I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 81.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟏

𝔞𝐰𝕖𝕓𝚜𝕥ȯ̇𝐫𝙞ᴇs.𝘤𝚘𝐦

Without a moment to spare from the events in Spain, a new week had already arrived.

And, of course, the postponed 2nd semester comprehensive exam was now just around the corner.

“Since the timing is a bit ambiguous, it seems this exam will be conducted in a slightly special manner.”

“Special manner?”

“Yeah. I’ll broadcast the exact details on the day, but what is certain is that it will be a practical exam.”

If Baek Ji-eun is to be believed, it’ll probably be quite difficult.

“The exam will be tomorrow at 10 AM. A notice will be sent to your personal terminals, so everyone be sure to gather on time.”

The students of Class A solemnly listened to Baek Ji-eun’s words, each with serious expressions. Then, they all hurried off to the training ground to make their final preparations.

Watching that scene, I leisurely returned to the dormitory by myself.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩.」

As I’ve said before, my grades don’t really matter to me.

Rather than belonging somewhere after graduating, I intended to act on the incidents that would unfold in the future.

So, it was fine as long as I got enough grades to take the exorcist qualification exam early.

「𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝘼.」

If I remember correctly, it should be enough to just maintain a grade within the lower ranks of the class.

「. . .𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚.」

I used the laptop in my dorm to search for information, and soon realized that my previous thoughts were completely wrong.

「𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨?」

The conditions were completely different from the information I knew. At this rate, I’d need to maintain a grade within the top 10 of Class A.

「𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝?」

Puzzled, I asked the question, and before long, I realized the answer myself.

「. . .𝙄𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮.」

Based on my experience so far, the yokai in this world tended to be stronger than what I knew.

To put it simply, the difficulty level has been adjusted upward.

「𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡.」

This was my blind spot. If things were like this, my current grades were nowhere near enough.

It seemed like I couldn’t afford to take this exam lightly.

Letting out a sigh, I belatedly headed to the training ground to do some maintenance.

“Oh? You came after all, even though you were acting all indifferent? Are you a bit nervous, even though it’s the day before the exam?”

I had gone to the old training ground that was usually empty, but unexpectedly, there was someone there before me. It was Jung Han-sol.

When I looked at him questioningly, Jung Han-sol nonchalantly explained why he was here.

“No, Hwang Ji-hak does it, and you do it, so I was curious about what it felt like.”

“. . .Why today of all days?”

“I’m not really the type to care about things like that. While I’m here, help me practice a bit.”

It seemed like Jung Han-sol was testing out a newly learned spell. From what I could tell, it was a spell that I knew as well.

An intermediate level binding spell, the Usugongdo(우수공도(盂囚鞏屠)).

Like the Wall of the Azure Sky, it was a sorcery with the highest difficulty level among intermediate spells.

“Class A is full of geniuses, after all. If you go in with the same strategy as the last exam, you’ll be easy prey.”

“. . .You’re quite diligent.”

Since his playful personality was mainly highlighted in the original work, seeing him working so earnestly was quite unexpected.

When I gave him a slightly admiring look, Jung Han-sol conveyed his true feelings, as if he was embarrassed.

“Actually, I built up some bad karma in the last exam. . . . . . Guilford and Shin So-ra will be keeping a close eye on me. If it’s a format where we can directly compete, those two will try to kill me.”

“. . . . . .”

As expected, it was a reason that was truly like Jung Han-sol.

“Come to think of it, are you in the same boat? Do you want to team up with me if the exam content is like that?”

“No, I’ll pass.”

“Aw, why? C’mon, man. What are friends for?”

Jung Han-sol poked me and begged me earnestly, but I didn’t want to make an unnecessary enemy.

Not to mention, Shin So-ra and Guilford, who were ranked within the top 5. It would be a completely losing battle.

After finishing the maintenance by the evening, we each returned to our dorms.

And finally, the day of the exam arrived.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

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