End-of-sester evaluation (6)
“You are that student assistant, Anise Heylan. It is rumored that you are much faster than most assistant professors.”
Anise plugged her nose at the heavy sll of alcohol.
It was a habitual behavior, but when I thought about it, it was rude in front of a senior professor. Anis herself thought it was a mistake, but Professor Kalide didn’t seem to care at all.
Kalide, who entered the lab in a drunken state, glanced sideways at Assistant Professor Claire, who was in a corpse state.
Now, looking like a corpse like that is the usual Assistant Professor Claire. I can’t rember the last ti I saw Claire when she wasn’t tired.
In addition to the intense workload, I also conducted personal research, so I would have been short of even 10 bodies.
“Ah, hello. Professor Kalide.”
“There’s no need to make that bug-bitten face.”
“Did I make that kind of face?”
Professor Kalide scratched his head and glanced around the lab.
A week has passed since the end-of-sester exams were completed. After this weekend, it will be vacation season.
“Well… it’s ti for the lab to be free now. Are you the only student assistant who went to work? In fact, it’s ti to prepare for vacation.”
Professor Kalide took out a crumpled docunt envelope from his pocket and threw it on the central teaching assistant table.
“What is this?”
“This is a letter from the academic affairs central headquarters this morning. I heard that the calculation of grades for this sester’s end-of-sester exams has been completed.”
“Is this the sexual material?”
“Yes. Among them, there was a list of the top 20 students by grade.”
Basically, the policy is not to announce students’ grades, but as a motivational asure, the top 20 scorers in each grade are posted on the outside wall of the student center every sester.
He ca to take care of organizing the data. Normally, the senior professor would organize it himself, but Kaleid was not a very quick person.
“Check the list appropriately, organize it nicely, and then post it in the student center.”
“I understand.”
Anyway, Anise’s hands were empty.
As the sester ca to an end, the amount of work assigned to Assistant Professor Claire’s lab was greatly reduced.
It’s a long-awaited break. Assistant Professor Claire was sleeping soundly at her desk, so there was no one to give her work instructions. As a result, I was doing odd jobs, such as organizing materials that were past their storage period.
“Hmm…”
Anise picked up the envelope that Professor Kaleid had thrown away and swallowed dryly.
Thanks to her ticulous personality, Anis boasts outstanding written scores, but her practical scores still left a lot to be desired.
I wanted to get high scores and get a scholarship, but I couldn’t do that because my grades were always a little low.
This ti, I thought I would have so hope, but…
“Oh, that’s right. Your na wasn’t there, Anis.”
Anis, who was trying to open the docunt with her heart pounding, was hit with the death sentence first.
When Anise looked at Kaleid with wide eyes, he shrugged his shoulders and rolled up the tobacco.
“What should I do? It’ll only break your heart to see it with your own eyes.”
“Profit… Ugh…”
Anise shook her head and sighed. Actually, I didn’t have that many expectations.
If this happens, the most curious part is Ed Rosstaylor’s performance.
Ed Rosstaylor rose rapidly after performing well in the recent practical exam. This is because he did not simply have a reputation as a sincere hard worker, but actually achieved many practical achievents.
She is considered to be the only student who can erge as the new 3rd grade valedictorian, defeating Yenica Palover, who was the undisputed 1st place winner.
Other grades may not be very interested, but it is drawing quite a bit of interest among third graders… Anis was also quite curious.
One of the best things about being a student assistant is having access to this information first.
“Whew…”
Even though it wasn’t her grade, Anis started to feel nervous again.
In the first place, Anis is soone who has feelings for both Yenika and Ed.
When I think about the fact that one of the two will not be able to rise to the top position, I feel a pang of regret in my heart.
Still, the scales in Anise’s mind were tilting slightly more toward Ed.
Jenica is kind and sincere, and is the best friend of best friends with whom I have a deep connection. It was a very precious relationship, but Anise found herself in Ed’s efforts to break his bones.
Anis is also aware. This is a kind of self-identity.
The path of the man who survived by grinding his teeth without any background or talent must have never been smooth. You can see your own life overlapping with that life.
Anis knows well the value of a life that has endured like that. So the effort must be rewarded.
Just because it’s Yenika doesn’t an she didn’t try. It’s not that it wasn’t difficult or that I lived a rough life.
Still, the result of that effort is completely different from Ed.
“Where…”
Anise took a deep breath and quickly opened the envelope of docunts given to her by Professor Kaleid.
A bunch of docunts ca out from inside. When she looked at the top line of the first page, Anise’s face instantly lit up.
But let’s examine the details for a mont… Anise’s gaze began to cool little by little.
