"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

didn't give it our best. The ones who are truly

brother is kind." Max choked up a little before stifling his urge to break down in tears

year. We'll definitely get through next

turned towards the distant figure of Crea, healed up after drinking a healing potion. She was surrounded by many

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

she is, she's fucking amazing," Max grunted. "Damn, I wish I broke through

pain, caressing

"Careful." Mana chided him.

of nurses came over to them,

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

their 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

mention whether they

yet, only a minute later, the ground rumbled and

STEP

took a good look at them. For

Max squeezed

is more important than the past." Rui blankly stated. "What's happened

said, only the past can teach you how to forge the future you want. Do not let this failure drag you down, instead, turn it into fuel that will propel you to

told him

Academy next year even if it fucking kills me." Max's eyes blazed with

their own thoughts, they didn't notice the

Rui nodded inwardly. ('I'm glad they

Mana had been passionate, curious, excited, and a

not enough.') Rui

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