"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."

more severe as he thought about Rui. "He's gonna

head. "Not unless we didn't give it our best. The ones who are

choked up a little before stifling his

"Next year. We'll

of Crea, healed up after drinking a healing potion. She was surrounded by many proctors and other individuals

Apprentice in the middle of

I broke through in the middle of the exam in a moment

grimaced in pain,

"Careful." Mana chided him.

team of nurses came

handed them potions. "This should heal everything,

injuries had been too debilitating to allow them to pass the round, a potion had been enough to heal them each. The two of them thanked the nurses before

after messaging Rui to come to pick them up, having retained their belongings. She didn't need to mention whether they had passed or failed. Rui instantly guessed that they

Academy, yet, only

STEP

gracefully before them. He took a good look at them. For a moment,

brother..." Max squeezed

past." Rui

past can teach you how to forge the future you want. Do not

brother," Mana told him with serene,

even if it fucking kills me."

they didn't notice the

nodded inwardly. ('I'm

of 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 generally positive emotions. There was nothing

enough.') Rui sighed

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