Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

[{ *She looks emotional.* }]

'She deserves that happiness. She worked hard for it.'

She was on the stage, and though she was facing all of us with those crying gray eyes of hers, there was a certain kind of joy in her eyes.

-Wooooooooooooooooh!

The other students, her class mates and house mates were all cheering for her and it since it was the first time in this year that someone was being praised like this, the other students were looking at her with admiration and a unique kind of respect.

'She was alredy loved by many, but now, after achieving the rank of a Master and winning the competition, her popularity had increased even more.'

She was good, and she looked happy.

Though, I knew what she was going to do now that she had the chance to address the rest of her batch.

{ "Thank you, headmaster… everyone." }

She received a special gift from the headmaster for her achievement though no one knew what it actually was.

And along with it, she also received the chance to speak to the rest of the students from the place only the headmasters had ever spoke, until now.

{ "However… I don't think I am the only one that deserves all that praise and support." }

She had been looking at me, not in my general direction, but directly at me.

{ "If it weren't for the one that taught me everything that allowed me to win the competition, that allowed me the opportunity to earn the prestigious title of a master Alchemist, I don't think I would have been standing here today." }

She wasn't the only one that I taught all those things, even Rein knew all the knowledge that she did, perhaps even more than Miss Mia did.

There was no way just possessing better knowledge than others could allow someone to win the grand alchemy competition with people that possessed more knowledge than even I did right now.

'There were some hundreds of year old individuals in the competition and they had more practical knowledge than I would have anytime soon.

They were smart and they knew how the dedicated life to their own art felt like.

They knew how to do what they did the best and there was a reason they were one of the best of their fields.

'There was a good chance she would have lost even after having more knowledge than she did at that time.'

But she won, and not with some highly advanced potion, or some golem, or something that was unexpectedly amazing.

She created her theory, and though there was a chance it could be wrong, there were more chances that it would be used in various different fields for certain.

'It wasn't just limited to the field of alchemy anymore.'

There were many different powers that wanted to use that theory and as the backer of Miss Mia, I was the first person that was given the opportunity to select the ones that could use that theory.

'But the candidates that would 'help' me prove that theory were already decided.'

We just needed to gather all the required materials and find the proper place with the most appropriate environment, and the headmaster was already taking care of those things.

She was going to become a famous figure throughout this world even before she graduates from the academy.

{ "I want to dedicate all the fame I have received for this victory, all the glory, all the love from the others, all that is attached to it… if it weren't for my Vice Captain Lucifer that considered us, considered me worthy enough to receive that knowledge, I know for certain I would not have had any of this." }

She had a warm expression while her eyes were filled with gratitude.

'We haven't had any chance to talk about the things that happened to them in the Lakmer since this was our first meeting since we came back.'

There were many things that we needed to talk about, many things that she wanted to tell me and many things that she had to express. But, I know it would be a fun chat.

{ "Thank you… Vice captain. For everything." }

She bowed her head as deeply as she could from that podium. She even hit her head in the process, and made many of the students chuckle.

[{ *She has certainly grown up since the first time. She expresses more now.* }]

'Well, anyone would change after going through such an experience. She changed for better, and that is a good thing.'

I knew just how devastated she was after all that happened in Lakmer. I was there with her, though she did not know that.

'She stayed strong in that time, did not express much of what she was going through since there were others that needed her.'

She had to act stronger even though she was nothing special compared to the others. But she did well.

'Thanks to her, we were able to look after the other students better and things were a little better.'

She was a good person, and even as she walked back up towards her place, she did not ignore the students that were talking bad about how she was giving all credit to her vice captain.

They already knew what we had done to prepare them, the fight that we put up against the other competitors during the competition, and how we weren't exactly going to win in that last round.

They never saw us after they had departed from here since our work ended as soon as they left, so, there was mixed opinion about Rein and me among the students.

Though, since everyone was still bust dealing with what had happened in the Lakmer, they didn't really have any time to think about some low standing captain and vice captain that they have so little interaction with.

{ "Alright then, so… let us move on to the house point distribution. Ah, and just for my own convenience, let me give you all a little present." }

-Snap!

-Ooooooooooong.

He snapped his finger, and the scores on the scoreboard suddenly changed completely.

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True dragons: 600 Pt.

Fascinated mages: 600 Pt.

Fusion stardust: 600 Pt.

Wisdom phoenix: 600 Pt.

Dark society: 600 Pt.

Aqua mirror: 600 Pt.

Turtle defenders: 600 Pt.

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{ " The little Turtles did unexpectedly well in the competition, and their performance was pretty good. Though, the way they were driven with not passion but fear upsets me." }

He set every single houses' scores the same, which was a dirty move.

{ "Dark society were more admirable than anyone else, while True dragons did not live up to their Noble standards." }

Everyone were stunned when they saw these changes, especially us house captains.

This was completely absurd from our point of view.

{ "Fascinated images could not show all that they were capable of, while Fusion stardust fell behind on points that they could have overcome if they had tried just a little harder." }

He was either playing with all of us or he wanted to increase the competition between the houses many times more than what it already was.

'Or he had completely gone insane after working his head off.'

There was no other explanation why he would equalise all the scores with that kind of lame excuse.

{ "Wisdom Phoenix performed unfathomably well, however, if I have to be blunt, the team could not keep up with the momentum of their leader.

They could have performed much better in the situations that actually required their individual contributions while even after having lacking resources than the others, as well as less potent understanding of the system, they performed better than any of the Teams." }

He was definitely playing some tricks to justify his actions that were going to follow up after that little crazy speech of his… but I'm not buying his crap.

[{ "He keeps giving me reasons to hate him." }]

Rein wanted to go down and punch him… I even had to grab her hand to calm her down, but Quin already knew something was wrong with her dear friend.

{ "All of you did pretty well and since I wasn't there to watch you all by myself, I don't think I can judge you for the performance you showed, based on experiences you had. But I know the preparations you made for it, and I read the reports from your teachers, so, I know what you did and what you could have done better." }

The point distribution wasn't going to be anything simple, all of us could see that much already.

And since he was personally doing the distribution, there was a good chance of unforeseen things happening.

{ "And based on that, after the thorough calculations that I'll just put up on General notice, the last results would look something like this." }

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Wisdom phoenix: 9966 Pt.

Dark society: 8200 Pt.

Turtle defenders: 7490 Pt.

True dragons: 6990 Pt.

Aqua mirror: 5678 Pt.

Fascinated mages: 4806 Pt.

Fusion stardust: 4390 Pt.

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{ "The scores might look absurd to you, perhaps biased and one sided. And perhaps some of you might want to come and punch me in the face, but, when you go through the reason for each point that was granted to each house or the member of that house, you will understand why this scoreboard looks so absurd.

Ah, and I must tell you that it is after a good five hundred and thirty one years that a batch had managed to enter four digits after only one event.

It's an achievement in itself, so, cheer up.

And have a good day." }

And just like that… that headmaster of ours vanished from the stage, leaving not only us students, but also the teachers and our vice headmaster stunned.

Some of them even had their mouths left open, President Zodiac, Cradle and the few of us being someof them…