TL: Zimmings
Mina stared at me and contemplated but soon shook her head.
âThatâs not allowed. Itâs not mine, so I canât bet on it.â
âAre you avoiding it? Are you afraid of losing?â
Minaâs eyes widened when I repeated what she had just said before. But soon after, Mina shook her head and said,
âWhat Leblaine said is not wrong. It is not right to take away the results of the opposing teamâs efforts in an instant.â
Shouts erupted from within the maze.
âWhat are you-!â
âMina!â
Alan shouted, but Mina firmly shook her head and looked at me.
âIâm sorry. I was mean.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âAnd thank you for teaching me not to do the wrong thing.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âIâm in trouble. I like you more and more. Oh, thatâs not good. If thatâs the case Iâll stick to you like a gum.â
âThat would be troublesome.â
Emeline said that.
She climbed up the maze and looked at Mina.
âEmeline, letâs be friends. Me and you. I was very moved when you said it out loud earlier. Iâve come to realize that I canât judge the affairs of other worlds.â
Emeline flinched and looked at the girl who was smiling.
âIâm a person with many shortcomings, so if itâs okay with you, I hope youâll teach me a lot in the future.â
Mina, who smiled brightly, heard the shouts from under the maze and went down from the maze. Then she waved at me and Emeline from below.
âLetâs support each other!â
We ended up in first place.
At the last moment, we managed to break one more yellow barrier to keep the first place with 8 points.
And second placeâ¦
âThatâs awesome. theyâve dealt with two red barriers.â
âThe new child of fateâ¦â¦. after all, itâs a skill that is different from that of ordinary people.â
Minaâs group, who handled two red barriers in the maze for 30 minutes, took second place with 6 points.
***
About an hour passed after the evaluation was over.
Several professors who were in charge of class assignment evaluation came into the training ground with a bundle of parchments.
A professor in charge of class placement evaluation held up a piece of parchment and called the studentâs name.
âRocitra, Miguel, Hattan. Class D.â
The children who were called to class D were pale.
âMikhail, Jodie, Class D. Sandra, Chris, and Class A.â
The students who were called to Class A breathed a sigh of relief.
âPalpati, Alan. Class B.â
âWhat!?â
Alan shouted. Peopleâs eyes focused on Alan, whose face turned red.
âAlan is class B?â
Even Emeline and I looked at the professor with puzzled expressions.
The professor looked at Alan with a dry expression on his face.
âAre you dissatisfied with the result?â
âY-yes! I was in a group with Sandra and Chris, who had been assigned to Class A. But why am I in Class B!â
âWhat did you do in the evaluation?â
âHuh?â
âSandra found the red barrier with magic, and Chris found the barrierâs code and broke the yellow barrier twice. What did you do?â
âI-Iâ¦â¦.â
âNot only did you not contribute to your team getting points, but you were all against what they discussed and decided. Under the pretext of your brotherâs information.â
âIâm not the only one who did that!â
âIâm not blaming you. There is nothing more valuable in war than information. The best tactics come out when you consider the maps of other countries and the status of the commander. The problem is that you blindly trusted the information.â
âHuhâ¦â¦?â
âHow can you be sure that this test is no different from the information you have? What if the color of the barrier is different? Is breaking the barrier and rescuing hostages the content of the test?â
âT-thatâ¦â¦.â
âYou didnât have the upper hand in the information war, you were irresponsible.â
âProfessor!â
âActually your information is wrong. In the last test, your brother was able to break the purple barrier at your level, but now itâs different. The purple barrier was built with attacking magic. If we attacked recklessly, not only the hostages inside, but also the students who attacked would have been seriously injured.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âFrom my personal point of view, most of these freshmen fail!â
The professor let out a thunderous roar. Alan became dumbfounded, and even the other students panicked.
The professor looked at the students with hostile eyes.
âA commander who panicked at the unexpected will made their generals uneasy.â
When I put the roof on the maze, the captains didnât know what to do.
âThen there are also people who recklessly followed others into the battlefield without a plan.â
The students who had rushed into the maze following me and Emeline had grim faces.
âAlso people who tried to steal the opponentâs score by focusing on the hostage rather than grasping the contents of the test.â
This evaluation was a training in preparation for a battle in a situation where there were hostages.
The students who had been fighting over the hostages had a bewildered expression on their faces.
âThereâs only one person in this freshman class that is useful.â
The professorâs eyes focused on me. Naturally, the students also paid attention to me.
The professor looked at me and said.
âAs soon as the test was announced, she came up with a strategy, and performed the task brilliantly by penetrating the content rather than focusing on the score.
âYes?â
âThatâs great, Leblaine.â
Even among the seniors who watched the training ground, there were words of praise.
âClever. Even though they are lacking people, she used that to change the terrain.â
âThe fact that she monopolized the hill and limited the opposing teamâs field of vision was also amazing.â
âShe would be useful even if they put her into battle right away.â
I was a little startled, and Emeline poked me in the side.
âYou did well.â
âHuhâ¦â¦?â
âI think today you⦠You did pretty well.â
Emeline was very stingy with compliments. But what came out of her mouth this time was a compliment.
I smiled bashfully at the professor, and the professor burst into laughter.
âLeblaine and Emeline. Class A.â
Me and Emeline took a deep breath and looked at each other.
Emeline tried to find her composure, but she seemed to be very moved. She bit her lip and covered her red eyes with her hand.
âActually, there were only two people, so I was very anxious.â
The professor nodded his head and spoke.
âLastly, Mina. Class A.â
âThank you!â
This concludes the class assignment evaluation.
Me and Emeline entered Class A, and were evaluated as the best group. We even got the right to take the lead in choosing mentors.
