Became the Idiot Young Master Who Tormented the Main Character

59. Grade Test (10)

Since when on earth did it start?

Aria never thought she would meet the rumored Fourth Princess so often.

The first time was when I was training alone on the mountain behind the academy.

The swordsmanship training grounds were so crowded that I felt dizzy, so I swung my sword in the quiet, uncrowded back mountain to calm my mind.

Then, the 4th princess suddenly appeared.

It was a rough place with so many trees and uneven ground that it was hard to call it a walking trail, so I really never expected that a person… no, a character called the princess would appear.

She suddenly asked Aria if she could watch her training, and Aria agreed.

Naturally, he couldn’t concentrate well. Who would be able to devote themselves to the sword as comfortably as usual when the royal family of a country was watching their training from behind?

Aria came back empty-handed that day.

But it didn’t end there.

Every once in a while, the Fourth Princess would come to watch her training.

He even suggested tea time, saying that we should have tea together and chat.

I couldn’t figure out what the purpose was.

However, since it was obvious that the 4th princess wanted to make her as comfortable as possible rather than burden her, Aria accepted all of her requests, even though her mind was complicated.

And even now.

“I’m looking forward to the test. I’ll be watching from the stands.”

He came to encourage Aria’s test.

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“The Fourth Princess came to take the test herself…! Aria is truly amazing!”

Cain spoke to Aria with sparkling eyes.

“… … .”

Aria thought silently.

I have never really participated in any extracurricular activities.

Even the grade-level tournaments, which are class events.

Until a proper test like today came along, I spent my time practicing alone.

What prompted the 4th princess to recognize and take interest in him?

Of course, I had no negative feelings. It was an incredible stroke of luck that a child of the royal family was interested in me.

‘But I can’t help but wonder… .’

Aria looked at one of the four system rooms.

A space made of transparent magic walls.

It seemed spacious enough to be able to fight without much trouble. In each of the four system rooms, the spirit professors were summoning intermediate fire spirits, Ignis.

‘… My head is a bit complicated. I’ll think about the rest after I finish the exam.’

It was a headache just thinking about the mysterious man who had saved her during the Griffin era, and she didn’t have the leisure to think about the Fourth Princess.

Aria took up the discarded iron sword that had been passed down from her family, House Sylvester.

Then a man who had come from an unknown place approached Aria and said.

“The test is about to begin! Aria, I have high expectations for you. Be sure to show us the noble’s proud sword!”

A man speaking while clenching his fists in an excited manner.

It was Professor Bridget. She was a swordsmanship professor in charge of the Aria classroom, and a sword master who had reached the level of 6th star.

“I will do my best.”

Afterwards, Professor Bridget glanced at Cain, who was standing next to her.

Then, Cain’s eyes meet mine, who had been watching silently.

“…Tsk.”

Unlike when she saw Aria, Professor Bridget’s expression was crumpled.

Moreover, his gaze seemed to be looking down.

It was discrimination. He was a baron, the lowest class of the aristocracy, and had fallen from grace, so Professor Bridget, who had a strong sense of superiority, viewed Cain as the same as a commoner.

Professor Bridget said.

“… Well, you are a noble after all. You should work hard so that you don’t look down on by the commoners.”

As soon as Professor Bridget suddenly left, silence fell between Aria and Cain.

I can feel Cain’s arm shaking slightly.

Naturally, Cain was blatantly discriminated against in front of his best friend. It couldn’t have been nice.

Aria couldn’t say anything to him. She thought it was best for him to just ignore him and pretend not to know.

How much time has passed like that?

“The system room is open! Students from each of the four swordsmen’s clubs, please line up from the front and take the test in order!”

The words of a teaching assistant who seemed to be a few years older were heard, and the students began to move busily.

The exam begins.

Aria and Cain waited between the rows of students, watching the students taking their exams first inside the system room with its transparent magic walls.

-Kwaang! Thump! Kwokwang!

The ground where Ignis struck shook all the way outside the system room.

Most of the students were busy just avoiding Ignis’ attacks.

“Hee, heek!”

“Kuuu-!”

-Quaqua light!

“Tolson Brezier! Failure! 3 minutes and 14 seconds!”

As the medical team drags the student who collapsed inside the system room outside, the student’s wounds completely heal and he comes back to life as if nothing had happened.

3 minutes and 14 seconds. That was quite a long time.

Students who had little combat experience and thought they could not defeat Ignis chose to dodge the attacks here and there to buy time.

Even if you can’t defeat it, you’ll get extra points as time goes by.

It was their own way of surviving.

The next order was similar.

However, he attempted to attack and even allowed Ignis to be wounded.

Since I couldn’t get the distance to the chest where the core was in the fire fist attack, I casted a time delay spell just like the previous order.

