"We're going to do some honorable mentions to reward the outstanding students who captured our eyes during the entrance exams! Remember, a healthy competition can be a good motivation for you all to improve!" Norma-sensei's glasses glinted—her eyes seemed to have turned sharp—don't tell me that it's just my imagination?
"Though I can't say much about the ones who didn't display their swordsmanship and fencing techniques to me, so warriors of other weapon choices, don't take it to your heart!"
"I also only supervised the offensive-styled magicians, so I'd be able to say my two cents about the ones who met me at the entrance exams."
With their words, the students showed various reactions. Those who seemed to be unconcerned to the "honorable mentions"—in other words, students who weren't supervised by Norma-sensei or Keith-sensei only showed indifference, though some showed their interests. The rest of the students were either excited, worried, or... yawned out of boredom.
Children are really honest.
"Ha! Let's begin, then! Who can gather the most talent in their wings? I bet today is my victory!"
"Hoho, how can you be so confident? This year is my victory, for sure!"
Keith-sensei and Norma-sensei are standing on opposite sides of the arena, looking at each other with fiery gazes—fiery as in full of competition and "friendly" hostility, not that kind of loving fiery gazes, sadly.
At that time, I opened my eyes. They are truly experts! They managed to fool my eyes, made me think that they were on good terms, only to shatter that impression magnificently like this!
"First—needless to say, the royal family's crown prince. I have heard many rumors about the royal family's "chosen" ones, so I guess that is a given... Luca's grasp of the rapier is amazing, I'm sure that he has trained so very hard at the royal palace," Keith-sensei looked at Luca with a boastful gaze. Luca looked back at him confidently—as if this result was also obvious to him.
"I guess our first talent is one and the same. Yes, I've heard the thing about the royal family. Luca also displayed his outstanding talent for his offensive-styled magic back then. As much as I want to make him solely focused on learning magic, I know that the royal family will demand him to balance both his swordsmanship and magic, but still, I really wish that you'd have more favorability towards magic, Luca!" Miss Norma also looked at Luca proudly.
Luca only smiled as usual before finally responding, "Thank you, teachers! I still have a long way to go in both styles, so I hope you'll treat me well."
Ah, he decided not to touch this battle of favoring swordsmanship or magic more. A wise choice!
I can't help but want to give him two thumbs up.
The other students only looked at Luca and clapped their hands—in their eyes, I can sense some gazes that say, "Well, that was already within expectations!"
"Next warrior! After the crown prince, naturally, we also have his close aide—the future royal knight, Kiri! With the style that you displayed—I'm sure that your father, the head of the royal knights—has trained you so harshly!" Keith-sensei turned his gaze towards Kiri who was standing next to Luca.
Kiri seemed to not expect this and flinched a bit before he finally tried to look back at Keith-sensei resolutely and thanked him for his praise.
...Kiri, why hadn't you expected it, though? I guess that shows how low your confidence in yourself is... right? This is bad.
Some of the students nodded in understanding and clapped their hands—while some were utterly surprised. I guess they judged Kiri based on his looks and timid behavior, and that's why they were surprised?
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