Chapter 37 (1/2)

Chapter 37: Joyfulness and Sadness

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

In The School of Sword Arts, most of the students were waiting for the arrival of the Prefectural Selection’s namelist.

Ogden paced around the courtyard, throwing glances occasionally towards the entrance’s direction.

‘I’ve already learned the Nine Yang Divine Sword Technique. All three of my basic sword techniques have reached level 10, and my performance in the Prefectural Selection was still acceptable this time.

‘In the second stage, there was still an examiner who smiled at me.’

‘My results for the second stage should be pretty good. After all, aside from Kaunitz, the others didn’t perform that well in the third stage.

‘After factoring all of these things in, I should still have a chance to pass the Prefectural Selection.’

If Ogden really did not have any hint of passing the Prefectural Selection, he would not be so anxious. Instead, he would have given up all hope.

However under these circumstances, while his chances were not high, he still held onto a bit of his wishful thinking.

‘Maybe, I’ve passed it?’

Seeing how he was pacing around nonstop, Kyle could not help but call out, “Alright, stop pacing around. Look at how anxious you are. No matter how anxious you are now, the results will not change.”

“Mmm.” Ogden sat down, but his right leg was still shaking nonstop. He would knit his brows every now and then, as if he was thinking about some matters. Kyle smiled silently when he saw this.

Finally, when the The School of Sword Arts’ atmosphere became filled with tension, Kirst Royal Knight Academy’s staff arrived at last. Everyone present stood up in agitation on noticing the envelope in his hand.

Even though tens of eyes were fixated upon him, the person who had made the dispatch did not fall into panic. He had seen too many similar situations.

He shouted, “May I ask where is The School of Sword Arts’ Headmaster?”

“That’ll be me.” Kyle walked over, cupped his hands towards the deliveryman, and said, “Thank you for your trouble.”

After receiving the envelope, he slowly opened it while being the focus of many expectant, curious, and nervous looks.

While Kyle was looking at the namelist, he appeared very normal at first, but not long afterwards, he looked stunned. He brought the namelist closer to his face and took a closer look, as if he could not believe what was written on it.

Ogden’s heart leapt, ‘Could it be that I’ve made it? Could it be that I’ve made it?’

Kyle looked towards the deliveryman and asked, “This namelist is the correct one, right?”

Of course, the deliveryman had not seen the contents of the namelist before. However, he had encountered similar questions every year until he had forgotten how many times he had answered them. He smiled and said, “There’s no way that there would be a mistake.”

Kyle blinked his eyes, looked at the namelist in his hands, and suddenly smiled.

Ogden was waiting on the side and felt increasingly restless when he saw Kyle’s series of expressions. Finally, he could not help but ask, “Teacher Kyle, so how is it?”

“Let me announce the names in the top ten.” Kyle shook his head and said, “In tenth place for this year’s Prefectural Selection is Aristocrat Academy’s Carter.

“In ninth place is City Guards Institution’s Jack.

“In eighth place is Tresia Knight Academy’s Zhou Yong.

“In seventh place, Anthony.

“In sixth place, Fei Yang Knight Academy, Barbara.

“In fifth place, Shadow Moon Academy, Boris.

“In fourth place, Aristocrat Academy, Ferdinand.

“In third place, Tresia Knight Academy’s Kaunitz.

“In second place is Robert.”