I Became A Flashing Genius At The Magic Academy-Chapter 468

Participants for the joint practice are selected, with 20 individuals chosen from each school.

Any student from Class C or higher can apply, and five participants are selected from each of the following classes: S-Class, A-Class, B-Class, and C-Class.

This method is consistent across all five schools. The reason why S-Class, despite having the highest grades, doesn’t have more slots is due to the limited number of S-Class students and the relatively low number of applicants from that group.

After all, if a student is good enough to be in S-Class, by the second semester of their second year, they would have already established their position and wouldn’t feel the need to participate in joint practices.

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Students like Eisel or Hong Biyeon, who are intensely focused on building their careers, naturally apply. However, those like Full Frame, who prefer to maintain a more relaxed approach toward their careers, choose not to participate.

"I was planning to, but..."

As the airship arrived at the Seven Stadium, Full Frame made a tired expression upon seeing the crowded scene.

The joint exam. While it was an interesting episode in the original romantic fantasy novel, she ultimately decided not to apply, even though her finger hovered over the application button until the very last moment.

There were many reasons for this, but one of them was simple—she just wanted to rest.

The joint exam also centered on events involving Eisel and the main characters. Furthermore, the five-participant limit played a significant role in her decision.

With four spots likely taken by main-character-level participants like Eisel, Hong Biyeon, Mayuseong, and Huiyeon, only one position remained.

Personally, she hoped that Baek Yuseol would fill that spot, so she stepped back.

“I didn’t think he’d completely skip it...”

If she had known Baek Yuseol wouldn’t participate, she might have considered applying. However, resting was ultimately the better choice.

With her current mental state, nothing would go well anyway.

On top of that, her magic wasn’t in great shape. After the emergence of the Wings of Light, every time she tried to use magic, the wings would unfold and interfere with her control.

Although Baek Yuseol gave her a bracelet to suppress the light attribute, she wasn’t confident the wings wouldn’t unfold uncontrollably if she used too much magic during the joint practice.

"It doesn’t really matter if they get discovered now... but it’s still annoying."

As students disembarked from the airship, they froze mid-step, their mouths wide open in awe. Full Frame wasn’t much different.

“Wow... This is insane.”

The Seven Stadium itself was already massive, but the sight of ten enormous airships landing simultaneously was nothing short of spectacular.

At the center of the Seven Stadium stood a towering pillar that stretched toward the sky. Surrounding it were massive golden rings spinning in orbit, forming an enormous magical control system equipped with every kind of magical technology imaginable.

Even Full Frame, who possessed the knowledge of a 6-Class mage, couldn’t comprehend the over-technology before her.

In truth, even if her level were higher, she might never fully understand it. After all, her focus was on being a magical warrior, not a technical mage.

“Hey, Full Frame, look over there!”

While she was admiring the Seven Stadium, her friends nudged her (or rather, due to their height difference, they tapped her shoulder) and pointed excitedly.

“It’s the female students from Daichelli!”

“Oh, that Daichelli?”

Daichelli was a famous magic academy known for its uniqueness. It was renowned for producing more prominent female students than male ones. Many of the world’s most famous magical female warriors were Daichelli graduates.

Although they had participated in the previous inter-school competition, an incident had overshadowed their performance. This year, however, rumors suggested they had been training intensely to make up for it.

“Wow... their uniforms are gorgeous.”

That was Full Frame’s impression of the Daichelli students.

Their uniforms were undeniably stunning, resembling elegant dresses fit for aristocratic ladies or beloved princesses.

“Now I see why so many female students enroll there.”

In contrast to the beautiful uniforms for the female students, the male students’ uniforms were laughably outdated.

The design resembled something a prince might wear in an old fairytale, complete with strange balloon-like puffs on the shoulders and thighs. The tight stockings on their calves were particularly off-putting.

“Right? As commoners, we’d never get to wear anything like that unless we enrolled at Daichelli.”

Sure, it’s pretty.

“But I still prefer Stella’s uniforms.”

Full Frame found overly extravagant dresses appealing only to the eye but not to her taste. They didn’t suit her style, either.

She recalled how stunning Hong Biyeon and Eisel looked in dresses during the Persona Practical Training in their first year. Shaking her head, she thought, Not everyone can pull off dresses like that. Girls like Hong Biyeon, born as natural princesses, make such elaborate outfits look good.

Unlike other schools, Daichelli’s students didn’t march in orderly lines. Instead, they moved freely, almost as if dancing, as they headed toward the Seven Stadium.

This was a stark contrast to Kaiden, a prestigious school beside them, where students marched in perfect formation.

And then there’s Stella...

Stella was... free-spirited.

Orderly lines? Marching? Steps?

None of that existed here.

Stella’s participants and spectators mingled chaotically, entering however they pleased, ignoring any sense of order.

While other schools seemed to have prepared carefully choreographed entrances to enhance their image, Stella simply let everyone do whatever they wanted.

