30 Chronostasia

Lunch ended without an incident, and everyone returned to class on time.

Nova and Anastasia were walking back to class together.

『I really like the food in the cafeteria. How about you Anastasia?』[Nova]

『..I do. The portions are really good.』[Anastasia]

『..Sometimes I feel like they're too much.』[Nova]

『..Really?』[Anastasia]

「There's still some kind of strange tension between us...」[Nova]

They stepped into the classroom, where the class was waiting for Reagan.

They went ahead and took a seat.

A few minutes later, he walked in, holding a bunch of bracelets.

『...Take them. One for each person.』[Reagan]

He placed the bracelets on the table at the front, and the students all got up to grab some.

They took the bracelets and clipped them onto their wrists.

『..It's a little heavy.』[Nova]

『Yeah, I think it's meant to train us.』[Student]

『..But only on one arm?』[Nova]

『Oh yeah.. Hahaha! That was an oopsie!』[Student]

Reagan clapped to draw the class's attention.

『Alright, now follow me to the training yard.』[Reagan]

He snapped his fingers and a portal appeared beside him.

『Woah!』[Student]

『Teleportation magic? That means Reagan is really strong!』[Student]

Nova cast that student a confused look, before getting into the portal.

「...Really?」[Nova]

When he emerged, Reagan was sitting on the floor with a watch.

『Err.. Let's see… We have 2 hours, 30 minutes. That's about 10 minutes for each of you. Alright.』[Reagan]

『So, what are we doing now?』[Nova]

『Think of it as an entrance exam. You just have to land a hit on me.』[Reagan]

『..But didn't you just use teleportation magic?』[Student]

『...Yeah? So what? When you're on the field next year the enemies won't care if you aren't the same level.』[Reagan]

Another student chimed in.

『Then.. What happens if we fail?』[Student]

『You get moved to another class. That's it.』[Reagan]

『..Why?』[Nova]

『Because… it's interesting this way.』[Reagan]

Reagan took out an ID that looked similar to theirs.

『Genesis, begin examination for student Jenny.』[Reagan]

The student that asked him to do introductions was called up first.

『Huh?! Me?』[Jenny]

『..Yeah. Ten minutes. Good luck.』[Reagan]

A robotic voice and a magic circle appeared above them.

『The examination has begun!』

The moment the voice rang out, Jenny cast a fireball at Reagan, but he slightly moved, causing it to completely miss him.

『Come on, you have to get creative.』[Reagan]

She raised her hands and aimed them at him.

『Then! Fireball!』[Jenny]

『Come on, what did I-』[Reagan]

『Control!』[Jenny]

『Huh?!』[Reagan]

The moment he dodged the fireball, it curved around and hit him in the back.

『...Lucky shot.』[Reagan]

『Student Jenny has passed the examination!』

『Did I… Did I pass?』[Jenny]

『Yeah. Go take a break. Next person.』[Reagan]

『But, Reagan! You just got hit! Aren't you going to take a break?』[Student]

『No. You know what mana shields are?』[Reagan]

『Is it a shield made out of mana?』[Student]

『Duh. I'm using one of them.』[Reagan]

He pulled out his ID again.

『Genesis, begin the examination for Thomas.』[Reagan]

The student that was talking about the bracelet earlier was called up next.

『Alright! I got this!』[Thomas]

『Beginning Examination!』

Thomas ran up to Reagan and began to swing at him.

Each time Thomas tried to get a hit on him, Reagan would easily push his fist out of the way.

『What?! If martial arts aren't your weakness, then maybe it's time for magic!』[Thomas]

Thomas kicked Reagan, but was blocked by his arm.

『Spiral!』[Thomas]

Thomas clenched his fist and a spiraling white aura began to curl down his arm.

『...Not getting past me.』[Reagan]

He backstepped, but Thomas sent a punch forward, causing a coiling attack to lurch forward at Reagan.

『Go… forward!』[Thomas]

He pulled his arm back, and jumped forward at Reagan.

『Spiral!』[Thomas]

He punched in the middle of the coiling attack, causing the spiraling to stack on top of each other and spin even more rapidly.

『You're kidding!』[Reagan]

The twister flew at Reagan and connected to his mana shield. The overall momentum caused Reagan to fall over.

『...Alright. Not bad. I respect your skill with your seed.』[Reagan]

Thomas was panting, but he held up a thumbs up.

『Thanks, Reagan!』[Thomas]

『Yeah. Alright, now we're going to move on to the next person. You all are clearing this a lot faster than expected.』[Reagan]

He pulled the ID out once more.

『...Alright, we're going with.. Trent.』[Reagan]

『...Okay.』[Trent]

『Genesis, begin examination for student Trent.』[Reagan]

『Beginning examination.』

The fight began with Trent dashing at Reagan.

He swung at Reagan, but predictably, was blocked.

When Reagan began to take his distance, Trent ran after him.

『...You don't have any tricks?』[Reagan]

『...Earth Bullet!』[Trent]

A rock blast suddenly fired out of a magic circle, but Reagan shattered it.

『..You're running out of time.』[Reagan]

『...There's nothing else I've got. I'm a healing seed.』[Trent]

Reagan relaxed his stance.

『Then, you give up?』[Reagan]

『...I guess so.』[Trent]

『Unfortunate. Maybe another time. Genesis, remove Trent from Class B-1.』[Reagan]

『Student Trent has been removed.』

He had a complicated look on his face, but he accepted it and moved to the rest of the group.

『...With our first failure, we will continue. Next will be Miss Anastasia.』[Reagan]

He cleaned off his clothes and pulled out his ID again.

『Alright. Genesis, begin examination for student Anastasia.』[Reagan]

『Begin Examination!』

She walked out of the crowd and stood in front of him.

『Go ahead and do as you wish.』[Reagan]

『...Chronostasia.』[Anastasia]

The moment she said that, Reagan took a hit to the chin and was already on the floor.

She was already walking back to the group of students when he called out to her.

『...What the hell did you just do?』[Reagan]

She didn't even turn around before responding.

『..I hit you. That's all.』[Anastasia]