CH 156

: test (2)

class is over

Anne hurriedly grabbed her bag and ran to the door.

"Wow!"

"Uh-huh!"

Then, I collided with someone running from the opposite side.

Ann bounced off the wall and rubbed her left arm with a frown. My forearm tingled as I hit it pretty hard.

Not as much as the left arm, but the right shoulder that hit the opponent also throbbed.

Anne identified who had collided with her.

Lennon.

Hitting his butt wheel, he squinted one eye and stood up in a squatted position.

Their eyes met in the air, and sparks flew out in the middle.

"Aren't your eyes open?"

"It is you."

The two growled, glaring at each other as if they were about to eat each other.

Then, at the sound of a sudden collision, classmates from the same class approached the door.

"Are you okay Anne?"

"Lennon, are you okay? It was pretty loud."

Words of concern were heard, but the two continued to stare at each other without answering.

One student suggested that we should stop, but fortunately, there was no fight between the two.

He just stared quietly, and ran out of the door as if competing with no one first.

The students who were watching spoke while looking in the direction in which the two disappeared.

"What are they? Did you fight?"

"I didn't even talk in the first place, is there any fight?"

Yeah. I've never seen them talk on the first day... Are you friendly?"

I do not know. Let's go home too.

The students quickly turned off their attention, packed their bags, and started leaving school in groups of close children.

* * *

Anne glanced to the side.

Beside him, Lennon was walking one step ahead.

Now the situation was very uncomfortable for her. I didn't like the fact that we just bumped out of class, and that we were learning together with Mr. Jamie.

Perhaps Lennon felt the same way. If I had known Jamie's dorm, I would have been more comfortable going separately.

'How does Lennon know where the teacher is?'

Have you already been taught in advance?

As soon as I thought of arrogance, jealousy rose again and again.

Anne sighed. Lately, I've come to realize that emotions can't sleep at will.

Occasionally, I remembered my father and mother arguing. I wondered why they fought as a couple, because even as an adult, emotions are hard to control as much as you think.

On the other hand, I thought, 'This can't be the case'.

In the future, we have to learn together under the same teacher, but if this relationship continues, it will have a negative impact on both of us.

'okay. Let me calm down too.'

Jealousy, inferiority.

With them, Mr. Jamie said that all human beings have no choice but to have them. Don't get caught up in it, and use it as a driving force to move forward.

There should be fair competition.

Lennon is a much better wizard than himself, but he was going to become an alumnus learning together under the same teacher.

If you fail the test, nothing happens, but now it is an adult act to reach out as a 'sister' rather than being swayed by negative emotions.

'okay. I'm your sister.'

Lennon is 9 years old and he is 10 years old.

At this age, the one year difference was huge.

Anne coughed to get Lennon's attention.

"Hmmmm!"

" what?

Lennon, who was walking in front of him, looked back at the sound of coughing from behind.

Ann was staring at the ground with an awkward expression on her face, as if she had something to say.

"Do you have anything to say?"

that ."

"Don't procrastinate, if you're going to do something, say it quickly. It's a waste of time."

" People are trying to make people feel good, so why do you talk like that?"

He wanted to improve the relationship even if he made some concessions, but Lennon seemed unwilling to do so.

"Good good? We will be competing in the future, so why do we have to be good?"

Although Lennon has changed a lot, he is a boy who has been twisted in many ways from the beginning.

In particular, I had no intention of having a pleasant laugh with a subject I felt jealous of.

Although he didn't show it, Lennon was envious of Anne's brilliant brain. And, he was angry with Anne, who had such a brain but had poor magic skills.

Light apricots. It was just like that.

But Lennon wasn't as good as an apricot. His magical talents were far superior to Anne, but Anne had a genius brain enough to defy them all.

envy and jealous So it was impossible to have a good time. But he wasn't even a 9-year-old immature enough to tell the truth about how he felt.

"I have no intention of playing house. I hadn't done that before."

Anne was not funny. At the end of the day, he is speaking as if he has gone through all the storms in the world to the 9-year-old subject.

A sigh came out.

After all, this guy is water and oil. It can't be mixed at all. I knew it from the beginning. It wasn't a matter of being good or bad.

'As long as these feelings don't go away, Lennon is right.'

I feel inferior, but it's impossible to get along haha.

For that to happen, one or the other must definitely be excellent.

Anne clenched her teeth and started running.

"What, what?! Where are you going?

When Anne suddenly slammed forward, Lennon was momentarily stunned, but clenched her teeth and followed her.

Suddenly it became a running race.

But there was no turning back for Lennon. The one-year difference between children is very large. In particular, girls grew faster than boys.

It was the same with running.

The problem is that neither Ando nor Lennon are ordinary children.

"Fly!"

The wings of Mana spread thinly behind Lennon's back and floated into the air.

It was the basic flying magic, 'fly'.

Lennon flew up in an instant and quickly passed Anne in front.

"Huh?"

Ann opened her eyes wide in bewilderment, and Lennon let out a deep laugh.

"Huh. Try it if you can."

Fly is a 3rd class magic.

It was not a magic that Anne, who had just entered the second class, could do.

However, flying was not the only magic that increased speed.

"Haste!"

Anne's legs began to move quickly.