Then, when you run out of energy, you drop out around 3 minutes and the next turn comes.

“Eww! What are you guys doing! At this rate, the results will be similar to those of other classrooms! If even one of you fails the test, you guys know how to stay until dawn today and run supplementary classes!”

Professor Bridget is furious and scolds the students who came back from taking the test.

The students’ mood only got worse.

Aria felt once again that Professor Bridget was not a person to be emulated in terms of personality, as she was unable to console the student who had failed, but instead made him even more miserable.

“Next! Cain Barbo!”

Soon it was Cain’s turn.

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“Aria Sylvester! Defeat Success! 6 minutes and 10 seconds!”

“Cain Barbo! Defeat Success! 6 minutes 17 seconds!”

Everyone’s attention was focused on the fact that for the first time since the test was implemented, there were two defeaters.

Even the students taking the test in other classrooms looked this way and sighed.

But Aria’s interest was in Cain.

‘I didn’t know you’d become this strong in such a short period of time… You’re a monster.’

Aria couldn’t help but admire Cain, who had just returned from his exam, out of breath.

Now that I have reached a level where I can use Aura, I have no worries about defeating intermediate fire spirits.

But Cain….

Until recently, it was at the level of going back and forth between two stars.

But what he showed on the test was definitely Auror.

It was a technique that could not be used unless one reached the 3-star level.

“Wow! Cain! I knew you could do it!”

“Kain! That was amazing!”

Cain waves awkwardly to Lucy and Ellis, who are cheering from the stands.

In the midst of all this, Aria only looked at Cain because of his amazing growth speed.

‘If you don’t come to your senses just a little, you’ll soon be caught up to me.’

Perhaps Cain’s talents rival his own, or even surpass it.

Aria was proud of her sword, but when she saw Cain’s achievements in front of her, she became impatient.

‘…Should I increase the intensity of my training?’

Then Cain approached Aria and said.

“Aria! You really… how did you defeat Ignis so quickly? I couldn’t even keep up.”

“How humble. The time difference between you and me is only 7 seconds.”

“But still! You were easygoing when we fought. I fought with all my might to defeat you…”

Cain laughs and scratches the back of his head.

Then he asks:

“What are you going to do now?”

“What do you mean?”

“The exam is over. You don’t have to stay here anymore. Let’s go see the kids.”

Cain points to Lucy and Ellis, who were in the stands.

“… … .”

Aria was troubled.

I haven’t seen that guy yet.

A mysterious man who saved her life from a griffon and suddenly ran into her at the training grounds on the first day of the second semester, wondering how she survived.

He definitely looked like he was my age… .

Aria looked into the systems room of the other lecture hall.

-Kuguang! Kuguang!

“Kwaaak!”

He looks like he’s being kicked out by Ignis, just like other students.

It was not worth seeing.

I wonder if that mysterious man also failed the test so quickly.

Maybe you didn’t see it. Maybe it’s already passed.

Aria was almost the last in line, so there was a high chance that she would have passed.

‘… If I had failed this test, I would have failed it.’

Aria immediately turns her head.

Interest has cooled.

The reason he was looking for her so desperately was not only because he owed her a debt of gratitude for saving him, but also because he saw something in her.

An interesting possibility that someone other than Cain could be his sparring partner.

When fighting the Griffin, his movements were dazzling without having to strengthen his body with magical power.

I searched for him because I thought he might be a reclusive master who hides his identity thoroughly… .

‘If it’s my imagination… yes. I don’t know why, but he’s reluctant to meet me, so why should I be looking for him more desperately?’

Cain continues to urge them to move.

At that moment, Aria reluctantly nodded and was about to give up.

-The entire facility became quiet.

The facility, which had been noisy with cheers, encouragement, chatter and small talk, was suddenly enveloped in silence as if they had been coaxed into speaking.

“… … ?”

Aria and Cain look around, bewildered by the incongruous situation.

The students who had been chattering noisily suddenly started looking somewhere as a group.

The professors were the same. Their eyes were focused on one place.

Everyone looks dazed. What on earth happened to make them act like this?

Aria slowly turned her head in the direction their gaze was directed.

And at that moment.

“… … !”

Aria’s eyes opened wide.

‘I, the author… …!’

Wild black hair. And shining golden eyes.

He has nicely bulging muscles and a handsome appearance that shows that he hasn’t neglected his training.

Although he had lost a lot of weight since then… Aria could recognize him.

The mysterious man who had saved her during the Griffin incident. He was standing blankly next to Ignis, who had collapsed in the system room.

As Aria spotted him, a student’s voice echoed through the silence.

“City, city-! Defeat success! 29 seconds!!”