75 - The Brave Ends the First Term

About 10 days have passed since our final exam ended.

In a classroom at the school.

"Well, that's it for the first semester. From today, we will have a 40-day summer vacation.

Standing in the podium is Henrietta, a former Saint Knight who is now the new homeroom teacher.

"It's a long break. It is up to each of you to decide what you want to do. You can go out with your friends or join a club. Or you can be an adventurer."

Adventurer.

There was one 2000 years ago.

Is there a world at peace now?

"Spend your days thinking about how to make the most of this long vacation. That's all!　Dismissed!"

Henrietta leaves the classroom.

Yay!""""""""""""""""""""""Yay!

The classmates are delighted and stretch out their hands to say.

"Where are you going?" I'm going back to my parents' house!" I think I'm going to do club activities."

Everyone is discussing their summer vacation plans.

"Julius!"

"Sir~"

Elise and Sakura come to me.

"It's summer vacation from today!　Let's have lots of fun!"

"Oh, yeah."

When I was a brave man, I never lived the life of a student.

There were no summer vacations, and I rarely hung out with my friends.

That's why I was so elated right now.

"Anieue~!"

Mikhail hugs me.

"I'm going to train from morning till night!"

"Oh, yeah, let's do it right."

My brother-in-law's smile deepens.

"Oh, me too!　I want to train during the summer vacation!"

"Me too. So, why don't we have a training camp with all the members of our club?"

""""Training camp?"""

Sakura says with a smile.

"We'll spend a few nights at the beach or in the mountains, working together to develop cooperation and friendship."

"""Oh!　Nice!""""

What the hell is that?

I'm too excited!

"I'm looking forward to it, Mika!"

"Yes, sir!　Eri-chan!"

My brother-in-law Michael is quite friendly with the members of the club.

He also gets along well with Sakura.

I'll arrange the camp.

Then let's meet at my place to discuss the schedule and such."

Thank you!""""""""""""""

I couldn't help but look forward to my first summer vacation and the days I would spend with my friends.

"............"

"Come on little brother, let's go home together, okay?"

He stood up silently and walked out of the classroom without a glance at us.

"Gaius, what are you angry about?　He's been like that ever since the test results came back."

My brother-in-law nodded his head.

"Maybe he's worried about losing to Julius in the test.

"...... Sorry, Michael. Can you take the others home first?"

"Okay. Where are you going?

"I'm going after Gaius for a bit. I'm going to catch up with Gaius for a bit.

I leave Sakura and the others with my brother-in-law and go after Gaius.

With the magic of shifting and tracking, I can fly to my brother in an instant.

Gaius was in the hallway.

I'm staring at ...... and staring at the wall.

"Yo."

"Brother ......"

I stand next to my brother and look at the wall with him.

The names of the students, their scores, and their rankings are written on it.

"What were you looking at?"

"......, here are the rankings for the final test."

They are posted by grade.

On the leftmost column of the first grade of the high school, it says

Julius von Carlisle: 1000 points

2nd Gaius von Carlisle 943 points

Third place, Elise Northwood, 798 points.

...

...

.

100 points per subject. 10 subjects. Average score 432.

"...... I lost."

Gaius murmurs.

"...... I tried so hard. You're still great, brother."

The younger brother grits his teeth.

He clenches his hands tightly and shakes his shoulders.

"You did well too...you beat third place by about 150 points."

"......, but you're almost 60 points behind your brother. A perfect score in every subject on a test where the average score is a little over 400 is ...... really a monster."

I pull my brother into a hug and stroke his silky blond hair.

Gaius meekly rests his shoulders on mine and sniffs.

"Are you frustrated?"

"...... I'm so frustrated. Very much."

"Then it's okay."

"What ......?"

Gaius rolls his eyes and looks up at me.

"I told you before, if you're feeling sorry for yourself, it's okay. You can be strong. Even stronger than you are now."

That's when it happened.

"That's right!　Gaius!　I can be!

Mikhail came running to us.

"Hey, where is everyone?"

I gave him a ride home. We were worried that you and the others were running late, so we came to check on you."

The brother-in-law looked up at Gaius and wiped his eyes with his fingers.

"Gaius is the strongest and the most powerful man I've ever seen, next to Aniue."

"...... sarcasm."

No!

Boom!　My brother-in-law shakes his head.

"Only Gaius is taking a bite out of Aniae. A mere mortal has grown so much in such a short time. It's impossible."

Gaius lets out a sigh of relief at the cutthroat's words.

"Brother, Michael,...... am I getting stronger?"

Me and my brother-in-law laugh and say.

"Oh, of course!"

"I'm already strong enough to be a lowly angel. I'm already a freak.

When we say this, Gaius looks relieved.

I guess he believed my words to be true after being told by both his brother and his brother-in-law.

"Let's work hard during the summer vacation. You will grow up stronger and stronger. I will take good care of you.

"I'm going to train a lot! Lots of fun! Gaius!"

The younger brother looks at me with a bright, sunny smile and says, "Yes!" I say.

After that, we went home with smiles on our faces.

Thus, the first semester was over and we entered the summer vacation.