Volume 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)
The long-awaited graduation day has finally coperfect lines in rows and columns
“Everyone, you went through a lot but you did really well! We trainers were glad to see huge improvements in your physical ability, and you have proved that your training was not less”
Schultz gently gazed upon the trainees
“Today, the Talent shoill be held to see the result of your training Take this opportunity to show the guests your capabilities, and this would be the time that you will be able to check how o
They were annoyed by being called up right after the training without being allowed to have some rest until Schultz hasSchultz’s as bright
Talking about the training, there were no trainees getting exhausted in 10 laps of running anymore Also, there was no dropout in this term There used to be about 10 dropouts in every tericians But the trainees of this term didn’t even dare to drop the course because of one trainee, Haroon The hts on their physical ability were heavily motivated by Haroon who showed most superb will, and it ultimately led to an achievement of no dropouts
Now, the only schedule left for theet a chance to show the fruit of their efforts and sweat The weak trainees chosen to perforained along with the physical ability, and it will provide a solid base of theirthem
“You have shownwork in the history of this course, and this academy Not only how you took the course, but the result of it had great difference co depart that, rather than hoe used to choose a the top trainees, we decided to put every one of you on the stage in the talent show”
Thundering applause and roaring cheer filled the training ground Everyone was able to receive the extra reward on their effort and sweat of the course The talent show of this ter party that everybody can join, rather than it being a party only for the few selective ones
“Return to your rooather at the square Many visitors elcome you in the square in front of the Acadeht meet your true love today, so be clean and neat as possible”
The trainees couldn’t resist the laughter intended by the joke, at least not in this cheerful round
“Hey, Haroon”
Haroon turned at the direction the voice ca them, it was Sevona who stopped him For some reason, the Quad wankers were not there
“You must be nervous Aren’t you?” Said one of Sevona’s follower
Haroon didn’t even bother to answer that He had no reason to be nervous anymore, as he was prepared It was the another follower answering that instead of him
“Hoho, Can’t you see hi hi will be revealed and the one who recommended him will be kicked out of the mercenary world? Do you really think he can think clearly enough to answer you?”
Haroon felt noto their conversation The ‘threatening’ they’ve made with the Quad wankers continuously pressured hisreminded of it made hiently shutting his eyes and opening it again
“Hohoho, I will show you what is the result of cheating on the others”
“We don’t have much time left who is behind this cheater Hahaha, I can’t wait to see who it is”
If Haroon wasn’t in this term, they would have been enemies to each other But as everybody knew Haroon was the top trainee, theyHaroon with jealousy It see the title of the top trainee
“Well, see how it goes”
With carefree emotion, Haroon stared at them for a moment and continued his way
“It won’t be long until the talent show If anything goes wrong, you always have your fireball, you know”
Galli patted his shoulder
“Galli is right I will help you too They just hadn’t burned their fingers yet I et to the outside of this acadeicians They probably know this clearly, and they’ve ician of us”
“Mic too”
“Yeah, Let’s wreck ’em”
Including Moogle, histheir warm hearts
For the ordinary people, it isn’t easy to see a cole one of thewithout an exception It was how they fall love with their ic or their studies It wasn’t exactly same, but Haroon had a similar point too It was how he easily concentrates on the training, so much that he could become a deaf to what others say
In ician society, the rivals compete with each other, but once one thinks another one is better than one, e their mindset and will respect the other with all their heart Like this,relationshi+ps
Thehow great Haroon is on the strength, swords knives, they chose Haroon as their pride Haroon couldn’t stop s Haroon It was the first time Haroon actually felt closeness in his personal relationshi+ps Until now, Haroon has been busy with his training, so he didn’t have enough ti how they care him, he was overwhelmed with happiness and it shed tears on Haroon’s eyes
“Let’s go for now We can shohat real fire is later on too But for noe need to take shower Who knows, our boss ht an Amy Well, Should I shave? or should I just trim a bit?”
“Haha, you don’t have to You look good, Galli”
Haroon and Galli went back to their roo shoulder to shoulder
On their way, they happened to see Ne them Their face went dark Haroon was hurt by Nee of her way how she treats him It seemed that Ne his secret, and moreover, she seeician Did she feel betrayed by hi the secret? There was no way to find it out anymore
‘Neht I was your friend……’
Haroon headed to his room, with a bitter emotion
After changing his cloth to cleaner training clothes, he headed to the square As he arrives, he sa the tables and chairs are prepared and positioned in a seathered They were uilds
It felt like Haroon wasn’t supposed to be there, and felt nervous about being in that kind of place for the first time With a deep breath, he cleared his ain when he found Elser It’s been 3 months and her face was someorn
‘Has she been sick?’
Their eyes had notfor hi but her face wasn’t She seemed pale too, she must have been sick
In fact, Elser heard in prior that Haroon was selected to be a top trainee, so she orried about the expected coician But as soon as she found Haroon, she s
There probably was many people know her From her action without any hesitation, Haroon knew she really cared for hi at her Her action was so wild and her voice was so loud Haroon knew that she will keep shouting if he didn’t wave back, so Haroon did, with a giant smile
“Wait, do you know Silver-haired Witch?”
A ician she didn’t know the name of asked him He seemed to know her
“Yes, she is my friend We are very close”
The people around him sensed the closeness in his voice
“Really?”
It didn’t take long until the atmosphere went down and everyone went silent Haroon felt it strange, but he didn’t knohy Even until then, he didn’t kno famous Elser was
“Well, seeing how he trained, she could be his friend……”
Sorumbled with a low voice, and everyone nodded
Elser, the Silver-haired Witch!
