Chapter 9. The Test

A few days had passed since my agreement to join the academy, I remember that Elizabeth, Hope, and Wendy had a fit of euphoria when they learned of it and since then Hope has asked me to fight it every day in our usual field, but to his dismay, I hadn't agreed to babysit.

"Come on bro, it's the last day, just one last fight while we're nobody, like the start of a great movie!"

"Talk to my foot, man."

"Kss... You're so lazy, I thought your mom motivated you!"

"I'm not lazy, I'm in power-saving mode. Go fight Leon instead, he should be back from the rift."

"Aaah but you're my damn rival... You're just scared of Hero Time."

Hope was annoyed. It had been a few days since the rift had been subdued by Shining Sword and according to the news, their feat had echoed in the nearby town, so they had been solicited by some Guilds as an E-rank group and should leave the village soon, on our side, Hope and I were waiting for an examiner from the academy.

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