Chapter 59 – Midterm Exam (3)
After calming down the mad goddess, Iris and I enjoyed a little more walk and parted ways.
The answer to your question is…
Expressed in an extreme way, I obtained an assurance from the goddess that I would fully support anything as long as I did not take the place of Baal.
The answer is so simple that it’s rather suspicious.
That’s a nice story for me, but have I ever been favored by a goddess enough to win her cooperation to that extent? I’m not sure if
She obviously lost her memory, and even risked her life to fight the demon king, but as a result, she mortally wounded the demon king…
If I make a mistake and cause chaos even if it is not until the end of the world, isn’t it a turn of events for a goddess who should prioritize the stability of the continent?
I shouldn’t have thought of that, but… No matter how thoughtless I may be, whether or not I really believe in it is another matter.
However, the goddess willingly agreed to support me.
Although she won through Iris’s mouth, it’s hard to imagine breaking her promise, which was declared directly by someone who looked like a goddess.
It would be such a thing to undermine her own dignity.
In the end, it must be because she trusts me that much, or because she appreciates me that much.
I do not know.
I’ll have to talk about this later when I see my sister.
Next day.
The test site of ‘Dueling Science’.
To be honest, it’s a duel study because it’s slick, but in fact it’s just a real fight class.
Ranking match scheduled at the end of the semester.
The first year’s dueling test can be seen as an intermediate checkup to prepare for the first ranking match after admission.
I stretched out on top of the training ground, and Anna calmly watched me from the other side.
Anna, who had been silent for a moment, opened her mouth.
“Majesty.”
“Yes.”
“… Long time no see. No see.”
It’s just the two of us on the battlefield.
Unlike the ranking match at the end of the semester, there are no spectators watching.
The only people watching are the professor and assistant for evaluation. In other exam halls, there would be only assistants instead of professors, but that means the two of us are important.
I answered Anna with a smile.
“You’ve gotten pretty good at talking.”
“… Thank you.”
Somewhere, it seemed that it was difficult for me.
It didn’t seem like he was avoiding me. As she proudly declared before, there was a burning heat in her eyes.
The snowfield princess, who looks colder than anyone else, is in fact so passionate.
I wonder if the object of that heat is me.
Anyway.
See, he’s not avoiding me. Something subtle? He seemed confused, not knowing how to treat me.
“Is it because I am difficult?”
“Yes yes?”
He raised his head as if asking what he was talking about, widened his eyes, and sighed.
Looking at it like this, I think it looks cute.
If Iris is the shy type of younger sister who is shy, Anna feels like a timid type of younger sister.
I’m a classmate, but actually I’m older.
Although she is about a hundred years old.
“Oh, it’s difficult, it’s difficult. It’s not like that…”
With a sword in her hand, she sways and denies my words.
You could put down the sword and do it.
But.
Exam soon?
I drew a long shadow and held it like a spear.
It’s not a ranking battle, it’s a ‘dueling science’. If she doesn’t deal with her properly, Anna’s score will be lowered before she has time to show her anything.
“More details.”
“Eww…”
Momentum changes.
As soon as the shadow spear was held in her hand, Anna’s clumsy posture quickly changed to that of a ‘swordsman’.
“After the exam, during the remaining time.”
“…”
Tightly shut mouth.
Eyes staring intensely as if they could pierce through me.
That’s the swordsman.
With the professor’s words to begin, frost rose around Anna’s body.
“Let’s talk calmly then.”
Pat-.
Regardless of who said it first, each other’s models collided.
*
“I lost…”
The result is, of course, my win.
Anna must have thought it was the result she had expected, but she wasn’t very sullen.
No. To be precise, he was still immersed in the afterglow of the duel, so it should be said that he did not care too much about winning or losing.
That’s it.
“… Whoa. Really, you are amazing…”
At first, he muttered in the words of the central, now quite proficient,
《I’ve seen it before, but the shadow that Highness Chepesch casts is truly admirable…》
Excitedly, he went back to the northern language and chatted happily,
“Oh… Sorry. I don’t know…”
Seeing him bow his head and apologize after realizing that the atmosphere had cooled down a bit.
As she looked at Anna, who blushed and avoided her eyes, perhaps because she was embarrassed, Sasha, who had just come out of the exam hall next to her, saw her and approached as if her exam had just ended.
“Majesty. Are the exams over?”
“Sasha? Long time no see.”
Anna, who had kept her mouth shut, seemed to be ashamed of talking alone, and when she saw me and Sasha talking happily, she seemed to have a heartache. She stabbed Sasha in the side.
