The Ruler Of Night

Chap 26's. The other test

"You-you? if it's not wrong you're-"

"She is Miss Merlin, the royal magi," explained Master Hisobu cutting off my words.

The aura he emitted was so mysterious, dark yet also calm like the sky at night.

Not only was her aura alone, but she also looked young and charismatic, moreover she was beautiful, thus making me stammer when speaking.

"W-What exactly is this? W-why did the person who had such an important role in the kingdom come to see me?" I asked in confusion and wonder.

"Ahahaha, are you funny too? is it strange for a magi to meet the son of a great knight of the kingdom?" joking.

"E-eehehe," I somehow felt that my attitude had become strange.

"Miss Merlin came here to make sure of your situation" explained Master Hisobu.

"What's? I'm fine, haha," I replied with a stiff laugh.

"Your name is Yuuta, huh?" Asked Merlin who then raised my chin with his index finger.

*Glekk~

I just kept quiet and answered him with a nod without being able to say anything.

His face so close made me even more nervous and made my face sweat a little.

While Master Hisobu who was speechless with his slightly wrinkled facial expression, seemed to envy me.

"Ehmhm~"

Merlin chuckled after looking at my face up close, and then lowered his index finger from my chin.

"Actually I'm interested in you, Yuuta," said Merlin.

"aaa! wh-what?" I was stunned with a little scream.

"I've never seen a child at your current age, who is able to master natural energy so well" he explained.

"A-aah haha, it's because of the father who taught me," I replied with a big smile.

"It's very difficult to master natural energy, even for trained adults," Merlin said.

"Not one of the royal knights can master it except your father" he continued.

"really?" I ask who does not know that at all.

"That's right" said Master Hisobu.

"There are only two people in this kingdom, who can master the energy of nature"

"He is your father, Hajime Shimazu, and also the person beside you at this time, Miss Merlin," explained Master Hisobu.

"That's great, I don't know that at all" I said in awe.

"We always pay attention to the development of every student since the beginning of you come here" said Master Hisobu.

"Especially you're Yuuta," he continued with a deep gaze.

Once again I could only be silent and surprised to find out that I had been really noticed all along.

*****

Meanwhile in another place not far away, it looked to be Shira who seemed to be looking for something in the academy hallway.

"It seems like no one is looking" Shira muttered as she looked around.

Until he finally arrived at the front of a door, and tried to peek into it.

"I can't hear anything from here" Shira said, attaching her ear to the door.

"Maybe if I open it a little bit it will sound" he said, opening the door with a slight push.

*Cliiiik~

The door opened a little, and Shira began to listen to the conversation inside, the room was where I was, the Hisobu Teacher's Room.

"When you first came to Sinj, to be honest we were very surprised and a little doubtful of you" said Master Hisobu.

"How can a child who has no magic power enter the royal magic academy?"

"But we greatly appreciate your strong determination, you still survive despite having received a very bad fate"

"And yesterday you proved to us that you can, you can be strong even though you are not like the other disciples"

"Even you managed to defeat one of the quite formidable disciples like Kirei," explained Master Hisobu about how the Master teachers in the academy responded.

"But, I'm sorry Yuuta, you can't take the test of survival in the wild" continued Master Hisobu with the news that he was not wearing.

It had just been a moment of pleasure for having managed to amaze the Masters, but the atmosphere shattered instantly upon hearing the news.

"Wait a minute!!!"

Someone suddenly appeared from behind the door and shouted out loud enough.

Me, Master Hisobu, and Merlin suddenly looked towards the voice, and it turned out that she was Shira eavesdropping on the conversation.

With an annoyed look on her face, Shira walked into the room and walked up to the three of us.

"Shira?" muttered.

"Oh? Prince Shira, what's the need to come here?" ask Master Hisobu.

"I want to ask you something, Master Hisobu," Shira replied.

"Yes, okay?" suhut Guru Hisobu's.

"Why isn't Yuuta allowed to take that survival test?" shira asked firmly.

"Do not every student have to follow and succeed in every test given? then why isn't Yuuta allowed to come?" ask Shira again.

"Relax the prince" said Merlin.

"No way, I'll help every student who's having trouble in this academy"

"Moreover he is my friend, I can't let him," Shira replied firmly.

"Wait for Prince Shira, I can explain" said Master Hisobu, who kept his attitude calm.

Shira was finally silent to listen to the explanation of Master Hisobu.

"I am sure that Yuuta can definitely follow and succeed in every exam given," said Master Hisobu.

"Then?" ask Shira.

"But he had to undergo several exams before that," continued Hisobu.

"What test?" ask Shira again.

"Yes, some high-ranking royal officials thought what happened to Yuuta was a strange thing" explained Master Hisobu.

"A child who has no magic energy, how can it use such powerful magic power?"

"Do they doubt it?" ask Shira.

"It seems so, even I myself don't know where that power came from, either" explained Master Hisobu.

"Merlin, why don't you help explain it to them?" ask Shira.

"I'm sorry prince, as we know he didn't have magic energy in the first place"

"And when he matches up all of a sudden he can use powerful magic power"

"Obviously it's going to make everyone wonder, let alone they don't know much about magic" Merlin explained.

"Then how?" ask Shira again.

"There's actually something I want to find out from him as well" Merlin replied.

"So for the exam they asked for, I'm the one who will take responsibility" he continued.

After hearing Merlin's explanation that she would be in charge, Shira became calm and relieved.

"All right then" Shira replied.

"Yuuta, you take it easy, everything will be fine" said Shira who returned smiling.

"Again than the exam, it would be more appropriate to call it an additional exercise" Merlin said with an ambitious smile on his face.