Chapter 95

Good morning.

I’m Xiaoming, who has made too many camera magic props and had a bad dream.

I remembered my previous company.

It was a dream where I was chased by endless work.

I woke up with a strange sweat, my face licked by Sora and Haku.

The weather seems to reflect my mood, being gloomy.

I let out a big sigh, petted Sora and Haku, and somehow my mood improved.

Most of the second half of the term is spent in lectures, so occasional small tests are held, but from today for five days, there will be important tests that affect our promotion.

The students in the S-class are all very serious and never skip their pre- and post-study, so they don’t seem particularly anxious about the tests. However, among the students from other classes in the cafeteria and on the way to class, there are occasionally students who scream as if they’ve gone crazy, which makes me jump.

In the morning, there is a written test.

In the afternoon, practical tests are mainly held.

Sometimes the practical tests for subjects with fewer classes end in the morning.

Everyone takes the tests seriously, so I spend my time reading the magic book given to me by Director Tailsmya, and in the afternoon, I have the physical education practical test.

Under the watchful eye of the muscular physical education teacher, I observe the unarmed sparring.

After that, there is a long-distance run, a half-lap of the marathon course within the vast school grounds. It’s quite tough! It seems hard for the female students too, as they have the same menu.

The distance is about seven kilometers. Students are allowed to return once they finish.

If only I could use physical enhancement, it would be easier, I thought, and decided to practice while running.

For some reason, Sora was full of enthusiasm, so I rode on Sora and joined in, with Haku on my head.

Leaving the speed to Sora, I was running alongside Arshain.

Yugram and Digray were also running at the same speed.

The sparring was done by class, but the long-distance run was done by grade, so Jiro joined us, and we ran in a group.

Jiro was giving advice on physical enhancement while running.

Suddenly, steam-like vapor rose from Arshain’s body, and with a flash, his speed increased dramatically.

It seems he successfully used physical enhancement.

Jiro also used physical enhancement and chased after Arshain.

Next, Digray succeeded, followed by Yugram.

Everyone’s faces were beaming! Even though Yugram had a blank expression, stars were flying in the background!

The four who reached the goal at record speed surprised the muscular physical education teacher, but since he knew their usual seriousness, they were not suspected of cheating.

The afternoon test ended early.

However, the three who had just succeeded in physical enhancement and Jiro went to the staff room to borrow the key to the training facility. They were teased by the intellectual gangster, Mr. Kyle, for being so relaxed, but when Digray proudly said they wanted to practice physical enhancement a bit more, Kyle was very surprised and looked regretful, which made us laugh.

Again in the training facility, they tried physical enhancement.

For some reason, before the physical enhancement activated, steam rose from the three, but they all successfully flashed and succeeded.

“Hahahahaha!”

“Hahahahaha!”

“Fufu, fufufufu!”

Everyone was laughing!

I reflected a bit, thinking, "I must have been like this last time too."

It’s scary! Especially Yugram, who has a blank expression but keeps laughing "fufu"! It’s really scary!

Sora, who ran around with us, was cute though!

Satisfied after running around until evening, we headed to the cafeteria, still smiling faintly.

In the cafeteria, Shelly, who looked exhausted, was already there, face down on the table.

“Shelly, that’s unusual. Did something happen?”

“Ah, I apologize. I was a bit tired from the long-distance run earlier.”

“Shelly wouldn’t be tired from that, what happened?”

Jiro also commented on Shelly’s fatigue.

“...Our class had a somewhat special sparring session, which took longer than other classes, so our long-distance run started late. Midway through the course, a young lady in front of us turned around and fell, apparently spraining her ankle and crouching down. The young lady was the one with the spirit, so I couldn’t just leave her. I signaled a magic orb, but she asked me many questions. When I didn’t answer, she got angry and started crying. I explained the situation to the teacher who arrived, but it wasn’t believed easily, and I was in the staff room until just now.”

Shelly let out a long sigh, and Arshain patted her shoulder.

“That was tough, but it’s clear that she fell intentionally to target you, Shelly.”

“Yes, she might have wanted to target us but couldn’t catch up, so she tried to get information from Shelly when she arrived.”

“She turned around and fell, so it was obvious.”

“A servant wouldn’t easily give out their master’s information.”

Arshain’s voice was exasperated.

“But this confirms that Prince Arshain is being targeted.”

“No, I was also asked about Lord Yugram and Lord Digray, so they might be targeted too.”

“Ugh, spare me!”

“What an unpleasant confirmation.”

Everyone made a face at the spirit-possessed female student, who was still looking at us from the corner of her eye.

I and Jiro, who weren’t being targeted, were relaxed.

Shelly, who was targeted but not directly, was also there.

If it were a normal, well-functioning master-servant relationship, the master’s impression of the other party would worsen upon learning that their servant was targeted, but the spirit-possessed female student’s lack of such consideration is another reason for her low points.

“So, the suspicion was cleared, right?”

“Yes, thanks to the surveillance magic prop created by Kaito, it was confirmed that I didn’t even touch her, except for the initial greeting.”

“Kaito did a great job!”

“Yes, thank you, Kaito!”

It’s great to be of help.

“Hmm, should I add sound too? (Hmm, should I add sound too?)”

“Is that possible?”

“Huh?”

“If that’s possible, the evidence would be even stronger, and no one could complain!”

“That’s another thing you can do.”

I was looked at with half-exasperated eyes.

I think having evidence is important!

After dinner, I went back to my room and got to work right away.

What material should I use?

I took out materials from the magic bag one by one onto the living room table.

There were so many that I couldn’t decide.

Did Shelly pack things that were unused and surplus from the castle? Looking at her smiling face, I couldn’t help but think so.

Then I found a leaf.

It was about ten centimeters in size.

It had the color of moss in the forest.

It seemed to be a material from a monster.

The size and durability were just right.

I’ll try it out!

I added voice recording, automatic transmission, automatic repair, and weather resistance to the magic array.

If I can attach this to the camera magic prop, it will be complete.

“Shelly, do you have any glue? (Shelly, do you have any glue?)”

“Glue?”

“I need something to stick these together (I need something to stick these together).”

“Oh, you mean glue! Please wait a moment.”

Shelly went to her room and quickly returned with a bottle of green adhesive.

“Kaito, this is strong glue, so be careful not to get it on your hands.”

She also gave me a thin wooden stick. I guess I’m supposed to use this to apply it.

The bottom part of the leaf was flat, as if it was originally attached to something, so I applied the glue to that part and stuck it on.

“Done!”

The test was successful! It could even pick up voices from a considerable distance.

Praised by Arshain and Shelly, I made a few more before going to bed.