I Didn't Even Want To Live, But God Forced Me To Reincarnate! Chapter 126: Day 3, What A Chaotic Day

"We're going to do some honorable mentions to reward the outstanding students who captured our eyes during the entrance exams! Remember, a healthy compet.i.tion can be a good motivation for you all to improve!" Normsensei's gla.s.ses glinted—her eyes seemed to have turned sharp—don't tell me that it's just my imagination?

"Though I can't say much about the ones who didn't display their swordsmans.h.i.+p and fencing techniques to me, so warriors of other weapon choices, don't take it to your heart!"

"I also only supervised the offensive-styled magicians, so I'd be able to say my two cents about the ones who met me at the entrance exams."

With their words, the students showed various reactions.

Those who seemed to be unconcerned to the "honorable mentions"—in other words, students who weren't supervised by Normsensei or Keith-sensei only showed indifference, though some showed their interests.

The rest of the students were either excited, worried, or… yawned out of boredom.

Children are really honest.

"Ha! Let's begin, then! Who can gather the most talent in their wings? I bet today is my victory!"

"Hoho, how can you be so confident? This year is my victory, for sure!"

Keith-sensei and Normsensei are standing on opposite sides of the arena, looking at each other with fiery gazes—fiery as in full of compet.i.tion and "friendly" hostility, not that kind of loving fiery gazes, sadly.

At that time, I opened my eyes. They are truly experts!

They managed to fool my eyes, made me think that they were on good terms, only to shatter that impression magnificently like this!

"First—needless to say, the royal family's crown prince. I have heard many rumors about the royal family's "chosen" ones, so I guess that is a given… Luca's grasp of the rapier is amazing, I'm sure that he has trained so very hard at the royal palace," Keith-sensei looked at Luca with a boastful gaze.

Luca looked back at him confidently—as if this result was also obvious to him.

"I guess our first talent is one and the same. Yes, I've heard the thing about the royal family. Luca also displayed his outstanding talent for his offensive-styled magic back then. As much as I want to make him solely focused on learning magic, I know that the royal family will demand him to balance both his swordsmans.h.i.+p and magic, but still, I really wish that you'd have more favorability towards magic, Luca!" Miss Norma also looked at Luca proudly.

Luca only smiled as usual before finally responding, "Thank you, teachers! I still have a long way to go in both styles, so I hope you'll treat me well."

Ah, he decided not to touch this battle of favoring swordsmans.h.i.+p or magic more. A wise choice!

I can't help but want to give him two thumbs up.

The other students only looked at Luca and clapped their hands—in their eyes, I can sense some gazes that say, "Well, that was already within expectations!"

"Next warrior! After the crown prince, naturally, we also have his close aide—the future royal knight, Kiri! With the style that you displayed—I'm sure that your father, the head of the royal knights—has trained you so harshly!"

Keith-sensei turned his gaze towards Kiri who was standing next to Luca.

Kiri seemed to not expect this and flinched a bit before he finally tried to look back at Keith-sensei resolutely and thanked him for his praise.

…Kiri, why hadn't you expected it, though?

I guess that shows how low your confidence in yourself is… right? This is bad.

Some of the students nodded in understanding and clapped their hands—while some were utterly surprised.

I guess they judged Kiri based on his looks and timid behavior, and that's why they were surprised?

"Haha, I also have another talented young magician to boast! I'd like to praise little Smyrna for her amazing [Light] magic! Your ability is truly splendid—and I'm sure that you're quite talented even among your race!"

Miss Norma s.h.i.+fted her glance towards the only elf student in my cla.s.s—the pretty Smyrna. Her beautiful white skin was quickly turning red as she blushed and said, "Thank you, teacher!"

Her voice sounded crisp and cute—ah, as expected of elves! I envy their eloquence. Though I'm part-elf, it seems that their elven characteristics are not that evident in me…

Speaking of her voice, I suddenly recalled the other part-elf girl that I encountered at Chinosato. Compared to Smyrna, that part-elf girl's voice was more beautiful and pleasing to the ears.

I wouldn't be surprised if I suddenly find her as a singer in the future.

"Seems like we're even?"

Keith-sensei smiled before he then said arrogantly, "Ha! I still have yet another talented warrior in store!"

"Who said that I'm done? I also have yet another talented magician to boast about!"

"Really? So, in the end, it's another tie for us?"

"It seems to be the case, Keith! Why don't we mention our last star at the same time?"

