The figure of a person leaving at the right time is so beautiful…
“Wow… look at the kids slipping away in an instant…”
Slowly, students began to leave one by one.
They were probably all going to take their exams.
It’s only natural since there was no reason to stay here anymore.
After all, the exams are taken separately for each department, so there’s no need to stay in class.
Each person simply has to enter their assigned exam room, take the written test, and come out.
“This is just like the exam I took before…”
In the game, the exams simply start, and after a little while, you get a notification that the exam is over along with your score.
Seeing it like this feels fresh.
“Well then, I’ll be going.”
“Good luck on your exams, everyone~”
“You’re going with me, Uriel…”
“Oh right…”
Each department has its own exam, so it’s not a big deal.
The only person who needs to go alone from here is Stella.
Uriel and Evan will go take the test for the Department of Swordsmanship, while Stella will head for the Department of Magic.
“See you later, Aria~”
Uriel smiled and waved, and I responded in kind.
I hope everyone does well on their exams.
Honestly, it doesn’t really matter how much exam scores contribute to defeating the Demon King, though.
After all, exams are just a day to check how much effort you’ve put in leading up to that day.
Just because you take an exam doesn’t mean you suddenly become stronger.
If you were going to get stronger, you would have done so while studying for the exam.
However, since I’ve been attending the academy all this time, it would be nice to receive good marks.
Of course, if someone is capable enough to get into Argen Academy, they must have studied hard, so I shouldn’t worry.
However, I was a bit concerned about Evan, who had to follow me around.
Unlike Stella and Uriel, who had plenty of time to study, Evan, as a Hero, had to undergo intense training…
I saw him making tremendous efforts to use the skill from the monster extermination battle and tap into that power again through divine power detection.
He was still showing some signs of not being able to fully grasp it, but it should come soon.
“I wonder what the legendary Heroes looked like…”
I don’t know how that pendant works, but according to the setting, it contains the thoughts of the legendary Heroes.
If he saw the thoughts of the pendant when learning the skill, it must have been that of the legendary Hero.
“I’m curious about that too.”
In the game, the Hero’s form was just a shape with no visible illustration, so it’s only natural to be curious.
The modeling wasn’t properly done either.
Well… at this point, there’s no need to worry.
Everyone seems to be growing smoothly…
If it progresses the way I expect, they’ll become much stronger than now.
I sincerely hope they don’t have to suffer because of me.
“Though with me having confessed to liking them, it’s an impossible wish.”
Previously, I think I gave too much mental shock that triggered PTSD, so I was trying to hold back as much as possible, but this time it’s a bit challenging.
Even to catch Maleficent… my sacrifice was definitely needed.
Anyway…
“Still, since I studied hard…”
I didn’t have the luxury of putting off the exam, so just before the exam, I had been training while also studying hard, so even if it’s tough, I should manage to do okay, right?
As long as I don’t fail, that’s all that matters.
“Stella… she said she has to score high…”
With no particular backing, for Stella, if she wants to attend the academy comfortably, she needs to earn a scholarship to cover her tuition fees.
So she has to work hard for that.
“I also don’t have much time before the exam…”
Unlike the other kids who are going to take the exam right now, I don’t have to take it until the afternoon, so I can only bid them farewell as they head off…
I’m taking mine later…
In fact, the one I need to worry about the most is myself.
Other kids have relatively normal things to memorize, but mine is quite different.
“Ah… I don’t want to read the Bible…”
The Bible!
Yes, as a religious person, that’s something I definitely have to memorize for the test.
If I really were a true religious person, I’d be lamenting my own laziness for not memorizing it well, but I’m not a religious person.
Of course, it’s true that I believe in a deity, but that belief is based on the fact that I know they exist, which is a bit different from the faith that most religious people talk about.
Why didn’t I memorize it? Isn’t it just too lazy to live that way? I’m a Saint, so…
Despite how I appear, I’ve put in a lot of effort to defeat the Demon King.
To put it frankly, considering the obligation of defeating the Demon King, not memorizing the Bible doesn’t seem like such a big deal.
But when someone asks why I didn’t memorize it, it feels quite unjust.
Anyway, I have to take the exam, and since I’m a Saint, I need to get a perfect score to maintain my concept.
Considering that, it seems better to study a little more with the time left…
But one problem remains.
“Where should I start studying…?”
The exam covers the entire Bible…!!
It’s not that I was playing around when I passed by the cathedral, so it’s not like I don’t know anything about the Bible, but does it really make sense to memorize it from start to finish?
For the religious people of this era, it’s considered a norm, so I had nothing to say against it.
No, as a Saint, is it reasonable for me not to have memorized it?
Obviously, that makes no sense.
But during my time until now, it did make sense.
Up until recently, no one asked me about the Bible simply because I’m a Saint.
The very title of a Saint implies that I’m chosen directly by God, the person who believes in Him the most here, and the one who receives His favor—it’s bizarre for anyone to question my knowledge of the Bible, right?
So back then, I could take my time and memorize it at my own pace, but now things have changed quite a bit.
Right now, I’m not living as a Saint but merely as a Nun…
So I’ve had to take a test with the contents of the Bible just like any other Nun.
It’s not like I didn’t memorize it at all.
Even now, I’m confident that I could score well enough.
But…
“Shouldn’t I get a perfect score since I’m a Saint…?”
The fact that I’m a Saint means I have to get a perfect score on this test, and that’s what’s holding me back.
Furthermore, it might be good to double-check since I might have forgotten something, but the test covers so much material that I’m unsure of where to start.
If the exam brings up something I don’t know, I might get it wrong.
Then people might start to doubt whether I really am a Saint…?
“I’m losing my mind, seriously.”
Even if I read until the afternoon, I didn’t have the confidence to memorize it all.
At this rate, I guess I’ll just have to pray to the heavens, hoping for a perfect score, like some kind of gamble.
Or…
“What if I just don’t take the exam at all?”
Now, it doesn’t sound bad to refuse to take the exam and to state how can I possibly interpret the words of the Goddess with mere text.
There’s definitely an odd feeling about it, but it seems like the only option…
But it seems much better to take this risk than to actually get questions wrong on the exam.
Besides, I’ve shown plenty of my qualities as a Saint until now and even defeated a member of the Demon King Army, so no one should think, “Oh, the Saint has gone mad…”
If anything, they might just raise their eyebrows.
“Should I just not study?”
Given how much content there is, if studying for just a few hours would change my score, I wouldn’t be worrying like this.
So maybe it’s better to take a break and do what I mentioned earlier about how to act?
After thinking about it, this seems right.
“I should just rest.”
With that thought, I sat down and tried to pass the time… then a better idea came to mind on how to kill time, so I got up from my seat.
Maybe I should go to the health room in the Department of Sacred Studies.
Today is indeed the written test day, but if I say I came in case someone has health issues, they will surely let me in.
And from there, I can relax to my heart’s content.
Sounds good.
Let’s go.
*
Of course, due to my hearing and visual impairments, I wanted to take the exam but couldn’t.
It seems that I can receive a middle-level score.
…
I worried for nothing.