* * * [ Look at these wings, Master Ed! If you spread it out like this… it can cover Master Ed’s entire upper body! Hahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ]
Mug laughed loudly and then coughed as if he was choking.
It was also last week that Mug transford into a mid-level spirit. In other words, it was like that all week.
[If you make too much of a fuss, Master Ed’s magic might co under your control. ]
[Is that so…! For now, I will refrain from starting fires. I’m so excited, stop! Thank you for your opinion, Lacia…! ]
[Why are you still using the polite term? We are now the sa lieutenant spirit. ]
[ Yes? ]
On the other hand, the bachelor’s bench at sunset.
After finishing all my school work and before returning to camp, I sat on a bench and had a quick al.
Today was the closing day, marking the end of all classes for the sester. Since there are no classes left, there is no need to co to the faculty building until vacation.
So, I wanted to finish everything I had to do in the teaching building today.
The northern forest camp where I live is quite far from the professor’s building, so I didn’t want to keep coming in and out of the distant professor’s building because of a few minor things I had to take care of.
[How can I…! That’s right. Now that I am a mid-level spirit, I am on equal footing with Lacia…! ]
[ yes. ]
[ Still, I can’t let go right now… I’m not ntally ready… Can I just… slowly let go…? ]
[ …. ]
Mug was sitting on the back of the bench, flapping his wings, and Lacia was sitting face down on the marble floor, licking the soles of her feet. As I watched the two of them bickering over polite words, I rembered myself having a strange war of nerves with Belle Maia, and for no reason I felt strange.
[You’re making such a fuss over sothing that isn’t a big deal. And I don’t know where Ed’s horsepower is like it used to be. You can easily handle two mid-level spirits, so don’t be too nervous. ]
anwhile, rilda was flipping through a thick book in the opposite corner of the bench, reading it and snorting. It’s strangely obnoxious.
“I can handle two middle-ranking spirits, but you’re a bit too much. Now that I think about it, they’re always on my side, not on Lucy’s side.”
When I said that, rilda, in human form, closed her eyes and shook her head.
[ He has a generous amount of magic power, but he rarely goes out to the professorial building. I want to stop by the library often, but if I follow her around, I have to walk every day to borrow books. The sa goes for returns. ]
“You already read all the ten books I borrowed last week?”
[Art history studies are thick with a lot of data and pictures, but they are not very practical. ]
After saying that, he turns the pages of the book and hums. I was thinking about saying more, but decided to just leave it at that.
[ Looking at the sky turning red, it looks like the sun is slowly setting. Master Ed. Shouldn’t we take care of the backlog? ]
Lacia asked politely.
“Okay. I need to clean up everything I ate and get so work done quickly. I need to go to the Trix Building and apply for an academic scholarship for next sester, and Professor Flavin told to pick up the remaining textbooks if I need them, so I should also stop by the lab.”
[You are very busy. ]
“I have a lot of work to do when I get back. First of all… I finished the exam well, so I should prepare to return ho. I need to arrange a carriage and make sure I have soone to accompany .”
I am confident that this vacation will be a big turning point in my life.
The more thorough the preparation, the better.
[When do you plan to join Miss Yenika? Aren’t you going ho together? ]
“I decided to finish my work and et at the student center.”
I added as I cleaned up everything I ate.
“I heard this sester’s grades ca out.”
As I let out a deep sigh, I finally realized.
Although I acted as if nothing had happened, I was also sowhat nervous.
* * *
Student performance results for the first half of this year (top 20 students)
..- First year ranking – 1. Wade Calamore (senior)
2. Josef Whitepeltz (second class)
3. Dennis Beniams 4. Claude Velasus 5. Tanya Ross Taylor
..- 2nd grade ranking ― 1. Lucy Mayril (senior)
2. Lortel Kecheln (second senior)
3. Clevious Nortondale 4. Ziggs Epelstein 5. Taylor McLaure
..― 3rd grade ranking ― 1 . Ed Rothtaylor (senior)
2. Yenika Palover (second vice president)
3. Drake Ragers 4. Atalanta 5. Seri Kemallan
..― 4th grade ranking – 1. Dyke Elphelan (senior)
2. Traciana Bloomriver (Second Chairperson)
3. Dorothy Whitefeltz 4. Groux 5. Patriciana Bloomriver
…Student center with the sunset setting.
Nail Pavilion stands majestically against the background of the red sky. The surrounding area is full of students.
The list of top 20 students presented by the academic departnt ca into view at a glance.
When I entered the entrance of the student center with all kinds of docunts and books wrapped around , the students’ eyes were already focused on .
The mont I heard the whispering, I already had a certain intuition.
Due to Sylvania’s grading structure, the na of the head student rarely changes.
