Chapter 59: Students From Other Races (2/2)

They are an unorganized bunch with a mix of people from different beastkin clans. A few of them whom I recognize from television includes people from tiger clan, bear clan, fox clan, cat clan, dog clan, and a few more.

Their number is way more than even the elves and vampires combined. Well, seeing that the beastkin population is second only to humans among all the system-dependent countries, it’s not much of a surprise.

But man, having the beastkin come at the end is kind of anticlimactic...

All of them are in casual clothes. Some are talking among themselves and some are even waving back at us. They are so unlike the mysterious and dangerous looking people from elves and vampires...

Suddenly, the beastkins notice Naomi sitting on the stage and the next moment, all of them run towards her at full speed.

Some of them start calling out her name in reverence, some clasps their hands together as if praying. A guy from fox clan even lay down on the floor and start rolling around...

What are fuck are you doing, idiot!?

Then, I look at the stage...

Sigh

Naomi is waving back at the beastkins with equal enthusiasm like she is some idol meeting with her fans. She is even doing victory signs and twirling around.

After 10 whole damned minutes, beastkins finally leave for their seats and settle down while continuing to chat with each other excitedly.

“Hey, did you saw that?”

Suddenly, Ryan whispers to me.

“Saw what?”

“There was a cloaked and hooded person among the beastkins, same as Miss Noami. Though the cloak was blue in color instead of white...” He says.

“Where is it now?” I ask curiously.

“Well, I lost sight of it when they all ran. Cannot find it anymore...” he answers.

Another cloaked person, huh?

Don’t tell me... is it the—

“Again, I would like to give my warmest welcome to all of you and hope that you will make many new friends from among us, and have a wonderful time together with them,” Principal Winde says while addressing the new students.

“Now, without wasting any more time in introductions, I will give you the details about the upcoming mixed race magical tournament.

“This tournament is basically divided into two parts, individual and team. In both the categories, there will be various types of competitions allowing us to test your skills, strength, and endurance in magic. The list of these competitions and their details will be provided to you all next week.

“Now, as you all might have guessed already, we cannot have these many students to participate in the tournament, or we will have to continue it for a year or two to find our winner.

“So, from each race, i.e., white elves, black elves, vampires, beastkin, and humans, only 20 individuals will be selected to participate in the main individual and the team tournament.

“Of course, as I have mentioned earlier, one of the major reason behind this tournament is to have all of our human students learn to use magic as well, so, for now, some temporary teams will be made where the guest students from other races will teach you all the basics of magic in the guidance of experienced individuals like Miss Naomi.

“Now, coming back to the topic of the main tournament, you all might be wondering that how are we going to select the 20 individuals who will actually participate, right?

“Well, over the course of next 30 days, in which the humans will learn magic and the students of the other races will teach and practice it, the judges of the tournament will be observing your skills through test duels, individual hard work, and mainly, your progress.

“And based on the final scores they give you—”

“Sir!”

Suddenly, a girl's voice resounds in the auditorium cutting in between Principal Winde.

I look ahead and to my horror, see Aria standing up from her seat with her hand raised high in the air.

What the fuck are you doing!? Let him finish! Sit down!

“Yes, Miss Woods?” Principal Winde simply asks.

“I just want to ask, are we going to compete against the students from the other races? Especially in the individual category tournament?” She asks politely.

“Yes, anything else?” he answers.

“And, sir, how do you think we are going to do that, seeing that they all have years' worth of experience in using magic and we are only beginners!? Aren’t we going to lose anyway? And using magic isn’t exactly safe either. Especially when competing in a tournament like this. There are chances of critical injury and even death. Why should we risk it?” Aria asks, failing to keep the accusation from her voice.

She is... Right.

In the excitement of learning and using magic for the first time, none of us considered this except Aria. And not just me, other students in the auditorium also make noises of approval to her words.

“...”

And it looks like Principal Winde has no answer to give.

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