I Didn't Even Want To Live, But God Forced Me To Reincarnate! Chapter 100: General Knowledge Test

Whoa, I totally didn't expect to see her! Shouldn't she be going home already?

When I looked at my first female friend here, I saw that Iris is breathing roughly—wait, was she chasing after me that she became short of breath like this?

I feel bad for leaving her behind, but…

"Iris, what's wrong? Aren't you going home?"

I stopped my movements so Iris could also stop running or walking and catch her breath first, while explaining her situation.

"Lyra, you're so mean! You didn't let me finish my sentence!" She pouted as she still tried to stabilize her breathing.

"Eh? Sorry, I had to hurry here… Anyway, you shouldn't be here or else they will think that you're also taking…"

"You didn't even wait for me! Geez, really!" She nagged on me even further, "so much for being friends!!"

"Ah? But, Iris, I'm going to take the special cla.s.s selection exams soon, and you said you won't be taking any of the magic and physical combat exam, so…"

"Well yeah, but I'm taking the special skills test! I'm also going to the special cla.s.s!"

What?

Special skills… what?

I blinked many times over, trying to recall any information about the special skills test Iris talked about, but nothing came to my mind. I just read the details about both the magic and physical combat exams attentively, so that I won't miss any details and preparation, but I couldn't recall any of that [special skills test]…

Due to my confusion, I spontaneously tilted my head to think, but my feet still continued to walk at a steady pace, with Iris now on my side.

"…Lyra, don't tell me you don't know about it?"

"Eh, no, I…"

Am I that obvious? Am I that easy to read?!

I've had several occasions where I felt like I was easy to read—so I began contemplating if my skill in acting has degraded?

"No, it's okay, it's written in a separate paper, after all. It's for those who want to join in special cla.s.s but have little to no apt.i.tude in both magic and physical combat," Iris began to explain.

…Ohhh, I think I only took what my mom gave me, and since she knew I wanted to try both of them, she didn't give me the paper about [special skills test]!

"It won't count as a bonus for those who take all the tests?"

--whoops, have I become greedy? To think that I would ask about this first thing first!

Iris shook her head.

"No. It's made specially for those who are not partic.i.p.ating in both magic and physical combat exams, to make up the scores for those tests."

Ah, I see-.

Makes sense. It would be unfair for the school to only accept those who are good at battles for the special cla.s.s. After all, a person's value can't be measured by using one or two standards, as each of us possesses different quality and interest. Obviously, being unable to battle doesn't mean that one is untalented at all!

There are many prestigious or famous jobs that don't require battling at all, like being blacksmiths, alchemists, actors, dancers, singers, musicians…

Yes, obviously their talents can't be measured by battling.

"In that case, what are you going to show in front of them?"

Naturally, I would be curious about that. If one were to ask me to perform something like that for this entrance exams, my mind would be drawing blank—if they really crossed out a magic and swordsmans.h.i.+p performance.

"Craftmans.h.i.+p… I hope it's good enough. I'm bringing some of my crafts inside my bag, and I will show them a little bit…"

Oh—no wonder her bag is a bit… stuffy.

"Oh, I wanna se—"

But G.o.d wanted me not to see, as you see…

"Okay, we have arrived. Please take your seats and we will quickly start the basic knowledge exams!"

The exams started right away and the questions were not that… difficult, as expected.

They even included some bonus questions.

[What's the name of the first founder of Riviera?]

Easy. [Odis seo Navarrete].

[What's the name of the most powerful woman ruler in Riviera's history?]

…another easy question for a bonus question—but maybe that's only for me. I have studied this before. [Remillia Layna seo Navarrete].

Oh, there's a note.

[*wrong spelling = no point].

…Wow.

Hmm, I think Luca would find these bonus questions easy, too.

Is this a discrimination? Because both names mentioned here were of the royal family… Can't deny the fact that their influence was quite high, though!

Other children might have heard tales of them, but I doubt the kids would know their full names, let alone their proper spellings. In the tales usually told to children, we used their nicknames. No wonder these became the bonus questions and weren't included in the main test.

The Greatest Magician's name isn't as hard as those two people's names, so maybe that's why her name didn't come up as a question here. She's also like—very famous even among children. Her full name was often portrayed in the stories, so yeah.

Okay, it's understandable.

No need to ponder over whether it's a discrimination or not.

And I have to admit, I indeed admire those strong women—like Remillia, and the legendary lady of the Grabberton house, Lady Gretta who was so famous because she was the only female Oracle holder who managed to s.n.a.t.c.h away the heir t.i.tle from a Grabberton male member who also held the Oracle.

Coincidentally, those two women lived in the same era and were good friends.

What a good era to live in, eh, that time?

…actually, I heard it was quite chaotic at that time. Forgive my naïve thinking, my former self's ancestor. I just wanted to witness their glory as they are my role models!

I twirled the pen leisurely after I made sure everything I wrote was right.

As usual, I finished the test way earlier than the others, so I decided to get another dose of (quick) sleep~

After it's done, I was quickly separated from Iris as she went to another direction.

We managed to say our goodbyes first, though.

"See you at school, Lyra! …oof, I mean—I wish we could!"

"Hope we can be cla.s.smates, Iris! Good luck!"

In the end, G.o.d really didn't want me to see what kind of things Iris brought to show off.

Huh, you're so stingy! (; ･`д･´)

Anyway, since I'm taking the two exams: magic and physical combat, I decided to take… physical combat exam first since I'm confident of how the exam will be.

I have taken many physical combat exams that I know the various types that can be used. For the purpose of entrance exams, for Basic Level 1…

My mind began to think of various exams as I finally arrived on the exam field.