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Three days passed.

As soon as class ended, students ranked 1st to 8th on the midterm exam were summoned by Instructor Ares.

My eyes flashed as soon as I heard the news.

Finally.

They were going to give us, who had achieved excellent grades at Sytan, artifacts from the armory.

An undisguisable anticipation spread across my face.

'I can even have two.'

Currently, Samuel is a parasite in my body.

Since he couldn't use the artifact, Samuel's artifact would naturally become mine.

Of course, I would have to return it if Samuel returned to his original form.

But until then, it was as good as mine, so I might as well use it.

Unaware of my inner thoughts, Samuel's voice rang out.

[How exciting.]

"I feel the same way."

Samuel and I were of one mind.

We didn't have any money, so an opportunity like this was rare.

Sytan was supposed to give us a scholarship, but I had never received any gold coins directly.

It seemed they were being sent to the Bares mansion.

It was unfortunate, but I could just go and get mine during the vacation.

If only Crete would allow it.

But.

"Lady Fron is late. She was with us in the classroom until just now. Maybe something urgent came up."

[What are you talking about? Why would that frivolous girl be coming with us?]

Samuel asked, sounding incredulous.

I couldn't help but be taken aback.

Even after three days, Samuel still thought that Fron being 1st place was an illusion.

But.

It was time for him to wake up from his dream.

"Please come back to reality. Lady Fron is indeed the top student in this midterm exam. It's truly a proud moment that a student from our Class A achieved 1st place."

Were my words too cruel?

[.]

Samuel just kept quiet.

Then, I suddenly realized that it was really time to go.

We had waited quite a long time, but Fron never showed up.

'Where the hell is she and what is she doing.'

I wish she had at least told us why she was late.

In the end, Samuel and I had no choice but to go.

"Let's go by ourselves. Lady Fron will come if we go and wait first."

[Hmph, let's do that then...]

Samuel, who had come to accept Frons position as the top student, replied.

And so, we headed to the auditorium, the location of the entrance exam.

* * *

Meanwhile, inside the auditorium.

The Class A students are late.

Ares muttered as he looked around.

In front of Ares were the children of the Seven Deadly Sins, excluding the Class A trio.

They waited for a long time, but there was no sign of the Class A students.

Aeron, who was showing signs of fatigue, raised his hand and asked,

Instructor, Im getting tired. When are those Class A guys coming.

"I agree. Punctuality is crucial, but is it because they're in a class with a half-breed and a descendant of an extinct clan?"

When Aeron expressed his dissatisfaction, Guwar snorted as if he had been waiting for that.

Renes eyes narrowed.

Just before Rene could glare at him.

Thud-.

A dull thud echoed behind Guwar.

The owner of the footsteps opened his mouth and sneered.

Guwar is still as talkative as ever.

The mans blatant provocation.

Guwars face turned bright red at those words.

Guwar turned around roughly like an angry bull.

Who dares!

That moment.

Guwars eyes widened.

In his sight was Baltan, who had narrowly missed the position of top student.

Guwar realized that the one who had mocked him was none other than Baltheon, and he immediately tucked his tail between his legs.

.

Guwars mouth was shut for a moment.

Baltan chuckled at his cowardly appearance and strode towards Guwar, asking,

Do you want to fight me again like last time, or are you going to run away?

For a moment.

Baltans aura twisted.

His face was clearly smiling, but the aura within it was far from ordinary.

Ares, who had been watching the whole thing, let out a heartfelt exclamation at Baltans aura.

......Hes gotten stronger.

It had not even been a week since he had seen the recording of the human world invasion.

Baltan had grown again in that short amount of time.

It was a truly unrealistic growth rate.

He was already like a monster, but if he reached his prime, it was impossible to even guess how strong he would become.

Eventually.

S, sorry.

Guwar, unable to withstand Baltans aura, apologized to Baltan.

Only then did Baltan withdraw his momentum and shrug.

Ares let out a deep sigh at the two of them arguing.

Its not going to do us any good if the commanders are on bad terms like that.

Ares decided that he would have to make a suggestion to the Headmaster about this.

Everyone here would one day rise to the position of leading the students of Sytan.

It was necessary to make the commanders friendly with each other in advance.

Because there was no benefit to fighting like this.

Just then-.

Oh, I'm quite late.

A voice suddenly rang out.

Ares slowly turned his head.

When had it happened?

A student with crimson hair was standing among the Seven Deadly Sins children.

The crimson eyes between his narrowed eyelids scanned everyone present.

It was Adel, the leader of Class A.

Ares had to hide his surprise at the sight.

Im sure I didnt feel any flow of mana!

If Adel had used his teleportation ability, he should have felt at least a little bit of mana flowing.

However, there was no mana flowing here at all.

In other words, Adel had not used his teleportation ability.

He had simply walked here.

He had deceived the senses of everyone present.

Baltan was not the only one who had grown because of the invasion of the human world.

Rather, it was Adel whose abilities had developed more significantly.

Just then.

"Showing up like a rat, you still lack manners and etiquette. Half-breed."

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