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

He puked out some more blood.

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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.

our best. The

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

expression grew fiercer. "Next year. We'll

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

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

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

grimaced in pain,

"Careful." Mana chided him.

of nurses came over to

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

to pass the round, a potion had

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

simply stared at the Martial Academy, yet, only a minute later, the ground rumbled and the

STEP

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

brother..." Max squeezed

past."

you how to forge the future you want. Do not let this failure drag you down, instead, turn it

worry, brother," Mana told him with serene, yet sharp, piercing

even if it fucking

consumed in their own thoughts, they

nodded inwardly. ('I'm glad they lost, in

exam, Max and Mana had been passionate, curious, excited, and a whole other slew of generally positive emotions. There was nothing wrong with this, of

not enough.')

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