I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 89

089 Final Exams

“Noblesse Oblige” is a school story.

Just like how the school trip was part of it, of course, there are final exams too.

The subjects include magic studies, history, monster studies, martial arts and swordsmanship, and linguistics—quite a wide range.

Personally, I like swordsmanship the most. To put it simply, we learn where to aim accurately, which body parts are the most effective to target, and even the fighting styles used by great warriors in the past.

Magic studies, on the other hand, require memorizing a lot of information. It’s a popular subject, but it’s also very difficult.

Chloe is usually in charge of teaching, but if your test scores are bad, your points drop a lot, and you can even get expelled.

There is no repeating a grade in Noblesse. That’s why everyone studies desperately. And now, the final exams were approaching.

Even Duke, who usually only thinks about muscles, was struggling with studying.

Actually, the whole classroom was like that.

“Alan, is this the right spell formula?”

“This is folk magic from the Western Miya tribe, so I don’t think it’s right.”

“No way…”

“No, Alan, that one belongs to the Ribito tribe.”

Among us, Shari was always getting high scores, so she acted as a supervisor for both of them.

Honestly, if they had studied regularly, they wouldn’t be struggling now.

“…Cynthia, what was the Gilao Declaration of the Andas Kingdom a hundred years ago?”

“It was a war treaty. They agreed to stay out of each other’s affairs.”

“I see…”

“Weiss, the Wodangan War of the Andas Kingdom will probably be on the test!”

“What’s with that fish-like name…?”

Actually, I was in the same boat.

Lately, I had been too busy with other things, and my studying had suffered.

Failing the test wouldn’t affect my points much, but I had my pride in always being at the top.

I didn’t want to drop my rank now.

Well, part of my problem was also the lack of motivation to memorize historical events that weren’t even in the original story…

At that moment, Duke suddenly stood up, scratching his head, as if he had a great idea.

He clapped his hands and shouted, “That’s it!”

Then, with a big grin, he walked over to me.

“Weiss, let’s have a study camp! It’ll be way faster if we all do it together!”

Ah, this muscle-head…

But just for today, I’ll give him some credit.

“Yes, yes, exactly! Weiss-kun, you’re so amazing, a genius!”

“Ah, thank you… Eleanor-senpai…”

At Noblesse Academy’s study room.

There were large tables and chairs. The strongest sisters were teaching us.

The students were me, Cynthia, Lilith, Alan, Shari, and Duke.

“No, think about it with your muscles. For example, imagine it as your biceps.”

“I see! That means the answer is 24042! As expected from you, Sierra-senpai!”

And so, a strange muscle-based study method had begun.

I knew Sierra was smart, but I never expected Duke to solve problems so easily.

Even Shari was shocked, muttering, “I can’t believe that worked…”

At least this meant she could focus entirely on helping Alan now.

“Lilith, that’s wrong.”

“Ah, I got it!”

Cynthia was teaching Lilith about magic pharmacology. The study camp was turning out to be better than expected.

By the way, despite the name, we weren’t actually staying overnight.

The reason the strongest sisters were here was that Cynthia had asked them when we ran into them by chance.

The Witch sisters were top-ranked students. The Four Noblesse weren’t just about strength.

“If it’s for our juniors, I guess we have no choice.”

“Sure~.”

They both agreed surprisingly easily. Honestly, I was shocked at how kind they were.

And right beside me, Eleanor was personally tutoring me.

She smelled like flowers, as if she was wearing perfume, and I had to focus on the questions to avoid getting distracted by the… view.

She was also an excellent teacher. Even though I wasn’t motivated at first, I found it easy to absorb what she taught.

I was slightly worried Cynthia might get mad, but so far, it was fine.

“Yes, yes, Weiss-kun, you’re really smart!”

Did she think I was her nephew or something?

Her relaxed way of speaking and soft voice were a serious challenge for me.

To be fair, Eleanor was a very popular character in the original story.

Even at Noblesse, despite having a dark attribute, she had a lot of fans.

Except for the part where people avoided her out of fear of making her angry.

Still, I was uneasy.

Eleanor was one thing, but why was Sierra doing all this for free?

Sure, it was normal for seniors to help juniors, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was another reason.

She hadn’t even taught me about her trump cards yet, so I was nervous.

But despite my worries, studying was going well.

We changed partners occasionally to cover different weak points.

“Weiss, you got the east and west mixed up.”

“Got it.”

At some point, they had started calling me “Weiss.” Well, that was fine.

I listened to their adWeiss, and eventually, our study camp (sort of) came to an end.

As we left, we thanked our seniors and returned to our rooms.

Of course, I also thanked Cynthia.

“Thanks. I think I’ll be okay now.”

“Hehe, I’m glad to hear that. But… don’t get too close to them.”

“Okay.”

“Just kidding.”

Cynthia smiled playfully as she said that, and at that moment, she looked more beautiful than usual.

The study camp continued the next day and the day after that.

The final exams were split into two parts.

And then, the big day arrived.

The written exam had begun.

“…Wow.”

As I read the test questions, I was surprised.

Almost everything the strongest sisters had taught us was on the test.

As expected from upperclassmen.

“It’s the biceps, obviously.”

But Duke’s muttering was a little scary. He didn’t actually write that as an answer, did he?

Thankfully, my worries were unnecessary.

We all scored high. I placed at the top, along with Shari, Cecil, Cynthia, and Karta.

“Impressive as always, Weiss.”

“Yeah, but this time, it’s all thanks to the seniors.”

“No, it’s the result of your hard work!”

Since there was some time before the second half of the exams, we decided to get them a thank-you gift.

After a long debate, we finally chose…

“Big Sis, you look so cute…”

“…Eleanor is cute, but am I really…?”

Since they liked relaxing in their rooms, we got them matching loungewear.

The design was way too cute—covered in little bears—but Shari and Lilith insisted.

Well, it did suit them.

Even though their height difference was crazy.

“Well, thanks, juniors.”

“Thanks~ I’ll wear it carefully~.”

And so, the first half of the finals ended.

Now, only the second half remained.

To be honest, in Noblesse, this was the real deal.

It was different from before—we had to be fully prepared.

As I walked down the hallway, Eleanor spotted me and ran over.

She looked really happy.

“There you are!”

Huh? What?

“I wanted to tell you something.”

Her cheeks were slightly red… Was it because she had run here?

“What is it?”

“…Really, thank you. My sister has been so happy lately.”

“Sierra-senpai?”

“Yeah. We’re always talked about, but because we stand out, not many people approach us. Well, partly my fault too… But Weiss-kun, you don’t hesitate to talk to my sister. And she seems happy about that.”

Well, in the original story, they were definitely treated as outliers.

No one would ever challenge them.

But if she’s happy, that’s a good thing.

“That’s good to hear. I want to surpass her, after all.”

“Hehe, and actually, the reason my sister helped with studying… was because you were there.”

“…Me?”

“Yeah. And you know what…”

She leaned close to my ear and whispered:

“I think my sister likes you.”

“…Huh?”

“That’s all. Thanks again!”