The final test was completed and moved to the ground.
"Is that it?"
Canade looked strange.
"One thing, you're missing a party."
"Speaking of which..."
Eight groups of parties, a total of thirty, challenged the final exam.
But only seven groups of parties, 27 people, are here.
Not all parties pass.
Has one pair fallen off?
Even so, the exam is all over, so it's unnatural not to be here.
"I was planning on presenting the results of the exam... just give me a minute"
Cell talks like that and goes somewhere with the other examiners.
Accompanying Axe also looked harsh.
Did something go wrong?
"Speaking of which..."
The way Tania remembers something, it makes sense.
"Aren't the parties you're not at here the ones who've been tangled up with Rain?
"Speaking of which..."
"Is something wrong? Well, they're the ones, so even if they fail, I don't feel sorry for them."
"Yes, if you care about that, you don't have a kiri!
Everyone doesn't seem to care much...
I'm so worried about this.
Something like a big incident going on out of sight...
I had such a bad feeling.
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After a job, Arios returned to the large tent reserved for them.
Once inside, Agus glanced at Arios.
"I haven't seen him for a while... but where have you been?
"I have a lot to do with my exams."
"... right"
As he lost interest then, Agus turned to the day after tomorrow.
Arios was small and tongued so that no one could hear him.
Agus' attitude has been depressing lately.
Every once in a while, he asks me this.
What have you been up to?
Where have you been?
You're not messing with me, are you?
That's all.
What are you going to do?
It's just a warrior's word against the brave, the chosen one… it's not something you can forgive.
"... Agus might not need it"
Very good as a warrior.
But I don't need someone to poke at me.
What, are you going to banish me like Rayne?
I don't care why.
If not, you can make it.
"Well, I'll leave you to Agus."
More than that, there's something I need to do now.
Arios changed his mind, Leanne and Mina...... and moved to the table where Monica was.
"Ah, Arios. Welcome back."
"You were helping me with the exam. annoying."
"You were so late. What have you been up to?
"Well, a lot. If you're a brave man, you've got a lot to do."
"Hmm, that's tough."
"Is there anything we can do to help?
"No, I'm fine. More than that, can I borrow Monica for a second? I need to tell you something."
"? If we're talking, why don't we just do it here now?
"It's important."
"A private conversation between you two? Ayashi"
"Leanne, you mustn't look down on me."
"Yes, yes."
Arios took Monica out of the tent.
Just in case, move further and head to an unpopular location.
"So... did it work?
Monica asked in a small voice.
In contrast...... Arios responds with a smile.
"Oh, no problem. There's no way I'm gonna fail, is there?
Arios gave Monica a gem about thumb size.
"It should all fit in this."
"Okay. So we'll do the machining so there's no problem, and we'll check it out just in case."
"Please."
"Yes, I'll take care of it. Everything is for the brave..."
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Things moved a lot when it was about an hour after the final exam was over.
A set of parties doesn't show up at the goal point.
At first, he was wondering if he had fallen, but he wouldn't show up after the exam.
Inside the ruins are trapped everywhere, so they can't move?
Such speculation seems to have led to the formation of a search party.
Cells and Axes.
It was formed with several other examiners.
Arios?
I relaxed in my tent, like it wasn't my job to do that.
Then the cells searched the ruins...
I found three different figures.
The three of them were unable to survive the exam and died...
Though such views were expressed at first, clouds become suspicious along the way.
The bodies of the three men had cuts.
Let the demons attack you, let the ruins trap you, there's no way you'll get a cut.
Coming here, the possibility of someone attacking me surfaced.
And the killer...
"Too bad, Rayne. I can't believe you did this."
Arios, who started working on the case, told the examiners to arrest me after a while of investigation.