THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 54: Midterm Exam

"By the way, have you guys prepared anything for the midterm exam?" While the three of them were enjoying their Tom Yum together, Lucian suddenly spoke up.

"Yeah." Ash replied nonchalantly.

After all, as a player of False Horizon, Ash already knew what the midterm exam would be, so he had plenty of time to prepare for it.

However, it seemed that Canis was a little different.

When he heard Lucian’s words, Dragon Slayer was so shocked that he almost coughed up his Tom Yum.

Noticing this strange reaction, Ash and Lucian couldn’t help but pay attention to him.

"...You haven’t prepared anything, right?"

"..." Canis didn’t say anything, but his expression said it all.

As a matter of course, Ash and Lucian sighed almost at the same time.

Dragon Slayer could be considered a character with great power, even when he was just a first year student, his power had already surpassed many people of the same age.

It was thanks to that that he received a scholarship to Awakened Academy.

However, there was a problem, Canis was... extremely stupid, stupid to the point of being unimaginable.

He was so unintelligent that anyone who looked at his grades in class would exclaim:

"So stupid..."

And because this was an extremely important test, all students would be forced to be good at both theory and practice.

A student who was good at all aspects like that was exactly what the Academy was looking for. And of course, anyone who was not like that would have to study in a lower Class.

For example, Canis was currently in Class A, so if he failed the theory test, he would be forced to move down to Class C.

Ash and Lucian looked at each other, silently discussing their plans.

And then, they came to a decision.

Almost simultaneously, the two of them stood up and approached Canis, who was still clueless about what the hell had just happened.

Without hesitation, Ash and Lucian immediately grabbed Dragon Slayer by the collar, dragging him to the Academy’s library.

Preparing to cram all the necessary knowledge into his brain.

***

"Alright Canis, all of this is yours, study it all." With a gentle yet sinister smile, Ash placed a stack of books that was at least 1 meter thick on the table.

Dragon Slayer stared at the pile of books in fear. Yes, he absolutely hated studying, but Ash didn’t know the reason for this.

Even the game developer didn’t explain his personality.

Dragon Slayer immediately stood up and ran away, but before he could do anything, Lucian grabbed the hem of his shirt and forced him to sit down on the chair.

"Don’t run."

"B-But... I don’t like studying... Can we do something else?" Canis looked at the two of them with pleading eyes.

But of course, it couldn’t affect Ash and Lucian. They kept a cold face, opened a book, and placed it in front of Canis.

"Study all of this, or you’ll see what I can do." Ash threatened with a holy smile.

He looked like a demon in human form right now.

"A-Alright..." Canis flinched, forced to bury his head in his studies.

After making sure that Canis would never dare to run away without permission or after finishing his works, Ash could calmly turn to Lucian.

"Hey, let’s go train."

"Okay." Lucian didn’t ask anything and just silently followed Ash to the arena.

***

According to what he remembered, the content of the upcoming exam was to survive on a deserted island for 10 days, a place where there were many Abyssal Creatures and their highest Rank was Demon.

That place, of course, had been checked beforehand.

Furthermore, after the recent incident, Modric "Genius" Voidveil had sent many soldiers from the Royal Family to patrol that island for a week straight.

And after confirming that there were no problems on that island, he finally allowed the Academy to hold the test there.

However, in the game, there would be an unexpected incident that happened during that test.

On the 7th day, an Unholy Wraith would suddenly appear.

But whether it would still appear even after the Royal Family had investigated the entire island, Ash had no way of knowing.

So, during this time, he did everything he could to become stronger, strong enough to confront an Unholy Wraith.

One of the ways Ash used to become stronger was to spar with Lucian - one of the strongest first-year students.

Before the battle began, Ash had to take a moment to stretch, and then, he instantly gripped the wooden sword used for training, looking at his opponent with sharp eyes.

Ash was extremely serious, he was always serious in training like this because it would actually affect his life.

Meanwhile, Lucian just yawned tiredly, not bothering to hold his sword firmly in his hand, not considering Ash as a formidable opponent at all.

"Alright Lucian, I’ll charge forward."

"Do whatever you want, I will still beat you anyways."

The next moment, Ash used all of his strength, even his speed, to charge towards Lucian.

After many training sessions, he had definitely become much stronger, but... Ash was still no match for Lucian.

With just a light swing of his sword, he successfully sent Ash flying backwards. Worse yet, Lucian didn’t even need to move.

But with his great fighting spirit and the achievements he had made over the past few months, Ash was still able to continue fighting.

He continued to charge towards Lucian, continuously giving him slashes that were filled with all his strength as if he wanted to cut through a sturdy rock.

The sound of the two wooden swords clashing echoed throughout the arena, and it was getting more and more intense.

However, just like always, Lucian was still able to overwhelmingly defeat him.

Ash couldn’t even hit his body once.

"Tch." Ash stood up from the ground, brushing off the dust on his uniform.

"You lost to me again, Ash." Lucian sneered.

"...Alright, whatever. That’s it for today, I’m going back to the library." Ash took the wooden sword and left the arena.

Meanwhile, Lucian sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the sky with no intention of leaving.

He didn’t want to leave yet.

But then, a sudden cracking sound rang out next to him.

"Oh, look what we have here."

With a slightly surprised smile, Lucian looked at his wooden sword that had broken in half.

It seemed that after much effort, Ash had finally reached the level where he could cut Lucian’s wooden sword in half.

"Maybe next time I’ll have to fight him seriously."

Lucian quickly stood up, took the broken wooden sword and left the arena.

They only had 2 weeks left until the midterm exams started.