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-The Next Day-
The First Years sat through yet another Combat Magic class. One that was spent with Cynthia Kragsten going over various battle simulations in preparation for the Mid-Semester Tests.
And on that note, she announced,
"They begin next week."
"What?" Marcus Arognite said with a surprised expression that the rest of the class shared.
"The Mid-Semester Tests," Cynthia said, "They begin Next week. Well, actually, they start and end next week.
You'll be having Written Tests—or practical tests for the subjects that require it—from the first to the last day of the week.
However, that schedule does not apply to the Tests for Combat Magic, Study of Magical Beasts, and… Mage-Knight Training. Those will take place on the first day of the weekend."
"Professor, no one told us any of this," Marcus said then.
Cynthia looked taken aback but anyone with even an inkling of perceptive ability would be able to see the sarcasm in her expression and her tone when she said,
