Academy's Entrance Exams I

'No... please, not now...!'

Just as he turned his head, his eyes, already hollow, seemed to lose all focus.

They became blank as if his pupils had vanished and the color drained from his irises.

"Azariah...!" The stunning woman in front of him emanated a huge bloodlust that almost made Azariah's legs give out.

As a gust of wind rushed towards them, her long pink wavy hair swayed, and her pink eyes shone with a fiery flame as she gazed at him.

Dressed in noble casual attire, her curvaceous figure was on full display, including her huge breasts that bounced as she took a step forward.

"YOU...!" She clenched her fists tightly as she held herself back from slapping his handsome face.

However, seeing Azariah motionless, she was confused...

— Drip...

And if that wasn't enough, her eyes suddenly widened and her face contorted in worry as she saw two lines of tears falling out of Azariah's eyes.

One was a crimson line of blood, the other simple tears.

"Aza—Azariah!?" She immediately rushed forward, shaking his shoulders, but to her surprise, he didn't move or react to it.

He only stared bluntly at her beautiful pink eyes...

Seeing this, she bit her lip in frustration and started whispering a song to Azariah...

"When the night falls... and stars shine bright..." She muttered with a faint smile as she saw Azariah's pupil slowly increasing in size.

"Together we dance, in the pale moonlight..."

"With every move, my soul flies to the sky. While, in your embrace, I feel so alive."

""A sweet little melody in the darkest of nights..."" Azariah's lips parted slightly as a weak voice came from his mouth, accompanying perfectly the song that the woman was singing...

Seeing this, the woman finally smiled with relief, let go of his shoulders, and instead took his hands in hers.

""Guiding us through, with its gentle lights."" Both of them continued whispering the sing to each other as Azariah's pupils slowly came back to normal

"We jump around and joke like we're bound... In this moment, our forgotten love is found."

The music ended, and finally, Azariah regained his consciousness.

"........"

"A—ah... um... uhh..." He stammered as he realized who was gently stroking his hands while looking at his eyes.

'Ah... fuck... I really blacked out!' Azariah cursed inwardly.

'Why did I have to meet Tessia right now?!'

"I... I—!"

— Attention everyone! Please direct yourselves to the writing exam area!

A loud voice echoed through the whole academy, and Azariah quickly took the chance to leave.

"Well, uh... I'll be going now Tess!" He waved his hand as he ran away from Tessia.

Looking at his back, Tessia's smile slowly disappeared as she muttered to herself in a strange tone.

"He called me Tess... just like he did during our childhood..."

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Tessia Von Dumoux, the second [Main Heroine] of [Nelsith's Eroge Academy], and also the person who bears the inheritance of god.

Tessia is considered one of the most important NPCs of the game, mostly because of her ability to communicate with angels and even borrow their powers to herself.

This ability was incredibly overpowered.

She was also the key piece for the ending of the 1st chapter of the game, only by borrowing the power of angels, could they defeat the boss.

After all, the final boss of Chapter 1 was an actual demon who attacked the protagonist's party during one of the midterm tests.

As for the reason Azariah didn't want to meet her?

There's none at all. If anything, he doesn't want to meet any of the heroines right now, especially the [Main Heroines].

'I need to make sure that a protagonist exists first...' Azariah mumbled as he looked around.

Unfortunately, he reached the writing exam area faster than expected, so he didn't have enough time to look for him.

But, that's when he suddenly heard a familiar voice that made his ear chirp in anticipation.

"Yo~, what's up dude?"

'Ah... god damn it.' Azariah furrowed his eyebrows.

"How about we have a little... private talk?" He added as his hand reached out to Azariah's shoulders.

However, before he could actually touch his shoulders, Azariah quickly grabbed his wrist.

"What do you want, Joseph?"

"Chill out... We're friends, right?" Joseph smiled casually.

"......."

"Right? C'mon, don't embarrass me, ladies are looking at us." Joseph's eyelids twitched as he looked at Azariah with a pleading gaze.

"...Do I know you?" Azariah raised his voice, causing a vein to pop into Joseph's forehead.

"Azar—!" Joseph gripped his fists as he watched Azariah walk away from him.

