“Enema, now that I think about it, how old are you this year?”
“I’ll be 14 this year. How about you, Cain?”
“I’ll be 13 tomorrow.”
After defeating the Goblin Lord, we were having lunch while having such casual conversations.
“Cain, you’ll be the same age as me. Congratulations.”
For some reason, Enema seemed a little happy.
“My birthday is next month.”
“Then we’ll be the same age for just one month.”
That made me wonder about something.
“Enema, don’t you go to the academy?”
There are various academies, including the Royal Eldina Academy.
These academies nurture the eggs of knights and court mages with state-of-the-art facilities in exchange for high tuition fees.
Only a small number of people become adventurers after attending the academy, but there are many who were adventurers before attending the academy.
“I want to enter Eldina Academy.”
Hearing those words, I was filled with joy.
“Really! Enema, you’re going to the academy too! That’s great~ I wanted to go to the academy too, but I was a little worried about going alone.”
“If Cain is going to the academy, I’ll definitely enter too.”
Enema seemed happy as well.
“But since you’re a year older, you’ll be entering first, Enema.”
“Yeah. I’ll be waiting for you at the academy, Cain.”
“Then, from now on, will you be Enema-senpai?”
“I want you to call me that.”
She hadn’t even entered the academy yet, but I had my first senpai.
No, my first senpai was that person…
“But, the academy has practical and written tests, right? Enema-senpai, have you started studying yet?”
“…Actually, Enema is fine. I don’t need the senpai part.”
It seems Enema prefers to be called by her name.
“I’ve only been studying for the practical exam.”
“What about the written test?”
“……………”
“You can’t skip that, you know.”
The Eldina Academy exam has five subjects: mathematics, magic studies, geography, history, and chemistry.
The passing score for the written test is said to be about 70%.
I’ve heard that you can pass with 60% depending on the practical exam, but it’s better not to rely on that too much.
Besides, there’s no guarantee you’ll get a good score on the practical exam either.
“Since I’m going to the academy anyway, why don’t we study together? It’s a year early, but…”
I’m not confident in magic studies and chemistry.
If possible, I’d like to study them early.
“Okay. I’ll study for the exam with Cain.”
And so, our slightly early exam preparation began.
I also had a pretty tough time studying for the exam last year.
Eh, the result?
I failed, you know?