Munchkin of the Summoning Academy

Chapter 8

Midterm (1)

As I calmed down a little and entered the next lecture, I widened my eyes at the unexpected sight.

Cages lined up next to the battlefield used as a lecture hall for summoning combat techniques.

There’s no way this academy has a gnome top who throws his summoned beasts in that place…

Probably to keep wild pets.

One might say that the subject of summoned animals is some kind of wild, but since this world is so easy to summon, they sometimes come over on their own.

If you were to be locked in a cage like that, your grade wouldn’t be that high.

It’s roughly in the lower ranks of E-D.

It looks like it was prepared for today’s practice.

I laughed quietly at the class I had been waiting for for a long time.

“Is this a capture practice? That’s good.”

As if it was worthwhile to explicitly avoid his seat in the morning, no one approached him blindly.

The other students were also guessing roughly the contents of today’s class.

The bell rang announcing the hour and the professor appeared.

He, who had ruined the last class because of me, glanced over here a little, then shook his head slightly and climbed up the dungeon.

“Today is practice of catching wild pets! First, I will review the theory and then go into practice. Everyone has a capture card, right?”

Students rummaging through the Summoner’s Book at the professor’s words.

When I checked the card I was given at the time of admission, the professor reminded me of the precautions.

“You have to control the power of your summons! You should stop at the level of weakening them to make them easier to capture. If you reverse summon them, you will fail. You understand?”

It is not easy to forcefully capture a summoned beast.

Even if it’s an E~D rank pet, if you just try to seal it on the card, it will bounce off easily.

Therefore, it is a principle to weaken the capture target by fighting before using the card.

Even if you work hard and catch it, you will have to sign a separate contract later…

That’s nothing to worry about right now.

After the explanation, the professor opened one cage and showed the demonstration.

“Well, first of all…”

A D-rank pet, a bladed mouse prepared for practice, tried to escape.

Sharp molars sticking out of the mouth.

Since it’s a wild pet, there’s no link.

It’s quite large for a mouse, so it’s more intimidating than it looks.

The professor who released him gave an order to his summons and sprayed paralysis gas.

When the blade mouse hit by the skill hardens, immediately use the capture card.

The immobilized target was sucked into the card.

The card, which had fluctuated slightly in the professor’s hand, soon calmed down and then locked.

“Isn’t it simple? There is a limited number of prepared items, so if you reverse summon them, points will be deducted. So who wants to try it first?”

As if they were afraid of the deduction, no one is willing to step forward.

With a small sigh, the professor came out and called out Medusha.

Is it revenge for ruining the last class?

As I climbed up the dungeon with a thoughtful thought, the cage was opened without delay.

“Medusa, the petrified gaze! With minimal power…”

“i get it!”

Medusha, who responded vigorously, shot a much weaker eye light than usual.

Still, the blade mouse, which was frightened by the snake god, completely froze.

Without delay, I activated the card and captured him.

There wasn’t much excitement because I was going to let it go anyway.

Still, I decided to be satisfied with confirming Medusha’s abilities.

The petrification gaze is an all-around skill that can be applied to capturing pets.

“Good job. Return the card… Is there any next challenger?”

It seems that I have been encouraged by my success.

This time, hands were raised from all corners of the audience.

Most of them succeeded easily, but there are occasional failures.

Guys with high-ranked pets.

As the professor warned, there are many cases where they fail to control their power and have them reverse summoned.

The blade mouse is the lowest among the D ranks, so it’s cumbersome if you don’t have a unique skill like Medusha.

The professor, who finished the evaluation calmly, retrieved the cage as soon as the class was over.

They will probably be released to a suitable place as soon as class is over.

Summoned animals are a concept that is strictly distinct from ‘livestock’ or ‘monster’.

The treatment of wild pets isn’t too bad either.

At least in this school.

After successfully completing the summoning summoning skill lecture, we went straight to the spirit summoning class.

Now that there is a summons, it is possible to participate in the class itself, but…

It’s still too early to be vigilant.

Didn’t I say that I was inherently weak in Spirit Summoning?

Medusha, who recalled Ersa Cutter, a professor of summoned beast healing, expressed concern.

“Louis. Come to think of it, aren’t the Spirit Summoning Skills scores a bit jeopardized?”

“right.”

It’s the only course I’m taking that is at risk of failing.

Since Spirit Summoning is a required major, it cannot be replaced with other subjects.

Of course, they teach only the rudimentary… but even that is difficult for me.

However, I have been preparing my own countermeasures over the weekend.

I reassured Medusha and took a seat in the front of the classroom.

As class time approached, the seats on both sides were filled in an instant…

Unlike in the morning, it was a good spot, so I didn’t think much of it.

Today’s task is rudimentary elemental summoning.

It’s nothing special, but it’s been bothering me since the beginning of school.

My elemental summoning success rate is only around 70%.

Considering the practical exam of the midterm exam, it should be raised to 90% or higher.

If you use the Spirit Summoning skill, you will get a scholarship and everything will go away.