"That's a great idea!"

"…"

I'm not sure if they really have the relations.h.i.+p of a cat and a dog—or if they are secretly close to each other—I mean, look!

They quickly come to an agreement like this? And they're looking at each other's eyes, yo!

"Actually, there's a plus point for me in this case! After all, this little one comes from a family of magicians, but she's actually superb in swordsmans.h.i.+p! Now, what does this mean? It means that this girl chooses swordsmans.h.i.+p over magic!!"

"Nonsense! Then, it's all the more reason she should view my last star's magic capabilities! It will make her blood boil and that she'd want to learn magic to surpa.s.s this one's amazing ability! And she has another plus point for me personally, as she's the daughter of the magician I admire!"

…Wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

Why do I feel like I know who they're talking about?

Why do I feel like they're talking about the same person?

…No, actually—I have had this bad premonition ever since they mentioned that they wanted to award "the honorable mentions".

I just pretended to not notice it, since it'd make me dizzy…

And yep, now, I'm feeling dizzy.

But… you reap what you sow, so I guess I'm now reaping what I sow.

"Haha, I'm sure that she will still pick the way of a sword! Let me show you!"

"She's born from a genius—so you can say that she is a prodigy that rarely appears! Behold, the future's greatest magician, the future head of magician who takes after her mother!"

…Normsensei's last sentence convinced me. Keith-sensei's previous mention of "born in a family of magicians" also confirmed everything.

And that's how the two of them pointed at me simultaneously.

"…"

Everyone looked at me as if I was some kind of a rare creature.

Luca and Kiri were silent as they also looked at me—their gazes indicated that they weren't surprised at all.

"Eh?"

"W-what did you say?!"

The two teachers realized that they pointed at the same person and were very surprised.

They quickly turned their "proud" gazes at me—which have been converted into "shocked" gazes—and looked at each other in disbelief.

"She is Ophelisama's daughter!! What nonsense are you talking about, her being fascinated by the way of swords?!" Normsensei said as if she just heard the biggest joke of the year.

"You have to see her swordsmans.h.i.+p before you can say that! She is in love with a swordsmans.h.i.+p family's style, and she has an amazing grasp of it!"

"Likewise, you have to see her magic and you can cease your wishful thinking and delusion!"

"…"

"Whoa, seems like the human I chose is really something else, haha!" Carbuncle muttered next to me.

Uhm, did I just pull their last straw of compet.i.tiveness? Because their att.i.tude is starting to get out of control …

"I'm glad I decided to come back here just in case. Keith-san, Normsan, can you just drop your arguments? You're scaring my students. Really, every year, this is what you do… Why do I feel like this year is the worst? Or is it that your compet.i.tiveness is getting worse and worse?"

A familiar voice could be heard from behind us—so we spontaneously looked back at our savior—Morgan-sensei!!

…Every year… that means, this is some kind of a habit—but, but! I'm sorry, I must be the cause of their worsening compet.i.tiveness this time around!

"My dear students, don't be intimidated by these two teachers. They're just way too compet.i.tive as they love their specialties way too much. Being compet.i.tive is fine, but keep it healthy and moderate," Morgan-sensei said as he walked to the front, and then he stopped between Keith-sensei and Normsensei.

Morgan-sensei then glanced at the two teachers who went silent as the two of them slightly cast their eyes downward.

"I think it's time to break the group to two and start your own cla.s.ses before you scare them even further."

With that, we started our mobilizations and split into two corresponding groups.

Luca and I decided to take magic cla.s.ses first, and needless to say, Carbuncle also went along with us.

Normsensei's eyes sparkled, and she was about to say something to Keith-sensei after she looked at me joining her group—but then Morgan-sensei was already looking at her with reprimanding look, so Normsensei closed her mouth again.

Keith-sensei stole a resentful glance towards Normsensei, but he also backed down after Morgan-sensei glared at him, too.

…for some reason, it felt as if Morgan-sensei was like their son—who's tired of reminding his mother and father over and over again to stop arguing over trivial matters.

But then again, Morgan-sensei is a dwarf…

Could it be that I have the wrong mindset for thinking that every dwarf has a childish disposition or is it just that it's only the majority of dwarves, and Morgan-sensei is an exception?

I still have a lot to learn from this world—about life, about people, and about everything—maybe since I haven't learned anything from my first life, that ball-of-light G.o.d was upset and decided to grace me with this reincarnation?

Well then, I'd better learn many things this time around!