Reincarnated As A Side Villain

Academies

"That?!" Regina called as Argeas got out of the carriage.

He is now in the outer court of the Academy complex.

"Oh, brother Re," replied Argeas who then half ran to his older sister who was sheltering in the shadow of a tree.

Indeed the task to accompany and help Argeas while in Kotaraja in the midst of the registration process of this Academy is Regina. Her sister just graduated.

"Hey, Ar?!" A girl greeted Argeas cheerfully from next to her brother.

"Good day, Sophie's sister, Ashley's sister. Long time no see." Argeas recognized the 2 girls who were now with her brother. They had come to his birthday party.

'I also want to enter the Academy. There was only a connection to Alexa, Argeas' inner meaning was Ashley who he knew was Alexandra's best friend.

"You look more dashing now, Ar. If you hadn't been engaged, I would have asked my family to match us" Sophie said in a teasing tone.

Argeas replied with a smile without knowing what to answer.

"Don't tease her, Soph. Anyway, I will definitely refuse if Ar is really betrothed to you," said Regina chimed in as many as her friend.

"Uh, how evil is Re." Sophie was seen weaving her face trying to act cute.

"We need to walk now. I'm afraid it's too late to register later." Ashley, the girl Argeas remembers, also wears a headband at their first meeting, suddenly cutting reminding.

"Oh, right, right, come on Ar," asked Regina who immediately ended her conversation with Sophie and began walking into the courtyard in the Academy complex.

"Then after the completion of the Entrance Test, we gather again, Ar. We're looking for your gear together" Sophie said after the four men passed the Academy's Inner Gate.

Argeas seemed hesitant to answer. And just stared at the brother as if asking for directions.

Regina nodded small as if giving her consent.

"Well, brother," jawan Argeas then reluctantly.

'Why do they want to hang out with me? Although yes, I'm just happy to have so many friends and connections. But if you have to connect with the Alexa yes males too, ' he continued to impinge.

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And after entering the middle of the Academy, Regina introduced several important places to Argeas while heading to the registration building, before leaving there to take the Academy Entrance Test.

The Entrance Test itself consists of written tests of magic theory, magic skill tests, and Aura measurements that serve as the determining factor of class placement.

The written test is divided into 3 categories. Incarnation, Spells, and Attribute, each of which had 20 questions.

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Argeas' serious face was seen knocking his index finger on the table where he was doing the exam with other prospective students.

But it was not because he found the matter difficult, but because he was weighing whether to answer all the questions correctly, or blame some of them so as not to stand out.

Because the matter in the Written Test was already very controlled by Argeas who had been learning about how the magic system and mechanism worked.

'If I get a perfect grade, surely the Academy will make me a Student Representative. It could still be bad even if I didn't get into the Elite Class, ' Inner Argeas made a judgment.

'Also, my goal now is to enter the Academy in the most normal way possible. So I don't think I can get a perfect score, ' he continued, which seems to have determined the attitude.

And while nodding small as if he had just remembered something, Argeas began working on the Written Test problem by blaming 10 answers out of 20 per category. And expect to get an average value that is not too prominent.

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Sometime after the Written Test was completed, the students began to be directed towards the Examiner Field. They will directly conduct the Skill Test.

Similar to the Written Test, the Skill Test is also divided into 3 categories. Speed, Strength, and Diversity. Where Speed is to judge the speed of a Magic Spell, then Strength is to judge how much power a Magic Spell expends, and lastly Diversity is to judge how many types of Magic Spells are mastered.

Visible prospective students are divided into several small groups by several Examiners. Then one by one they are called in turns.

The examiners asked the prospective disciples to activate their most powerful Magic Spell and shoot it onto a target board that was far enough away from where they were standing.

After that the Examiner asked the prospective disciple to activate their other Magic Spells and do the same as before.

Generally, the Examiners only ask prospective students to activate 2 Magic Spells only. But in some cases it is also sometimes asked to activate more Magic Spell.