“Oops. What is it, princess?”
“Did you pass the exam well?”
“Yes… “
Sasha glanced at me and said with a puzzled expression.
“But why don’t you use the middle word? You are doing well now.”
“Iknow, right. Is there anything you want to keep a secret from me, Anna?”
“Oh… !”
He immediately takes Sasha’s side and calls her Anna’s name, and his cheeks quickly turn red.
“Sasha. I think Anna is making it difficult for me. What should I do?”
When I noticed Sasha without knowing the shy Anna, Sasha smiled brightly.
It was a mischievous goblin’s smile.
“Iknow, right! Whoops, princess! What if I put Her Highness in trouble!”
“Uh, uh…”
Anna makes it difficult for me.
In fact, in human relationships, what’s so wrong with being difficult to deal with?
Sasha and I, even Anna, know that.
Because I know it, I can do it comfortably.
It is a matter that cannot be taken seriously.
“What if Her Highness gets hurt, Princess!”
“You’re right. If Anna keeps avoiding me, she might get hurt.”
“Eww… ! I didn’t avoid it… !”
It was only then that the wedge was driven in, and Anna responded back.
Sigh.
Sasha smiles as if it went well.
That and that.
She gets excited about making fun of the lady she serves.
“Really? Aren’t you avoiding it?”
“I’m not avoiding it!”
“Uh? But why not use the central word? Are you trying to bully Your Highness? Bullying is bad, princess!”
“You… !”
Even though he was angry at Sasha’s grinning, his words changed so that I could understand them again, as if he was paying attention to me.
Even in the midst of this, I faithfully follow Sasha’s advice.
Should I say that he is a good master servant?
“Anyway, don’t avoid it! It’s not difficult!”
Quack cack.
Sasha and Anna go crazy. I did a good job of blocking the sound with a shadow in advance to avoid attracting attention.
First of all, the test is over.
Mate.
The applause drew their attention.
“Let’s go somewhere first. It’s been a while, the three of us.”
No one refused.
Obviously.
Perhaps because she had visited several times, Anna led me to her dormitory without hesitation.
If you say, like Iris did with Iris, that you’re either really ignorant or just because Anna doesn’t like her, I’m not that ignorant and I don’t hate Anna that much.
“Come on in…”
She walked in and sat down.
Sasha brought refreshments that had been prepared in advance, and Anna and Sasha sat side by side across from me.
“…”
Since I’m quiet without saying anything, I’m naturally in a state of silence.
Anna was in a state of hesitation, trying to say something, and Sasha was secretly urging Anna by her side.
“… You’ve matured a lot, Anna.”
“… Hot. Yes yes? Ah… ! Thank you… !”
When I open my mouth first, I am startled.
I guess you don’t even know what you’re talking about.
Sasha from the side is looking at me with a “Uh-huh, unsoo” Gaze.
“I didn’t know about it because I had communication problems, but it’s cute.”
“I-you mean me?”
“Then what are you talking about Sasha?”
Sasha with a somewhat subtle expression.
Oh, was that a misunderstanding?
“Sasha communicated well with me from the beginning. It’s not that I’m not cute.”
…
It seems that this is a word that seems to be working a little.
The misunderstanding seems to have been resolved, but Sasha’s delicate expression remains the same.
I guess I’m a bit ashamed.
“Anyway.”
She took her cookie with her fingers and popped it into her mouth.
Misread. Misread.
Sweet cookies that crumble in your mouth. He licked his lips, took a sip of the tea Sasha had given him, and continued.
“Swordsmanship… Originally, I didn’t dare to evaluate it, so if I had to evaluate others… Ah, if you suddenly say something like this and it makes you feel bad, I won’t.”
“Oh no! Please!”
“Yes. … Mmm. I felt that the overall level had gone up a notch. The speed of movement, the speed of throwing a sword, the ability to judge the overall situation…”
Having said that, he took another sip of tea as if to quench her throat.
“I don’t know if I can evaluate at best, having competed once two months ago. You’ve grown a lot in the meantime.”
I said this.
It was actually a rather strange sight.
Anna and I were in the same freshman year, and didn’t we just fight each other in a practical test?
My age is actually 100 years old, so whatever it is, Anna is just a little younger than me to me who has no memory.
It felt strange to evaluate someone like that from the level of an upperclassman’s evaluation. .
“Gam, thank you. … Glory, sniff, … No see…”
Why are you crying.
