It seems that the academy was built, for the purpose of training skilled and talented people from a young age. After monsters terrorized the kingdom of Erend, the so called "7 magicians" built a place so they can train young people magic, to fend off monsters. The academy is now around 150 years old, and during those 150 years, they had excellent results.
Around half a thousand magicians, that ranked between 4 to 5 stars have graduated from this academy. The current grand magician that has a rating of 6 stars, also graduated from this academy.
Its no wonder why it is considered as one of the most prestigious magic academy, and also why many people with high status came and attended in this academy. As for me, I am just a commoner. With the ability to cast chantless spells and nothing more, I wonder if I can maintain my sanity here in this academy?.
Considering there are a lot of nobles here, and much more skilled and talented people that are attending in this academy. I do not think I can make a name for myself here, and that is what I want.
After I finished reading, and returning all of the books back to there original places.I went back to my room, and decided to take a nap. Laying down on my bed, I was thinking about Carl, my friend from the previous world.
"I wonder what he is doing right now?"
Probably watching some adult videos, and pleasuring himself in the process. When I tried to close both of my eyes, there was someone knocking on the door. Getting up, I opened the door and it was Aegnor.
"I am not bothering you, am I?"
"No, not at all"
"Oh, in that case here"
He handed me a bracelet that had a magical crystal, it was called a "mana organizer".
"What does this do?"
"As you know, Alfiva said that your mana is not registered in this world, and if you are being tested tomorrow with a magical ball, your mana will not register and will not have any results. With that bracelet, it can trick the magical ball into thinking that your mana is of this world"
"Oh, is that so? Thank you for giving this to me"
"No, it was Alfiva who gave this to you, anyway I'll go now, good luck tomorrow"
"Yes"
After he left, I closed the door and read the information about the bracelet. It was made from a crystal core of a Demon of illusions, because of how well demons disguised themselves to be a regular human, and that was all of the information it had.
Putting it on my wrist, it is pretty fashionable not gonna lie. Now waiting for tomorrow, I decided to continue my nap.
After waking up in the middle of the night, I do not know what time is it, but judging from how dark it is outside, I can say it is around 10 o'clock right now. Means that I slept for almost four hours, I slept like a log. Feeling sticky, I went to the bathroom to wash my face, it was pretty quiet and I am the only person walking around the hallway.
Not having the energy to sleep, I decided to take have some fresh air. Opening the window of my room, I climbed up to the roof of the academy and looked at the stars that were shining.
Feeling sleepy after a few minutes, I went back to my room and decided to sleep again.
The sun was shining onto my face, waking me up. I heard a lot of footsteps outside, it must mean that the academy is about to start. Since I do not have a uniform, I changed into the fresh clothes Alfiva gave me. Composing myself, I took a deep breath and then opened the door. There were a lot of students walking right past me, I did not know where to go so I decided to follow them.
After we arrived at the testing ground, there were six professors standing in front of us. Holding a magical ball each, then the current director of the academy appeared in front.
"As you may know, we will be testing you right now. To see if some of you are qualified on attending the academy, after assessing all of you, we will assign you into a class based on your results. If your results does not fit the standard, then you might not be able to attend the academy, and I know some of you might be shocked to hear that, but it is the requirement and remember we are not the one that is deciding on who will pass or not, it is the academy. Understood?'
The students yelled yes at the same time, then Harold the director of the academy, began the evaluation.
There were an estimate number of 1,200 students at the beginning of the evaluation, I wonder how many will remain after the evaluation?.
There were three tests, the first one is "Mana evaluation" the second one is "Magic evaluation" then the last is "Physical Combat evaluation". Just like any other novels, there will be people that will stand out of the crowd. Those people were Katherine L. Mouser, Aljin K. Potur, William B. Maverick, Elizabeth A. Klimentine (The Thorn Princess), Jasmine X. Quincy, and Bale D. Asamine.
They were all nobles, and have a talent we commoners don't have. Their appearance alone was an enough sign that they were nobles, they look like they came out of a fairy tale. After students in front of me have all been evaluated, it was finally my turn and professor Tristan asked me my name, then asked me to placed my hand onto the crystal and place mana inside.
After doing what he asked, the ball began to glow into a grey light, I already know that it was the lowest light to glow. I thought that the professor would have a reaction, but his face remained stoic and had no expression whatsoever. After I was done with the first evaluation, it was now time for the second.
As Alfiva told me, incatations are mostly used and only a few people are able to use chantless incantation. And one of them is at this academy right now, her name is Jasmine X. Quincy. She managed to use chantless incantation multiple times, and the students and professors were shocked that she was able to use chantless incantation.
Since she already showed chantless incantation, I figured not to steal her spotlight. After it was my turn, I used a pretty basic incantation magic called "Fireball" and with that I was done with the second evaluation. It was time for physical combat.
I already know that if I don't show any potential in this third evaluation, then I will not be able to pass the test. The reason why I am assuming that, is because the professors who were testing me showed a bit of pity with my results.
