"Do you know her?" asked Hayato.
"Yes. She's the angry girl who once hit me with a broom," Rafe replied irritably.
"Hahaha... Seems interesting, what made her beat you up?" asked Hayato with a laugh.
"I was mistaken for looking at his grandmother changing her clothes. I was just reflecting in the window of her house," Rafe replied, explaining the whole incident to Hayato.
"Hahaha... you're an unlucky NPC," Hayato mocked as he laughed with satisfaction, the other participants near them even looking at him as they heard Hayato's laughter.
"While the main character in the story usually accidentally looks at a beautiful girl, the girl will later become his wife in the future. Or he accidentally picks up his underwear that was blown away by the wind. Or at least you are mistaken for looking when the skirt the beautiful girl is wearing is blown away by the wind," Hayato said while holding his stomach from laughing.
"Hehehe... You're unlucky to be fooled by a merchant," Rafe scoffed.
"That's another matter, I'm definitely lucky when it comes to women. It's just that it seems that my event to find my future wife hasn't started yet, when the event has started then all the beautiful women of this world will become my harem!" Hayato said confidently.
"What a freak," Rafe grumbled.
"Amazing," everyone was suddenly surprised as a bright light shone from the crystal ball where No. 004 was conducting the test. Rafe and Hayato also turned their eyes back to the five participants taking the test.
"The mana in her body is huge," praised some of the participants.
"Another interesting NPC appears. Looks like she'll be one of my harem later," Hayato said with a smile.
"How ironic," Hayato thought when he saw that only Elena's crystal ball was glowing small. The other three crystal balls shone quite brightly.
"Rose Ziccs. You will enter Rank A!" Bara said while taking notes.
"Yes!" the 004 participants shouted happily.
The Academy students sitting behind the teachers also clapped. Bara also announced that the other three participants had entered the Rank B class. Bara then invited the four of them to go to their respective classrooms.
"Is this all you have?" Bara asked as she looked at the remaining contestants in front of the crystal ball.
But Elena did not answer and continued to use her energy to release the mana in her body. But the crystal continued to glow a little.
"Number 005, enter Rank F," Bara said while gesturing for Elena to immediately stop and leave the hall.
Elena seemed to come out of the hall with her head down, disappointment and sadness written all over her face. The other attendees who were still sitting began to whisper that Elena was low on mana. Bara even signaled for them to calm down.
"In every story, there is always an NPC who is hurt. It's an important thing to make a protagonist like me shine," Hayato said as he posed again, rubbing his fringe upwards.
"You can stop that pose. I'm being embarrassed by the others," Rafe grumbled.
"I should be the one embarrassed for sitting next to a freak who wants to hug the princess," Hayato said back to Rafe.
One by one the contestants were called. Some were admitted to the B, C, D, E and F classes, but some were not admitted because they did not have enough mana. Meanwhile, only two people had entered the A-rank so far.
"It's our turn, Rafe, don't you want to warm up by focusing your mana into your hands?" asked Hayato after Bara called number 025.
"No need, I can already guess which class I'll be in anyway," Rafe replied casually.
"With my current mana, I'll be in the lowest class, which is really strange. Why do they prioritize mana in the body so much? If Lou Xi is here, this academy will be destroyed by him with just one ordinary punch," Rafe grumbled.
"Next. Numbers 026, 027, 028, 029, and 030. Come quickly!" called Bara.
"Okay. Next it's my turn, the main character to shine brightly," said Hayato as he stood up with Rafe.
As Rafe and Hayato began to walk away, three more teenage boys stood up. Bara didn't recognize Rafe at all. But Lola, who was sitting on a chair with the other teachers, looked surprised when she realized where Rafe was from.
Rafe himself didn't really care about Bara and Lola because he had forgotten about the incident at the market after receiving money from Lola.
"So he wants to be a student here too?" muttered Lola.
"Who are you talking about, Lola?" asked Nia, who was sitting next to Lola.
"Nothing," Lola replied as she turned her attention elsewhere.
"Eh. Don't tell me you already have a boyfriend in mind for a future student here," Nia teased.
"Don't say anything strange, Professor Nia. As teachers, we are forbidden to have special relationships with our students," Lola argued.
