Black Summoner – Chapter 663

It had been a while since the commotion in the Cielo Dormitory. The sun had risen directly overhead, marking the lunchtime hour.

“Ri-chan, let’s go to the dining hall!”

“Whoa!?”

“Ra-Rami-chan!?”

Bursting into Rion and Dorothy’s room with a loud bang, the one who had charged in was Rami Ryuuo. Just as they had finally finished their moving work and were taking a breath in their refreshed room, this development occurred. Dorothy, of course, and even the usually unfazed Rion couldn’t hide their surprise.

“Oh, is that kid your roommate, Ri-chan? Nice! So simple, but so good! Worth polishing! For your academy life from now on, you have no choice but to shine together with me and Ri-chan!”

“Eh? Eh? Eh?”

“Moo, Rami-chan? Like just before, your words and actions are too abrupt. Shi-chan, if I translate that, she’s saying she wants us to be friends. She’s asking if we can be friends.”

“S-so that’s what she meant!?”

“The goal is BFF~”

“In the future, I’d be happy if we could become best friends, she says.”

“Eh? Eeeh…”

Their words could be understood, but their meaning couldn’t be grasped. Dorothy was completely bewildered by Rami’s strange way of speaking. Nevertheless, with Rion’s translation, the self-introductions were safely completed, and they decided to go to the dining hall, as Rami suggested, with their newfound momentum.

“This is it!”

Guided by Rami, they arrived at what was truly a colossal building, on a grand scale in every aspect—in short, it was an amazing, huge dining hall. Ever since arriving at Lumiest, they had been seeing facilities of this magnitude so frequently that their senses were gradually becoming numb.

“Wow, it’s huge! Isn’t this more like a fancy restaurant than a dining hall?”

“Um, it seems like there are more chefs and waiters than customers…”

“Don’t sweat the small stuff. Well, it just means that you’re paying that much tuition and people have high expectations for your future. I don’t know for sure, though. Ah, I want to eat meat, meat!”

“Eh? Rami-chan, you eat meat!?”

Rion expressed the biggest surprise of the day at the sight of a dragon ordering meat.

“Yeah? Of course I eat it, it’s my staple food! I’m a Drago— No, I’m a growing maiden, you know? You can assume I’m a carnivore. Ah, and not just in the dietary sense either.”

“Huh? Wait, maybe being a carnivore is normal? Now that you mention it, I don’t really remember seeing other dragons eating anything other than meat… When it was the volcano incident, Boga was eating meat too…”

“Hmm? You’re acting strange, Ri-chan?”

Rion had believed that dragons’ staple food was vegetables and sugar, thinking it was common sense. However, upon closer reflection, such common sense had never existed in the first place. The vegetable lover and sweet tooth who were close by were merely exceptions to the rule.

While this “Rion Shock” lingered, the three of them placed their orders with the waiter. Rami, true to her word, ordered meat dishes featuring meat, Rion ordered a small set meal, and Dorothy ordered soup and salad.

“Eh? Is that all you two are going to eat!? The cost is already covered by tuition, so you can eat as much as you want, you know? Are you perhaps on a diet?”

“No. I have a small appetite, so this is already quite a lot for me.”

“This is more than enough for me too. In my village, during the cold wave, there were times I skipped a meal, so I’m just grateful to have something edible.”

“Heeh, I’d heard rumors about Ri-chan’s small stomach, but Shi-chan, you also went through hardships. I seriously respect that.”

“Um, where did you hear rumors about me… Well, never mind. Speaking of which, Shi-chan, where are you from? By the way, I’m from Pars on the Eastern Continent.”

“I guess I’m from Gown, for now? Yeah, Gown, Gown—”

Rami repeatedly said “Gown” as if convincing herself. Although she was supposed to have come here through Gown’s recommendation, she seemed to have almost no awareness of it.

“I’m from the Ice Country Reigand, um… a village in the frontier. It’s a village so poor and destitute that it doesn’t even have a name, so I’m truly ashamed…”

“Reigand means you’re from the same country as Ed-kun?”

