The test had barely lasted an hour, and everybody once again entered the lecture room.
The Imperial Scholar made an announcent. "It will take longer to grade all of these tests due to open-ended answers and only one reviewer, but I will have it done by tomorrow. In the anti, consider the rest of today a free day."
Without another word, the Imperial Scholar left the room.
Skynder got up and left.
A free day wasn't necessarily a good thing since there wasn't much to do, but after thinking he felt that he might as well do sothing.
Over the past few days of studying space, Skynder had amassed two more points, for a total of five points.
This really wasn't a significant amount and barely opened up any locations, but there was one that Skynder decided to go to.
It was known as an arcade.
There were gas to play there and food to eat. Essentially, it was a lounging area with a lot to do.
Skynder had nothing to study and no aningful activity to take part in, so he wandered around and once again located the arcade.
As he stepped inside, he noticed multiple stands with people standing at them. When they saw him, they visibly perked up.
"Finally, a new person."
"It's been ages since I've had sothing to do."
Skynder heard murmurs from multiple vendors.
He looked around as he walked down the middle aisle.
These vendor stands had mini-gas, and he assud that the things around them were prizes.
He looked at a few, and since he had nothing to do, he played so gas. So of the gas were throwing rings on bottles, or catching fish with thin paper on a stick.
So used weapons to test skill. He won a few prizes, and found himself carrying a variety of soft, fake animals.
He walked past the vendors and found a larger area with multiple lanes. According to the sign above, this was a bowling alley.
Soone stood to the side, and upon seeing Skynder, spoke. "Hello, sir. Would you like to learn how to bowl?"
Skynder nodded. He had never heard of this ga.
The lady went on to demonstrate the goal, as well as how to keep score.
"If you want, I can keep score for you while you play. Although this is usually a multiple person ga, playing solo is possible."
After hearing everything, Skynder grabbed a bowling ball and slid it down the lane. The first throw missed completely, landing in sothing called the gutter.
The second throw landed better, knocking off a few pins. After that, he got the hang of it. Strikes and spares were a common occurrence, shocking the lady keeping score.
"You are quite talented, sir."
Skynder just nodded. After all, it was hard to talk with his throat injury.
Eventually, he completed a ga.
"Very well done sir, I've never seen such high scores on a first ga. You should consider being a professional. From what I understand, this ga is slowly gaining popularity in the Imperial Capital."
Skynder just shook his head. "Thank you for your assistance."
With that, he began to move on.
Suddenly, he heard clapping.
Looking to the side, he saw a familiar face. It was one of his fellow students, a woman with black hair, red lipstick, and a red dress.
Skynder looked at her once before ignoring her.
However, she spoke, clearly having no intentions of letting him leave peacefully.
"You're good, for a first tir. What do you say we play a ga? See who's better."
Skynder looked at her again and spoke. "I'll pass."
He began to walk away when she spoke again, her voice different.
"Please just play a round with . Nobody else cos here and I'm forced to compete with only myself. Co on. Just one ga."
Her tone was completely different, nearly pleading.
Skynder, seeing the distressed look on her face, sighed. He had no interest in playing at all, but he felt that he would be in for more and more talk if he disagreed.
"One ga. Don't talk to anymore regardless of the outco."
She nodded quickly.
Skynder turned around and stood at the entrance to one of the lanes.
The lady to the side was clearly excited. "Finally, a competition. I thought the day would never co."
Skynder started first, bowling a strike on his very first turn. The girl went after him, similarly bowling a strike.
On Skynder's second turn, he hit eight the first ti and two the second ti for a spare.
On her second turn, the girl bowled another strike.
They went back and forth, their scores staying quite similar. Finally, the tenth turn ca. Skynder was down by 4 points, a tiny amount for his second ga, especially since this girl had clearly played a lot.
The tenth turn was different than the others. If he bowled perfectly, he could score three strikes in one round.
He threw one. Strike. Another, Strike. The last, seven pins.
The girl was clearly nervous. She threw one. Strike. Another, five pins. Another, spare.
She stomped her feet. She had lost.
Skynder began to walk away. The girl wanted to say sothing, but she had reached an agreent with Skynder. She swallowed her loss and started a new ga by herself, determined to practice.
Skynder walked deeper into the building. He found multiple gas and multiple different sports. He played around for a while before eventually returning to the entrance. He played a few more gas at the vendor stands and ate before returning to his room with his hands full of soft, fake animals.
Skynder quickly fell asleep from all the gas he had played. He kind of had fun, but most importantly, he had passed ti quickly. The next morning, he woke up and silently made his way to the Education building.
Though everyone arrived, the room stayed in complete silence.
Only when the Imperial Scholar ca in did everyone begin to focus.
He wrote the nas from the bottom up.
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