Half an hour later, alongside twenty other classmates, Euri was sitting inside a recently cleaned-up auditorium, staring at a brightly lit screen placed in front of his seat.
According to Miss Rei, this device would present him with a series of questions, and he had to type out an answer that would be evaluated by an AI. It was a somewhat sophisticated, but direct method even by the standards of their school.
Everyone in his group had sighed in relief upon realizing that they had a fair shot at this. After all, broad questions left a lot of room for creativity.
No one was going to be shunned because of some natural shortcomings like elemental affinity, genetics, or the lack of a unique physique.
But the moment the first test question loaded on his screen, Euri discovered some odd aspects to this test.