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Shortly thereafter it was Argeas' turn who was called forward by the Examiner.

"Argeas Danae," called a young man with glasses without an ear grip perched on the trunk of his nose.

Argeas immediately walked over.

"Now try to bring out the Magic Spell you are most proficient at and throw it at that target" the Examiner ordered later.

'Yeah, this is the problem. If I use my low-level elemental magic, then I will have difficulty regulating its power because the grade of the magic-magic is maximal. But if I use intermediate-grade magic, then the Examiner will still give me a high grade even though the magic grade is low, and I do not want that, Argeas inner before then exhaling a long breath. It looks like it's getting ready.

In fact, he was frustrated because he had to find a way to outsmart the Skill Test this time.

'So I will make another choice, using low-level magic that I rarely use, ' the verdict then.

And Argeas said, "Hard Light." While swinging his magic wand towards the target board.

It looked like a bright white glowing crystal came out from the tip of the Argeas magic wand and then slid in line the target board with a slight lack of power.

"[Hard Light]? A unique choice," the Examiner responds while writing something on the board he carries. "Now do the same thing but with the other Magic Spells you have," he asked later.

"Hm. sorry, sir. But my other magic cannot be used with this method" Argeas said.

"Eh? Meanin?"

"The other Magic Spell I have is an Attribute [Mind]." Argeas tried to explain the meaning of his words.

"Oh, that's interesting. What magic?" The examiner pushed his glasses back. Seemed to be taking an interest in Argeas' magic.

"[Sleep]." Argeas answered quickly.

"Oh, okay. You can use it on..." The examiner looked around. "Ah, to the bird perched on the branch," he continued after finding the target he was looking for.

"All right." Argeas nodded in understanding. Immediately he pointed his wand at a yellow-red feathered bird that was perched on a tree behind him.

"Sleep" he said afterwards.

And without any sign, the bird suddenly closed its eyes and then fell onto the grass just like that.

"Oh, you're quite good at using it" said the Examiner, writing something on his board. It looks more enthusiastic.

"Thank you." Argeas replied politely.

"Do you still have any other kind of magic you want to show me?" The examiner asked because of his interest in Argeas.

"Nothing sir. Those two were the magic I mastered the most," Argeas replied lyingly.

"Hm... All right then. You may leave now" said the Examiner, then looking slightly disappointed.

"Thank you." Argeas walked back to the line of prospective disciples behind.

"Oh, and don't forget to wake the bird up" added the Examiner, pointing at the bird that was now drooping unconscious on the grass.

"Oh, right." Argeas forgot about it. "Wake," he said later to undo the previous magic.

And suddenly the bird jumped to its feet, moving its head in various directions in confusion, before then darting flying.

The bird had surprised a prospective student girl who was preparing to cast magic.

The end of the shock was the miss of the magic that the girl had taken out from her initial target.

An incandescent ball [Flare Orb] shot rapidly to the side and struck the magic of the other prospective disciple, [Ice Shard], causing a considerable explosion.

Judging that the explosion was too close and might hurt the prospective disciple who cast the [Ice Shard] magic earlier, Argeas acted immediately.

"Das." Argeas secretly activated his Combat Moves.

And he quickly ran closer to the prospective disciple, a young man with a petite stature, who was then embraced from behind, and then re-activated his other Combat Moves.

"The Double Jump."

Argeas made a double jump but backwards. While pulling the body of the petite-looking young man away from the explosion.

Argeas and the young man ended up in an upturned position in front of the waiting line of prospective disciples. Although quite embarrassing, but the young man managed to survive the explosion.

"You okay?" Argeas who had stood up first extended his hand to help the young man earlier.

"Ah, yes. I'm doing fine. Just a little surprised and more embarrassed," replied the reddish-brown curly-haired youth with a slight joke.

"I'm sorry." Argeas felt guilty.

