Vol 2 Chapter 1.1 (1/2)

Chapter 1 – Start of Preliminaries

—- The next day.

The students belonging to Takeru’s cla.s.s 1-9, had a sullen look on them.

A lot of the students can be seen talking in loud voices.

All of them were talking about the preliminaries that will happen after school.

Everyone in the Academia were totally restless. The first day of the month have already arrived.

After the cla.s.ses ended, homeroom started.

The homeroom teacher in-charge of Takeru’s cla.s.s 1-9 is at the front of the blackboard.

The students who’ve heard of the preliminaries wishes to join. All of them had a mixed expectation from their teacher.

However, their super-extreme-shy of a homeroom teacher crouched in fear.

She had a honey-colored hair and a prettily-arched brows and eyes.

She raised up her eyes above the teacher’s desk. Carefully surveying her surroundings.

“U-umm… Everyone…… Today is the day for the zeroth preliminary examination for Velm Ramina.” (TLN: I’m kinda confused about this one 第零次予選 so I settled with zeroth preliminary examination.)

As the homeroom teacher said so, all of the students’ gaze was fixed at one point.

Being stared so hard, the homeroom teacher went “Hiiii!!! Haaa!!!” with a weird voice. She once again hid under the teacher’s desk.

Behind the teacher’s desk, her composed voice can be heard once again.

“Pardon me. Well, everyone. I’m sure you already know since you’ve experienced it already. This is, this Academia’s tournament in deciding on who’s the strongest. Not just Academia’s strongest but also deciding as the world’s strongest. Well, there’ll be expectations from different countries you see.”

The Homeroom Teacher kept talking.

“However, everyone’s still a student. Please do give your all. Do not be in fear. Fairly push yourself onwards.”

For the Homeroom Teacher to speak about fairness while hiding on her own.

Her voice encouraged her students. Sent by her from hiding behind the square desk made from tree.

It wasn’t persuasive at all. Not even one. Not single one of them ever thought so.

“Here’s some detailed explanation. This is from the department heads. Shameless as this may be, please go to the third practice arena. For the zeroth preliminary examination, as usual, will be done from each department.”

One of Takeru’s cla.s.smates, a boy with piercing on his mouth raised his hand.

“Say teacher. What kind of exam is it for this year?”

This year? So they change the examination every time? That’s what Takeru thought then the teacher’s desk replied.

“I’m sorry Baker-san. I cannot tell you that yet. Since there still time before the meet up time, those who wishes to partic.i.p.ate should go to the third practice arena.”

From that voice of hers, the students stood up and exited through the door.

Every single one of his cla.s.smates did. There was no one from them that went back to prepare.

Those students that went out of the cla.s.s, the teacher’s desk raise some voice.

“If you leave some good results, that will be tied in to your future. To grasp your good future. Do your best and have no regrets! You guys are my prided students after all. I will cheer for you guys okay!!”

The Homeroom Teacher gives out warm words. But seeing that she’s on the teacher’s desk, the thankful ones were reduced in half.

And then, Takeru stands up too and started to converse to no one.

“Right! I should go too.”

Exiting his cla.s.sroom, there were girls standing in front.

Four girls from the same cla.s.s went near Takeru.

Takeru was troubled remembering their name. They talked to him with cheerful voice.

“Hey Takeru-kun. Let’s go together. You don’t know the place right?”

“…… Thanks, that would be helpful.”

After Takeru answered, he went to the exam area together with them.

They have arrived to the place their homeroom teacher said, the third practice arena.

It was a different place from when he dueled Noel from the other day.

At that time, it totally looked like it was the ancient Rome. However, this time, only in the plaza. Takeru was reminded by it as a sports ground before. However, it is far, far, far wider than that.

Showered upon by the summer sun’s s.h.i.+ne, there are lot of students gathered in the plaza.

Looking at it, roughly around a thousand of them. No, possibly they number more than that.

There are lot of voices around. It was only an incomprehensible noise to Takeru’s ears.

It had the atmosphere of when the school a.s.sembly starts. Takeru felt nostalgia about it.

It wasn’t even a week when he came to this world though he didn’t have any good memories either.

Even so, after remembering something, was it because of the place he lived for so long?

He sunk in sentimentality. He then heard a voice from his side.

“HEY YOU! The YOU there. Do you have some time?”

Turning his gaze, it was a voice from a frivolous looking man. Takeru saw a group of them.

They were four boys that looks like they always mess around.

Among these conspicuous bunch, one with a the feel of a “host” stepped on forward to Takeru.

He had a long golden-colored hair. His uniform was opened down to his chest. He also had finger-fitted rings on both of his hands.

“Hi, I am this Academia’s prince man. Name’s Nakkun. A second year.”

He began to strike a pose thinking it’s good.

With his left thumb pointing to the sky, his index and pinky finger were s.e.xily raised towards his lips.

“This is, LOOOOOOOOVE” (TLN: Oh man… Neorika’s(?) full of weirdos… :|)

Next, he crossed his arms. Pointed his right hand towards Takeru and raised his middle finger.

“And this is, DEATH!”