Buff magic that increases the body's speed, Haste, gave her legs small wings.

Lennon chuckled and kicked his tongue, spurring the flight speed.

An out-of-the-way school road.

Two elementary school students started a running (?) competition.

* * *

Phoenix Academy back door.

Finn was with the other students.

They weren't alpha students, but they all looked three or four years younger than Finn.

pin. you are so lucky I usually don't get invited, but I'm thankful because I used my strength."

"Ugh, Ivan. Thank you.

A boy named Ivan nodded, smiling confidently.

Then he told everyone.

"Originally, Mr. Silver guided us, but he said he was absent from work today. So I'm guiding you, so follow along.

Finn looked at Ivan with a curious look.

Effortless Ivan.

It was Ivan's nickname. Students who work hard and do not get the results they put in.

A timid boy who always lacks confidence and doesn't talk to anyone.

Such a boy is now acting like the leader of the group.

'In the beta class, there was talk among my friends about dropping out or not... .'

Betaban's Earthquake Spirit.

Like Finn, Ivan was in elementary school and a little older.

"Anyway, I'm going to be a VIP today, so everyone can look forward to it."

The place they are going today is none other than Trinity's lab, which developed Apophis X.

This time, the invitation was sent to VIPs only because they said they were starting new drug development.

Finn was surprised that Ivan was a VIP. He also started drinking Apophis X thanks to Ivan, but VIP was not something that could be achieved by simply buying and drinking nutritional supplements.

'I'm fine. Because Apophis X really works. There seems to be some side effects, though.'

I can barely afford it.

And the body aches calmed down to some extent by drinking Apophis X.

It increases the amount of mana and also increases concentration, but the degree of body aching could not be called a risk.

The students arrived at Trinity's lab.

The lab existed outside the magical world, but it wasn't as big as I thought it would be.

Ivan approached the guard in a black suit and showed him a white card, and the door carefully opened.

"Everyone, follow me."

As Ivan gestured, the students swallowed dry saliva and entered the lab.

Space expansion magic was applied to the lab, so the inside was quite spacious compared to what it looked like from the outside.

As they entered the main hall, a silver-haired, brown-skinned man greeted them.

"Come on, young guests. My name is Ashtar, the manager here."

"It's been a while, Mr. Ashtar."

At Ivan's greeting, Ashtar straightened his smiling eyes and answered.

"It's been two months."

They had red eyes that looked like they were studded with rubies.

* * *

"Heh- heh-"

Anne looked at Lennon, gasping for breath, as well, leaning against the wall to catch her breath.

never turned around It was disappointing, but it was a natural result. Anne was barely a hast, and Lennon was a flying fly.

Even with the same skill, Fly has an overwhelming advantage, but it was impossible for Anne, who was far behind in skill, to win.

Still, I followed up with everything I had learned so far.

'A monstrous child.'

Lennon gasped and looked at Anne with bitter eyes.

At first I thought it was stupid. How do you beat flying by running? The correct answer is to give up only if you are not tall, but Anne ran to death.

In addition to haste, he added some magic to boost the speed.

There was nothing anyone could do. This was possible because Anne had a high understanding of magic. His sense was excellent enough to weave each magic formula.

Ann looked like a monster to Lennon, except for her magic skills.

"But I won."

" ."

Anne couldn't even raise her head in anger.

What is this feeling of resentment even though you know you will lose?

Lennon said, with his back from the wall.

"Stop getting up. The teacher is waiting for you."

Huh.

Anne stood up, clutching her skirt.

The two went to Jamie's dorm without saying a word.

And Jamie, who saw Anne and Lennon in their mess, stuck out his tongue.

"You guys, what have you been doing and have you become sporadic?"

The two were silent because they couldn't even say they had a running race.

'Something went wrong.'

I don't know what it was, but Anne's reaction seemed to have lost it. No matter what Anne does, she can't defeat Lennon with her current skills.

The difference between the two was heaven and earth.

come in.

Jamie came in, sat the two of them on a chair, and handed them two spellbooks that she had written all night long.

"Take it."

This?

whole body breathing?

"That is my breathing method you are so curious about. The creation was done by Marquis Linmer, so next time we meet, I would like to say thank you. I wouldn't have been able to teach you this without his permission.

" The breathing method of Marquis Linmerl."

The two silently looked at the cover of the full body breathing method.

Even on the cover, it was a thick, plain book, so there were no words other than [How to breathe].

"It doesn't matter what you did on your way here. Whether the two of you are good or bad, of course, it doesn't matter."

Anne and Lennon glared at each other, knowing that saying it doesn't matter is okay for a relationship.

Jamie slapped the two of them in the head one by one.

Ouch!

"Hey!"

"But wouldn't it be okay if I opened my eyes like that in front of the teacher? Isn't that right, guys?

"Sorry, I'm sorry."

Sorry.

The two rubbed their red foreheads.

Jamie shook her head and started explaining again.

"Anyway, why did you say this? Because after all, if you don't pass my test, it's pointless.

"What is a test?"

"It's not difficult."

Jamie took the spellbook he had held in Lennon's hand again and shook it.

"Learn this within today. That's it."

Saying that, Jamie smiled.

"Is it really that easy?"

The two students were unable to answer any questions.

I was just about to cry.

- Continued on next episode -