“Ed-kun…? Ah, ah. Prince Edgar! No, no, no, while we are in the same category, it is too daunting to put it that way…”

Dorothy stated with certainty that while she herself knew him, he wouldn’t know of her existence, nor would she be on his radar.

“I don’t think that’s true. I think it’s amazing talent to be able to enroll in Lumiest from such a situation. I myself was only able to enroll after receiving a lot of help from Kel and the people around me.”

“Right? I agree with Ri-chan’s opinion. To be honest, Shi-chan, you managed to handle the entrance fees and recommendation all by yourself, didn’t you? I seriously respect that.”

“No, no, no, no, no, no! It’s really not like that! Perhaps my luck decided to attract the greatest fortune of my life, or I caught the eye of someone who happened to visit my village… After that, I was recommended to the Academy City, and they prepared everything I needed for admission. That’s why, after graduating and becoming successful, I want to repay that person, and then be useful to my home village.”

“Whoa! But isn’t that amazing in its own way? It means there’s someone who devoted themselves to Shi-chan to that extent, you know? Isn’t that amazing?”

“Yeah, yeah! And Shi-chan, who inspired that person to see such talent, is also amazing!”

“Th-that’s why it’s not amazing…! I’m truly insignificant…!”

The three of them continued to argue about whether it was amazing or not. Even to an outsider, their quarrel (or perhaps it wasn’t) seemed endless.

“Ugh, you’re really stubborn for someone who doesn’t look it. Well then, let’s confirm with this.”

Saying that, Rami pulled out her student ID, received at the entrance ceremony that morning, from her ample bosom.

“Is that your student ID?”

“Y-you two have them too, right? I’m quite used to using these kinds of items. I tried things out during the ceremony and found some interesting functions~.”

“Rami-chan, the ceremony is still ongoing. The ceremony is still ongoing.”

“Hmph, from my perspective, not falling asleep was a great success. Well, the Principal’s speech was surprisingly funny, too.”

The warrior who had slept during the exam considered not sleeping during the entrance ceremony a miracle. Rami seemed to imply that.

“Anyway, that’s not the main point. Look, this student ID. If you channel your magic into it like this—”

As Rami channeled a small amount of magic, the information on the student ID changed like ripples on water.

__________________________________________________
Name: Rami Ryuuo
Entrance Exam Results (out of 100 successful candidates)
Written Exam: 100th place
Physical Aptitude: 1st place
Expressive Ability: 22nd place
Interview Exam: 89th place
Total Score: 47th place
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What appeared was Rami’s entrance exam results. The disparity between her written and physical scores was truly stark. No, it was too stark.

“Th-this is…!”

“Test scores, sort of? They haven’t explained how to use this student ID yet, but it seems I can check my ranking. Using this, won’t you two tell me your scores too? Since you’ve already passed, there’s no problem with showing each other, right? Come on, come on?”

Overwhelmed by Rami’s insistence, Rion and Dorothy eventually decided to try it.

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Name: Rion Celsius
Entrance Exam Results (out of 100 successful candidates)
Written Exam: 37th place
Physical Aptitude: 3rd place
Expressive Ability: 1st place
Interview Exam: 1st place
Total Score: 3rd place
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“Ooh! Ri-chan, super, u, genius!”

“I was surprised by Rami-san’s physical aptitude, but Rion-san is also amazing…! Or rather, you’re almost valedictorian!? Sh-should I call you Lion-sama from now on…?”

Rion politely declined Dorothy’s offer. Finally, it was Dorothy’s turn.

“Um, like this… And, is it?”

“Yep. So, what’s going to show up, what’s going to show up~?”

“Excited!”

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Name: Dorothy
Entrance Exam Results (out of 100 successful candidates)
Written Exam: 50th place
Physical Aptitude: 50th place
Expressive Ability: 50th place
Interview Exam: 50th place
Total Score: 50th place
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“………! ?”

“Ah, as expected, I was ranked lower than you two. I don’t have anything outstanding, and my grades are just like this… Ah, wait, are you two also…?”

Rion and Rami were speechless at the statistically improbable, miraculous ranking. Conversely, Rion and the others frankly thought that Dorothy was the most amazing.

On February 25th, “The Black Summoner” Volume 11 will be released.
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