In Stella’s case, forcing order would seem stranger, considering its reputation as a haven for free-spirited, individualistic students pursuing magic.

Unlike other prestigious schools, Stella was unique in its acceptance of commoners without prejudice.

With that, the opening ceremony concluded as the 20 participants from Al-Lehen Magic Academy and Kaon Magic Academy completed their formal processions.

The Kaon Magic Academy was accompanied by a full brass band marching behind their 20 students. The trumpet sounds were so loud and flamboyant that, honestly, Full Frame found herself getting slightly annoyed.

"That’s really impressive..."

Other students seemed to view it differently.

"If my grades were just a bit better, I would’ve applied. Such a shame..."

"I almost made it to Class C this time, but I messed up a bit in the practical exam."

"Full Frame, you still got a perfect score, right?"

"Uh, yeah. I guess so."

"I heard your GPA is a 5?"

"Classic Full Frame. That’s what I expected."

"...Seriously, what kind of grading scale even allows for a 5.0?"

A perfect GPA was 4.5, and to achieve even that, one might need to bury the professor in dirt and blackmail them.

In fact, even reaching 4.5 felt like a realm where one might need to resort to such measures.

"I’m so jealous. If I were Full Frame, I’d apply without a second thought."

As the other students kept questioning why she hadn’t applied, Full Frame could only respond with an awkward smile.

It wasn’t as if she had no interest in such things. It was simply that her grades were already more than sufficient, so she didn’t feel the same urgency. Students with lower grades often sought opportunities like this to prove themselves.

Of course, not all participants were like that. For example, Mayuseong had applied simply out of boredom.

Full Frame glanced at Mayuseong, who was standing at the front, smiling leisurely. According to the original novel, this was the moment when Mayuseong would experience a significant "darkening" event.

In the original romantic fantasy, neither Eisel nor Mayuseong possessed the immense power they had now.

In the original story, second-year Eisel was at around 4-Class, and Mayuseong barely managed to scrape into 5-Class.

During the joint practice, a minor incident was supposed to occur, but what started as a 3-Risk monster suddenly escalated into a 5-Risk situation.

Around this time, Hong Biyeon was beginning her gradual exit from the storyline, so she barely appeared in the joint practice, leaving Eisel and Mayuseong without anyone to help them.

They had to overcome the crisis entirely on their own, but a series of accidents made it increasingly difficult, especially when Eisel suffered a severe injury, leading to Mayuseong’s darkening.

But now?

Even if the same incident were to occur, there’s nothing to worry about.

The main characters, including Mayuseong, had already surpassed 6-Class and were approaching 7-Class. Even in the real world, they’d be treated as veteran magical warriors.

There wasn’t much that could pose a threat to them anymore.

Even if, by some slim chance, a 7-Risk-level threat were to appear, the teachers monitoring the event would immediately intervene.

With the current situation being much better than in the original romantic fantasy, there was no reason for Full Frame to get involved.

"But doesn’t Eisel seem a bit off today?"

"Yeah, she looked kind of exhausted even on the airship earlier."

Hearing her friends’ remarks, Full Frame turned to look at Eisel.

Indeed, while the participants from other schools were brimming with excitement, the Stella students seemed noticeably tired.

This was especially true for the S-Class students, and among them, Eisel stood out as looking particularly drained.

What’s up with her? Why does she look so awful?

Full Frame couldn’t help but feel puzzled, as she had no idea what Eisel had been up to recently.

In the original story, Eisel hadn’t been sneaking out at night to stir up the Adolevit nobles like she seemed to be doing now.

"This is a bit worrying..."

She didn’t know why, but she hadn’t expected Eisel to look this worn out.

Thankfully, Hong Biyeon appeared to be in decent shape by comparison.

If something were to happen, it might be safe to leave it to her...

Zing!

"Ugh..."

As Full Frame entertained the thought of relying on Hong Biyeon, a sharp sensation rang through her head, making her wince.

What now?

Usually, this sensation came when something she hoped for was about to come true. But this time, she hadn’t wished for anything.

"What’s wrong, Full Frame?"

"Nothing... It’s nothing."

Although it felt strange, Full Frame didn’t sense anything ominous about it. If anything, it felt like something was going well, as if a problem was being resolved.

Is this a sign that Baek Yuseol is cleaning up another mess?

It was just a gut feeling, but it «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» was almost certainly correct.

"Well, in that case, I can relax..."

Zing!

"...Or maybe not."

Her skull throbbed so intensely now that it felt like it might split apart.

Pressing her temples, Full Frame turned her gaze back to Eisel.

This time, the sensation seemed to radiate strongly from Eisel, suggesting that whatever was happening wouldn’t be resolved as easily as it had in the original story.

"Sigh... Looks like I can’t just sit back and do nothing."

She didn’t know what trouble had found Eisel this time, but seeing her in such a state of distress, Full Frame knew she had to step in.

Not because Eisel was a main character.

But because she was a friend.