Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 841: About the midterms

[Rein's POV: ]

There was a lot of commotion in the second class.

The teacher was surprised to see the children jumping in their seats and shouting those questions.

There were even students that were screaming and crying, and she did not understand what was going on until she shut everyone off and asked one of the students about what was happening.

'And, after finding out what had transpired in the last moments of our previous class, she couldn't help but sigh with a helpless smile.'

She also found the students' reaction to be something more than an overreaction considering how all of us were students of the most prestigious school of the entire world.

According to what she said later though, many students became gloomy and depressed as well even though her words were plain facts that everyone knew already.

"She said as students of the great academy of hope, studying a few books included in one semester was the basic thing… how can she say that?!"

Not just Tia, almost half of the people currently present around us did not like how we had to study the entire syllabus for mere midterms.

"This is bad… the exams happening prior to the usual time is already bad, and on top of that, not just the homeroom teachers, but the others subject teachers will ask things beyond the midterm borders?"

"They don't care about us students. Those bastards…"

"Whaaaaa… I don't like this… whaaaa! When will we study! Who is going to reach me with half the things I don't understand?! Whaaaa!"

Some of them were not in their best mood while some of us were crying while eating their lunch. It wasn't the best time for being sarcastic or funny.

This was a serious matter, even for us.

"I understand you don't like this, Lizzy. But stop crying and listen to me.

There's nothing we can do about it."

Neither the students nor the teachers had any say in when or how any of the exams would be conducted in this academy.

Everything was in the hands of the headmasters, mainly the headmaster.

'Not only they decided on the dates and the schedule of the exams, they themselves looked after every single thing that the individuals taking these exams were going to face.'

So, when the exams were going to be conducted wasn't in the hands of the teachers.

'What they could do, though, was to teach everything that could be asked in these tests.'

It was their job to prepare everyone taking these exams, and every single one of us knew how the midterms of the great academy were the most difficult things to face.

'They were the direct representation of what one was capable of, especially the first midterms.'

And not only the questions asked in these tests were of great difficulty, they were nothing like what we had faced until now.

"The reason some are going to finish the entire syllabus is exactly because of the fact that the tests or the questions are not in their hands."

As we all sat down in the usual lunch place under the great tree, I started speaking while addressing everyone present.

"Yes it might seem unfair from our perspective, yes asking things from outside the books or asking practical things might not seem fair, but what they are doing is not exactly unfair, is it?"

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They were teaching what might come in the exams.

They were preparing us for the worst and instead of being grateful for that, we were cursing them? Now that wasn't fair, right?

Not that it was right either since there were a lot of things that the students might not need or could not perform.

'Especially with the practical things. Subjects that have practical things, especially the chosen subjects, were going to be tough.'

But at the end of the day, we cannot do anything about it.

There were things that we can control and there were things that are completely beyond our power.

"The exams are certainly going to happen, be it after two months or after a few months. There's nothing changing it and there are no alternatives.

We have to do this and, I believe everyone is mostly only worried about the things that have not been taught yet."

Looking at our dear friends with a new confident smile, I chuckled at the sad faces before me.

"There is nothing to worry about the things we don't know, so, why don't we start preparing with the things that we do know about and think about the other things after that?

We still have a lot of time, so if we start now, go over the things that are going to be asked, and start studying things beyond that, we should be able to do well in those tests, right?"

They knew about their exams that are going to be in two months from now, so they still had a bunch of time left.

'And since the exams would take place a month before the usual time, we were technically going to get a longer vacation this time.'

That is how it should happen at least, but just as we don't know why the exams were going to be earlier, we also do not know what we would be doing after the exams.

There were a bunch of speculations, and since we know of the fact that the dates for the grand conference were going to be announced soon as well, we cannot certainly determine whether we will get a longer vacation or an extra month of school after the exams.

But still, the exams were going to happen right after a few weeks and we have to prepare for that, in top of preparing for the grand conference.

Which is definitely going to be a difficult task.

"Let's eat well, study well, and help each other, alright? There's no need to cry."

Wiping the tears of my cute little Lizzy, I fed her the favourite treats she liked.

And since the food was getting cold in this chilly weather, I urged everyone to continue with their food instead of debating over the useless thing.

"Look, there are some good things about this as well. Like, we might get a longer vacation.

We can go somewhere fun for more days if that really happens, right?"

We were going to have a family trip soon anyway, but if we have more time, we might also get enough time to go somewhere with al of them once again.

"Hmmm?"

"Going somewhere together?"

"Wait. We can do that."

"But… no one knows whether we will get a long vacation or not…"

"Look on the bright side. We 'might' get that vacation and get to go with them on another fun adventure. Wouldn't that be something to look forward to?"

Exams were just that, exams.

It was there to evaluate how much we have grown, how much we can grow, and how much potential we had.

'The exams of the great academy weren't limited to simple question answers.'

The questions that one had to write tested their understanding of the subject and evaluated their individuality.

These tests encouraged the students to find something of their own, a way that suited them the most.

There were few things that one could do to perform well in these tests.

The most simple of them being the age old method to simply memorise everything.

And, if not that, then the other way the students here were advised to do was to write the answers the best way they can, with what they understand and with what they had learned in the classes.

'Attendance in the classes were compulsory. There was a minimum attendance requirement and if one wanted to truly learn something, they were encouraged to attend every class held in the academy throughout the day.'

It was funny but there actually are some owl/morning birds that practically live in the academy campus the entire time.

The staff here and the teachers know them well, and the librarian had even given some of them unique nicknames.

'Some students did that for mere adventure, but there were some who actually attended classes all the time.'

Even Eon had a few acquaintances among these (Campus dwellers).

"Alright then. Now that everyone is done with their little tantrum dance, as well as the lunch, who wants some sweets?"

"Ohhh! Ohhh! Me! Me!"

"I want the sweets!"

"I want ice cream!"

My little cuties~.

They were fun when they were sad and they were fun when they were not in their best mood. But, they were most fun when they were happy over something as insignificant as some sweets.

"Does Liz want some sweets as well?"

Looking at the little emotional girl, who might become the destroyer of this world one day, with a smile… I patted her little head.

"Yes…"

And the cute one shyly nodded as well before she stood up, cleared her throat and walked away from me with a straight face.

"Cute."

She was a fun one.

There were quite a few fun people among this group that I liked, and there were some really adorable ones as well.

There were jerks and there were bad people like Ezra and Mia, but they were just blunt and unlike the rest of the cuties.

They were their proper selves most of the time. And different from Luna who was cute as well as serious, this bunch did not know how to enjoy the real fun things.

'Even that Deleon was like that.'

But, that's just how much diversity we had in this group.

Everyone was different.

And, it was most certainly not a bad thing.