With that I decided to put a bit of effort into this third evaluation. After students that were in front of me were done with the third evaluation, it was finally my turn.
The person that I was facing, was Charles D. Anton, the royal knight that welcomed my arrival at the church. He had this expression on his face, that was clearly saying that he was disappointed. I guess he knew that my results were below average at the first two evaluation.
When I was in front of him, he told me to grab a sword from the rack. After grabbing a sword, he then told me that I only need to parry and counter his attacks, and if I can do that for at least three minutes then I will pass the third evaluation.
A referee was counting down to three, and once the referee finished counting. Charles lunged towards me, with a thrust aimed at my chest, I dodged barely hitting my chest. He then swung vertically almost hitting my face, but I managed to block the attack by stopping his hand midway.
Surprising him, I attempted to punch him on the face, but he managed to dodge, sweeping my leg to knock me off balance, pushing him away to create distance.
I now know what kind of attack pattern he follows, it was a martial art with a complicated name, but I call it "Sword and Fist". Normally, people only use their sword and their sword only, but as the name suggest, it also uses both fist and legs to subdue the opponent.
After knowing that, I decided to go on the offensive.
Running towards Charles, I was full of openings but that was the idea from the start. He then held a stance that looked like a fencing stance, he thrusted his sword onto my chest, blocking it with my sword, I countered him and he countered my attack, this went on for a full three minutes.
We were so focused on the fight, that we did not hear the referee telling us that the round has finished.
Charles, with a smile on his face, patted me on my shoulder and said.
"Good work kid, you have potential"
After that fight, a lot of students were looking at me, talking about my fight with Charles. Also the nobles were also looking at me, probably because they did not last the whole three minutes, and the most they did was two minutes, with mostly on the defensive.
I did not want attention so I hid behind the school building, and waited for the evaluation to be over.
Remembering the fight I had with Charles, it was a lot of fun and I managed to pass the third evaluation. I suddenly heard footsteps coming towards me, I hid so they would not see me.
Someone was cursing and punching a wall, I took a quick glance and it was William B. Maverick.
"Damn that commoner, taking away the spotlight away from me"
He was cursing a commoner, I wonder who it is, then I heard my name being mentioned.
"That Ryu, I do not know what he did at the physical combat evaluation, but he managed to fight with Charles without being on the defensive. I hate him, I do not want a commoner to steal the spotlight away from me"
After a lot of cursing, he finally left. I did not want someone like William to resent me, it was a bad idea to show my skills publicly.
"I messed up"
I sighed, and just sat on the ground leaning on the wall. After the test was done, the director asked us to gather around the testing ground. I got up and did not show my face when they showed the results, as it would attract attention.
"This year only 400 people managed to fit the standard of the academy, and 800 did not. I apologized for the people that did not manage to fit the standard, but do not worry there are still a lot of magic academy other than here. You can still apply to those magic academy's, then without any further announcement. We will call the the those who passed, and if your name was not called then you did not fit the standard"
There were a lot of disappointed people, not being able to fit the standard can really crush someones soul. Meanwhile people that managed to fit the standard were shouting, and celebrating. There were six classes, F, D, C, B, A and then S. Your class determines your status here in the academy, if you are in the class A and above you are considered someone that has talent, and if you are below, then peoples expectations on you are low.
As for me, I was the only one that was inside the F class. When the director announced that, people started to laugh and pity me, saying things like "he barely made the standard". Even if I displayed amazing athleticism when it comes to close quarter combat, if you do not show any magic powess then your score will be low.
The reason is because using magic is much superior than using a sword inside the academy.
Even if I become a laughing stock to other students, I am completely fine with my class. Considering that I am the only one that was assigned inside F class, being the only student brings a sense of freedom.
After they announced the results, I quickly went back to my room and changed clothes.
"I wonder who will be teaching me tomorrow?"
Maybe a professor that is inexperienced, or a professor that does not really pay attention to a F class student like me.
"Lets just find out tomorrow"
As the day became night, like usual I went to the and breathing in fresh air. After a few minutes, I went back to my room and decided to sleep because first day class will begin tomorrow.
Waking up to the sound of the students footsteps, I freshen up my self and changed into a fresh new clothes. As I was finding my way towards the F class, a person suddenly blocked my way. He was Min C. Valet, a class A student. Judging by the information written on him, I already knew that he is trying to mock and humiliate me in front of other students.
"How dare you bump into me you low F class!!!"
And I was right, a classic bully in any setting. I decided not to entertain him, ignoring such a pitiful person.
"How dare you bump into me and not even saying sorry"
He grabbed my hair and started pulling on it, I did not even try to put up any fight when he did that. He was saying bad things and cursing at me, mocking me that I am a F class. This went on for a full two minutes, then someone finally spoke up and ordered the guy to stop harassing me.
It was one of the 6 talents inside the academy, her name is Katherine L. Mouser.