After firing the arrow, I noticed the person senior Nadine had called Miss Alisha was walking towards us. She then approached us.
"Nadine, what are you talking about with him? Hmm, you're Rid Archie, the one who beat Alia in the daily match," senior Alisha said.
"Yes, senior. Nice to et you, and I'm honored to be rembered," I said.
"No need to exaggerate. It's natural that I rember you, since I also ca to watch your match with Alia. It was an interesting match," senior Alisha said.
"Thank you, senior," I said.
"So, what's your business here?" senior Alisha asked.
"Nothing special. I was just checking out this special training area. Besides, I haven't seen this training area since I first arrived at the academy. And when I arrived on this floor, I saw senior Nadine training. Nadine noticed , so she approached , and we ended up chatting," I said.
"What were you two talking about earlier?" asked Senior Alisha.
"Sorry, Miss Alisha, if I was rude. Earlier, Rid was discussing the strongest female student in this academy, so I ntioned your na and talked about you with Rid," said Senior Nadine.
"I see, well, it's fine. I felt like you were talking about , so I just wanted to know what you were talking about. Turns out it was just that," said Senior Alisha.
"Yes, Miss," said Senior Nadine.
"But you're quite close with Rid, aren't you, Nadine? Is it because Rid's current partner is your cousin? But I don't mind whatever your reason, I'm happy to see senior and junior getting along like this," said Senior Alisha with a smile.
"Then, I'd like to continue practicing. You guys continue your conversation," Senior Alisha continued.
Then she left us both to return to the training grounds.
"Senior Alisha seems like a nice person, huh," I said.
"Of course, you could say Miss Alisha and Miss Gretta are the stars of this academy. Besides being beautiful and strong, they're both very kind to each other," said Senior Nadine.
"By the way, Senior Nadine, aren't you busy at Elevrad to be able to train like this?" I asked.
"I don't have any assignnts right now, but usually the leader or Miss Gretta cos here in person to inform
if there's a sudden assignnt, since the Elevrad room is only one floor away from this training ground,"
"By the way, would you like to check out the 7th floor as well? It has the main Elevrad room and other rooms for private use by Elevrad mbers. Right now, you can only explore up to the 7th floor, as floors 8 through 10 are reserved for academy tournants, so you can't see them right now," said Senior Nadine.
"I see. I don't know if I'll check out the 7th floor as well, because I just want to see the special training area today. If I go to the 7th floor and et Senior Vyn, I'll be assud to want to join Elevrad," I said.
"Okay, whatever," said Senior Nadine.
"Hmm, so you're here, Rid," said Senior Gretta, who had just co up from the 5th floor.
"Senior Gretta," I said.
"I didn't see you in the library today, so you're here," said Senior Gretta.
"Well, I didn't go to the library today because I wanted to see the special training area in this building. I've been at this academy for quite so ti, but I've never seen any of this place. What are you doing here, Senior Gretta?" I asked.
"I'm going to the Elevrad room because I have business with the leader," said Senior Gretta.
"I see," I said.
"Do you want to go with Rid to the Elevrad room? You said you've never been here before, right? Surely you haven't been either," said Senior Gretta.
"I don't think so, I'll visit later," I said.
"Okay then," said Senior Gretta.
"Anyway, I'll take my leave now. I'm going back to my dorm. See you, Senior Nadine and Senior Gretta," I said.
"Yeah, see you too," said Senior Gretta.
"See you, Rid," said Senior Nadine.
Then I left the two of them and went down the stairs.
"Rid's gone, huh?" said Senior Alisha.
"Wow, you just surprised , Alisha," said Senior Gretta.
"What are you doing here, Gretta?" asked Senior Alisha.
"I was going to the Elevrad room and happened to see Rid here, so I chatted with him for a bit. By the way, you happen to be here, so co with
to the Elevrad room. There's sothing important we need to discuss," said Senior Gretta.
"Okay," said Senior Alisha.
"Nadine, you stay here. This eting is just for the three of us," said Senior Gretta.
"Okay, miss," said Senior Nadine.
Then Senior Gretta and Senior Alisha climbed the stairs and headed to the Elevrad room.
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Ti flew by, and before we knew it, it was already the first week of December. This ant we would be taking our second exam at the academy in a week. anwhile, today we were practicing on the training grounds.
"It's already December," said Noa.
"You're right, and we'll be facing our second exam soon," I said.
"Okay, today's lesson is over," said Mr. Alan.
"But the clock hasn't shown it's ti to go ho yet, Mr. Alan. Why is it over already?" said one of the students.
"Because I'll use the remaining ti to explain the second exam next week," said Mr. Alan.
The students seed ready to listen to Mr. Alan's explanation.
"As I said before, this second exam is a battle between students. It may sound like a daily match, but it's not the sa. While a daily match is a one-on-one test, in this second exam, you will be paired with a partner and facing your partner," said Mr. Alan.
"Pairs?"
"That sounds fun."
"But wouldn't that be bad? If this exam were a pairing test, and Rid were paired with the Ice Princess, wouldn't they be an unbeatable pair in this exam?" the students said, chatting among themselves.
"Calm down, everyone. Even though this is a pairing test, your partners weren't chosen by you, but by . Even though it's random, there's a chance that the worst pairings you can imagine will actually happen. The pairs ford in this exam are normally made up of a boy and a girl. However, there are usually classes with an imbalance of boys and girls, so sotis there are boys paired with boys and girls paired with girls. But whether by chance or not, the number of boys and girls in this class is balanced, with 20 people in each. So let's decide your pairs now so you can practice with your partners this week," said Mr. Alan.
Then Mr. Alan prepared two containers, each with a piece of paper.
"The container to my left contains papers for boys to pick, and the one to my right contains papers for girls to pick. You must pick a paper from that container, and it has numbers 1 through 20 on it. If a boy gets number 6 and a girl gets number 6, they will be paired up for this exam because they have the sa number," said Mr. Alan.
The students seed to understand Mr. Alan's explanation.
"Okay, starting with the first two, please step forward, Rid and Irene. Take one of the available papers," said Mr. Alan.
Then Irene and I stepped forward and took one paper.
After taking the papers, we both opened them.
I got number 5, while Irene got number 8, which ans we are not paired up because our numbers are different.
"That was close,"
"Thank goodness they aren't paired up," said the other students.
"Looks like we won't be paired up, Irene," I said.
"Yeah, that's a sha. But I won't hold back if we et as opponents," said Irene.
"I won't hold back either," I said.
"Next, Charles and Chloe," said Mr. Alan.
Charles and Chloe stepped forward and took their papers. They unfolded the papers, revealing Charles's number 4, while Chloe's number 11.
"Luckily, Princess Chloe didn't get the sa number as Rid,"
"Hopefully, I'll be paired with Rid,"
"No, hopefully ," said the girls.
It seed like the girls were eager to pair up with .
"Then, Enzo and Noa, please step forward," said Mr. Alan.
They both stepped forward and took their papers. Enzo got number 1, while Noa got number 8, aning Noa was paired with Irene.
"I-I'm paired with the ice princess?" Noa said, surprised.
Irene, realizing that her partner had arrived, approached Noa.
"Please help ," Irene said.
"M- too, p-please help ," Noa said.
It looked like this was going to be difficult for Noa.
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The other students continued to take turns drawing the paper. Now it was Leandra's turn to draw the paper. She got number 15. However, a student suddenly protested after Leandra got number 15.
"What the hell is this? I got the sa number as that disgusting Elf. I don't accept this, I don't want to be paired with him. I demand a redraw," the student said.
-To be continued
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