LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 73
The Academy holds a test once during the semester.
In the game, after finishing Chapter 1, a few days later you take the Final Exam, and then the first semester ends.
The Final Exam in the game was just another ordinary event.
Choosing the answers to the questions during the exam was just a party event, you see.
But now that it’s reality, there was more to prepare than just a thing or two.
“This Final Exam score will be combined to determine the class ranking. In other words, if you don’t do well on the Final Exam, going out to play is off the table.”
To visit the event stage during the break, Emerald Beach, the whole class average needs to be much higher than the other classes.
Of course, we significantly moved ahead of the other classes by clearing the underground sewer mission, but it’s too early to relax.
“The exam consists of both written and practical parts, so everyone, please prepare properly.”
“Yesss!”
“Then, make sure to pay attention in class today.”
Today is a day with only liberal arts classes, so I had no lessons to teach.
After delivering the announcements, I headed out of the classroom to the instructor’s office.
Since I’m technically an instructor, I have to prepare for the exam.
The exam I’m supervising is the Ruins Breakthrough Test.
What I need to do is to check how the students break through the ruins and give them scores. The evaluation criteria are how quickly and safely they can break through.
“Lee Hyun Instructor, are you really okay supervising this test alone?”
One instructor approached me with a wry smile and asked.
Typically, the Ruins Breakthrough Test requires at least three instructors to be involved.
But it’s not particularly difficult, so it’s fine for me to handle it alone.
Thinking it would be a good opportunity to win the instructors over, I said I’d do it solo, but everyone seemed more worried than necessary.
“I’m fine.”
“If it becomes too hard, don’t hesitate to let me know.”
“Understood.”
“Thanks to you, Lee Hyun Instructor, it’s easier for me to prepare for the other exams.”
Ariel Raihets, the instructor in charge of Class B, approached me with a gentle smile.
She’s a slender beauty with deep green hair and, if you take the Rygon route, you can recruit her as a companion.
Since I decided to go with the Arisha route, I hadn’t really paid much attention to her, so I was surprised to be chatting like this.
“Haha, it’s nothing special, really. Don’t worry too much.”
“Oh dear. How can I not worry? I owe you this much. As a return favor, uh… how about dinner together later? I’ll pay.”
Just as Ariel was about to sit beside me with a soft smile, the door to the instructor’s office was knocked and swung open.
“Teacher~!”
It was Arisha.
She came in with a book in hand, smiling, causing Ariel, who was about to approach me, to sigh and step back.
“What’s up?”
“Uh? Hehe. I came to see you, teacher. Is there something that needs to happen?”
“That doesn’t matter, but since you’re holding a book, it looks like you don’t understand something?”
“Yup! It’s about traps in the ruins…”
Arisha sat down next to me and opened her book.
Maybe it’s because she leaned just a bit towards me?
A pleasant fragrance was tickling my nose from Arisha.
“Did you put on perfume?”
“Uh? You caught me! It smells good, right?”
“Yeah, it suits you well.”
It was a floral scent.
Perfectly matching Arisha, who always smiles brightly and puts people at ease.
As I enjoyed the scent wafting from her long, beautiful golden hair a little longer, I noticed Arisha’s face slightly blushing.
“Ah, ahaha. It’s a bit warm.”
Waving her hand to fan herself, Arisha leaned a little closer to me.
It wasn’t uncomfortable at all. Plus, Arisha naturally liked to stick close.
Let’s not read too much into it.
I taught Arisha everything she was curious about, and she seemed to understand well enough, getting up happily.
“If I have more questions, can I come to ask you?”
“Of course.”
What kind of teacher would refuse such a keen student?
I gently patted Arisha’s head, and she smiled happily as she left the instructor’s office.
“Lee Hyun Instructor, aren’t you a bit too informal with the students?”
“I’m just treating them with love.”
After all, she’s the one who will help me return to my original world.
So it’s only natural to cherish her.
I smiled and replied to the other instructor while turning my attention back to the materials.
“Hmm…”
The Asura sect’s Archbishop I defeated this time is the Archbishop of Repentance.
Originally, he was supposed to show up during the Religious War Event, but I didn’t expect him to appear this early.
Actually, I anticipated this to some extent.
Thanks to Sowol and Lena, the number of heretics that the Asura sect could use has greatly decreased.
With that much less power, the Asura sect had no choice but to step up their game.
To enter the Religious War Event, you need to battle the heretics at least three times during the main story’s sub-events.
But since we’re already fighting with the Asura sect, barring any special issues, the Religious War Event is definitely looking good.
Great. It’s flowing well.
All that’s left is for the kids to do well on the Final Exam.
With the reward of an Emerald Beach pass on the line, the atmosphere among the students during the Final Exam period was nothing short of electric.
One wrong move and it felt like it could turn into chaos, but my list of tasks was still quite large.