And the mont I saw that I was listed under the na of the 3rd grade valedictorian, I closed my eyes.
― ‘Really, Ed Rosstaylor won top honors in 3rd grade…!’
– ‘Honestly, I think that’s possible. He worked really hard…’
― ‘Do you think they give the top position to just anyone because they live alone?’
― ‘―――’
― ‘―――’
As I gently closed my eyes and found peace of mind, the loud noises around gradually faded away.
mories rewind. The past years of gritting my teeth and surviving in an absurd environnt are overlaid on my black eyelids.
All those years when wherever I went, everyone looked at with disdain. The days when I had to endure with only will and effort because my body was miserable and my talents were low, passed by like a flash.
I endured and overca all those hardships and eventually rose to the top of my grade.
It took another year and 7 months. During that period, I hardly ever got a good night’s sleep.
So will say that we have achieved incredible results in a short period of ti, while others may say that it makes no sense to have endured for such a long ti.
Long or short, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, I persevered and achieved results, and now I have proudly achieved the best grades of my third year.
Strangely, my heart felt heavy. I had decided to silently accept whatever the outco would be, but when the results of my hard work were presented before my eyes, a wave of emotion seed to wash over .
What can I do? I was also human. I can’t help but feel overwheld with emotion.
I finally opened my eyes, adjusted the luggage in my arms, and checked the docunt on the wall again. No matter how many tis I checked, the na at the top of the third grade class was Ed Rosstaylor.
“Whoa…”
I took a deep breath.
Have you ever experienced such deep and imnse satisfaction after falling into this world? I guess it was when the first cabin was completed.
I read the details of the notice with a heavy heart.
The specific grades of top students were written under each na. The difference in grades between and Yenika was quite wide. It was unexpected.
My grades were calculated without errors. And the mont I turned my eyes to Jenica’s sexuality… I felt a strange sense of discomfort.
For a mont, I narrowed my eyes and frowned.
“Ed…! Ed is the chief…!”
At that ti, Yenika ca out from behind, pushing through the students. The eyes of the surrounding students imdiately focused on us. These days, I feel like I’m strangely attracting attention.
“Ahh~ I ended up being the runner-up~. In the end, Ed won…!”
The expression on Jenica’s face as she approaches while stamping her feet looks sowhat refreshed.
“Yenika.”
“Huh?”
“I have sothing to say. Let’s go sowhere where there are no listening ears.”
I grabbed Jenica’s arm and escaped from the crowd of students. A mumbling sound followed, but I didn’t want to worry about that right now.
“Ed? Huh? Ed?”
After standing away from the crowd for a while, I let go of Jenica’s arm.
Yenika also seed nervous and just wiggled her fingers.
“Eh Ed, what’s wrong?”
“Did you intentionally get it wrong on the written test?”
There is no reason to say it back. I just asked bluntly.
After reading the detailed grades, I felt a great sense of discomfort.
In the subject of Elental Science, Monster Ecology, which is Yenika’s specialty, her written score was strangely low.
It is difficult to do anything about the actual performance score, which asures actual responsiveness, but you can ‘control’ your score on the written test. In particular, the more you know about a specialty subject, the easier it is.
“You gave … the chief position, right?”
When I asked that, Yenika whined once and shook her shoulders. Anyway, she is a girl who can never lie.
“…Have you noticed a lot…?”
“Why did you do that?”
“No… because of the disciplinary action I received last ti, even if I graduated at the top of my class, I can’t receive preferential scholarships. I can’t even enter the Ofilis building…”
Yenika continued to wiggle her fingers and talk as if she was embarrassed.
“Ed is the sa as Ed, who was kicked out of Ofilis Hall, but he can still receive scholarship benefits…” ”
Didn’t you say that you work hard to support the people in your hotown?…
” Because it’s amazing. And… the anticipation was heavy inside… As I lay in camp and thought about it, I thought I could step down from my position as chief.”
Yenika blurted out her words while saying that. Before long, Besi smiled and added.
“Ed doesn’t have good grades for being the top student. First of all, I thought it would be right for Ed to be the top student in his third year.”
I took a deep breath at those words.
I thought this senior position was the result of all my hard work. This is also the reason why I felt such great joy that it took my breath away.
However, in reality, everything was given over to Yenika.
Looking at the grades, even if Jenica took the notes properly, I didn’t know if she could compare them.
To that extent, my grades ca out higher than expected. In reality, we don’t know what would have happened.
In fact, it is a thing of the past.
The fact that I so desperately wanted the top position was proof of my hard work, but in the end, the perks that ca with the top position were the key.
They arrived completely in my hands. Thankfully, thanks to Jenica’s consideration. Actually, that’s it.
