Vol. 4 - Chapter 15 - Magic firing test
"You seems to be in quite a good mood"
Sieg clapped on my shoulder and gave a smug smile.
"Well yeah"
Of course, I am happy. Cliff knew exactly what he was guilty of and what he was responsible for when he hit the instructor. That\'s why he punched the examiner. He did it because the effort of his important companion who could do nothing but cry was trampled on.
Originally Cliff attached importance to his reputation, he obviously never had gone against the judgment of his superiors. That\'s right, it was something which was almost unthinkable for the past Cliff to do.
I am not a qualified teacher if I am not glad about this growth.
"You may be pleased but I will not let you leave this academy. The reason, if it\'s your, you understood right?"
"Oh, of course"
The basis of Rudol, a territory granted (or imposed) by the imperial government, is based on my title. And then,the uncommon economic development of Rudol.
In the present time, the wealthy merchants all over the world are entering the Rudol.
This is certainly one of the main factors for Rudol\'s current position as a modern trade fair.
However, this is probably not the only reason why the world\'s wealthy merchants are attracted to Rudol. believe that they are fed up with being exploited and having their commercial activities restricted by the high-ranking aristocrats, churches and other interest groups that still hold authority in their countries.
On the other hand, Rudol is one of the few commercial zone in the world that are exempt from territorial tax. Rudol is like an unexpected paradise for them which has finally appeared.
First of all, there\'s no doubt that the center of world economics will be transferred from Sutherland to Rudol in future.
Probably, if we sit on this trend, the authority of pure bred aristocrats will decline. I think the appearance of materialistic groups like trade union too is like a defensive act from them by sensing the trend of group rejection in recent years.
Under these circumstances, if they stripped of my rank, I will lose my position as Rudol\'s head. Now, if the pure-bred aristocratic faction take Rudol\'s under their jurisdiction, there\'s no doubt it will return to its former state.
But it won\'t work out as well as they think. The people of Rudol, who are allergic to imperial aristocrats, will no way allow them to exploit.
The today\'s land of Rudol isn\'t the poorest territory that have it\'s fang broken a long time ago. It has the military strength to go head-to-head with the current Imperial Army. If they forcibly began to exploit, there\'s no doubt it would result in rebellion. Then it will give rise to an unprecedented civil war, which the empire hasn\'t experienced before.
If that happens, whether it\'s friend or foe, a ridiculous amount of lives will be lost. I think this is the most intolerable thing for Sieg, who loves this empire.
"Even if you put aside that matter, there\'s no way for the people like us, who have the mission to raise them, can overlook students\' effort being trampled. It\'s hard to forgive them!"
For the first time, Sieg\'s expression turned to that of a demon. Perhaps, what they have done to Mia and others might have been the violation of line Sieg has decided on.
"Hou, do you have pride as a teacher? It\'s quite surprising"
"Rubbish! Before being raised to the worthless position of Sage, I was originally a teacher of this academy. I\'m nothing more, nothing less!"
"In that case, this is the final responsibility of us as the teachers. Let\'s go and watch the growth of students with our own eyes"
"You don\'t need to say, I will"
Raising a corner of his mouth, Sieg stood up from the chair and we both head towards the assembly hall.
Speaking about the individual practical exam, it\'s just the Mana quantity assessment test and Magic shooting test that are done in the entrance examination with the additional magic performance test.
Students were coming out of the school building in droves, lining up at the shooting range in one corner of the schoolyard to take the magic shooting test.
I can also see Pluto and others at the end of row. Judging from their good moods, they must have scored very high. They now had an average status of E- ~ E+, which is around 27 on my level. As for their magic power, I had all of them learn [Forced sleep] and at night, have them perform [Forced sleep] to the limit of consuming all Morning every night under the guidance of the Spy who has appraisal ability. As a result, all of them have a magic power of E+ or higher.
They are in the top rank of this world at least in the Mana quantity alone. The above three invigilators are Oscar, Rebecca and the professor of battle magic department. In addition to this, Sieg has placed observers at each examination venue this time. With this, those guys wouldn\'t be able to do anything absurd this time.
"Next is Mia Cyrus! Take your position"
At the words of the blond-haired professor of the tactical magic department, Mia stood about 100 meters in front of the 20 targets.
The magic shooting test is to check the magic accuracy rate, firepower and the time it takes for the successive activation rapidly. So magic is fixed with [Fireball].
"So start shooting!"
Mia stared at with her drowsy eyes and do or die expression,
"Multiple crimson flamesー一"
In response to Mia\'s spell, dozens of flame lumps appear in the sky, turning blue and expanding while spinning.
"Huh!?"
The professor of the tactical magic department leaned forward with his eyes like saucers, while Mia\'s chanting continued.
"In accordance with my power一一"
Innumerable Sparks like things splash out from the pale blue flame that has already reached approx 4-5 meter in size, not to mention increasing its speed even more.
"Become the Gale wind explosion!!"
As if it were a bullet, it raced towards the target in a straight line, hit the target, and exploded!
The professor of combat magic was watching the scene with his jaw hanging open as fragments of the target flew down from the air in a blast of hot air.
The hall instantly becomes noisy, as if all the beans have popped out at the same time.
Mia, with a big smile on her face, came into my view and waved her hands in the air.
"Just what kind of teaching method would you be able to use such absurd magic?"
Asked Sieg, as he wipes away the bead like sweat from his face after Mia\'s test was over.
"[Fireball] is something I have taught them thoroughly in the class. But seeing that, I think they are trying to be low-key"
Anyway, if any further improvement were to be made, it will no longer look like [Fireball].
"You are just like that...... "
Sieg held his head in hands for a while and groaned.
And then a few professors pointed out that the examinations after that were closed to the public, except for the examiner and observer in charge. If anything, students will be demotivated. It seems it was such a pathetic reason. It\'s bad to say but I rather them don\'t have such a cheap pride that\'s easy to demotivate with that much. At any rate, it should just throw it away in the drain.
That being said the case, I couldn\'t no longer spectate it but I have faith in the professor of battle magic department,
The next "magic performance" is a test to see what kind of magic you\'re best at and how well you\'ve perfected it. In other words, it\'s an exam that appeals to the examiner that "I learned to use such amazing magic in this one year."
The test seems to be managed arbitrarily but I\'m sure if it\'s Rebecca, she will fulfill her duty as examiner fair and upright.