After a good night's sleep on the funicular cloud, I was able to greet the morning of the exam with a good feeling.

I ate the lunch I had taken out for breakfast, and headed for the gate of the elite academy.
At the reception desk, I handed in the letter of recommendation I had received from Mr. Carmel, and in exchange was given a number and a guide to the school building.

Each number has a specific classroom and seat for the written exam, so I followed the directions to find my seat.

I followed the directions to find my seat. "Well, ...... is three classrooms away from the stairs, so I guess I'm here.

I found my seat without any hesitation and took it.

Then, I took out the book "My First Choice is Non-negotiable" that I had put in my storage spell and put it on my desk.

It's not that I'm going to read it again right now.
This is what Mr. Carmel had told me before, that "Daiichibo wa Nigiwai" is a famous book with a limited circulation.
In other words, for the majority of students, those who have studied with "Daiichibo wa Negaishinai" are a threat.
Even just keeping it on your desk is a good intimidation.

After that, you can relax and ...... dawdle in a calm and relaxed manner!
It's important to show your dignity in this way in order to make other students feel strong and intimidated.

It's also important to show your dignity in this way in order to make other students feel strong and intimidated. ...... As I was doing this, I suddenly noticed a book that the student next to me was reading intently.

The title of the book is "When to do it?　Do it now! I think.
I think I've heard somewhere that it's the only book that can compete with "Your first choice is non-negotiable".

If you look closely, you'll see that the student is wearing the logo of the "When should I do it?　I've heard that it's the only book that rivals "Never give up on your first choice.
I like ....... I didn't find such an appendix in "Your First Choice is Non-negotiable".

I was so envious that I didn't want to be defeated by this student.



About 40 minutes later, the exam questions were finally handed out.
I immediately read the notes on the cover page.

...... Yes, the number of questions and the time limit are the same as in previous years.
This means that I should be able to solve the questions at the same pace as when I was solving the past papers.

While I was thinking about this and looking over the other notes, the ...... instructor gave the signal to start the exam.

Now, whether you are crying or laughing, you only have one shot, so let's get started.

First, I read through all the questions on the exam.
Well, except for question 6, the rest of the questions don't seem to be too bad.
Then, you should start from the beginning and solve them in order.

From question 1 to question 5, I could solve them without difficulty because the pattern of each question was similar to that of past questions of some other year.
At any rate, I've solved enough questions to get a passing score if I've solved all of them, so let's review them here.

After confirming that there were no mistakes, I decided to start solving Question 6.
And less than ......1 minutes later, I had to stop writing.

I found a discarded question with a pattern I had never seen before.
Moreover, the text of the question is only one line. In other words, it's a super devilish problem with no guidance at all.
In this case, there is nothing I can do.

To tell the truth, there is no problem even if you cannot solve this problem.
It is safe to assume that most students cannot solve problems of such a high level of difficulty, and the minimum line for passing the entrance examination of the most difficult schools is usually 50%.

Even if question 6 is left blank, it will have little effect on whether you pass or fail.

Still, I thought it would be annoying not to do anything.
After all, I had solved questions 1 to 5 so fast that I still had more than half of the exam time left.

I wanted to leave a little mark on this problem.

Would I use the ...... tamer's magic "five sense linkage" to cheat using the Caucasus?
For a moment, such an evil thought crossed my mind.

But I immediately decided that it would be a bad idea.

In the first place, what I'm facing now is an uncommon type of discarded question.
That means that most of the students are completely incompetent in this problem.

If you skip the Caucasus, you'll get the wrong answer more often than not.

And if your answer to ...... is correct, but your wrong answer is very similar to that of other examinees, the probability that you will be suspected of cheating will increase dramatically.

This is not a good thing.
It would be better to submit question 6 as a blank.

Therefore, I decided to abandon such thoughts and face the problem squarely.

After more than ten minutes of this, ...... I gradually lost my concentration.

It's no good now, is it?
So I started reviewing questions 1 to 5 again for a change.



That was the turning point.
Miraculously, I realized that (3) of question 1 was also a guide to question 6.

With that, I regained the concentration I had almost lost, and I quickly constructed a solution.

There was not much time left.
I moved my brush furiously.

And ......

(I made it!)!

At the signal of the end of the exam, I managed to fill in the answer column.
I made a small gut-punch in my heart.
I had solved a discarded question. I must have made a big difference to the other examinees.

In high spirits, I walked to the venue of the next exam, the martial arts practical test.



The martial arts exam was held at the school.



The venue for the martial arts test was decided to be the largest building in the school.
As I entered the building, I saw five stadium-like facilities, each with five people standing in the uniform of the elite academy.

I heard that the exam is conducted in a way that the grader gives marks after watching the mock battle between current students and examinees.
The person in uniform would be the opponent.

The reason why there are five players in each arena is because of the ...... rotation.
Well, that's true, otherwise the person who took the test when the current students were tired would have an advantage. I guess that's fair.

I was told that I could line up at any of the stadiums, so I decided to choose one that seemed to have fewer examinees.

And I waited in line for about 10 minutes. My turn came.



I took out a ruyi stick from my storage spell.
Normally, swords and other weapons are used in these tests, but ...... the ruyi-bou has a huge advantage against melee weapons because of its infinite reach.

As long as there is no prohibition, there is no other choice.

I thought so, but my ...... opponent, a current student, didn't seem to think so.

What?　You're going to fight me with a stick?　You're an idiot!

This is the first time I've ever seen such a thing.

The ...... ruyi-bou is not very well known in the world today. It's not hard to see why they would react that way.

The girl continued.

I'm in the second year of the Elite Academy.　I'm Kaydee D'Ai, the second-year head of the Academy of the Finest. None of the previous candidates lasted more than three seconds before my magic sword and swordplay. If you fight like that, I'll send you to the ...... healing hospital!

That's what I've been told. ...... Yeah.
It was a weird thing that hit me.

Hero......KDDI......Hero byKDDI......Communication Mage Company in a previous life... ...
No, no, no, I'd better not go any further.

While holding back my laughter, I suddenly turned my attention to the girl's chest.
And then I saw something I shouldn't have seen.

This guy ...... said, "When do we do it?　Now! He's wearing a badge from !

He's flaunting it to the students.
This is something I can't overlook.

I promised myself that I would decide the game in a moment.

"Then let's begin!

As soon as the scorer's voice rang out, ...... I extended my wand at top speed and stopped it just short of Kaydee's face.

The ...... expansion and contraction of the ruyi-bar beyond the speed of sound created a shockwave that blew Kaydee off the field.