"Hey, no need to apologize. You just saved me," the young man replied as he picked up his wand.

"Yes, we're okay, sir. Don't worry," the young man replied with a big smile.

"Hey, what the fuck was that?" A girl is seen walking quickly towards Argeas and the young man. He was a prospective disciple who was shocked when he was about to take out the [Flare Orb] earlier.

"Sorry it was my fault." Argeas apologized immediately. Because he felt he was the cause of all this.

"Do you realize the danger of doing that?" It seems that the girl is getting less and less accepted as soon as she hears the apology from Argeas.

"And I also lost my chance to get a perfect score in the Skill Test this time," he continued.

"No need to worry about Bellatrix, you can do it again. Previous exams won't count." A female Examiner came and tried to calm the girl called Bellatrix.

The girl clicked her tongue still feeling unaccepted. "But because of him I couldn't perform perfectly and had to repeat it" he said later.

"Argeas is not wrong. I asked him to wake the bird after receiving the [Sleep] magic without confirming the situation first." This time the Argeas Tester who spoke up tried to straighten out.

"Oh? Are you the son of the Danae family?" Suddenly the young man replied when he heard the name Argeas called.

"Really?" Argeas replied with a slight hesitation.

"Oh, I heard the story about you from Rodio. I'm Lufaine Nurtei, Rodio's cousin." The young man who introduced himself as Lufaine immediately touched Argeas' hand and shook it.

'uh? What did Rodio tell you about me? Our feelings only met once when I greeted him at Lavis' residence, Argeas' inner being was a little confused.

But still he returned the greeting of the young man as a form of politeness.

"Oh, greetings to Lufaine" he said, smiling.

"So what is your class [Arcmage]?" ask Lufaine then.

And that question also triggers the prickly shoes of the other prospective students. Even among some of the testers.

"Yes.right." Argeas replied with an awkward smile.

And the atmosphere became increasingly crowded with whispers that increased among the children of prospective students who were at the test site.

"Already, already, let's get you back." One of the Examiners immediately cut off and ordered Argeas back into line, as well as Lufaine and Bellatrix to re-do their exams.

But it looks Bellatrix still feel upset and can not forget it just like that. It was evident from his sharp gaze towards Argeas even though he had already started to prepare to repeat his test.

But that's not why Bellatrix was so upset that she was carried away until their meeting.

It was because Bellatrix felt that the incompetent Argeas had been fraudulently stealing her chance to shine using the rare Class she had since birth.

While Argeas himself did not pay much attention to the attitude of Bellatrix. He felt it was just the attitude of children of 16-year-old girls. There is no end to being treated.

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Then after finishing the Skill Test, the prospective students began to take measurements of the Aura in another building again.

And the plan to outsmart the MP value reader tool that Argeas had prepared earlier, successfully went according to expectations.

There was no furore from the measurement of his Aura. Indeed, the number is still higher than the other prospective students, but all that still makes sense considering the class [Arcmage].

And after all the Academy Entrance Test was done, Argeas went back to the Danae family residence in Kotaraja to meet his brother and prepare other things he needed.

Not to forget he also took the time to meet with his fiancee, Evangeline.

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Meanwhile in the Academy's Administrative Building, some time after the Entrance Test was completed.

"Why is your face like that, Balr?" An old man in Maroon's red robes with the Academy logo embroidered on his right chest, asked when he found one of his colleagues had a serious face staring at the sheet of paper on the table.

"I feel like there's something strange about this boy Fa," The thick-moustached and bearded man who had a serious face answered.

"Who?"

"Argeas Danae."

"Danae's? What do you mean Viscount Danae's fourth son?" The red-robed man asked to make sure.

"Right," replied the mustachioed man briefly.

"I heard he was born with a class of [Arcmage]. So it's not strange also if the results of the Incoming Test are beyond expectations. Is he in the Elite Class candidate?" The cloaked man earlier tried to give his partner a reason for what might be considered strange.

