"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."
grew more severe as he thought about Rui. "He's
"Not unless we didn't give it our best. The ones who
is kind." Max choked up a little before stifling his urge to
year. We'll definitely
She turned towards the distant figure of Crea, healed up after drinking a healing potion. She was surrounded by
in the middle of the exam." Mana gasped
"Damn, I wish I broke through in the middle of
grimaced in pain,
"Careful." Mana chided him.
came over to them, examining
"This should heal everything,
round, a potion had been enough to heal them each. The two
didn't need to mention whether they had passed or failed. Rui
stared at the Martial Academy, yet, only a minute later, the ground rumbled
STEP
thin air, stepping down gracefully before them. He took a good look at them. For a moment, none of them said
Max squeezed
important than the past." Rui blankly stated. "What's happened
how to forge the future you want. Do not let this failure drag you down, instead, turn it into fuel
him with serene, yet sharp, piercing
Martial Academy next year even if it fucking kills me."
own thoughts, they didn't
Rui nodded inwardly. ('I'm glad
course not. It was the exact opposite. Prior to the exam, Max and Mana had been passionate, curious, excited, and a whole other slew of
not enough.') Rui sighed
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