Hizashi No Kage

  Chapter - 4

  First, Bob had his practical exam. The exam pattern was extremely straightforward. All the children who had their exam that day were put into one tournament. The decision depended entirely on how each performed in this entire tournament. A large number of inspectors were present. There was also good seating arrangement for the spectators. Samuel, Martha, and Akash were sitting as spectators.

  Several matches were taking place simultaneously on the academy grounds. Bob was in one of these matches. He made a good start with Thunder Magic. He easily won the first match. In the same way, he reached the semi-finals.

  Today, around 100 children had their exam, and now only four remained. In the semi-final, Bob faced a man named Rocky, who was 30 years old and used Rock-type Magic. Thunder-type Magic is weak against Rock-type. Bob tried his best but couldn't win.

  However, considering his overall performance, his admission was now confirmed.

  Including this day and the others, 3000 children had taken the practical exam, but only about 100 were admitted. (Mage candidates only)

  Now it was the turn of the Knights' practical exam. The structure of this exam was the same.

  Akash was preparing for his match. His heart was pounding hard, and he was calming himself by repeating, “All is well, all is well.”

  Samuel, Martha, and Bob were sitting among the spectators.

  In this entire tournament, everyone was given wooden swords. When someone's sword broke, fell from their hand, or the person themselves accepted defeat, they were considered defeated. These were the rules.

  Akash and his opponent stood face to face. As soon as the inspector said “Start,” Akash attacked. In the very next moment, the other boy's sword had slipped from his hand. Akash had figured out this method — as quickly as possible, either break the opponent's sword or make it drop from their hand.

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  Some of his opponents protested, but the inspector silenced everyone because Akash wasn't breaking any rules.

  In one match, he pulled his opponent's clothes and made him fall, securing victory. In another match, he broke the opponent's wooden sword itself. And by doing this repeatedly, Akash won many matches.

  It is also worth mentioning here that Akash's physical strength was far greater than that of the other opponents. For years, he had repeated the same kind of attack countless times — though the difference was that those attacks had been practiced on trees.

  Anyway, in the Knights' exam, now only 10 candidates remained. Akash's next opponent was such a big personality that even before the match, Akash had heard quite a lot about him.

  Zavier — the second son of the second-highest family after the royal family of Kamilya.

  Zavier Flameheart.

  Level - 90.

  Magic Type — Fire.

  Akash's match was against this boy.

  In the Knights' admission exam, magic was not allowed; only sword skills could be used. So far, this had been to Akash's advantage, but Zavier's sword skills were so excellent that Akash didn't even get a chance to do anything.

  The match began. Akash charged at Zavier with full speed in the same way as before. Zavier lightly twisted his sword. In the very next moment, Akash was on the ground. He had lost.

  “Your swordsmanship is extremely ugly.” - Saying this, Zavier walked away. Akash was left gritting his teeth.

  Now the possibility of his admission had become very slim.

  Finally, when the results were announced, Akash's name was not in them. He did not get admission.

  ----- **Backstory**

  Thousands of years ago, a war broke out between humans and demons over a small piece of land. The biggest center of the war became the country of Kamilya.

  After a long war of about 50 years, one human killed the Demon King. This human came to be known as “The Great Hero,” and his family also received immense respect.

  This was the Flameheart House, or the Family of Heroes.

  But this hero refused to sit on the throne.

  Then the Windheart family took the throne. Since then, the Flameheart and Windheart families have maintained very good relations. The king's general has always been a Flameheart.

  Zavier Flameheart comes from this very family. -----

  Despair. Deep despair. Akash was drowning in it. What would he do now? Could a boy from a poor family really not go to the school of the rich? But he did have one chance.

  He was caught in all these confusions. Bob and his parents were trying to console him, but it wasn't having any effect.

  But the next day, an officer from the academy came to them. Akash was being given one more chance. He had to give an interview. If he satisfied the examiners in the interview, his admission could still happen.

  All of Akash's dead hopes came back to life.

  He was also eager to know the reason for this kindness. Samuel told him that perhaps his magic type was very rare, which is why the academy didn't want to lose him.

  Whatever it was, Akash reached the academy half an hour before the scheduled time.

  He was sitting outside the examiners' room, waiting for his turn, when suddenly a very familiar fragrance reached him. This scent almost drove him crazy. Even after thinking hard, he couldn't recall where he had smelled this fragrance before. In a hurry, he started looking around. A little distance away, two girls were walking, talking to each other. He wanted to stop them from behind, but just then his call for the interview came. Akash couldn't see who those girls were.

  ( Let me tell you — those girls were Manjula and Ramya.)