Chapter 11: 011. First Exam (3)
The academy in the early morning feels full of the freshness of the dawn dew. Moreover, with a large influx of new students recently, their youthful appearance is just right to inspire the ambition of the existing students.
"It's a good time, isn't it? Huh?"
─ Murmurs.
As the academy's dean walked to work, lost in such leisurely thoughts, he noticed that the area in front of the faculty building was unusually noisy compared to usual.
"Realized mana at five years old, quelled bandits around the territory at eight, helped the knight order take down the empire's tumor, the slave traders, at ten...!"
"P-please calm down."
"To lose faith is to mean death...!"
"What's all this commotion?"
"Oh, Dean, you've arrived. It's just that one student, dissatisfied with the entrance exam results, is demanding an explanation in front of the faculty building since this morning." "I thought it was quiet this year."
The dean shook his head.
The academy gathers those with some talent from across the continent. Of course, if they are the offspring of imperial nobility, their admission is guaranteed even with terrible grades, but the story changes for talents from other countries.
Just the cost of coming to Vera Academy is not something ordinary people can ignore. Moreover, with the entrance season, the prices in the entire city have skyrocketed, so it's not surprising that those who return without any gains cause a ruckus every year.