"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 be
head. "Not unless we didn't give it our best. The
is kind." Max choked up a little before stifling his urge to break down
fiercer. "Next year. We'll definitely
eyebrows, wiping away a single tear, ignoring her throbbing jaw. She turned towards the distant figure of Crea, healed up after drinking a healing potion. She was surrounded by many proctors and other
Apprentice in the middle of the exam." Mana gasped
grunted. "Damn, I wish I broke through
in pain,
"Careful." Mana chided him.
of nurses came over to them, examining
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 nurses
whether they had passed or failed. Rui instantly guessed that they had failed,
stared at the Martial Academy, yet, only a minute later, the ground rumbled and
STEP
stepping down gracefully before them. He took a
brother..." Max squeezed
than the past." Rui
past can teach you how to forge the future you want. Do
worry, brother," Mana told him with serene, yet
get into the Martial Academy next year even if it fucking kills me." Max's eyes
they didn't notice the smallest of smiles crack at Rui's
nodded inwardly. ('I'm glad they lost,
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 wrong with this,
it's not enough.') Rui
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