Rebirth Just Before The 10th Circle

Packed with the unique leeway of the strong.

Thinking about this, Galahad couldn't help but laugh.

It was because Merlin's grades from last semester suddenly came to mind.

“It’s easy to be ranked 190th…”

The actual grade was 199.

Merlin's position in the academy, where grades and rank were the same, was the bottom of the bottom.

***

𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘢

Merlin and Kay, who arrived at the beach while wading through the water, were greeted by countless footprints on the sand and one assistant.

The assistant who found Merlin and Kay approached.

“You are the last.”

“You know?”

In response to Merlin's rude response, the assistant offered something.

“Receive.”

What was in Merlin and Kay's hands was a thin iron plate engraved with their names.

Merlin, who accepted this, replied with a smile that it was interesting.

"Five? Is this life?”

"okay."

“Fufu. You mean 5 gold each?”

"···what are you talking about?"

"Ah! no."

Merlin waved his hand as he saw the assistant with a questioning expression on his words.

For a moment, a meaningless exchange of glances took place, and the assistant took a step back.

Behind him was a dense forest.

"go. When the red firecrackers explode, that's when the test begins. Before that, no matter what happens, you must not attack other cadets. Also, once the exam begins, you must not come out here no matter what.”

“There are so many things that can’t be done.”

“There are only two occasions when you can come back to the beach. After a fortnight, the blue firecrackers that signal the end of the exam will go up.”

The assistant pointed to the necklace in Merlin's hand.

“You have lost your life. Did you understand?”

“Perfect.”

"Yes Yes! I understand! Go, thank you.”

“Then let’s go.”

Merlin, who shuddered as he listened to the teaching assistant's explanation, and Kei, who bowed their heads, ran into the forest.

Looking at their backs, the assistant scoffed.

“Stupid things.”

Although the red firecrackers signaled the start of the test, in fact, the real test had already begun at the same time as disembarking from the ship.

“You don’t even know that you are late to the starting line as much as you are late.”

The event of the final practical evaluation of the first semester of the third year was ‘survival’.

The challenge was to endure 15 days in the forest on an uninhabited island with only a personal weapon and 3 days' worth of dry weight.

Of course, it was meaningless to just hold on.

Take the necklaces given to the cadets and get points.

The grades of the final evaluation are divided according to the scores, so the same classmates will turn into predators.

A strong man who hunts for points.

The underdog in a position to be hunted.

In the forest of the uninhabited island where the evaluation began, it was a world of thorough weakness.

In addition, the size of the uninhabited island where the test was to take place was determined and what the cadets were supposed to occupy.

Resources that can be food and drinking water.

A strong point for defense, etc.

The cadets who enter the forest first will monopolize it at the forefront, and the later it is, the less they can get.

“If you have good skills, you can even take them away.”

The fishy smile on the assistant's lips grew even deeper.

During the trial period, the uninhabited island is a place where everything is allowed except for 'official murder'.

According to the teaching assistant, the last two to enter the forest were those who would soon return to the beach.

taking lives away.

***

Merlin and Kay pass through the entrance to the forest.

The two reactions were different.

“Woah, ooh, it’s gloomy…. Whoa, that’s scary.”

“Hmm! It's refreshing."

Kay stared blankly at Merlin, who wrinkled her nose and breathed in the air.

Merlin has changed since she injured her head.

She had been using herbal medicine for over a week already, but she did not get used to it easily.

'If I hurt my head... will it make a difference?'

Known for being as timid as she was herself, Merlin's sudden change was both embarrassing and envious of her.

Merlin looked back at her as she felt Kay's stare at her.

“Why do you look like that?”

“Ah, ah, nothing. Well, by the way, Merlin..."

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“Hey, what now?”

"Well···."

At Kay's question, Merlin now looked at him fatly.

Merlin asked a question as Kay broke out in a cold sweat from the pressure of his gaze that had continued for a long time.

“What do you want to do? Will you break up with me?”

As long as they entered the forest, no matter how close they were, they were all competitors here.

However, there was no rule not to form a team.

Kay answered Merlin's question right away without asking twice.

“You and you. Come on, I want to go with you.”

“Hmmm…”

Merlin's eyes narrowed even more.

With those eyes that looked as if they were criticizing themselves, Kei was able to find herself withdrawn for some reason.

