The Entrance Ceremony is two weeks after the announcement of the exam results.
During that time, a mountain of homework is assigned for each department.
I heard that every year, there are people who end up doing it with tears in their eyes…
I was able to say that as if it were someone else’s problem until just two weeks ago.
“Haaah… I’m finally done!”
Next to me, the completed assignments were piled up high.
“Seriously… why do they give us so much homework before we even start school…”
I muttered to myself, even though there was no one else around.
Tomorrow is finally the Entrance Ceremony. I had been planning to do it systematically for two weeks, but I want to punch the me from day one who made a schedule and said, “Okay, that’s it for today.”
With a sense of relief and accomplishment from finishing the homework, I flopped onto the floor.
I fell into a deep sleep…
“Cain-san! …Cain-san!!”
Ugh, so noisy… Just let me sleep a little longer…
“It’s bad! We’re going to be late!”
“Huh? Ahhhh!!!”
I looked at the clock, and it was 10 minutes before the Entrance Ceremony. Considering it takes 3 minutes to change and 10 minutes to get to school…
“I’m going to be lateeeeeee!”
“That’s what I’ve been saying!”
I could hear Gald’s voice from outside the door.
“Why didn’t you wake me up sooner!”
“I woke you up multiple times!”
I changed in one minute and went outside.
Gald, who was outside, was staring at me with wide eyes in surprise.
“Eh… C, Cain-san, you’re a w…”
“We have to hurry!”
I grabbed Gald and headed towards the school.
Seriously, this guy is so kind…
He might be late himself, but he kept trying to wake me up…
But, at this rate, we’re definitely going to be late.
“Oh well. Hold on!”
I grabbed Gald’s hand.
At the same time,
“Shukuchi!”
“Whoa!”
Shukuchi allows you to move anywhere in a straight line.
So, if I don’t mess up the amount of magic I put in and the direction…
I can arrive at the academy in an instant.
“Phew… We made it.”
“Um, Cain-san…”
“Ah! Hurry, hurry!”
We ran to the schoolyard where the Entrance Ceremony was being held.
We looked for empty seats and sat down.
There are about 500 first-year students alone.
So, out of all those people who took the exam, only 500 passed…
Then, a small woman with red hair appeared in front of me.
“You’re Cain, right?”
“…Yes, but who are you?”
“Me? I’m…”
“Hey, you there! Be quiet!”
“…Well, it’s fine, you’ll find out eventually.”
…What was that woman about?
And then, the Entrance Ceremony proceeded smoothly, and when it was time for the Freshman Representative’s speech,
“Now, for the Freshman Representative, Erna Trist-san. Please come forward.”
“Yes!”
The one who replied energetically and stepped forward was none other than the small red-haired woman from earlier.
…Which means!
“She was the Hero!?”