“Okay, thank you.”
He spoke quietly.
His facial expression and tone are the sa as usual. Without any significant changes, I thanked Yenika with all my heart as always. In tis like these, you need to be more mature.
“It’s all thanks to you, Yenika. Even if you didn’t have any special privileges, it wouldn’t have been an easy decision to give up your position as head… There would be people around you looking at you…” “
No, no…! Hard tis always go to Edgar. You do it the most…!”
“Anyway, thank you. I won’t forget this favor.”
After saying that, Yenika’s expression doesn’t look very good.
He seed to sense sothing strange and just tilted his head.
“Eh ed…?”
It was a mont when Yenika, who had been thinking for a while, was about to ask a question.
―Sasashak.
“You two were here.”
A haughty yet soft voice. It was the voice I heard so many tis in Assistant Professor Claire’s lab.
Anise ca out from behind the bench, brushing away her thick gray hair. It looked like he had been looking for us for a while now.
“Oh, Anise…? What’s going on here…?”
“We were supposed to go to Laplace Bakery today. The three of us with Clara to celebrate the closing ceremony. I heard Jenica always forgets.”
“Today? Was it like that?”
Anis ca striding forward, passed by, and squeezed Jenica’s arm. However, I did not forget to say hello.
“Hi Ed.”
“Have you finished your lab work…?”
“Yeah, okay. I’m sorry, but I’ll borrow Yenica. I had a prior appointnt, but I guess I forgot.”
Anis pulled Jenica, who was tilting her head.
No matter how much she thought about it, Jenica mumbled that she didn’t think she had made that promise, but Anis told her to rember and dragged her away like she was half kidnapping her.
“Oh right.”
However, before disappearing with Yenika in tow, he turned his head and spoke to , leaving the sunset behind him.
“Congratulations on becoming senior.”
“Okay, thank you.”
And just like that, Anis… quickly disappeared, taking Yenika with her.
“….”
The sun is setting in the western sky. It was early evening just now, but now it feels like it’s really getting close to night.
I sat down on a nearby bench, put both hands on the backrest, and looked at the sky.
Afterwards, I had to go back to camp and check what I had to do.
Now that it’s almost sumr vacation, I realize that there’s still a lot of work left to do.
Eventually, an inexplicable sigh ca out.
The red sky was very beautiful.
* * *
“Why did you do that?”
“…Yes?”
“Yenika, you made a mistake.”
Anise was walking away with a striding stride, holding her arm tightly. The arm that was being held strangely hard felt sore, but Jenica could not bear to say that it hurt.
So Anis dragged Yenika for a while… and only after she was far away from Ed did she sit down on the flower bed.
Anise lowered her head and took a mont to choose her words.
Although I hadn’t seen Ed Rothtaylor for a long ti, I was aware of the fact that I identified with him at so point. Self-objectification is Anise’s specialty.
Therefore, I thought that his efforts that he gritted his teeth and continued to do should be rewarded.
And looking at the calculated results, even if Jenica had not conceded, he might have been able to take the top position. Although it now remains an unknown possibility.
After learning that fact, Anise sighed helplessly.
“Actually, it’s not that serious. Yenika, you probably did it with so bad intentions. I guess it’s just because you like Ed and want him to do well.”
“Well… when you say it so bluntly, I feel… a little…”
“But Yenika. Don’t you rember the tis when she gritted her teeth and worked hard to get the top position?”
Anis pressed the forehead of Jenica, who was blushing, and stopped talking.
Yenika just kept her head pressed down and made eye contact with Anise.
Eventually, Yenika imagines Ed’s position.
Days where I saved even my sleeping ti and tried not to waste even the slightest bit of ti.
The mont he was inford that he had worked hard to achieve the top position, but that the result was nothing more than a ‘concession’. What Ed felt at that ti.
Just because your intentions are good, there is no way that the results will be good.
However, Ed responded to Yenika’s awkwardness with a mature expression of gratitude.
After assessing that far, Yenika’s breath suddenly stopped.
“….”
“Yes, Yenika. You should know by now.”
On one side of the bachelor pad where the sun was setting, Anis sat next to the flower bed where Jenica was sitting.
“Just because you’re nice doesn’t an you’re good if your standing position is high.”
Sumr nights co a little early.
Now that sumr is in full swing, the darkness is deeper than usual.
Sitting in the flower bed and quietly watching the setting sun… Yenika lowered her head.
Anis didn’t add any unnecessary words and just sat quietly next to him.
“….”
“….”
And just like that, the sester exams are coming to an end.
Ed Rosstaylor, senior third grader.
Because the weight of that na felt heavier than usual….
The two girls sat side by side like that, just looking at the setting sun.
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