Merlin said to Kay, who slowly turned away.

"Good. let's go together Instead, number 1 is mine. The scholarship is mine.”

“That, that… yes.”

At Merlin's declaration of 1st place, who was always arguing with himself for 1st or 2nd place in the practical evaluation, Kei couldn't think of anything to say and just nodded his head.

That's how the Merlin & Kay team was created.

Merlin patted Kay on the back.

“Come on, go ahead”

“My, me?”

“Then shall I take the lead? Your B-class cognition is meant to be used in situations like this. good guidance A place without people.”

“That, yes…”

Kay nodded her head.

If your awakening is a B-class cognitive ability, you will be able to easily distinguish approaching enemies from a range of 20m.

In fact, it was also because of this ability that Merlin accepted Kay into her team.

‘Yeah, well… if you survive even a little longer… your score will increase that much.’

Kay interpreted her Merlin's intention to team up with her as 'run and survive long'.

Kay was just about to take a step.

"Ah!"

The boy groaned and stood still.

Scratching the back of her head, he asked, looking at Merlin.

“I, I, but…”

"Why."

“Uh, where are you going?”

“·················ogue.”

Merlin sighed in response.

“Hey, anywhere. once you move Let me know as soon as someone approaches.”

"...that, yes..."

As Kay walked, shyly, Merlin followed.

After she walked for a while, Merlin suddenly stopped her Kay.

"awhile!"

“Why, why? Whoa, what's going on?!"

Kay, who wanted to see if another cadet had appeared, looked at her Merlin, who had picked up her something, and gave a puzzled expression.

“Huh… these things are rolling on the pavement.”

Merlin was picking up something from her and smiling brightly.

What he picked up was a small stone.

With a happy expression on his face, he shouted again, putting the stones in a sack.

“Start again.”

“That, yes…”

Kei's expression that he didn't understand English at all.

His doubts deepened as time passed.

Because Merlin often stopped him while walking through the woods.

Each time, Merlin smiled with joy, and he stuffed the things he had picked up into the sack.

‘Why the hell are you picking up such a thing?’

To Kay, what Merlin picked up was literally rubbish.

stones, wood chips, grass, etc.

“Wow... this is a complete bonanza! play.”

“·····················································································?”

“There is no one in need, so these precious things are rolling down the street.”

“···········?”

Kay couldn't understand Merlin's joy as if he had found a treasure by picking up rubbish.

When the evening sunset seeps into the forest.

“I would love to be here.”

“That, yes…”

Kei, exhausted from continuing to spread his awakening, sat down.

Merlin, on the other hand, was ecstatic with the bulging pockets.

Kay asked Merlin.

“Mmm, Merlin…my, where are you going tomorrow?”

"What are you talking about? Where are you going?”

"···Yes?"

“Are we going to stay here forever?”

“Ha, but… a car, I’d rather move like today… I can endure a little longer…”

At Merlin's story, Kay raised her eyes wide and vomited her enthusiasm.

But Merlin tapped her leg and let Kay's story flow.

“It’s hard to die, but where are you going? Just stay here.”

"Well, that's... Then our score is..."

Merlin let out a small sigh as he watched Kay becoming crying.

She said as if he was talking reluctantly.

“Have you never heard of such a thing?”

“Uh, what?”

“Do not pee in the direction the wizard is sitting.”

“·················ogue.”

Seeing Merlin uttering nonsense as if it were some great proverb, Kay's tears turned to death.

“Hey, if you get attacked by other kids like this!”

Kay exclaimed as if frustrated.

Merlin, on the other hand, was calm.

"attack? Do it.”

“Huh, huh, Merlin?!”

“If you like it, come in and see it.”

In an instant, her Merlin's eyes lit up.

“In my realm.”

***

Half a day has passed since the final practical evaluation started.

The darkened son-in-law.

Galahad clicked his tongue as he watched the cadets come out in detail.

“Ts. Are you already thirty or dead?”

Of course, the cadets weren't really dead.

It's just that their necklace was taken away.

Broken limbs or deep cuts were only incidental consequences.

In response to Galahad's words that he didn't like, the assistant sitting next to him answered with a soft smile.

“It’s not because they’re weak, but because of the special kids, right?”

"Hmm···."

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