Chapter 489 Entrance Exams

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I held Erika's hand, as she quickly snapped out of her daze.

"Don't worry, everything's going to be alright. I'll be there for you too. And all our friends as well."

I felt like I had to calm her down.

"Blake…" She smiled sweetly, as she nodded. "R-Right! Why am I even nervous? I should be excited!"

"Yeah, you're with us too!" Chris said.

"Don't you worry Erika!" Eric smiled gently.

"Yeah, yeah~ Don't be such a crybaby now." Laughed Elizabeth.

"This is a new facet I have never seen Erika do. So she can get like this, huh?" Erdrich analyzed the situation.

"I am here as well, Erika." Eleanora also reassured Erika.

"Geez, okay, okay!" Erika sighed as she accepted everyone's emotional support.

"W-Who is that woman?!"

However, Evelyn was suddenly startled when she saw the gorgeous Eleanora emerge out of thin air at Erika's side.

"My Spirit, Vampire Queen Eleanora." I said with a smile, presenting her to Evelyn.

"Nice to meet you Lady Evelyn." Eleanora spoke.

"S-Spirit?! She's… a humanoid spirit that can talk… Incredible." Said Evelyn in surprise. "You never stop amusing me!"

"Well I've got some more of them, you'll see them later." I said with a smile.

"Master just show us off!" Henrick cried.

"I wanna explore outside!" Saphira said.

"(Please just wait a bit longer…)" I sighed, telling them through telepathy.

The two of them were with Blood and Ruby, alongside many of my Summoned Familiars inside of my Spirit Realm. I had to calm them down for now. I wanted to show them off later, not now. That would spoil the fun.

"So your mother's an Illusionist and… Dream Weaver?" Asked Chris.

"Ah… Yeah." Erika sighed. "I inherited my Illusion Magic from mama. She had the two-star Talent Illusionist when she was born, then she developed it until she became a four-star Dream Weaver!" Said Erika. "It is said she can use Dream Magic, a very rare element of magic that is an advanced form of Illusion Magic. Within the stronger monsters and demons, there are many that affect the mind and even attack people through dreams, she deals with them."

"Woah, amazing…" Chris said in surprise.

"Your mom's sure great!" Eric said.

"Yeah, can't wait to meet her." Said Erdrich. "I wonder if she has your hair color…"

"Hahah… I am also excited to see her. Though I don't know if she'll be there." Sighed Erika.

"Lady Cattalina? Yes, she will be part of the judges that will see the exams." Said Evelyn.

"Judges?!" Erika wondered.

"Wait, what sort of exams are we doing?" Asked Elizabeth.

"Didn't you know? After doing the first written exam, which is pretty short, there's a fighting exam. Every student has to fight an instructor assigned to them." Said Evelyn.

"Wait, we have to fight you?!" Asked Chris.

"Not me, it could be anybody." Said Evelyn. "But there's a chance I might fight one of you kids."

"Sounds interesting… Facing someone several times stronger and more experienced, huh?" Erdrich smiled, getting pumped up.

"Yeah, it sounds interesting." I said while nodding. "Do we have to win?"

"No, you simply have to show off everything you've got. Depending in how much you surprise or amuse the instructor, your score will be calculated." Evelyn said.

"What if I beat them?" I asked.

"Hahaha, silly. You can't do that. Do you really think you can beat someone two or three ranks above you?" Laughed Evelyn.

"Hm, if anything goes… And we don't necessary have to kill them and simply throw them off the stage or something. Perhaps." I smiled.

"T-Those are exactly the rules but… you are not serious about this, right?" Sighed Evelyn.

"That's how Blake is anyways, Lady Evelyn. You'll get used to him." Elizabeth sighed.

"Yep! That's how amazing he is!" Erika smiled.

"You two girls have really contrasting views on him…"

Evelyn sighed, as we arrived at a large four floor house. The entire building was a massive clothing shop that seemed affiliated with the Academy. There were over fifty people here, all of them extensively working at making all sorts of clothes, including the Academy uniforms.

There were many kinds of magic items made to facilitate this process, combining both technology and magic. Upon entering, we greeted a lady with long blue hair and sleepy pink eyes.

"Ah, Evelyn, are these precious little sprouts the new students you were assigned to?" Asked the lady.

"Cecilia, yes." Evelyn nodded. "Students, this is Cecilia, a Four Star [Arcane Tailor Master], she's amazingly talented at sewing and making clothes, she creates our student uniforms amongst her entire crew."

She wasn't that strong, but she was a Four-Star Talent of a production class. Despite not being very strong, her production class was very useful and important to the entire city. The people here similarly all had Talents like her, dedicated to the creation of clothing amongst other things.

"Hello children, I've got your uniforms done. I have enchanted them with Defense Runes, Magic Enchanting Runes, Strength Runes, and Mana Regeneration Runes, the usual." Cecilia said.

The usual?!

These uniforms are not just fancy clothes, they were actually enchanted to be as good as armor!

Just looking at them folded over the table made us suddenly jump in surprise, the clothes themselves were overflowing with auras filled with mana.

What sort of materials did she even used to make them?

Or is a four-star creation-oriented talent that powerful at making equipment?

Incredible…

"Now, now, go quickly change yourselves."

Evelyn words quickly forced us to go into separate rooms and change our clothes.

The uniforms of Stronghold City were of a pure white color, with golden buttons.

The entire clothes set looked like what a would butler wear, but fancier.

It will be hard to keep this thing clean by seeing how white it is.

I'll have to constantly wash it.

Though I am not really worried about mine, but Erika in specific always nasties her clothes when she begins eating a lot, it'll be a challenge for her to keep her clothes washed…

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