She Ran Away

Linfel woke up from his trance and looked back at Alvin. "You are awake, uh? Took you long enough..." Linfel was just about to continue talking when, suddenly, a message arrived in the medical center. 

-We have arrived in the academy. All students, please exit the Airships and proceed to the Field Exam Results Area. Your scores and the overall rank can be consulted there. Thank you for your participation, and we expect you to take the next exam.-

"We are back?!" Alvin quickly looked through the window, seeing that it was already later night. "Seems like I slept in the recovering chamber for quite a while."

The female doctor nodded. "That you did. Your group was brought here just seven hours after the start of the exam, so for the rest of the exam, you were kept inside the chamber, healing. You tore through most of your muscles, not to mention the many broken bones. Although there were no lasting damages, you truly got very close to dying, you know? Fortunately, you were brought back in time, so I managed to get you back into shape."

Alvin felt a chill on his back. He got close to dying? But then again, he did try to block the attack of a Level Four Magic Beast... "Just what the hell was I even thinking?!!!"

Felia couldn't agree more while feeling angry. "Exactly! You tried to block a Level Four Magic Beast! Master, do you have a death wish?! If not for Linfel..." She stopped there, knowing she shouldn't mention the Double MCF.

Linfel already began to make his way out of the airship. "Come on, the airship won't wait for us to exit forever."

Alvin and Felia quickly followed. Of course, Alvin quickly thanked the doctor, too. "Thank you."

"That's my job," the woman answered with a cheap smile.

Outside, the thousands of students moved in unison to the Field Exam Results Area. Alvin was brought in a different airship from the others, so he only met Connor on his way. 

"Alvin!" Connor quickly approached, surprised. "Just where did you go? I returned to the ship after taking the last flag, but you never came."

Alvin was taken aback. "You don't know?"

Connor was puzzled by that question. "Know what?"

Alvin pondered a bit and shook his head in the end. "Nothing much. I'll tell you later."

Connor then whispered in Alvin's ears while controlling his Magic Energy so that only they could hear. 'Bro, we still haven't talked about that fight against the Rock Breaker. How did you connect with two Familiars at the same time?'

Alvin whispered back in the same manner. 'Many things happened, but we can talk about that as well once this is all over.'

Connor nodded, knowing better not to talk about such an issue in this place.

Alvin, on the other hand, turned to Linfel. 'How did I get in the medical bay? I think... I saw Principal Xalafel? Was I dreaming?'

Linfe shook his head. 'No. It was truly the man from the statue... although he seemed a lot older. I have to say, that guy is truly strong. He cracked the serpent's head open with a single foot. It was incredible! It was also the first time I saw someone using Blue Magic Energy.'

Alvin breathed in coldly. 'So it was truly the legend himself. That man is not only famous in our academy but in our entire country as well. Do you think he knows about our Double MFC?'

'Oh, that's definitely for sure,' Linfel confirmed straight away. 'He saw the moment when you passed out while Felia and I disconnected from you. He didn't ask me anything, though. He simply left you in the medical bay and left after saying a few words to the doctor.'

Alvin sighed. 'I see... That's going to be complicated to explain.'

Linfel and Alvin arrived in the Results area, a big building where several screens could be seen all around. The Academy promoted competition between the students, so the results were always shown to the crowd in the academy. One could even verify them later once they were added to the Academy's website.

As soon as they entered, Linfel noticed Milia in the distance. "There she is."

Alvin looked in the direction Linfel pointed out, seeing Milia looking at one of the screens. Nori was nowhere to be seen, though. Alvin thought about what happened earlier and remembered that Milia also saw him using a Double Master Familiar Connection. There was no other choice. He had to talk to her about it so Milia wouldn't spread the information.

When he approached, he noticed that the screen message said the results were being processed. Everyone who came here was waiting for the results as well. "Milia... can we talk?"

Milia felt a jolt run through her body as she quickly looked back. Alvin was there, looking at her with a concerned expression. The memories of her last thoughts before the serpent's last attack came into her mind, especially how she screamed his name in there. Surprisingly, he truly appeared, putting himself between her and the serpent in that moment of life and death while fully injured and bleeding from everywhere. 

Fortunately, thoughts couldn't be heard, so Alvin didn't know about her cry for his help.

Milia's checks then grew red before she looked away. "B-Better not. Go away."

Alvin was taken aback. "But you saw what Linfel and I-"

"Go away!" Milia quickly got up and left in a flash, running as fast as she could.

"She told you to go away, but isn't it she who is going away instead?" Linfel asked, confused.

Alvin grew nervous, not knowing what to do. Connor, who was also there, couldn't help but ask. "What did you do to her? You must have truly pissed Milia off for her to run away like that."

Alvin quickly denied it. "I did nothing... or did I? Linfel, did I do something before I passed out?"

"Not that I noticed..." Linfel answered, equally perplexed.

Felia, on the other hand, looked in the direction Milia ran with a weird expression. 'That's very suspicious...'

Well, they didn't have time to think about it for much longer. That's because the results were finally displayed a few seconds later.

-1: Miranda Kuku, Rank B Student, all flags collected, seven hours, twelve minutes, thirty-four seconds.-

The was an immediate uproar when the first name appeared. The fact she was from a Ranked B Class didn't impress anyone. It was always Ranked Classes A and B the first ones to complete the field exams in general. However, she also beat the record for this exam by almost three hours! That was the real surprise.

-2: Donfin Soqeis, Rank A Student, all flags collected, seven hours, twelve minutes, thirty-six seconds.-

Naturally, Donfin appeared right after since he was the second one to enter the Flag's range.

Yet, the greatest uproar came with the next name.

-3: Connor Triglan, Rank F Student, all flags collected, seven hours, twelve minutes, forty-five seconds.-

"Impossible!" Someone immediately exploded.

Yet, the next one quickly followed.

-4: Alvin Brunes, Rank F Student, all flags collected, seven hours, fourteen minutes, eleven seconds.-

-5: Linfel, Rank F Familiar, all flags collected, seven hours, fourteen minutes, eleven seconds.-

-6: Milia Frondor, Rank A Student, all flags collected, seven hours, fourteen minutes, eleven seconds.-

-7: Nori, Rank A Familiar, all flags collected, seven hours, fourteen minutes, eleven seconds.-

Since Linfel brought the two of them with him to the flag, they obviously got exactly the same time. Not that it mattered at the moment.