Chapter XXII: The First Place of the Commoners
After a few moments, when the square fell silent again, Puser spoke again: "Hummel Damia, please come to the stage. ”
The boy immediately ran to the stage with nervousness and excitement, and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness when he looked at the envious or reverent eyes below. He secretly pinched his thigh, experienced the pain, and then completely relaxed, and said to himself: "Father, I succeeded, this is not a dream!"
Of course, Puser noticed this, smiled and nodded to the boy, and said with a pleasant face: "Please stand behind me, and then I will continue to publish the list." ”
"Okay, Chairman. The boy cautiously moved behind Pusser, but the smile on his face could not be suppressed, and even seemed a little stiff.
"Thirty-fifth, Carmelita Jepsen. Pusser's magically amplified voice echoed across the square.
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An hour passed quickly, and the list of candidates ranked 36th to 4th was announced.
At this moment, the boys and girls who passed the guò exam gathered on the high platform of the square. Most of the children in ordinary families reacted violently, some giggling all the time, and some cried from beginning to end. In contrast, children from aristocratic backgrounds are much calmer, after all, even if they can't become mages, they can still get a rich and happy life, so it is difficult to experience the kind of emotional fluctuations that change their fate.
In addition, most of these noble children who passed the examination were already apprentices of mages because they had been nurtured since childhood. But the children of the common people did not have such an opportunity, and the high tuition fees for basic education had already left their families in debt, and it was impossible to afford a real mage to teach them early magical training.
Thirty-three cheers rang out one by one, each one higher and higher, and then the top three that attracted the most attention. The crowd of onlookers also looked forward to it more and more.
The higher the ranking, the greater the hope of passing the Guò Magic Council exam, which is a fact for all to see, and the situation of being in the top three in the preliminary exam and not being able to enter the magic academy in the end has never happened in the history of Kaiyan City.
Standing quietly in the crowd, although his name never appeared, Leo was not as nervous as before, but his heart was calm. Just like the invigilator said during the exam a few days ago, I have been in this world since I came to this world. Step by step, I exerted all my energy, and even if I didn't succeed in the end, at least I have no regrets. What's more, he didn't believe that he would fail at all.
Suddenly, Robert's voice sounded behind him: "There are three more people, it seems that you are either on the list, or in the top three, which one is more feasible?"
Leo looked back. I wondered how this guy could find himself accurately in the sea of people, and then smiled and asked, "So which one do you think is more likely?"
Robert was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was not sixteen years old at all, but an adult with a mature mind like himself.
No wonder the teacher was so reassuring about him. Are today's children so precocious?" The young man muttered secretly, half jokingly, half seriously, "I thought it was more likely to be off the list, but if you asked. I think the top three are more likely. ”
Leo pretended to groan, then nodded: "Makes sense, I agree with you." ”
Robert blinked. It took a while to react, and he laughed and said, "It seems that in addition to battle mages and food, we have found a new common language. The mystery will be revealed soon, and I'm really looking forward to it, and I hope we're both right. ”
Robert didn't mean to exaggerate, in fact, he did like his little classmate more and more.
At this time, the girl in fourth place had already ascended the high platform. Puser looked at the list in his hand again, his face showed a hint of helplessness, and he quickly disappeared, and said steadily: "Third place, Soster Egelton." ”
"Now it's the top two, second or first?" said Robert, with great interest.
Leo didn't answer, though, and was looking at the celebratory crowd in the distance.
Those people were supposed to be Thorst's family members and servants, and the fact that they were able to save a referral spot for the family and achieve a third place was enough to make them happy. But Sost, who was surrounded in the middle, had no expression, and was obviously very dissatisfied with his result.
"Sost, come up. Psy sighed, his own student is good at everything, but he attaches too much importance to grades, and if this is not changed, he will definitely encounter greater setbacks in the future.
Due to Sost's cold reaction, the atmosphere in the entire square instantly dropped a lot, and even the applause became sparse.
Watching his students approach, Pusher wanted to say a few words, but it was clearly not appropriate for such an occasion, so he had to suppress his thoughts and continue to announce: "Second place, Anna Reinryne. ”
"What, I'm number two?" a sharp voice rang out into everyone's ears.
Before everyone could react, a girl in a white princess-like dress had already run onto the high platform: "Hey, you're not mistaken, how can I be the second place?"
As the president of the Magire Council, but being questioned by a little girl like this, Purser suddenly became angry, and almost lost a spell.
Thinking of the girl's extremely protective grandfather, Pusher took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and shouted in a deep voice: "Anna! Don't mess around, this is the final score of the Magic Council! If you have any doubts about the results, you can ask your grandfather to verify!"
In front of so many people, the girl didn't dare to go too far with Pusser, turned her head and snorted: "You don't need to say it, of course I will ask grandpa to verify." ”
Pusher didn't bother with the girl and restarted the list: "Here is the number one, Leo Mineshir. ”
There was silence in the audience, most of them hadn't recovered from the episode just now, only Leo secretly clenched his fists, he did it, and he did it well!
Although Robert had some guesses, he didn't expect this to be the case, except for staring at Leo with wide eyes, he didn't know what to say for a while.
Why is there no applause?
Why are there no cheers?
The people around are all around, this situation is too strange, isn't the first place here?
Puser knew that Leo had no relatives and friends, so he greeted directly: "Leo, come up." ”
Before Leo could lift his foot, Robert suddenly slapped him on the shoulder: "Boy, that's good!" After saying that, he suppressed a little jealousy in his heart and applauded vigorously.
Such a move immediately attracted everyone's attention, and when they saw the ordinary clothes and pants that Leo was wearing, their voices of surprise suddenly erupted.
"Oh my God, he's number one?
"This ...... This...... How can you!"
"Who the hell is he?"
"How do I know?"
"I remember, he was the first place in the math competition before!"
"I heard that he was just a servant before, a genius, an absolute genius!"
Watching Leo walk towards the high platform, everyone reacted and hurriedly made way for him, and then deafening applause resounded in the sky.
The first place is always the most special and the most worthy of being commemorated, not to mention, the second first place is still a civilian.
When Leo approached, Sost said with a complicated expression: "Leo, congratulations." ”
"Thank you. Leo smiled back.
Just as he wanted to stand in the line, Anna suddenly stopped him, and said with a face full of disbelief: "You...... You're Leo Minahir?"
"Yes, I am. Leo replied with a blank face. The girl's previous attitude towards Puser made him quite disgusted, even if the family background was good, but a person who didn't know how to respect the old man was not worthy of respect.
Anna felt that she was being toyed with, and this feeling made her even angrier than losing the first place.
"You shameless liar!" the girl scolded, raising her hand and waving it in Leo's face.
Of course, Leo wouldn't let her draw herself, grabbed the other party's arm, and then said coldly: "Miss Anna, I am neither your servant nor your slave, I have the right to choose what I want to do, so please be respectful!" (To be continued......)