Chapter 19 Class 1S-
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
The moment Leo stepped inside his portal, he soon found himself transported inside a classroom.
Observing his surroundings, he noticed that there were around 20 students with him inside this classroom, and each of them was wearing a dumbfounded face, too.
It was obvious. Nobody expected that the portal would actually lead them into their classroom.
Observing around, Leo didn't spot Cassandra inside, "I guess we aren't classmates."
Seeing that they were transported inside a classroom, Leo then started walking to choose his table.
Since it was a classroom, then what else would a student do when they come inside?
It is obviously to choose their seat!
Just like before, Leo chooses a spot in the far right corner near the window. The spot was inconspicuous, so he won't be bothered by anyone.
Watching Leo choosing his table, the other students immediately followed.
"Yow! My name is Alfred, may I have the honor of knowing the person who has done a one versus ten with the rejected students just to defend a portal?" A blonde man with a pretty boy face suddenly spoke to Leo with a wanting-to-shake with the latter's hand gesture.
Leo was quickly taken aback for a moment since it was out of his expectation that someone was able to see his fight. After all, everyone was busy trying to defend their portal, so he didn't expect someone would watch his fight.
Leo let out a short laugh before he introduced himself, "Leo Heart, ruler of the Heart City!"
He then humbly accepted the handshake.
"Ah, you are actually the lord of the city that was promoted in advance. That explains why you are so strong!" Alfred said with a hint of admiration in his voice as he finally realized the reason why Leo was able to do one vs ten. If a person always hunts Magical Beast for a living, he would naturally become strong like the latter, right?
Leo was amused at his description of the Heart City. 'Lord of the city that was promoted in advance?' He can't help but let out another short laugh. 'What a courteous description."
Everyone under the Silver Kingdom has been calling the Heart City the 'Meaning of Poor'.
Leo honestly doesn't care about how the people of the Silver Kingdom view the Heart City since the only important thing for him is that the citizens living within the Heart City are proud and honored to have him as their lord.
So, Alfred's seemingly description of the Heart City could be labeled as a courteous way of describing Leo's Heart City.
After introducing each other, Leo and Alfred immediately changed the topic as they talked about the brawl that just happened.
However, after a few minutes of Leo and Alfred's conversation, someone suddenly interrupted as a man in his forties walked inside the room.
Unexpectedly, it was teacher Marvin who did Leo and Cassandra's assessment.
"Good morning, class! I'm Marvin, your adviser for your first year at Silver Mage Academy." Teacher Marvin introduced himself while he observed the students in front of him. He soon noticed Leo who was sitting in the very right corner of the room.
Just like what teacher Marvin had expected, Leo was promoted to become a member of this class.
After the courageous action that Leo had done inside the stadium, a lot of teachers immediately proposed his promotion as soon as they received his personal information.
"You might have a lot of questions in your mind, so I'll permit you to ask me one question each. After everyone finished asking questions, it would then be the end of today's introductory class," Teacher Marvin said before he sat on his chair.
The students immediately felt a good impression of their adviser. With twenty students, they would immediately be dismissed after 20 questions. Who on earth doesn't want to have an early dismissal?
"What section do we belong to, Teacher Marvin?" A voluptuous woman immediately asked.
"Class 1S-!" Teacher Marvin said with a nod of his head as if he had already expected such a question.
"What does it mean, Teacher Marvin?" A tough-looking guy immediately followed up.
A lot of students became curious about the meaning behind Class 1S minus after hearing it from teacher Marvin, hence someone couldn't help but ask its meaning.
"Class 1S- simply means your classroom belongs to the top three in the ranking of the 1st year class at Silver Mage Academy. Silver Mage Academy has eighteen total Classes; From Class 1E- to Class 1S+. Simply put, your classroom is the top three in the Class Ranking."
Hearing such a reason, everyone was immediately taken aback as everyone thought, "Our classroom is actually that outstanding?!"
However, they became confused about the reason why they were qualified in such an outstanding section. After all, everyone here was well aware of their own capability. So, if the Silver Mage Academy had decided in their section based on their physical strength, their IQ, or their capability as a Mage, then they know for sure that they would even be considered a lucky person to become a student at Class 1D or 1E. In short, it was close to impossible for them to be qualified to become a student of Class 1S-.
Even Leo was astonished. He wasn't expecting such a situation to unfold to him. If he can evaluate himself, then he could at most be at 1C+ or barely become a student from 1B-. He was smart, and he was also strong, really, but he had only got to know of his affinity as a Mage for less than a week. He doesn't even have any idea how to cast a Magic Spell, yet. So, in his opinion, he was not qualified enough to be part of the 3rd section in the Class Ranking.
"How did we become a member of Class 1S-...?" A timid-looking 18-year-old youth said while he trembled in excitement.
"To be honest, the teachers of the Silver Mage Academy didn't base you according to your strength, IQ, or your capability as a Mage. But based on how you had acted during the opening ceremony." Teacher Marvin answered honestly.
"Doesn't that mean that as long as we listen attentively well during the whole 2-hour-long speech we could even be students of Class 1S+?" A tall 18-year-old young man with eyeglasses quickly followed up.
"Yes, and No. Yes, but only if you can memorize all the words said in the opening ceremony. No, because there are other factors to be assessed and considered, such as your morals, ethics, character, bravery, temperament, etc... Simply put, how you had shown your character during the 2 hours of speech!" Teacher Marvin calmly explained.
"Then doesn't that simply mean to say that being a student of the 3rd in the Class Ranking, possibly including the 2nd and 1st, wouldn't necessarily mean that the students in that section are strong, but are just lucky because they had acted well during the opening ceremony?" An 18 years old female Loli quickly asked.
"Yes!" Teacher Marvin nonchalantly revealed the truth of the matter.
Everyone finally realized that they weren't actually special. Anyone could have been a member in Class 1S- too, or even higher if that person had behaved meticulously during the opening ceremony.
Their excitement vanished quickly, like thin air. However, the question and answer still proceeded as normal. But, at this moment, no one had asked any more questions related to their section in case of making the room more depressing.
"Are you single?"
"Yes!"
"How old are you?"
"43.5!"
"When is your birthday?"
"11th-month 1st day!"
"...."
The question and answer continued until it was finally Leo's turn to ask a question.
"How will the Academy fix the unfair allocation of students?" Leo suddenly asked solemnly, which then made the room curious as to why he called it unfair.
Leo quickly stood up as he explained further, "I asked such a question simply because I noticed an unfair treatment. Since the Silver Mage Academy is allocating us based on how we had behaved during the opening ceremony, wouldn't that also mean that those Mages with great potential but didn't behave well during the opening ceremony would receive resources unfairly?"
"A Reward System was discussed during the opening ceremony that explained that the resources a student would receive depended on which rank the class section he or she belongs to. The lower a student's section rank was in the Class Ranking, the smaller the resources they would receive. Likewise, the higher their section rank, the more resources they will receive."
"In that case, a situation where a Mage with great potential was put into the lowest ranking would surely happen,"
"Thus, how will the Academy fix this problem? Obviously, the Academy should have a solution for this problem, right?" Leo said as he sat down back on his chair, finally signaling the end of the reason behind his question.
Teacher Marvin suddenly stood up and clapped his hand after hearing Leo's question.
"Just what I expected from someone who was recommended by the Sword and Magic!" Teacher Marvin immediately turned serious after he clapped his hand.
Edited! 4/25/2024