Chapter 208 - Entrance Exam and Valentines Day [5] (1/2)

208. Entrance Exam and Valentines Day [5]

Leia-sensei handed out the admission guidelines to each of us and briefly outlined it.

「The entrance examination is held on February 1st, about three weeks from now. What I’m thinking is having Allen as the chief examiner and Ria and Rose as the assistants. How about it? Won’t you accept it?」

She looked at me with an unusually serious expression..

「Well, uh… Why would I be the chief examiner?」

「Well, it’s a『tradition』. Basically, in the entrance examination of the『Five Academy’s』, the highest achiever of the previous year is supposed to be the examiner. Most likely, the chief examiner for Ice King Academy will be Sid, and Idol for White Lily Academy.」

「Is that so…」

It is difficult to refuse when she says that it’s a tradition.

(But, leaving aside Idol as an examiner, Sid-san being an examiner, huh…)

The students who are going to take the Ice King Academy entrance exam this year are going to have a hard time.

「By the way, last year Sie was the chief examiner, Lilim and Ferris served as her assistants. How about it, Allen? Wouldn’t you please accept it?」

Sensei came up to me and seeked an answer right at this moment.

(She’s originally a pretty pushy person, but isn’t she a little more pushy than usual today?)

When I sensed something was out of place,

「Nee, Leia… What is this?」

Ria said, pointing to a certain page of the application guidelines.

「Guh…」

「T-This is…!?」

There was a photograph of me holding a sword clad in jet-black robe.

In addition, it was accompanied by the sentence,『The examinee who can land a hit on the Evil Swordsman Allen Rodore, will pass on the spot!』in bold letters.

「Ha, hahaha… Y-You know, it’s just something to fire up the applicants! The expression may be a little too provocative, but… That’s what advertising is all about, isn’t it?」

Sensei said while scratching her head. Her eyes moved every which way.

「Hou, there is something else on this page, too.『Save Thousand Blade Academy From the Evil Clutches of Allen Rodore!』- I think it’s a little too much firing up, though.」Rose said.

「W-Well, it’s…」

Sensei was unable to make any more excuses.

(『Evil Swordsman』and『Evil Clutches』, huh…)

That’s harsh writing.

「Everything about this smells really suspicious… I can’t help but feel that there is something you aren’t telling us.」

「It is certainly a famous story to some extent that the Five Academy’s makes their excellent students an examiner, but… I’ve never heard of any exam which pushed one student so far to the front.」

When they both shoot a sharp gaze,

「Fuu, okay okay… I’ll tell you everything.」

As though having resigned herself, sensei dropped her shoulders and slowly began to talk.

「It’s embarrassing, but our current financial situation is very tight. The reason is that, as you know, the academy building was completely rebuilt last September. There were a lot of subsidies from the government, but… Even so, the majority of the reserve will be cut off, and this fiscal year’s finance is expected to be significantly going into deficit.」

「I-Is that so…?」

Rebuilding the academy building.

The cause was the incident in which Fu Rudras and Dodriel Barton suddenly attacked Thousand Blade Academy.

In front of the overwhelming power of Fu, I was driven into a corner, but…

Zeon, who snatced my body, went on a rampage, and I managed to survive without any problems.

The academy building, however, collapsed completely in the process.

「The current international situation is very unstable. We don’t know if Thousand Blade Academy will be a target again next year. In the sense of self-defense measures as well, we want to secure excellent human resources. We want to attract a large number of examinees and use the examination fees to restore our finances. All of us teachers at Thousand Blade Academy held a day-night meeting to achieve these two objectives. And you, Allen, were selected.」

「Uh… What does that mean?」

I don’t understand why my name appeared there.

「It is no exaggeration to say that the name『Allen Rodore』is now echoing throughout the Imperial Kingdom. By taking advantage of that fame and putting it into practical use, we aim to secure excellent examinees and acquire a large amount of exam fees!」

Sensei said, extolling a plan which sounded very reckless.