He showed a glittering smile.

“LOVE OR DEATH~ There are two roads open to you. Should I love you, or maybe, should I kill you?”

“…… Haa?”

Takeru was flabbergasted. The boys together with him started to speak.

“Hyaaa!!! As expected of Nakkun!! So cool!!”

“He’s really the chosen one in this Academia!!” (TLN: So they’re like the F4 with this Nakkun being Dao Ming Tzu (the rest are gay to him) and Takeru as San Xai… xD)

“Kuuuuuuh!!! His charisma really makes me wanna wet myself!!!” (TLN: He says 失禁し which means “Incontinence” and I don’t know how to put it in english… xD)

The Academia’s Prince, Nakkun commanded his colleagues with one hand.

“Wai-, Wai-, Waiting~ Yes, yes, I know already. Even if you state the obvious, praises won’t get you anywhere you know? UNDERSTAND?”

Nakkun personally unb.u.t.toning his s.h.i.+rt slowly as he spoke to Takeru.

“YOU are Kisaragi Takeru right? Recently, aren’t YOU s.h.i.+ning? You are leaving this me behind. Are you trying to STEAL the seat of the Academia’s PRINCE?”

Takeru answered back with a frown.

“I don’t need that. I don’t really get that kind of stuff.”

“Hmm? YOU. Don’t lie to me, Kisaragi Takeru. Of course everyone wants it. The Prince’s seat that it. There’s no way you wouldn’t want it right? I see. You chose DEATH didn’t you?”

Once again, Nakkun raised his right hand’s middle finger. (TLN: This guy flipped the bird… twice on Takeru.)

“I don’t care about DEATH whatever. If you wanna go, I’ll let you have it. PRINCE.”

After Takeru declared so, Nakkun-senpai had a superficial look on him and whispered to Takeru with a low voice.

“Then, there’ll be no mercy. Maine?” (TLN: He said メーン I have no idea what he meant by that in engrish… xD)

“Oh really now. So, how am I not gonna receive any mercy?”

“Supposedly, for example, an example, If by any chance, we’ll face each other in the zeroth preliminary exams, I’ll show you then. This PRINCE’s radiance.”

Nakkun said so and turned his back around.

With his middle finger rising up to the heavens, he slowly stepped forward.

“See you then, BROTHER. The next time we meet will be the judgment day. Will it be LOVE or will it be DEATH.”

After that, the three schoolboys next to him followed after.

“Sigh. What a weird guy. Still though, he sure has the confidence. Could that guy be great like the others too…?”

Surrounded by clamor, Takeru muttered alone.

『Ehem. Everyone, please be quiet.』

Gripping the microphone, the timid voice from a man echoed in this fair weather.

However, maybe because of the power of his voice, the students didn’t stop talking.

『Umm, everyone. Are you listening everyone?』

Seeing the owner of the voice was a man in a suit standing in top of a metallic podium.

Probably in his late twenties. He wore gla.s.ses. He also doesn’t seem to be a confident person.

『E-, everyone. Please listen to me.』

At that moment, he raised his voice.

Then, a teacher with a huge body appeared from his back.

His muscular body becomes bigger as he inhaled then shouted at the microphone.

“d.a.m.n f.u.c.kING BRATS!!! THE DEPARTMENT HEAD IS TALKING HERE!!! WHEN ARE YOU GONNA STOP THAT BLABBERING!!!”

An eardrum rupturing roar.

Every kind of noise from conversation was dispelled by his loud voice.

Every noise disappeared.

『Ah… Thank you very much. Department Sub-Head sensei. I’m sorry for the trouble.』

The man in gla.s.ses thanked while bowing down.

“Department Head, please stop that. It’s a natural thing to do. More importantly, it’s already time.”

As said by the department sub-head, the department head faces the students. He looked around.

『Erm, everyone. I am department head, Bartholomew Valois. I am happy that there are many students partic.i.p.ating in Velm Ramina’s preliminary examination.』

He bowed after in front of the students he said that.

『Currently, amongst the gathered ones here, there’s an interested partic.i.p.ant from the Lumen Department. Umm… Amongst the one thousand two hundred partic.i.p.ants you see. That’s the number of students right now. From middle high to high school. Every students from every school. Almost twenty thousand partic.i.p.ants are in this too.』

From what he said, Takeru remembered something.

Ah, right. That’s right. These guys are not the only one partic.i.p.ating in it.

Ether Float, the Academia has a strict examination in choosing twenty thousand people to enter.

『To pa.s.s this examination, one must defeat a number of opponents. They should amount to twenty-five people. For the Lumen Department’s high school division, there are only two of them.』

Packing inside here are students that amounts to a thousand and two hindered people.

Amongst these numbers, there’s only two.

In case of the school Takeru went in, only one amongst everyone will be chosen. He cannot fathom how big it would be.

Each one of these students are chosen elites in the world.

What an obstacle.

For Takeru, he was one of those possible twenty thousand candidates around the world.

So how far can he take it? How far can he go? Can he destroy the walls before him?

Takeru cannot suppress his hot-bloodedness. He clenched his fist.