Chapter 33.1 - Meeting at Summer Camp [1] – part 1 (2/2)

Blood Diamond.

It is an ultra-rare mineral that is mined slightly deep underground of the Holy Ronelia Empire.

A rock which shines deep crimson, it is so beautiful that it is favored by the royal nobility as a jewel.

However, because the mining site is monopolized by the Empire, it is hardly distributed to the market.

When it is rarely put up for auction, it will be sold at a price that will make the eyeballs pop out, and will appear on the first page of newspapers.

(But to go to that Holy Ronelia Empire… for such a feeble reason…!?)

As far as I can tell, the vice-president seems to be a pretty risky person.

Then, Lilim-senpai and Ferris-senpai who were simply listening to the conversation until now, spoke.

「Speaking of, that guy is taking long to return. Did he perhaps… die?」

「No way, no way. I can’t even imagine that idiot dying, though…」

「Haha, that’s true as well!」

It seems that his robustness is given the stamp of approval by the members of the student council.

(J-Just what kind of person is he…?)

I was eager to meet him.

After that, I spent fulfilling days with soul dress class in the morning, regular meetings in the student council room for lunch break, and soul dress class again in the afternoon, and the activity of the Practice-Swing Club single-mindedly after school.

The fun times flew by quickly, and by the time I realised, it was already June 30th.

It was the last class day of the first semester of Thousand Blade Academy.

「-Yoshi, we are done with returning the answer sheets! Students with scoring mistakes and questions should come to me!」Leia-sensei said, clapping her hands together.

Because it was the last day of the first semester, all the final exam papers we took the other day were being returned.

「Un, I guess this is about it…」

I look at the answer sheet that was just returned to me and nodded quietly.

Literature – 68 marks.

Mathematics – 78 marks.

History – 62 marks.

Chemistry – 75 marks.

Military Strategy – 85 marks.

As I took in a deep breath, being relieved that all my marks were above the failing point of 40 marks, Ria exhaled relieved.

「I’m so glad, it turned out alright!」

「Aa, somehow.」

The students who get failing marks have to take supplementary lessons during the summer vacation, so it’s a great relief that I avoided this.

「Ria… is as amazing as usual.」

Her scores are all above 90 marks, and military strategy was 100 marks. I’ve heard that she has been receiving special education since she was a little girl – the results really are stunning.

「Ehehe, thanks.」

Then, I and Ria, after confirming that we both avoided the failing point – turned our gaze to the problematic Rose.

Yes. She was surprisingly very bad at studying.

When Rose muttered with a serious look「I don’t know what I don’t know」, I understood she wasn’t joking and thought「This is really dangerous!」.

After that, we held a diligent study session overnight. I and Ria took turns filling up her knowledge to the limit.

(I managed to finish everything within the test range, but…)

According to the person herself, she said「No problem」, but …

「How did you do… Rose?」

「Did it turn out well…?」

Then she slowly turned around and,

「Safe!」

All were 40 marks – answer sheet which barely escaped the failing mark was shown proudly.

「Oo, that’s great!」

「Amazing! You really worked hard!」

「Thank you. You guys were really helpful…」

At any rate, everyone was able to avoid the failing mark safely.

Now we can participate in the summer training camp of the student council executive scheduled to begin tomorrow.

After finishing the marking mistakes and responding to questions, Leia-sensei started the last homeroom.

「Well, starting tomorrow, it’s your long-awaited summer vacation!」

The summer vacation of Five Academy is a little earlier than that of middle-school swordsmanship academy.

There is a whole month off from July 1st to July 31st.

This seems to be a care for first-year students who are tired from the rigorous soul dress classes.

「The first summer vacation of high-school. I understand the feeling of being merry, but don’t cut loose too much! Well then – Disperse!」

In this way, the first half of the course at Thousand Blade Academy was completed successfully.