Mixed Blessing System

Having seen how close Lothur and Elke seemed a moment ago, Anneke felt that perhaps he was behind this redhead's first miss in geopolitics class.

And already knowing how shameless and pushy Lothur was, she could not help but worry about this bad influence at Elke's side. So, she approached the two and asked why they had not attended class today.

Seeing Anneke sitting next to her, Lothur turned to her and smiled. "Anne, did you miss us today?"

"Anne?" Elke looked awkwardly at her teacher.

Anneke blushed at being called like that in front of Elke and turned to Lothur with an upset expression on her face. But she restrained herself and asked the redhead. "Elke, what happened? Why didn't you come to class earlier today?"

While listening to Elke's answer, Anneke was now and then secretly spying on Lothur. She was a woman, so she soon realized that there was a big difference between today's him and the one who kissed her the week before. 'He looks more handsome... What happened?'

"... Because of this, we will no longer be attending classes in Sector-1, Professor Koch." Elke finished speaking.

Anneke looked at Lothur and felt surprised. "So, you are already moving up a sector? I understand Elke's case, but aren't you being too hasty?"

"Anne, I am different from these children in Sector-1. For me, this period has already been considerably prolonged." He confidently said. "But don't worry, I'll still see you after I get to Sector-2."

"Humph!"

"You think I'm worried about not seeing you?" She ignored Elke to stare at him. "It's much better that way for me! I was already tired of seeing you in my classes!"

"Really?" He laughed, knowing that was not in the least bit true. "Anyway, it won't be long before you and I have classes in the same sector... Won't that be fun, Anne? The three of us will be students in the same sector in the future, maybe classmates..."

"Tsk!"

She turned to the redhead and asked, pointing to Lothur. "Elke, how can you stand to be with this person?"

Elke just laughed upon hearing that before Lothur asked. "Speaking of sectors, are you part of any factions, Anne? I will soon be joining my wife's, so it would be convenient for us to all be in the same faction..."

"Oh? You're quite full of yourself, eh?" She bit her lips and looked at him. "Why would I want to be in the same faction as you? To please you?"

"So we can do group missions in the future. Aren't you already helping me with that thing? Wouldn't it be easier to act together? That way, being in the same faction might be convenient." He seriously said.

Her eyes sharpened, and she remembered something. "Well, that's true... But about that, maybe I can get something for you by Friday."

Lothur was interested to hear this, remembering how vital the metal leaves were to him. "Then let's arrange to meet on Friday."

"Sigh!"

"All right." She remembered the last time they had met to talk about this subject, and her body heat rose a few degrees. "Anyway, I'm part of the Draconic Feathers, so it's not going to happen that we're from the same faction."

"Is that so? What a shame..." He whined as Elke looked doubtfully at him, trying to understand what they were talking about.

Anneke stood and looked at them one last time before walking out of there. "Since you will take exams to move up a sector, we'll see later."

"Hmm, see you later..." Lothur nodded at her and then turned his attention back to Elke.

"What were you talking about?" She asked.

"I'll explain to you about that later. Now, let's start with our tests to Sector-2?" He gave one of his hands to her.

Lothur and Elke were going to take the exams to move up a sector, but they had different amounts of exams to take. That was because he was only a student of the common subjects, and she had, in addition, the spiritual subjects.

So, while Lothur would have two tests daily from today until Friday, Elke would have three on most days, with four on the last.

With this, they would only take the first two exams together each day, with Elke having to stay at the academy to finish the others.

But this would not hinder them at all. That's because the tests for ascending sectors at this institution were entirely individual.

The collective events at the academy were training, missions, special occasions, etc. That had its uses in ranking the students since, in higher sectors, only collective missions could give enough merit points for someone to grow within this institution.

Thus, even without directly testing their students' collective skills during the sector ascension exams, the Morning Star Academy had their methods of assessing this in their students.

Someone unable to form teams and get results would naturally have fewer merit points, making it harder for him to ascend a sector!

Thus, Lothur and Elke would not test in pairs and took the exams together because one did not want to leave the other behind. Also, taking the tests in the same week put their schedules in sync, something positive for their interests.

So, they went ahead with their plans, heading for the testing area in Sector-1, where the Spiritual Language exam was scheduled to begin in a few minutes.

The standard subject tests were all straightforward exams, where students would only have to answer questions, take specific exercises, in short, prove their abilities.

Only the tests of spiritual subjects involved certain complications. But even they were not that complicated, at least not for Elke, who had already passed the minimum level necessary for her to ascend to Sector-2.

She would at most have a little more work than Lothur, having to fight a friendly match, use her cultivation to solve certain formations, and talk about some spiritual theory.

With that said, even though she had more trouble ahead of her than Lothur, Elke was at ease since she had been preparing for this for quite some time.

"Are you prepared?" Elke asked him as they stopped outside the Spiritual Language teacher's classroom.

"Yes, although I have had little time, I have an easy time learning..." He ignored the other students in the surrounding area, looking into her eyes. "Anyway, today will be easy. First, we'll solve the Spiritual Language test and then the Geopolitics one."

"Hmmm."

"After that, we'll do some combat training. I will also give you one more dose of your treatment before we talk with Anna, and then I'll leave you off at the site of your last exam."

"Aren't you going to wait for me?" She asked.

"No. I want to take care of some business while you take your last test. Anyway, as soon as I settle my affairs at the Frost estate, I will come to your residence." He smiled at her, making her blush.

"Fine, but be careful later..."

After that, the classroom door opened, and the students there, Lothur and Elke, began to enter the examination room.