“Then practice slowly.”

When the spirit summoning professor who taught me the trick turned his head to me, the eyes of his classmates naturally focused.

Students’ eyes will follow the teacher’s.

The professor, who remembered it belatedly, turned his head, but it was already too late.

I clicked my tongue and spread my right hand.

Summoning is activated by gently modifying the formula in the textbook.

For some reason, I succeeded without much trouble.

Medusha, who was watching the flames of the spirit world, gave a small applause.

“You succeeded at once. How did you do it?”

“The coordinates of the portal have been corrected.”

I tried summoning again and again and quietly explained it.

As if the success rate of 70% was a lie, success in succession.

Classmates who watched from afar let out a silent sigh.

Originally, when using the Spirit Summoning skill, the principle is to open a portal at the coordinates where there are many spirits, but…

I rather avoided them and opened the portal.

The spirits run away just by smelling me, so I thought this would be better.

As a result, the output decreased slightly, but the success rate increased dramatically.

In the past, whenever I used the Spirit Summoning skill, it felt as if the portal was forcibly closed, but that is no longer the case.

‘The midterm exam for the first semester of the first year will be enough.’

The rest of the practical subjects are free pass if Medusa is presented.

Now all you have to do is write well.

As I left the classroom with great relief, the utility belt around my waist trembled.

The Summoner’s Book, which was held in place with chains, was constantly vibrating.

“what?”

As I opened the book, one of the few pages was trembling.

A communication card from Ersa Cutter, Professor of Summoned Beast Healing.

It’s quite expensive, and only a pre-registered person can connect to it.

However, there is no distance limit, so it is quite usable.

It’s not something I bought with my own money anyway.

I got the call before she ran out of patience.

When I touched the card in the Summoner’s Book, Ersa’s voice came out of it.

Of course, it is a way to summon the voice of the opponent.

“El Cloud. Are you studying hard for the midterm?”

“Yes, Professor.”

Ersa gets to the point without delay.

When I answered with my voice lowered as much as possible, cheering and threats returned.

“Then you don’t have to come for the test this weekend. Instead, if you fail, you’ll be sent to the dissection team, so take care of yourself.”

“I’m a scholarship student…”

Communication was cut off before my words were finished.

I didn’t see him as someone who would take care of me like that…

Also, the midterm exam for the first semester of the first year is special.

A whopping 30% of the freshman students expelled from the first exam every year!

I heard that if you get a failing score in even one subject, you will be expelled as it is, so I heard that nonsense people who entered the school without much thought were definitely filtered out.

The entrance exam was tough in its own way, but it was nothing compared to the midterm exam.

The level of dropping them off the cliff after teaching them for two months.

Therefore, there are no special events until the exam is over.

Anyway, 30% of the freshman students are going to run out soon, so what should I be able to do before that?

Anyways, at this point, I felt a sense of crisis again.

I don’t think this is the time to gossip about being a scholarship student.

It was about a week that I almost lived in the library.

Time seems to accelerate as the trial period approaches.

It seems that my feelings are not misunderstood.

A face that had been forgotten for quite some time was revealed.

“What?”

“Are you done already?”

Students shouting in the classroom where the first class of the day is scheduled.

I arrived a little late, and when I turned my head towards the end of everyone’s gaze, I saw Elfriede in school uniform occupied the front seat.

It must have been two weeks of probation… Is it over?

As I opened the Summoner’s Book and checked the date, I couldn’t help but swallow.

‘Isn’t it over yet?’

To receive such a light punishment and not to follow it properly.

Did the exam end early because the exam is just around the corner?

After all, the children in the house are different.

With a small tongue sticking out, let’s sit as far away from Elfriede as possible…

The guy who had just found me got up from his seat.

‘Nope. no way…’

Elfriede walks towards me while biting her lip looking at Medusha.

There was already someone in the seat next to me, but with a single glance, I gently removed it.

Medusha, who met the old summoner, clings a little closer to me.

“Louis, be careful. He will surely try to seduce you…”

“What?”

“It’s said that it was before you were even born, but Elfriede was the first to have a conversation with you. If that happens even now, won’t I become the property of the Duke of Beltern again?”

Oh, is that so?

I thought I was just here to give you an eye candy…

Medusha had a political sense because she came from a family of great aristocrats.

I listen to his advice and turn my head, but Elfriede stares at me.

A yangban equal to each of the princesses is doing that, and it’s impossible to ignore them all the time.

Reluctantly, when I turned my head, an apple flew in at the latest.

As if his pride had been cracked, his facial muscles trembled.

“Eh, Count Elcloud, Medusa. Sin, sin… I’m sorry. Because of me…”

“No. It’s okay. Thanks to you, I didn’t become Lewis’s. Do it one more time now that it’s happened like this. Lewis will need some more summons too.”

With both arms wrapped around my neck, Medusha responds in my place.

Thanks to this, Elfriede’s face was horribly distorted.

Still, I couldn’t say it because I had done such a great thing.