***
âBut what is the advantage for choosing a mentor?â
During dinner, Emeline heard my mutter, and put her spoon down as if she was stunned.
âThis fool! How do you not know the mentor system of Odis Academy! As soon as I came to school, I kept talking about it!â
âLiving as a lady⦠I didnât think Iâd have to look into it because everyone around me gave me information. But what is that?â
âDidnât your brothers tell you?â
âMy brothers donât talk about the academy at home. I like to ask questions rather than them telling me.â
âWhat did you do today?â
âWhat did you eat?â
âWho bothered you?!â
Emeline shook her head recalling Leblaineâs brotherâs actions.
âYes, your brothers⦠In simple terms, the mentor system is a âschool-designated siblingsâ.â
âSchool-designated siblings?â
âThey make the senior guide the junior. Sometimes they get penalized points for each otherâs mistakes, and they fight in pairs. So, for you, whose goal is to have a golden network, it is a valuable system.â
âI seeâ¦!â
âStarting with the freshman welcome party tonight, freshmen can ask their seniors to be their mentor, but we can name a senior before anyone else, and they can mentor us as long as the seniors donât disagree. Of course, you can also ask for mentors from the students of Elysiano Cpass.â
âThatâs great!â
I shouted excitedly.
âWho should I choose?â
I like the princess, and the heir of Crocus Empire is also fine.
âThe heirs of an empire could be advantageous because of their trade route. No, itâs better to build a military power first. Will the twin princes be all right then?â
I laughed excitedly while holding a fork, and Emeline chuckled.
âEmeline, have you chosen two seniors as mentors?â
âI only want one person from the beginning.â
âWho?â
âThe witch of the Elysiano Class, Juliet!â
Emeline clasped her cheek with an ecstatic expression.
âIf there is a Javelin in this empire, there is a Juliet in the Mojas Empire. Have you heard of her?â
âWitch, Juliet⦠Yes, sheâs famous for erasing an entire area in the Battle of Robesâ¦â
âIsnât she so cool? I will be Julietâs mentee and enter the white horse battalion where Javelin was⦠also Juliet was the first person from the west to enter the Elysiano Class.â
âDidnât you like Adrian?â
âPrince Adrian is my second choice. Ah, Donât talk about him! Just thinking about it makes me embarrassed.â
âDidnât you want to seduce Adrian?â
âDonât mention that. Itâs the shame of my childhood.â
Emeline shook her head, and I burst out laughing.
âThe reason my brothers asked to see me in the evening was because there was a welcome party for new students.â
Mentoring is important, but I realized one thing.
âI need someone to ask for information.â
In the empire, I had a lot of information through Dubblede, the hope mercenary guild, and many more but now it is different.
âI have no information here. Itâs not a place Iâve been to before regressing, so itâs an unknown territory.â
On the other hand, Mina, who came from another world, already had all kinds of information.
I glanced at Minaâs table, which was crowded with people.
Mina was introduced to all kinds of people because she had Sandra and Alan, who had a good relationship with people.
âAre you going to just leave it alone?â
To Emelineâs question, I said, âHuh?â
âThat girl gets her hands on people like that.â
âLet her be.â
âYou know youâre only saying things that arenât like you these days, right?â
âIs it really? H, It doesnât suit me. When I saw Mina, I just remembered the days when I was a lady in Amity.â
I grinned with a fork in my mouth.
âLady Dubble must be vicious. Isnât it?â
âWhat do you meanâ¦â¦?â
I smiled as I looked at Alan who was giggling next to Mina.
âIâm like myself.â
Alan just got up with a plate and I got up too.
Emeline grabbed me and asked.
âWhat are you going to do?â
âIâll have to get an informant too.â
With that said, I put the plate on the table and followed Alan.
Alan, who was sitting alone on the bench, pulled out something and started talking.
âRight, mom, believe me. The second child of fate fell in love with me. She will be your daughter-in-law soon. The first? Ah, that girl is arrogant and not to my taste. Lady Dubblede is-â
âThatâs a communication device.â
Is he crazy?
He used it in the academy when itâs not allowed?
âBeing friendly to Mina was on purpose.â
Itâs all because Iâm hostile to him, so he prefered Mina and wanted to take her as his wife.
âUh, class B. Professor, because of that madman, I-â
âHello?â
Alan, who had been chattering with a communication device, turned his head in a flash.
âYouâ¦â¦!â
âWhy did you stop?â
Alan coughed and ended the call. He said while putting the communication device in his pocket.
âThis is what my brother entrusted to me for a while. Itâs the schoolâs communication device.â
âI didnât ask.â
âThen why did you follow me? Why bother⦠Do you like me?â
What kind of bullshit is this
âThatâs not going to happen.â
It wasnât me who said that. It was a blonde man who appeared from the darkness while staring intently at Alan.
âAdrianâ¦â¦.â
The wind blew. He had a beast-like gaze on him. And then.
âRian!â
Minaâs voice came from behind him. She rushed over and took her breath.
âYouâre really too much. Do you know how long Iâve been looking for you? How could the person who brought me here leave me like this- Leblaine?â
Mina looked at me and widened her eyes.
âWhy are you here⦠ah, wait a minute. Letâs talk later. I have something to talk to Rian-â
At that moment, Adrian came to me. He said cautiously, placing his hand on my cheek.
âWhy are you hurt here?â
âHuh?â
âYouâre hurt.â
âUh, Mina has something to say-â
âIs that more important than you?â
I looked at Mina, as Alan stared at her. Adrian kept his gaze on me from the start.
âWhat is up with this atmosphere?â