"Ack...!" The boy crawled away bleeding profusely from his mouth. "Rrgh."

He puked out some more blood.

STEP

Crea stepped over him.

"Get away from me!" He cried in fear.

Crea looked like something out of a low-budget horror film.

She turned him over.

"S-Stop!"

She plucked a badge out of his garb, pinning it on hers, before walking away. Soon after, an announcement drew everybody's attention.

"The second round of the entrance exam has come to an end." The proctor announced.

All the applicants paused. Some sighed in relief, some broke out in celebration. But most were disappointed.

"Huff..." Mana exhaled, trying to compose herself as she tended to her broken jaw.

"Fuck!" Max cursed as he gently caressed his broken ribs. "We're disqualified."

as he thought about

"Not unless we didn't give it our

before stifling his urge to break down in tears before his sister. "Next

grew fiercer. "Next year. We'll definitely get

distant figure of Crea, healed up after drinking a healing potion. She was surrounded by many proctors and other individuals wearing garbs with the emblem

Martial Apprentice in the middle of the exam." Mana gasped

amazing," Max grunted. "Damn, I wish I broke through in the middle of the exam in a moment

in pain, caressing

"Careful." Mana chided him.

came over

of them handed them potions. "This should heal everything, we'll give you

to allow them to pass the round, a potion had been enough to heal them each. The two of them thanked the

mention whether they had passed or failed. Rui instantly guessed that they had failed, they came out far too early to have

yet, only a minute

STEP

stepping down gracefully before them. He took a good look at them. For a moment, none of

brother..." Max squeezed

important than the past."

both of them. "That being said, only the past can teach you how to forge the future you want. Do not let this failure drag you down, instead,

told him with serene, yet sharp, piercing

get into the Martial Academy next year even if it fucking kills me." Max's eyes blazed

of them were consumed in their own thoughts, they didn't notice

inwardly. ('I'm

Prior to the exam, Max and Mana had been passionate, curious, excited, and a whole other slew of generally positive emotions. There

not enough.')

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