I Became the Must-Have Character of the Academy City-Chapter 149: The End of the First Day

The instructors at Orion Academy held a lengthy meeting to decide on the practical exam.

There had been an opinion early on that it would be good to have the cadets play a game of "bell stealing," but upon reflecting on recent events, the impression that it would be too soft couldn’t be shaken.

In order to make the second semester's education more substantial, a deeper understanding of the cadets was necessary.

Thus, the bell was moved from the cadets to the instructors, and a variety of evaluation criteria emerged.

Among them, one thing that all the instructors had a positive response to was:

The majority of the students at the academy were the children of prestigious families.

Those children, even if allowed to use every possible trick, would likely avoid crossing the line of common sense in order to maintain their dignity.

This could not continue. False dignity was just a shell that created meaningless deaths in real combat.

The instructors made it one of their goals to strip away as much of that dignity as possible during this test.

Separately, they were looking forward to what clever tricks the cadets might come up with.

Boom──!!!

A huge explosion accompanied by a deafening sound erupted from the spot where Carrot had been standing.

The cadets, who were watching from a distance, couldn’t help but gape in surprise at the unexpected scene.

Carrot, of course, was unharmed.

She hadn’t thrown away her position as an instructor at Orion Academy.

“Well, my hair got messed up...”

Carrot fiddled with her hair, which had been affected by the explosion, while letting out a disappointed sigh. However, her lips were smiling.

Isn’t this already fun from the start? It was more exciting than expected from the very beginning.

‘The ground feels strange. But when did they plant the bomb?’

Carrot, with her natural animal instincts, felt the oddness, but she couldn't immediately pinpoint it.

When she first stood here, it was hard to find any noticeable irregularities. The ground was as usual, with plants growing, and there were no traces of digging.

That meant the bomb had been planted and the situation was handled smoothly.

“Hehe, that’s clever.”

As the black smoke cleared, Rohan appeared.

Carrot, noticing his gaze, maintained ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ her smiling face and pulled out a bottle with liquid from her coat.

It was a brown glass bottle, one that might be seen in a hospital.

Right in front of Carrot, Rohan tossed the bottle into the air with a flick. The bottle flew towards her rabbit ears.

Rohan then drew his pistol and fired the trigger.

Carrot, her eyes sparkling with interest, observed the situation.

‘Sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid? Or maybe poison?’

Ordinary poisons or acids wouldn't have much effect on a body filled with mana. They would usually have a lesser impact than a bomb.

For him to bring this out meant that he had confidence. This was something that couldn’t be underestimated.

Bang!

The glass bottle pierced by the bullet shattered, spilling green liquid into the air.

Carrot quickly jumped to avoid the falling liquid.

She then leaped forward to close the distance between herself and Rohan.

In just one jump, Carrot landed within reach and immediately followed up with a kick.

Rohan twisted his body to narrowly avoid the kick aimed at his chin.

“Don’t be angry. It was just regular green tea.”

“...You're such an interesting cadet.”

Was this a trap for the next move? Or was it an attempt to lure him into a straight approach? Or was he testing how she would react to an unknown attack?

Carrot couldn’t stop smiling at Rohan’s approach.

There was a strangely swinging sensation to his movements.

‘Did Instructor Juyeon teach him? Is it from experience in the south? Whatever it is, it's a good stimulation for those around him.’

Rohan was surprisingly seasoned for a mere cadet.

His movements and connections were so natural that it seemed like someone had taught him. If this had been imagined, it didn’t feel like a first-time attempt.

“Hyah!”

With the strength characteristic of a rabbit beastman, Carrot’s spinning kick sent Rohan’s large body into the air.

‘Without using mana!?’

Rohan’s eyes widened.

Even though he had used mana to maintain balance, his body lifting like that was a blow of immense strength and a different level of power.

──Screech! Rohan slid on the ground as he landed.

Carrot was already right next to him. Displaying her flexibility, she raised her leg high and prepared to strike. freeweɓnovel.cøm

Without hesitation, she brought her sword sheath down to block his attack.

Crack!

‘Heavy.’

Carrot’s kick, beyond her natural talent, carried the weight of deep training.

If she hadn’t used her arm, which was holding the pistol, to defend, she would have lost the sword.

“Instructor, you’re ruthless.”

“Of course! My hair is ruined, so I’m angry!”

She seemed to be enjoying it rather than being angry. Her rabbit ears were standing straight up.

─Thwack! Carrot’s attack sent a rhythmic, lively energy through the air.

Rohan instinctively drew a glowing sword from his scabbard.

Without hesitation, he swung it with a flare of intensity.

[One Slash - Flame Severance]

Carrot spun around to avoid the strike and swayed her hips playfully.

“Hehe! Rohan, you’re being too much! Are you trying to kill such a pretty instructor?”

“I’ll donate as much as possible for your funeral.”

Rohan fired his pistol, bang! bang!

Carrot dodged the bullets with minimal movement and began to stretch her leg again.

“I don’t accept the pocket money of a cadet!”

“Ugh!”

Carrot’s movements were extraordinary. Every time she blocked a kick, it felt like her hand would be torn from holding the sword.

The fact that she wasn’t intending to kill but swinging lightly was almost beyond belief.

‘...Mana is draining.’

She could read the movements with her eyes, but even following the blade and the barrel was difficult.

