Final Trial of Mankind

A corner of the corridor immediately became noisy.

Recently, this has gradually become a routine landscape in the college.

"Ah, ah, what a group of noisy guys... It's good to be young!"

"Ah, ah, what a group of noisy guys... It's good to be young!"

In different places, the two long-lived species made this exclamation at the same time.

"...It's all right now. Well, although it's a bit lonely..." Celika looked at the appearance of her worthless precious disciple kneeling and kowtowing at the students' feet, and muttered a word in satisfaction, then looked at out the window.

In the endless blue sky outside the window——

The city in the sky is reflected in the dazzling sunlight as always——

030 Pseudo Passionate Lecturer

Arzano Imperial Academy of Magic after class, on the second floor of the East Building.

At this moment, the classroom of the second class of the second year of the Bachelor of Magic is in a surprising silence.

"So ~ is anyone willing to participate in the "Flying Competition" project~?" Sistina, who was standing behind the podium, asked her fellow students, but no one responded.

Everyone seemed to be carved out of the same mold, as silent as attending a funeral in a classroom.

"...Then, who is willing to participate in the [Transformation] project~?"

Sure enough, there was still no response, as quiet as if all of them had disconnected from the server and hadn't reconnected yet.

"Ha...it's not good...the competitive festival will start next week, but the candidates for the competition have not been decided at all..."

Sistina scratched her head and winked at Rumia who was standing in front of the blackboard as a secretary.

Rumia nodded slightly, and spoke to her classmates in an unexpectedly loud voice that didn't match her steady appearance.

"Hey, everyone. It's rare that Mr. Glenn made a speech about "how you do what you like" to this competition festival. Everyone, why don't you just give it a try? You see, isn't this just a resentment for not being able to participate in the competition festival last year? Is it an excellent time to make up for regrets for those who are still alive?"

Even so, everyone kept disconnecting.They avoided each other's eyes as if the conversation hadn't been established at all.

"...It's useless, both of you."

At this moment, a young man with glasses stood up from his seat and broke the stalemate.

The boy's name was Jibble, and he was the top student in the second class of the second year after Sistina.

"Everyone is timid, but it's natural to say that of course. The other classes choose the students with the best grades every year to compete with each other. From the very beginning, no one is willing to participate in the competition that they know they will definitely lose... Right?"

"...But, this is a hard-won opportunity."

Gibble continued, ignoring Sistina's muffled objection.

"Besides, this year's magic competition festival for our second graders, and the special gift of Her Majesty the Queen visiting the scene in person, everyone doesn't want to embarrass themselves in front of Her Majesty."

Although the words were sarcasm, Gibble did point out the true thoughts that were spreading in the hearts of his classmates.

"Compared to this, Sistina, you should be more serious, right?"

"...I've always been very serious?"

"Hahaha, you're really good at making jokes. Are you serious? You're clearly sympathizing with the indecisive weaklings and giving away the right to appear?" Jibble pouted with a half-smile, Glancing at his classmates, "Look, thanks to your unusual proposal, even the outstanding guys who are already qualified to participate in the competition festival are cowering like lambs... that's enough, isn't it?" ?”

"I, I didn't mean that!? And you called everyone weak...!" Sistina panicked with her eyebrows raised.

Gibble ignored her argument and continued to babble the truth.

"Sufficient words are enough. Instead of that, hurry up and assign all athletic events to guys with excellent grades like me and you. If you don't do this, you will be in other classes... especially the class led by Mr. Harley, There is no chance of winning.”

"Winning is not the ultimate goal of the competition festival, is it? Besides, that kind of allocation was done last year... I always feel that it's really boring..."

"No, victory is the only goal, right? Is it boring? What nonsense are you talking about, isn't this a question of whether it's interesting or not?"

Jible laughed at Sistina's words.

"Who is the person with the best magic skills in this academy where it's hard to compare magic skills? Isn't the magic competition festival a rare opportunity to find out?"

"Although it is indeed possible that this is true...!"

"Furthermore, when the competition festival is held, there will be graduates of the academy... that is, bureaucrats working in the Ministry of Magic and Magic, members of the Imperial Palace Magician Corps, and many other guests will come to visit. For students who aim to become those professions in the future, isn't the magic competition festival the best place to showcase themselves? Don't you think it's natural that guys with excellent grades like us have more opportunities to perform? ?”

"Are you... are you serious...?" Sistina glared at Jibble angrily.

However, Gibble continued to develop his argument without paying attention, as if he was bathed in the turbulent spring breeze.

"Also, the winning class this time can also receive the honor of receiving the medal personally awarded by Her Majesty the Queen. The value is beyond words, and you understand it? Sistina, so, please stop acting like a spoiled child. To honestly fix the participating personnel to those of us with excellent grades, this is also for the sake of our class as a whole."

"Gibble... please stop in moderation—"

Perhaps it was because the atmosphere at the scene had turned into the most vicious state——Sistina, who understood this, couldn't help but let out a roar at this moment.

咚哒哒咔哒——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— With a loud sound, someone opened the front door of the classroom without authorization.

"I've heard everything! Leave it to me here! Leave it to Mr. Bengalen Ledus—!"

Saying that, he rolled up the sleeves of the long-sleeved jacket meaninglessly.

In the direction of the opened door, there appeared a Glenn in a fascinating pose with his index finger stretched forward, his chest leaned back to an unnatural degree, his whole body twisted, and his eyes staring at the others.

