Chapter 25: CHAPTER 25 SCANDALOUS AUDITIONING

The broom I was holding visibly turns to dust. The dust disperses to the air leaving me with nothing. That’s within my expectations. Forcing a magic tool’s function for groundless usage will result in this.

I open and close my hands where the familiar broom uses to have its place. It hasn’t been that long, but I am beginning to love that broom. My eyes land on the too-quiet Neren in front of me.

Neren is listlessly looking at his right arm. Then… “AaaAAaaaAaAHhHHHhhhh!!” a scream powerfully reverberates in the arena.

Owen immediately comes to the crying Neren.

I challengingly look at the Magic Knight Captains. Singling Sabrina out of them, I provokingly show my middle finger. “Purple Orca, fuck you!”

From here forth, it will be me who shall do the scheming. I don’t know what expressions are Sabrina making, but she must be quite mad. Neren Alviore is… Purple Orca’s prospective candidate. How do I know? Hmmm… Let’s just say I have my connections. I make it sound like it's something great, but it is actually just gossip.

After returning to the periphery of the arena, I walk in big strides to Morgen Faust. Before my fight with Neren, I purposefully ask Morgen some questions. With a sincere smile, I thank my most recent friend. “Thank you, Morgen. Really. Because of you, I am now certain about what I should do.”

Morgen is sweating. Just why did he have to open his mouth at that time? he must be blaming himself for my provocative actions. “Man, I don’t know why, but I feel responsible for you amputating someone.” I can read the obvious regrets on his face.

“Don’t be,” I briefly tell him. “It was my decision, to begin with. There is nothing to be sorry for. Instead, you should be welcome. I just thanked you, right? It won’t hurt to say you’re welcome.”

Stuttering, Morgen weakly complains. “Re-ally? Are you even thankful? You are literally guilt-tripping me for not saying you’re welcome.”

Suddenly, I feel a weight on my shoulder, it was Jack putting his arms around my neck as if he were a close buddy of mine. “That was great. I should take lessons from you on how to cut people. Ki-ki-ki-ki~”

In due time, all of the duels have come to an end. Now, the last part of the exams is here, the very conclusion that will decide whether you pass or not.

“Yami Sukehiro!” Calling the familiar name, I look at the center of the arena.

Acier who is hosting the exams begins with her summaries of the person by the name of Yami. “You are Yami Sukehiro, a foreigner. Your swordsmanship and mana are amazing. The most remarkable thing about you is your ability to move and dodge. I assume it is Ki, a specialty of the warriors of Hino Country. For the Clover Kingdom, you can either be a gift or a curse. Squad Captains, raise your hands if you are in favor!”

Among the seven Magic Knight Captains, only one raises their hand… Julius Novachrono raises his hand.

The whispering and clamor of my fellow applicants are like a disease that relentlessly attacks the character of Yami and Julius. It is brutal.

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“Why? The foreigner is getting accepted, why?”
“It makes sense, the captain of Grey Deer is an immigrant.”
“Shit, won’t this be bad for the kingdom?”
“Are the Magic Knight Squads just accepting everyone?”
“This is not fair. I was called before that guy, but I wasn’t admitted.”
“The Grey Deer are a bunch of trash, huh?”

Doubts, hate, and jealousy. I cannot bear to listen anymore so I distance myself from where the crowd was the thickest.

Julius offers a quick explanation, maybe in his guilt that Yami has to hear all of those hurtful words of the other applicants. “The other squads cannot accept you as the issue of your nationality prohibits them. They just want to avoid political complications. As for Grey Deer, we already have a precedent of foreigners and immigrants. In turn, this is why Grey Deer specializes in foreign affairs. Yami Sukehiro, I welcome you to Grey Deer.”

Next to Yami was Morgen Light’s admission.

The heat of Yami’s controversial admission is still there, but it is slowly subsiding thanks to Morgen politely telling the gossipers off. Jack too doesn’t like what he is hearing, so in his own way, he is shutting up the rumor-loving idiots.

I am not a busybody like them, so I was content in watching.

Finally, Neren Alviore walks to the center of the arena. Owen manages to attach his right arm back, which Neren is immensely thankful for.

After Acier speaks of all the niceties and the voting finally begins, the crowd once again goes into turmoil. At the call for votes, the only Squad Captain who is raising her hand is Sabrina Crook.

“That guy is getting accepted?”
“Why? He wasn’t even able to fight back, right?”
“This is… Fuck! Why is life so unfair.”
“I wish I was born a noble.”

Emphasizing class division, heated arguments start to circulate in the arena. Acier is also speechless by Sabrina’s shamelessness. In her eyes, Neren isn’t Knight material.

Sabrina as the crook she was, didn’t let the problem escalate in a much worse direction. “Neren Alviore, I see potential in you. Though you weren’t able to showcase your abilities in the duel, I believe that your opponent is just too strong for you. In any case, you also are strong as per your performance in the other tests. So, I congratulate you! Welcome to Purple Orca!”

Not much later, another commotion follows. “You are Jack, a peasant. You are gutsy, admirable, and capable of innovative magic that can adjust to any magic. Squad Captains, raise your hands if you are in favor!”

At that moment...

No one, not a single one of them, choose to raise their hand.

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