for the magic circle math was obviously on a whole different level than the rest, but well, it's still within the elementary level .
The map was also shaped like the one I was familiar with in my past life, so I didn't have any problem regarding the topology .
Well leaving aside the fact that the map was quite inaccurate, and that the drawn part was quite narrow with rest blackened out .
The problem was with the combat arts . Of course, it was my main field of expertise in my past life, but I'm not familiar with the arts used in this era .
'Write about Loita style swordsmanship', you ask . Hell if I know that .
. . . . Let's just write some random things .
I abridged it though since it wouldn't have fitted the answer column if I wrote the whole thing .
The written test ended like such and the practical test is finally starting .
First, it's of swordsmanship . Just as I've anticipated, it's a practical battle against an instructor .
"Next, Ruli Abendroht!"
"Yes!"
My turn is right after Ruli .
Ruli went into the exam room with the magic sword I augmented yesterday .
The instructor who's in charge of the test is carrying a common sword . The blade part has been ground out, probably as a safety measure .
"Swordsmanship examination, begin!"
With the signal, Ruli stepped forward and thrust her sword at the instructor .
It's an extremely basic move for a lightweight magic sword user . Of course, the instructor had predicted that too as he leisurely blocked Ruli's sword .
With a clank sound, Ruli's sword was flicked away, creating an opening on her . The instructor aimed at that moment and tried to thrust his sword at Ruli--but he did not succeed .
The instructor did try to thrust his sword . However, the instructor wasn't holding a sword, but the remain of a sword that had been broken on the middle .
Well, I guess this is the obvious result when a common sword clashes against Ruli's magic sword .
"Mu?"
"Eh?"
However, the two people in questions didn't expect this themselves .
The atmosphere in the exam room stiffened along with the dumbfounded voices .
The instructor pulled himself together first . He doesn't seem to be a swordsmanship instructor just for show, he swings his shortened sword at Ruli while still in confusion .
However, this time Ruli reacts properly and blocks the instructor's sword .
With a clink sword, the instructor's sword got even shorter .
"Ei"
Ruli thrusts at the instructor once again .
The instructor blocked it . . . . however, his sword broke again, completely losing its blade . The grip is the only thing left of the instructor's sword .
The instructor looked at his own sword with an amazed expression and held his hands up afterward .
"I give up . I heard that the sword passed down in Abendroht house was powerful, but this was too much . . . . "
"This is not that sword though . . . . "
"It's not?"
"The sword passed down in my family was broken recently . This one is a new sword . "
"Now that you mention it, it does look newly made . . . . rather, isn't that a sword from Bass's store . Is it a new product?"
"It's not exactly a new product, but there's another sword with the same augments at that store . . . Huh? Where's the instructor . "
"I'm gonna buy the sword right away! Yakato, do the rest!"
The instructor abandoned the exam and ran to the school's gate immediately after he said that .
The other examiners tried to bring him back in a hurry, but none could catch up to him .
The instructor ran off somewhere just like that .
Only Ruli, the examiners who's in charge of recording the result and me are left .
" . . . . What should we do now?"
If the instructor in charge of the recording were a warrior, he might be able to act as a stand-in but his movements and build suggest that he's a magician .
Whom should I beat up now?
"Err, I'm a magician so I can't step in as the examiner . . . . "
"In that case, I will take up the role . "
The one who came forward was a man at the prime of his life who had been watching the exam at the corner of the room since awhile ago .
His build isn't too bad . He should be a good match against my father Castor .
"Ga-Gayle-sa--"
"You've got no problem with me right?"
The instructor was going to say something when this Gayle-san made an eye signal, then he looked like he understood something and went silent .
Who the heck is Gayle .