And just like that, he started hearing people whispering to each other.

'That bastard...!!!'

Joseph reluctantly followed Azariah and both of them entered the writing exam area where a few students were seated.

"Pssstt... Azariah, why would you do that to me?!" Joseph muttered to Azariah with an angry tone.

"Why wouldn't I?"

"...You, fucker..."

'The last thing I want is to get involved with you.' Azariah sighed inwardly.

'If anything... I should kill you later if there is a protagonist.'

Joseph was one of the supporting male characters, the players could easily win his friendship, and boom!

They had a loyal character that could fight for them!

Anyways, Joseph was quite an important character since he was the one who would help the players when they were against Azariah.

'I honestly don't know why Azariah didn't kill Joseph... he was really being annoying to him.'

As Azariah sat down in one of the last rows, a wave of wind suddenly passed through the classroom, and in front of every student, a few pages of paper and ink appeared.

— You only have sixty minutes, please use them wisely.

— You all may start the exam now!

Once the voice reached the classroom, every student immediately started reading the questions and writing the answers.

Azariah looked at the exam paper for a moment and passed to the next pages of the exam...

After taking a brief look at all of them, he immediately started to write his answers on the answering sheets.

Only after ten minutes, did Azariah get up from his seat and left the classroom.

'It was easy.' thought Azariah.

The exam was nothing much, especially for someone with a photographic memory like him.

And if that wasn't enough, he also knew the answers because he needed to do the exam in the game itself.

But only for a few questions though, because the game didn't really get much into it.

'Now... I should go to the combat evaluation. Sadly, no spirit has tried to contact me...'

'Tsk... I may really end up in C or D class like Azariah did in the game.'

In the game, there's no particular order to the exam since there are thousands of people trying to enter the academy.

And only the best of the best can actually enter it... or simply, people with a high enough authority.

Like himself for example, but he didn't want to get his mother's help to get into the academy.

'Here we go...' 

Upon reaching the academy's main arena, Azariah immediately a huge amount of students in line, awaiting their turn.

And he really wasn't going to take the mana evaluation exam next.

However, as he looked at the current students who were fighting each other, a panel suddenly appeared before him.

[Hello~! Are you liking this new world, so far?]

'...Venus?' He thought.

[Exactly!~]

'......'

[Don't be such a tedious brat! You were the one that accepted the conditions!]

'Yeah, yeah... and I really would think that I'd get transmigrated to this world or whatever...'

[Anyways... I'm only here to tell you a small detail...]

'What?'

[Because... of... otherworldly circumstances...]

'Just say it!'

[There's a big problem. The protagonist of the game, "Lucas Hearstone" has been removed.]

[Soo... if you want to survive, you'll need to clear the game yourself.]

'...Bitch what?!'

[Didn't you say that you wanted to play as Azariah? Here's your chance to do it! Just think it's an MMORPG VR game!]

'Are you fucking with me?! Only the freakin protagonist has the last hero's blessing that is needed to kill the fucking Demon Queen!'

'And then me... but, well... that's not the point!'

[Well... do you want me to give you the last hero's blessing then?]

'Hell no.'

[...]

[Then, why are you complaining!?]

'No reason. I still want something though...'

[Sigh...! Just tell me what you want already!]

'A loop ability.'

[...]

[No.]

"It was worth a try." Azariah mumbled as he started thinking of what to ask for.

Honestly, he could ask for an overpowered item, but if he wanted to kill the Demon Queen without the last hero's blessing, he would need something other than that.

He absolutely hated the last hero's blessing, so he would never want to receive that thing.

'Oh, I know...!' Azariah finally decided.

[...Are you sure about your decision?]

'Yeah.'

[Alright then. I'll grant 'that' to you.]

[Have a blessed journey.]

'Whatever.'

Upon feeling an unusual feeling spreading through his entire body, Azariah passed through the line of future students and approached one of the examiners of the combat evaluation.

"Fight me." He uttered as he looked towards a woman who was the strongest of all of the examiners.

This same examiner was also, the strongest sword professor of the entire academy, and the one who would help the player reach the peak of sword mastery.

A... [Secret Heroine].