She hassoa lot of thieves But she was also faht with uilds, alone To be her friend, one will need quite spirit and ability And Haroon’s ability was somewhat close to that
It didn’t take a long time for the rumor to reach Sevona, Nemion, the Quad wankers and other few trainees, and it made their face pale
“Se, Sevona, did you hear that? He is a friend of the Silver-haired Witch”
The members of the Quad wankers, who became allies because of their co a blizzard
“Then wouldn’t it be that old man, her father who reco conspiracy and scandal of hi……”
“Cut the nonsense! It was YOU who said it It was YOU who said you were sure that Haroon has joined the course by cheating If it turns out to be your lie or you trying to set him up, don’t expect me to be on your side,” Sevona sharply said
Sevona bit her lips, staring the Quad wankers She bit it so hard, that it hite She’s been thinking that the Quad wanker’s words were right because Haroon couldn’t, no, hasn’t been answering her And now, there is a possibility that Haroon is that the person they talk of
‘Haroon, a friend of Elser? The Elser?’
Elser once has couild, all alone The reason was that the guild has been uild that had 32 members was disbanded 10 of theuild without getting injured
Even in the hts, one of the ihts It was because they hts and 12 knight-apprentices right on the site she wasofficially since they were beaten up by one female mercenary
But that wasn’t the end Elser was enraged to see a bunch of knights have shadowed her, and invaded the headquarter of the Silver Wing Knights and had a sword fight with the vice president of the Knights The result of the battle wasn’t revealed, but there was a ruhts
This rumor has raised a commotion in the metropolis Because of her, an Imperial committee was held, and they conducted an inspection of the entire knights positioned in the Metropolis Those knights who mocked on female citizens, and those whotheir violation of the code of chivalry, and high ranking officers defended for them was dismissed for the same reason Only after then, the commotion was calmed down
The official level of Elser, who hasn’t reached an age of 20 yet, was Advanced Sword Expert Hot tempered, but trustworthy and loyal Elser has accepted Haroon as a friend That made Sevona and other trainees who found Haroon suspicious to think of s Sevona finally realized that Haroonat all
‘Co since he kept his silence all the time Then, was it really the oath of ht
She was chilled She could have beena position in the mercenary world just by herself, without any his fathers help If Haroon really is awas only jealousy ofthe title of Top Trainee
Nothing was revealed yet, but her face turned red already because of the embarrassment and shame on herself
This was sa star in the Mercenary world, so she had some acquaintance with Elser She knew very ho Elser is But that wasn’t entirely why she was bla herself It was because she felt terrible that she didn’t trust Haroon, even he said he has sworn an oath of mana She only could think that in the deep part of herjealous of him
But that wasn’t entirely why she was bla herself It was because she felt terrible that she didn’t trust Haroon, even he said he has sworn an oath of mana She only could think that in the deep part of herjealous of him
He can’t ician That was the reason why she and other trainees couldn’t trust Haroon But was it really the logic they had? Couldn’t it froicians can be better than the a deep sigh
Meanwhile, the graduation cere its end quite swiftly As if the cere the personality of mercenaries who don’t like empty formalities and vanities, the simple speeches were done in short time, and the talent show everyone waited for was the only schedule in order
The host, Trainer Schultz’s loud voice was sti the trainees’ passion
“The people standing right front of us are the trainees who just have co course in last three month There was no one like them who had shown the best will to train, sincerity and the perforhand”
So the audience made a loud applause that could be heard in any place in the metropolis
“The time has come, the time that the trainees can show you their talent, or their result of taking the course Their level is still low, and they are young, but I don’t think there would be anyone consider these youth worthless These trainees here are the rising stars of the ements”
The trainees went up on the stage in their order and introduced the And then they started perforroups or two or three It was the non- first on the show As the trainees of building B and C didn’t have any special abilities like theknife skills that they learned from the course Since what they perfor thehand of encouragement They knew that it’s only the efforts that count, not the result
If you see this ood chance of this text to be a copycat of Channy’sSome trainees’ act did attract peoples eyes Most of them were the ones who had or have a hostile expression to Haroon They were the trainees that their group had expectations on the since their young age, and gained a look and applause of expectations
Sevona showed a terrific throwing knife show Because of her father’s will, she wasn’t able to be a coe, she showed an outstanding work handling various office work that she was able to contribute uild
Her talent was known to be a swords knife skills, and her perfor She threw her knives 30 steps away froets This was almost like a superhuman skill, and this made every audience to ju that soht
Throwing knives or daggers was only effective for the targets in range of 20 steps It is because the weapon itself is too light, but she used an aura to increase the range and hit the target The guests couldn’t close their e of 20
A trainee na on the tightrope held high up above one’s height without any tools, just a folding fan She even jumped on it, and it draws exclamations of applause from the audience
The Magicians’ turn came
The highlight was on Galli as the oldest a the trainees Galli was frouild of the northern part of an eic, and he was specialized in coic as he was busy training his body and sword Despiting that, he perforinner of 3 circle
But that wasn’t the end Most of the icians showed that they have surpassed their level, and it was a satisfying result to the They showed the audience why the icians need to take the course; to break the wall they face, they need an experience they never had before
And finally, it was Haroon’s turn
“And last but not least, this is our Top Trainee This is the trainee that every trainer gave the highest score He joined as a work trainee and earned this title by giving effort several ti applause