Preparing teaching materials, lesson plans, and other preparation tasks, along with instructor duties.
As I spent time doing those, the day of the Final Exam finally arrived.
The first day began with Class A.
As the students changed into their battle gear, I lightly clapped my hands to draw their attention.
“Well, I guess no special explanations are needed? Organize yourselves into groups of four, and one person can just squeeze in anywhere.”
“We’ve got our group set! Teacher!”
“We’re all set too!”
“We’re ready!”
Looks like they prepared in advance.
Arisha, Sowol, and Lena each ended up in different groups.
Let’s see.
Arisha’s group consists of… melee fighter Arisha, magician Ripa, female swordsman Tyna, and the other female swordsman Slezine.
While skewing to offense, with Slezine using a shield, it’s not a bad composition.
“First up…”
“We’re going first!!”
Arisha shot her hand up excitedly.
Order doesn’t matter at all, so let’s get started right away.
“Sowol.”
“Yes!”
“While I’m gone, keep an eye on the other kids. You know the ruins攻略 includes a written exam, right? Don’t slack off, and study.”
“Hehe. Got it! Leave it to me!”
Even if it weren’t for her word, all the other students were holding books in hand.
It’s wise to memorize even one more word during the waiting period.
I lightly tapped Sowol’s shoulder, then entered the ruins with Arisha’s party.
“Now, evaluation starts.”
“Got it! You can expect great things! We’ll definitely show you our best!”
“Oh, I’m looking forward to it.”
I’m not sure how good their performance is going to be.
If they want to get to the bonus stage, they’ll work hard, right?
Arisha’s party performed excellently, enough so I wouldn’t have a problem giving them an A+.
I defeated the golem, the guardian of the ruins, and showed the result sheet to the students, who were looking at me with sparkling eyes.
“Wow! A+!!”
Seeing Arisha and the students rejoice filled my heart with warmth.
That’s right. Do well.
There are items that can only be obtained at Emerald Beach.
“Teacher! Teacher! When we go to Emerald Beach, you’ll come with us, right?”
“Hmm… probably? An escort is needed, after all.”
“Hehe! Then let’s swim and have fun together at Emerald Beach!”
“Sure. Sure.”
I casually nodded to cheerful Arisha, who was clinging to me, and stepped outside.
Now, let’s see how the other students perform.
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To sum up the results, they all did well overall. The lowest score was an A, so there’s no special problem, right?
After finishing supervising the exams, when I returned to the instructor’s office, I saw the instructors gathered, talking seriously.
Curious about what they were discussing, I approached to find out they were assessing who should accompany us to Emerald Beach.
“Oh, Lee Hyun Instructor, you’re back. How was it?”
“It wasn’t bad.”
“Is that so… If Class A comes in first, you’ll also go to Emerald Beach, right?”
“Isn’t that how it works?”
“Haha. If I end up going, could I learn a thing or two from you later?”
The sword instructor chuckled as he raised his sword.
I smiled and nodded in response.
A sparring match could happen now, after all.
“Ha! Lee Hyun Instructor! Please remember that the competition is not over yet!!”
The instructor of Class C, who’s another main character, Shul Raymas, said confidently.
She seems to have some self-assurance. With a provocative smile, she approached me and looked down at me.
“Our class will win!”
Oh. Well. They can certainly give it their best shot.
And thus, the long semester-end exam came to a close.
Everyone did their best, and now all that remained was the result announcement.
I looked around at the tense students and announced the results.
“This semester’s first place is Class A.”
“Waahhhhh!!”
Hearing the cheers from the students eased my heart.
I watched the excited kids with a smile, then lightly tapped the blackboard.
“Emerald Beach will be during the break, so don’t go reckless and get hurt while playing. Don’t just stand by watching the others have fun, okay?”
After telling the rejoicing kids, I stepped out of the classroom.
The semester-end exam was over, and soon it would be vacation time. I had plenty of tasks to do during the break, so it looked like I’d be busy.
“S- teacher!”
At that moment, the door swung open and Lena appeared. Wondering what it was, I watched as Sowol came out from another door.
“Master!”
What’s up with them?
As they both looked at each other and simultaneously shouted,
“Are you going to stay at the Eastern Trading Company during the break?!”
“Are, are you saying you’ll be staying at the Spire during the break with us?”
As the two of them exchanged glances, I smiled and said,
“I’ll have to stay at the Academy because I have things to do.”
“Wow! Then it’s settled! We’ll all be together! I have to stay in the dorm during the break too!”
Just then, the window opened, and Arisha smoothly slipped out, while Sowol and Lena gazed at her intently.
Meeting their eyes, Arisha came out and hugged my arm as always.
“Perfect! Let’s go out and have fun together during the break~!!”
Saying that, Arisha smiled brightly at Sowol and Lena.