Chapter 29 - 29: Aptitude Test, Finally it's over

"Hey, why did I get caught in this mess?" complained Rimuru.

Misha stared at her for a few minutes and said, "Yes, you and Anos are out of the norm. Anos has more magic power than all of the students combined."

"Oh, how could you say that?" Anos asked curiously, completely missing Rimuru's expression of disbelief.

"My demonic eyes are special. I can see someone's magic power if they are not actively restraining it. So, when you touched the crystal and let your magic power flow, I got a glimpse of your full capacity. But," she turned to Rimuru, "even though I'm proud of my demon eyes, I couldn't see her whole magic power capacity, which is impossible."

Rimuru just awkwardly laughed at this. 'Well, you can't see it because Ciel manages my power output, so there is no leakage. And since there is no leakage, you can't track it to its source, which is my full power capacity. Even if you managed to find the source, you can't get a glimpse of it due to the seals me and Ciel placed in case I accidentally release my aura and end everything.'

"Some people will understand what it means to break the crystal, but even so, it's still supposed to be almost impossible," continued Misha, ignoring Rimuru.

"Yare yare. There are supposed to be talented people running this academy. If I'm being fair, I suppose they would never have guessed that someone with enough power to break the crystal would turn up for the entrance exam," said Rimuru sarcastically.

Anos, who had strangely been quiet, was in his own world. 'So, I, the founder of the demon king, am about to be a laughing stock in my own kingdom because my descendants have no good demonic eyes, and that's mainly because of the peace I died for.'

Anybody who was born in the mythical era would be shocked to see that the very demon king who made the gods tremble before his tyranny was having a mental breakdown due to not having a high number in his test. Well, like always, there was an exception.

Rimuru, seeing Anos's thoughts, said, "You are being a bit childish getting obsessed over these numbers. And it's not like your magic power has decreased at all. Isn't it fine because Misha knows?"

Anos mechanically looked at Misha, who, despite having her usual poker face, nodded a little vigorously. As for the reason, only she knew.

"Thank you, Misha."

"You're welcome."

"Do we need to go to that room over there now?" asked Anos.

Misha nodded.

After their discussion, all of them decided to follow the others to enter another hall where a large number of magic formations were created.

"Please stand in the center of the magic formation to start the aptitude test," the owl, already sitting on top of a stone statue, said.

One by one, students began to enter each magic circle.

"Good luck," said Misha as she went to an empty magic circle.

"You too," Rimuru and Anos replied, each going to their respective magic circles.

As they all got into position, they heard a voice in their heads, "In this aptitude test, we measure your thoughts against the cruelty of the demon king. In addition, we perform a simple test on your knowledge of the demon king. We are reading your thoughts, so cheating will not be permitted."

'Wow, they are only using the low-rank spell that is used to transmit one's thoughts on the surface of the mind, and they expect no one to cheat? Sigh, are these guys too naïve or too prideful to learn something else?' Rimuru thought idly since she was sure that Ciel wouldn't let any mental magic enter her. And as she expected, Ciel didn't let it.

[Master, I can have a different test for you since I cannot let some nobody's spell enter your mind. So, do you mind, or would you like to do something else?]

'Hmm, hey Ciel, why don't we hack into the system and see how the others are answering the questions first? I'm kind of curious how much they've exaggerated the news of their so-called founder.'

[Hmm, as you wish, Master. Let's first see Anos's test.]

"Then let's begin. It is said to be wrong to call the name of the demon king, but please state the demon king's name."

Anos, without any hesitation, said, "Anos Voldigoad."

"In the age of myth, the founder destroyed Delsgade using . As a result, all of Delsgade was burnt to the ground and many mazoku lives were lost. Why did he perform such an act of violence? What were the founder's feelings at the time?"

"Fumu. What a nostalgic story. The answer to why I used on Delsgade was that I was half-asleep. At that time, I was in the middle of a long battle with the hero Kanon. I wanted to sleep, but I couldn't relax for even a moment. I had to be in a state of constant battle readiness. Thanks to that, I fell into a half-sleep state and thought I was fighting Kanon and used by accident. And this question is slightly wrong, however. Certainly, Delsgade turned into scorched earth, but not a single mazoku died. Even though I was half-asleep, my magic control was still perfect. I turned the country into ash but made it so the mazoku were not affected by the spell. If I couldn't do this much, I wouldn't be a demon king," replied Anos.

"You defy mass murder even though that was the creed of the founder. Describe why this was the correct reason for the demon king."

"Well, this is a trick question. A person who defies mass murder. I don't remember ever making mass murder my creed. If I don't have to kill someone, I won't. However, in that age, helping people usually involved killing. That was the only reason," replied Anos.

"Moving on. Next question—"

Rimuru stopped listening to Anos's exam. After all, she was finding it hard not to laugh out loud. All the answers Anos gave and the ones listed in the books were like night and day. They even said that he destroyed a mountain out of anger, when it was really just a sneeze he had.

And so the aptitude test continued, with Anos answering the most absurd questions. After 30 minutes, the aptitude test was finished, and Rimuru and Anos left the room together.

While they were chatting and walking home, they saw Misha standing near the gate, staring off into empty space.

"What are you doing?" asked Anos curiously.

She turned to him with her usual expressionless face and said, "...…..I waited for both of you."

"For us?" asked Rimuru in surprise.

Misha nodded and continued, "You told me to see you later."

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