"That's why I said something was weird. The boy's Entrance Test result was below expectations." The man with the mustache answered.

"Under expectations?"

"Yes, you could say it's average."

"What do you mean the average is?"

"That boy has the value of the Written Test right in the middle."

"In the middle?" The robed man still did not understand the intent of his partner's answer.

"Yes, out of 20 questions 10 are right and 10 are wrong" replied the mustachioed man trying to detail the answer.

"Maybe because he's not very talented in theory?" The robed man guessed.

"But it's for all categories of Written Test. Spell category correct 10 wrong 10. True Attribute category 10 one 10. Even the Incarnation category is also correct 10 of 10," replied the man with a mustache in more detail.

"As if he knew all the answers and deliberately blamed half of them," the follower gave a conjecture.

"Don't joke, Barl. What do you mean he deliberately wants to get an average score? What's try for?" The man in the robes looked incredulous.

"But isn't it too weird to be a coincidence." The man with the mustache still looked suspicious.

"Then what about the number of Auras and the results of the Skill Test?" ask the cloaked man who this time started to look interested.

"The results from the Aura Measurement recorded his MP count of 65,000," replied the man with a mustache after checking the report from the top of his desk.

"Yes, I think it's quite normal to have an MP count above the [Mage] class average. Recalling his [Arcmage] class," the robed man's response looked not surprised.

"But just a 1000 difference from the average MP class [Mage] it looks a bit dubious to me. Especially for a [Arcmage]. Should be their MP difference above 5000 or even 10,000." The man with the mustache had a different opinion.

"Maybe he's a lazy person and rarely practices. So his MP count didn't grow as it should." The cloaked man still had a logical reason behind it. "Then what about the Skill Test?" tanyanya.

"That's also what makes me feel like a 1000 MP difference so it feels weird. Because the boy's Skill Test result was quite good. Although he used the rarely-used Attribute, and did not yet possess a mid-level Magic Spell, but the Examiner gave him an 'Expert' rating for his base-level Magic Spell." The mustached man again gave details of the results of the report he received.

"Isn't that a sign that he's practicing?" the man with the mustache tried to seek approval.

"Hm...is that? What attributes does it use?" The man in the robes was starting to look curious.

"[Holy] and [Mind]," the moustached man replied briefly.

"Oh? He used what Magic Spell from those two attributes?"

"[Hard Light] and [Sleep]."

"The young man used [Hard Light] in the Academy Entrance Test? It's interesting." It is now seen that the cloaked man no longer hid his interest in Argeas.

"And furthermore, that brat also mastered some Combat Moves." The man with the mustache again shared additional information.

"Combat Moves? Did he apply for the Academy for the Hybrid class?" asked the cloaked man looking surprised and also enthusiastic.

"No. The boy signed up as a witch. The information about Combat Moves was obtained from one of the Examiners who saw the boy directly use it when there was an incident in the Examiner's Field," explained the man with a mustache.

"Hm. if it is like that, it means there is something strange with the boy," said the man in the robes who finally agreed with his partner.

"Who's weird?" Suddenly emerging from behind the entrance, a woman with blond hair cut into pieces was carrying a pile of old-enveloped books.

"Argeas Danae." The robed man replied.

"Oh, the son of the Danae family prodigy? If it is not wrong that he is the future daughter-in-law of Marquis Lavis," the woman replied after putting her books on the table.

"Oh, is she the future daughter-in-law of the Lavis family?" The man in the robes seemed to have just learned about it.

"really. What I heard about her engagement was done coinciding with the occurrence of the emergence of high-level magic [Meteor Come] on the eastern border." The woman shared the information she had.

"Hm.. what a pretty suspicious coincidence." The cloaked man started to feel increasingly suspicious of Argeas.

"Then how are we gonna handle this kid?" ask the man in the mustache then.

"To temporarily deal with based on the results of the Incoming Test. Let's watch the boy first."

"All right."

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