I enter the campus.

　Then I walk into a large classroom. There didn't seem to be any students taking the exam yet, and I was the first to arrive. By the way, the reason I came early in the morning was also meant to dislike the media. It is already known that I am taking the exam.

　It's not that this is the first time that royalty has taken the examination for this academy, but most of them have been rejected.

　The status of royalty or nobility doesn't matter in this academy.

　They just need to be recognized as having the qualifications to enter the school as an alchemist.

　In order to do so, you have to pass a written and practical test.

''........Good.

　I took off the clothes I had come in to keep warm, and as usual, I unfolded my notebooks and began my final review. The time until now has flown by........I suddenly thought.

　A move that had been repeated over and over again.

　The sound of turning the pages of the notebook. The texture of the paper. And the sensation of holding a pen.

　I've gotten used to it, but now, for some reason, I miss it.

　Whether I'm accepted or rejected, whichever way it goes, I'll probably never be able to work as hard as I did under this kind of pressure again.

　Thinking about that makes me feel a little sad.

　Not that there was ever a time when I truly enjoyed this period of study.

　Of course, there are times when I enjoy it, but I can't shake the feeling that studying is a task, no matter how far it goes. Sometimes I practiced practical skills to take my mind off things, but I still had to do the steady work of drawing a training camp.

　I don't feel exhilarated or happy about it.

　But even so, I think the reason I've been able to come here safely and not give up is because of his presence.

　When I saw him, I admired the way he lived his life, the way he acted freely.

　That's why I wanted to get closer to him.

　The end of that thought was now.

''Hmph........''

　I take a breath.

　There were already a lot of people in the room.

　And I suddenly realize that their eyes are on me.

　But that's as it should be. I've already been widely reported, and I was already famous before I took the entrance exam.

　He looks at me as if I'm an alien being.

　I'm sure I am, and so is he.

　We are a little bit different from the world. We are not normal.

　But that doesn't mean I was going to force myself to change that way of life.

　I wanted to live my life the way I wanted to live..................I wanted to live freely, just like him.

''Then ... begin.

　When the examiner says so, everyone turns the paper over in unison and starts the test.

　The paper test at this institute is simple.

　There are three big questions, and you have to answer all of them in writing. There is no limit to the number of words. All you have to do is give an argument in response to the questions.

　This was the moment that would change my life.