"...It's so annoying!"

Sistina couldn't help but sighed deeply.

In front of the whole class who were stunned by the appearance that was too unclear, Glenn pushed aside Sistina and stood behind the podium.

"Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, even if you argue, you can't get any results... More importantly——"

With a bright smile on his face, Glenn said——

"Aren't we good partners fighting together towards the common goal of winning!"

【--gross! 】

In an instant, the moods of all the members of the class perfectly merged together, what a sad leadership.

"Oh, but, how should I put it, it's actually difficult to give birth in terms of contestants, you guys..." Glenn, who couldn't understand the delicate atmosphere permeating the class at all, was no different from usual, as always, going his own way The topic moved forward, "Really, what kind of shit is this? Are you motivated? Yeah, yeah, so this is the so-called generation gap?"

"The one who is not motivated is you, teacher!?"

Because his speech was so outrageous, even Sistina couldn't help complaining.

"And having said that, when I asked about the competition festival a few days ago, it was clearly the teacher who said 'do as you please'! Why did you say something like that at this time! ?”

"...Huh?" Glenn was stunned by this shocking revelation, "...I, did I say that? Ah~ I really can't remember~"

"Ahh...it really bothers you to death. I can't listen to other people's words at all..." Seeing that Glenn looked the same as before, Sistina quickly fell into a state of exhaustion and lay down on the table.

"Yeah, let's not mention the kind of things that are good anyway. Now that the full authority is entrusted to you but the specific matters have not been decided yet, in short, let the chief supervisor of the commander-in-chief class first. By relying on this Driven by the supernatural, wise, and martial arts lecturer of the ultimate magic, let’s decide on your respective competitions! Let’s talk first—”

Amid the burning ambition and fanaticism in his pupils, Glenn made a stinking declaration.

"If I'm the commander in chief, everyone can only move forward on the road to victory, right? In the form of going all out. I will definitely lead the whole class to the road to victory, so the team formation will be based on this premise, It is forbidden to hold the mentality of just having fun, I will remember all these in my heart!"

Everyone was stunned, because Glenn was different from the unimaginable warm-blooded pattern shown by cold-blooded animals, the students looked at each other shaken.

"Hey, White Cat, give me the list of athletic events. Rumia, please write my name and events on the blackboard from now on."

"I've said several times not to treat people like cats... Ahhh, that's enough!"

"Yes, I understand, teacher!"

Sistina handed over the list dissatisfied, and Rumia immediately picked up the chalk.

"Hmm..." Glenn showed serious eyes, and began to carefully read the competitions and their rules on the list one by one, "Hey, hello, White Cat. Are the competitions the same every year?"

"No. Except for a few exceptions such as "Duel Battle", there are almost no competitions that are exactly the same as last year, and there will be brand-new events that have never been heard of until now, and even events that seem to be the same at first glance are in the rules. There will also be changes in…”

"So that's it. It's meant to test the resilience of the students. In other words... um..." Sistina squinted at Glenn with that expression, and let out a soft sigh.

【Really, why did you suddenly become so motivated? 】

After twists and turns, Glenn finally became the magic lecturer in charge of this class officially. Although he was teaching with high quality, he was lazy as if he didn't care about things related to magic research. The sublime magician talks about useless little tricks, the magician is disqualified, and the trash... These are the consensus of everyone in this academy.

However, Sistina knew it.Although the usual Glenn is indeed a good-for-nothing, he also has a side that is willing to sacrifice his life to fight for others in emergencies—that is, a warm-hearted good person.

It is precisely because of knowing this side of Glenn that although Sistina always preaches to him, she will never interfere in decisive matters.

It's the same this time, or rather, he has reached the point where he can do whatever he likes if he is motivated.

【However...how should I put it, I'm really disappointed...】

Sistina felt a little distressed in her heart.

Glenn said.

To win with all your might, that's it.

Winning with all your strength in this magic competition means that students with mediocre grades will not be allowed to participate, and all events will be arranged by only a few students with the best grades in the class. In the end, it will become exactly the same as last year.

【Ha...why are you so motivated at this time...】

Sistina is one of the top students who can count on five fingers during the school year.

So of course, I followed the teacher's decision last year and participated in the magic competition festival for the first graders... It was not interesting at all, and it was completely different from what I heard from my father. In the past, the whole class participated in the magic competition festival. It's a festival-like event where everyone can have fun together, but such a sports festival seems to have been abandoned at some point.

So, when Glenn said to do as you please, she really felt that it was great.

It will be fun if everyone participates.

It must be the magic competition festival that everyone enjoyed hearing from her father——she thought so.

However, seeing the expression of Glenn, who was staring at the regulations of each event as if he was about to eat the list, he always felt that this year he would not be able to realize the happy magic competition festival that he heard from his father.

As if giving up, Sistina let out a lonely sigh.

"...Okay, I basically understand."

Glenn raised his head, and finally announced the appearance of the participating members.

"Little ones, listen carefully! First of all, the "Duel Battle" with the highest score - this is for White Cat, Jibble, and...Kashu! It's just the three of you."

"Eh? 』Hey, at that moment, everyone among the students tilted their heads in bewilderment.

The so-called "duel battle" in the competition festival actually refers to the 3v3 team battle where magic is used to determine the outcome.

However, if you choose according to your grades from top to bottom, after Sistina and Jibble, the next one should be Visoti.