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Chapter 22 - After the test

He took the hand of the lifeless brown bearded and haired man, saddened, he said, "David… I hope you reached heaven. You did such a great deed in this battle, even though the odds are not supporting for our side, you still fought the enemies… I haven't even got the chance to properly thank you…"

He slowly released the hand of the body and said while his eyes produced tears, "Bring this man's body to the caravan. We will bury him in his hometown to honour him, let's go"

Soon, he found himself on his horse, riding on the driver's seat of one of the wooden caravans, right beside Louis that was driving the caravan. As he stared toward the sky, he could slowly see the cloud forming the face of the man, 'Is this my imagination? Or… it's his soul greeting me?'

He sighed, 'Even though I don't remember him, it's just sad to see the body a man that fought for you. For my victory… This is the price of it?'

Louis suddenly asked him, "Edward, what are you thinking? Is it about David?"

Frigs nodded, "Yea, it's about him, I'm saddened of his death, I can't blame the enemy's soldiers. But I can't blame those two kids as well, their parents… this empire is really corrupted!"

Louis nodded as he focused on driving the carriage, "I mean… yea, that's why we are doing what we do now. Anyway, I was surprised that you managed to convince Ms Sophia to let us make a trip to the village of Janvale"

The memories of him talking to his teacher appeared in his mind. He was inside a tent "Ms Sophia! To honour the man that fought for me, that contributed to this victory and to the battle, despite having families. I would like to make a trip to the village of Janvale!"

The teacher, sitting on a wooden chair like it was her throne, sighed, "Be too humble and they won't respect you, be too arrogant and they won't be loyal to you. For now, since you have got your victory, I'll allow it, but mark my words in your heart"

Frigs sighed once again, remembering his memories, he muttered, "I know what she meant, but the villagers are too loyal at this point. I wouldn't mind making a trip to that place just for a man, considering I need some time to rest too…"

Louis turned to him and tilted his head, "Did you say something?"

He shook his head, "No… nothing"

Two weeks have passed since the test, all the students in the class have pitted their armies against each other. Frigs returned to the school after his trip and the teacher announced who was the best in class, needless to be said, it's Frigs, "I think we all know who's the one with the highest score, despite having an enemy five times the size of his army, he prevailed, though, he has one casualty… what an unfortunate incident"

The spoiled kid with the red hair was about to say something but the teacher cut him off, "Don't get me started on how his enemies used non blunted weapons and almost didn't pass the test! Anyway, congratulations to Edward!"

The whole class clapped for him once again, "congratulations Edward!"

"Congratulations on winning!"

"Haha, look at those boys!"

"I know right, 5 times the size and still lost"

"Not to mention the non-blunted weapons"

"And killing a nice man!"

Right after that one period, the spoiled kid's group started getting less and less of attention, to the point that they were slowly but surely going from popular kids to bullied kids.

For the rest of the year, the school taught its kids about magic and spells, the favourite year for Frigs, 'Not only can I play around and experiment with magic! I also learnt new things in this world!'

He studied a lot about magic and spells, while in the middle of PE session, he said to himself, 'Okay, let me review it once again in my head! There are 10 different mages and magic tiers. Then there are the four elements, there's also light, lightning, dark plants, steel and much more. Since the school taught us for a year, people can say that I'm already in the second tier of the four basic elements.'

Louis placed his hand on Frigs's shoulder, which shocked him, "Hey Edward! What are you doing right now? Don't you hear what the teacher said? We need to return to our classroom, it's nearing winter, the end of the year, which means there will be a test"

The teacher, Ms Sophia, cleared her throat with a cough to gain the attention of the students in the classroom, "Ehm!"

Like they always did, the students directed their attention toward the teacher. She smiled before saying, "You all know that the weather has become colder and colder, the winter is coming and so is the end of the year. We will have a written test and magic measuring test"

One of the students raised his hand and asked, "Teacher! What tier do we need to pass the test?"

The teacher smiled, and she grabbed her book, "Written on this book, we don't need a great magic ability to be a general. So the third tier is acceptable, but for the students here… the second tier is the minimum. Next year is the third tier test!"

The students chattered shortly afterwards and without clearing her throat for the attention of the students, she said, "You all are dismissed! Go back to your dorm and study a lot for the test 10 days from now!"

She left the room, and the students did the same shortly after. When Frigs and Louis entered their room, Louis ran toward a piece of paper on the table that has a drawing on it. He asked, "Frigs, I saw you scribbling this all night yesterday> what is this exactly?"

Frigs grabbed the paper and held it up for him to see, "This, my friend, is a German ww2 Maschinengewehr 42"