After father had left the colosseum I felt a piece of paper in my hands. I uncrumpled it and read it, "Don't disappoint me son. ".
I understood it perfectly well. I tell everyone I meet that I respect my father the most but it is the complete opposite. My father is my number one enemy, he may act kindhearted and chivalrous but his true self is unloving and evil. Well no time to think about that, I have to focus on the exam.
I was walking around the arena when I heard someone call out to me, "Rokuza, wait up!".
Turning to see who called me I ran into a girl with brown hair and burgundy eyes. As soon as I made contact it felt like I ran into a stone wall and my ass hit the ground. She was first to speak as she stuck out her hand , "Sorry about that you alright?".
Grabbing her hand I said, "Yeah, I'm good. Was not expecting to get knocked down before the exam started.".
Pulling me up she introduced herself, "My name is Maximina Vandyke, Despite how I look I'm pretty strong.".
"Name's Rokuza korizaguya, nice to meet ya.", I said as I got to my feet and continued, "I noticed. My tailbone almost broke.".
Josento walked up beside us and stated, "Never seen anyone fall that hard." and, "Is your ass alright?".
I answered, "Yeah, all good." and, "Josento this is Maximina and Maximina this is Josento.".
They both gave their respective greetings and we wished Maximina luck. After we walked a bit we had ten minutes left until the exam started. I asked, "Did you need something you were calling out to me earlier?".
He answered with, "Just wanted to ask some questions about your father, if that's alright with you?".
My mood went from bad to worse. My father Izune is the one person I do not want to think about right now and I think Josento could tell after he asked he stared at me with concern. Josento immediately tried to change subjects, "Maximina was pretty cute don't you think?".
I simply nodded and started toward my position in the starting formation. There were two minutes left by the time I got back into position. Soon everyone started lining up and Godefray and Leya walked back on stage. Godefray stepped up to the front of the stage, "Attention, in the first part of the exam we will test your endurance. You will compete in groups of sixteen and the top eight will move on from each group. Now the first column head to the entrance of the colosseum and the rest of you stay where you are.".
Leya stepped up next, "When I shoot a flare the exam will begin, you will run around the interior edge of the colosseum until there are eight of you left. Now get ready.".
The first group started soon after her announcement. The first three groups took about three hours to finish and finally it was my turn . I noticed Josento was in the same group as me so I decided to line up next to him for the test. About a minute after we lined up the flare went off. We tried to keep an even pace and wait for the small fries to drop out which was no problem since endurance was my specialty. An hour passed before the last drop out and we got the signal to stop running. Everyone but Josento and I looked exhausted.
The failing thirty-two were moving out of the colosseum when Leya announced, "Great job from the thirty-two still present. Take half an hour to rest before we begin the strength test.".
By the time the announcement had finished I had already recovered and by the looks off Josento had too. Strength isn't my best attribute but we'll see how I do.