Everyone in the room was instantly shocked to see that three other teenage boys had managed to make their crystal balls shine brightly. Almost as bright as Rose's before, Bara immediately announced the three of them as A-rank. Rafe himself immediately placed a hand on the crystal ball while he used his inner mana.
"Hahaha... He really is an unlucky NPC," Hayato muttered with a laugh as he saw Rafe's crystal ball glow a little.
"Only so far," Rafe said, realizing that it was the current limit of mana in his body.
"Hey you, hurry up and do your test!" Bara ordered when he saw Hayato laughing at Rafe's test results.
"Of course," Hayato replied as he put his right hand on the crystal ball while his left hand went into his shirt pocket.
"Huh?" muttered Hayato when he saw that his crystal ball was also glowing only slightly, just like Rafe's.
"Isn't this the situation where the main character's power awakening event should happen?" thought Hayato.
"Numbers 027 and 028 are in the F-rank," Bara said.
The other participants whispered again, thinking that Rafe and Hayato were very weak.
"He doesn't know himself, he's so weak, but he wants to get close to Princess Mia," some of the participants grumbled.
"Please go to the designated room. Outside the hall, there will be Academy students who will guide you to the room," Bara said as he pointed to the exit.
Rafe left the test room immediately, while Hayato was still desperately trying to channel the mana in his body into the crystal ball. This time, he even used both hands at the same time with a serious face.
"Come on Hayato! You are the main character in this world, remember all your pain in the real world, remember the suffering you felt, remember your dream, even if you don't get an S-rank, then at least get an A-rank," Hayato muttered.
"He still seems to be trying," Rafe said after leaving the room. He noticed that Hayato hadn't come out of the hall yet.
The atmosphere in the room was also suddenly quiet as everyone's attention was focused on Hayato who was using all his strength.
"Rise up, my hidden power! Haaa..." Hayato shouted while using all of his strength. His scream made the situation even more silent and everyone's attention was focused on him.
Suddenly, Hayato even farted from his butt, the sound was clearly heard because of the silence, all the teenagers who were still in the room even laughed at the same time. Nia had to cover her face because she was embarrassed, Hayato's face started to turn red from the embarrassment he was holding back.
"Hahaha...if you want to poop, you should go to the bathroom, not here!" scoffed a teenager in the front row.
"You really bring out the hidden power of your ass," another teenager chimed in with a satisfied laugh.
"No wonder you talk so much, it's all farts," shouted another test taker.
"Even though they don't know he's my student, I'm still embarrassed," Nia thought as she covered her face.
"What kind of situation is this? Why does a main character like me have to bear the embarrassment?" thought Hayato as he looked down.
"Hahaha... You're really embarrassing, go out and fart as much as you want in class F!" Bara taunted with a big laugh.
"Please give me another chance!" Hayato shouted again while looking at Bara.
"Hahaha..." suddenly, all the teenagers laughed again when they heard Hayato asking for another chance.
"He still wants another chance to fart," another participant mocked while laughing.
"Hahaha..." suddenly the other participants laughed again when they heard the mockery of Hayato.
"Get out! You're in class F!" Bara snapped loudly to be heard outside the hall.
Hayato kicked his feet while looking down in shame and slowly walked out of the test hall, accompanied by the mockery and laughter of the other participants. Hayato only raised his head after he was out of the room, he could see Rafe standing there holding his stomach, his cheeks looked swollen from holding back his laughter.
"Hahaha... fuck you! You've been laughing at me all day," Rafe taunted as he laughed out loud.
"I thought your weird talk showed your great strength," Rafe continued, pointing at Hayato.
"You're waiting for me to humiliate you, aren't you?" grumbled Hayato as he swung his fist to smash Rafe's face, but Rafe easily dodged.
"You! Ah, now I know. It's because of your bad luck that it rubbed off on me! It must be because of you that I lost my overpower!" grumbled Hayato as he glared at Rafe.
"Fart overpower!" taunted Rafe, laughing again.
"You ancient bastards!" snapped Hayato with an annoyed look on his face.
"Hey you guys! Don't waste time," shouted the academy student in charge of giving further instructions to the participants.
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