Click! Click! Rohan pulled the trigger, but no bullets came out.

He detached the empty magazine.

Rohan threw the pistol upward.

Grabbing the sword with both hands, he swung it weakly, pushing Carrot back.

He then reached for something in his magazine pouch.

“Heh!”

Carrot seemed determined not to let him go and stubbornly clung to him.

Once again, Rohan pulled something out, but this time, it wasn’t a magazine.

This world has many unique weapons that I never saw in the world I lived in before.

Firearms designed for magic users have developed in a strange form.

Rohan had bought many things.

And there was one thing he was going to use here.

A subsonic sound grenade purchased for 46 coins. It was in the shape of a grenade.

Subsonic sounds are hard for ordinary people to hear. Most of the time, they are inaudible. Even in the original world, they were mostly used for repelling wild animals.

But it is clearly audible to beastmen. Even Shion, the elf, said she could hear it.

When asked how it felt, she described it as "unpleasant noise that disrupts concentration."

Click!

Rohan pressed the button and threw the sound grenade on the floor.

The grenade began vibrating, like a phone with an incoming call.

Some of the beastmen cadets watching nearby tightly shut their eyes and covered their ears.

"···!"

Carrot also frowned. Her rabbit ears, which had been standing up, were trembling.

Had it not been for the restriction to use only minimal mana, she would have easily protected her hearing. It was a shame.

Carrot checked the pistol falling through the air from Rohan.

Rohan would have to grab that for combat.

So, Carrot aimed for the sound grenade that had fallen on the floor.

‘As expected.’

She had already predicted he would try to kick it away.

Rohan ignored the falling pistol and didn't try to catch it. Even if the mark fell to the ground, it wouldn't get scratched.

"Huff!"

Rohan threw his body forward.

Carrot, trying to kick the grenade like a soccer ball, was shoved aside by Rohan’s shoulder.

"Ah!"

The two of them tumbled to the ground.

Rohan grabbed Carrot's leg, which was about to spring up, and held on tightly.

"Hehe, I don't mind a persistent man."

Was it because of the long legs on her slender body? Rohan's body was dragged across the ground along with her.

She tried to twist his ankle and apply a joint lock, letting go of her sword and grabbing him with both hands, but the ankle didn't twist as if it had turned to steel.

‘Insane.’

She couldn't believe the strength in his legs. She considered using her "Weakness Infliction" ability but realized that trying to shoot it in a bullet would make it difficult to predict mana consumption for direct contact.

Thus, she decided to pull out more of the things she had prepared.

Just as Rohan was about to gesture toward a distant building:

"Surrender~"

Carrot smiled and raised both hands.

"Eh?"

"Could you turn off that sound grenade? My ears hurt."

"···."

Was she really surrendering? Rohan squinted at her.

Carrot, seeming to like that reaction, chuckled and pointed to one side.

"Ah."

The silver bell on Carrot’s waist had already fallen off.

It had been precariously hanging on a thin thread and must have broken as it rolled to the ground.

Rohan immediately jumped up, picked up the bell, and cleared the sound grenade.

"My apologies."

"Apologies~ is a skeptical attitude! Excellent."

Carrot, feeling even more satisfied, looked around at the cadets, who were still in a daze, and clapped her hands to congratulate Rohan.

‘Used too much mana while defending.’

If he used more, it would be difficult to recover completely within a day.

He didn’t plan on using any more today. Impatience is poison.

From now on, he would focus on observing the rest of the exams and gathering information.

Rohan moved around, collecting information, and had a solid lunch.

By 5 PM, the broadcast came through.

── Day 1 practical exam complete. The Day 1 practical exam has concluded.

── Injured participants should come to the central tent to receive treatment from Instructor Marcel...

Rohan left the academy without any hesitation.

After finishing his shower, Rohan lay on his dormitory bed and checked his phone.

He opened the Orion Academy community, Orion Circle, and continued his spying.

[Practical difficulty ㅇㄱ ㅈㅉㅇㅇ?] [This person writes 10 posts a day...] [The red bell isn’t the only one, just think there aren’t any ㅋㅋ] [Diary! Don’t click♡] [↑Don’t click it;] [Did the explosion sound during the test come from mana? Could it have been a real bomb?] [Suggestions for tomorrow’s test] [More than half of the people didn’t get a bell on the first day] [There will be a moment of silence for those.] [I'm doomed ㅠㅠ] [The girl I’m interested in asked me if I’m gay. What does that mean?]

It was complete chaos.

But even here, by filtering through it, there were useful pieces of information.

[Instructor Carrot gave the bell only once, and Ichinose Yui and Noah Frozenheart managed to get their bells from Instructor Add.]

The two of them had already secured one of the twenty bells available.

It seemed the same would happen tomorrow.

‘This competition is good.’

Normally, they would stay in contact frequently, but during the practical exams, it was natural for the communication to stop.

There would be a lot to talk about afterward.

He continued to scroll down and gather information.

‘More than half failed the first test.’

If someone had only increased their mana size with elixirs funded by their family, they wouldn't pass Instructor Marcel's test.

It would take three days just to learn the proper techniques. There was a high chance that more time would be spent.

“Hmm.”

The feeling that it wasn’t a bad start.

He was happy.

Rohan got up from his bed and continued preparing for tomorrow’s exam.