Chapter 86: Chapter 86 Entrance Exam Part 06.
As his hands touched the sphere, its crystal shook before it turned into a brilliant shade of deep red, and it exuded a warm and ferocious aura that stunned the female senior with wide eyes.
The black-haired man didn't even twitch his face, indicating that he already knew he had a good affinity with fire magic that showed in his status. For some reason, the boy turned his attention to Soma, who observed his display from afar. He snorted before throwing his gaze away as their eyes almost met.
"T-this is spectacular, three hundred and fifty MP and a deep affinity with fire, eeek".
The female senior shrieked in fear as the black-haired man turned his hostile face at her. He didn't like someone probing his status, so he withdrew his hand and left the place immediately.
Soma saw him leave the corner of his mouth lifted as he celebrated in his heart that his plan was successful in getting his attention. For now, he put aside that matter and turned his gaze toward the other candidates.
The petite girl who put her hand on the sphere now showed a deep brown color. She flashed her bountiful smile as she saw the results.
"..Your MP is 150, and your affinity with the earth is so good. Congratulations.
"Thank you very much".
The girl, with her chirp-like voice, replied to the female senior's words as she withdrew her hand and bowed her body ninety degrees, which made the female senior dumbfounded. Each act she exudes brings out the female senior motherly instinct to embrace the little animal before her, but she manages to restrain herself, for they are still in the test period.
After finishing her assignment, the petite girl turned her back and hopped to the waiting area and managed to attract every senior female in the place. All of them have something in common: "I want to embrace her". Those wishful thoughts appear in their head.
However, their attention was soon shifted, for there was a commotion in one of the booths that had been erected.
"What is this?!".
The female senior cried out as she saw the blinding light of gold that strangely did not hurt her eyes. It brightens the room with its golden light that brings forth the comfort of a warm ray of morning sunlight that graces the planet now emerging in this confined space.
All of the candidates and the senior turned their attention toward the boy with his calm face and blonde hair while putting his hand on top of the sphere.
"..This is the rare light magic the same as the current student council president, and his MP is se-seven hundred".
As that number reached everyone's ears, the room turned silent, and everyone burst out in cheers. This is the second time a rare occurrence has happened in the academy. Light magic combined with a high Mana capacity within the candidates blew up the stadium. The room was in a festive mood. But the boy in question was scratching his cheeks, feeling troubled by the attention he drew.
He released his hand, left the place, and opened his mouth.
"Thank you".
The blonde man, with his troubled gaze, noticed someone staring dagger at him, so he turned his attention to the source and found the black-haired boy with knitting brows gazing at him as if wanting to pierce him to death. The blonde man who received it could only smile wryly before sighing and mixing himself with the other candidates.
"Next is …125, 126…".
"Soma, those are?".
"Yeah, let's go".
After waiting a while, Soma and Hina turned to be tested. Hina led the way in front, and Soma followed her from behind. Because the amount that got called was fifteen in total, the exam progressed much faster compared to the first one.
Soma and Hina now stood in front of the transparent sphere, and he faced the smiling senior before he gave her a simple shake of his head.
"Please put your hand on top".
Hearing the words from the senior, Soma hesitated a bit. Affinity with an element is something someone has since birthed. Soma was someone from another world who didn't have the existence called magic, and for Soma in this world, he doubted his ability, for he still did not awaken his system even until he was fourteen.
He contemplated for a bit, but he shook his head sideways and dismissed the negative thought he had. Extending his right hand and as his hand rested on top of the sphere, it shook and created a slight fluctuation of faint electricity that appeared around the globe and radiated a majestic color of purple.
The sphere turns into a deep shade of purple, with its millions of bolts crackling inside, creating a gleam of solar stars.
"...Beautiful…".
The purple color that Soma showed indicated his affinity with lightning was good, and he sighed in relief that he was suitable with this element. The female senior in front of him was amazed by the gleam that showed before her eyes before her body turned stoned and wide in the eyes, witnessing the absurd numbers that appeared along it.
She closed her eyes, rubbing it several times before opening it, and saw the same numbers still shown before her.
She alternated her gaze between the sphere and Soma three times before her body jolted as she let out a deafening shriek that alarmed every person in the fields.
"..Ee-eight hundred MP".
After those words came out, every eye in the room turned toward him, and Soma, who received those gazes, opened his mouth.
"Senior, is it done?".
"Huh?".
"Am I finished with my test?".
"...Yes, uh, lightning magic and with eight hundred MP. This is the first time in history someone broke the record of the student council with seven hundred and fifty MP".
Soma withdrew his hands and turned his back, for he finished with his test.
"Nine hundred and ten MP?!".
As the eyes in the room were gathered on him, another loud shriek echoed beside him while she observed Hina's examination. Like hungry stray crows, every eye that gathered on him turned to his other side simultaneously and saw Hina's sphere that radiated a deep crimson color, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Senior, what about my test?".
"Ah? Um, it was beyond amazing deep red color, no is it crimson? And with nine hundred and ten MP, you broke the records of the current student council president MP at the candidate's stage".
"I see. Thank you, senior".
Hina, who finished her assignment, went beside Soma, who was awaiting her test. Before they walked toward the waiting place with the other candidates on their way, they were being gazed at with awe and also fear for the result that transpired a moment ago. The two realized this and exchanged looks as they stood far behind the line of the waiting candidates.
"Did we mess up things?".
"No, we didn't. We were just lucky we had some encounter with the gate".
"Yeah, you're right".
Hina observed her surroundings and still found herself being stared dagger, and it tightened her heart feeling nervous. Soma, who realized that, put his hand on her palms and squeezed it to shift her attention back to him.
"Don't worry, like I said before..".
"...Don't bother myself with other people's gaze or thoughts".
"Good, just act like you usually do. You deserve it after what you have been through".
"What we have been through, right?".
"Right".
"Good. Thanks, Soma".
"You're welcome".
As Soma and Hina are having a conversation in their own world, in those hundred pairs of eyes, two pairs of eyes show some great malice directed at them. Thought Soma with his keen sight and instinct that sharpened after he cleared the gate and noticed who the people were that gave those, and he remembered their faces in his brain.