Chapter 81.4 - The First Year at the Academy - Final Exams (4)
Rebecca glanced toward us, perhaps catching it from the corner of her eye, while receiving the adventurer's report.
Her gaze stops at Elliot.
Rebecca suddenly gets up and tries to leave silently.
"Eh, hey–"
The adventurer stalls her.
She has no choice but to return to her seat, but her eyes are still swimming, and she isn't listening to the report properly.
I wonder what she is doing.
Then it was our turn.
Rebecca is already in tears.
I sigh heavily and open my mouth.
"Again?"
"No, I'm not!"
"What?"
"I saw your motivation! I was going to register if you responded like Tenko!"
Don't stretch the end of your sentence.
"I wouldn't do it, a response like that. You should stop, that's what you should do."
With that said, I brought Ted and the others, and Elliot forward.
Rebecca didn't even try to hide her disgusted face from the children lined up in a row.
Not caring, she introduced the three of them first.
"They're called Ted, Gemma, and Nails, and I am training them. All have not yet learned the skills, but they already understand how to work together. They also usually gather materials in the meadows. So they will be more effective than mere amateurs."
The three whispered to each other, "We've been praised," as I introduced them.
Be quiet for a minute. I've only ever given you compliments before – or never.
I cleared my throat to calm them down and introduced Elliott.
"Next is Elliot, who you know. He is a real fighter and has faced countless goblins. He also recently fought dokol. He is a strong boy who will not give up his will to fight even when injured."
Elliot's ears turned red, and he stood erect.
Rebecca leaned back in her chair helplessly in front of the children who were lined up.
"…… That girl??"
"Attendant"
"Hoo…."
As soon as she muttered, Rebecca pulled a stack of registration forms from the counter.
Then, as if tossing them, she lined them up in front of Ted and the others.
"Well, please fill these out."
"It's kind of a mess, isn't it?"
"Leave it alone."
For some reason, Ted and the others showed each other the unmarked registration forms.
And Elliot looked at me with a twinkle in his eye.
"They refused me so easily, and yet ……. It's amazing, a. Tenko-sama."
"Don't call me that. Use ‘kun'."
"Ah, yes."
Elliot nodded hurriedly.
"I turned him down, too. I tried to convince him, and he understood."
"That's a lie."
"Please don't come in."
I dismiss the resentful Rebecca and move everyone to a table set up for them.
Ted and the others immediately show off their studies.
As I peer at everyone's papers, I stop at the appearance of a stranger.
"Gemma, don't write your fake name."
What the hell is a Gemmar? It's cool tho.
And since Ted, let alone Nails, had written his fake name, I somehow got him to change it back to his real name.
I can't believe you bit on this. I should have used a different excuse.
Their registration was completed despite all these difficulties. Ted and his friends became adventurers.
Ted and Elliott show each other their plates with their long-awaited adventurer certificates in their hands.
Lola and I watched with smiles, and Rebecca watched with her mouth bent into a grimace.
"Well, Rebecca, if you'll excuse me now."
"Oh, you're not going to take the request?"
"I don't take adventurers that lightly. I'll guide them for a while."
"Right."
We said goodbye to a relieved Rebecca and left the guild.
It seemed we had been there for a long time, and the sun was already setting and coloring the streets of Seren.
A cold breeze blew through the air, but it did not dampen the children's excitement.
Ted and Gemma held their adventurer's cards up to the setting sun.
Nails and Elliot were shading their adventurer's cards in the sunset.
Ted and Gemma held their adventurer's cards up to the setting sun, while Nails and Elliott held theirs with great care.
After a while, they came to a crossroads.
Elliott and Lola said goodbye.
"Uh, Tenko–kun. May I go now?"
"Yeah, good."
Elliot bowed deeply as I allowed him to use my real name.
"Alter-sama. Thank you very much for the registration."
"No need to thank me. Three or four, it doesn't make a difference."
He still thanked me again, I turned to Ted and the others.
"I apologize for the delay in saying my name. My name is Elliot, a first-year student at the Cartilard Academy of Advanced Studies."
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