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The man in the center, wearing the mask, came forward and Letheia suddenly had a minor flashback of that incident when she was nine at the sight of him.

'That man... he's one of people who saved me that night! I wonder which squad captain he is.' Letheia thought.

'And the other one is...' She scanned the line of captains before her eyes landed on a man with spiky black hair and was wearing a black robe. 'There!'

'And finally, that guy must be the Aqua Deers captain.' She thought as she caught sight of the robe that fairly resembled the one her father and Sir Robain described to her - except it was a different color. 'He does seem quite young. Didn't Sir Robain tell me before that he was only 19 years old?'

'Hopefully, at least one of them would choose me.'

"Candidates." The man with the mask spoke, breaking Letheia from her thoughts.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I will be conducting this exam." He announced before pulling out his grimoire.

"Magic Tree, descend!"

His grimoire flipped to the right page and glowed a brilliant green light, and then suddenly, gigantic roots started descending from the sky causing great gusts of wind to blow at the participants. The wind didn't phase her as much but she did make sure that the skirt of her dress didn't rise.

When the wind finally calmed, Letheia let go of her skirt and took the broomstick that was handed out to her by the roots.

The masked captain closed his grimoire before saying, "We will now begin the Magic Knights Entrance Exam."

Letheia's stomach was suddenly filled with butterflies and she smiled as giddiness took over her body. It was easy to see that she was getting more and more excited by the minute.

"We will now have you all take several tests. The nine of us will evaluate your performance, and then select the candidates that we would like to add to our squads. If chosen, you will join that squad. If you're chosen by more than one squad, you may choose the squad you would like to join. On the other hand, those who are not chosen by any captain are not qualified to join the Magic Knights."

Letheia wouldn't admit it but she felt a nervous spike at that last line.

"For the first exam, we will have you get on those brooms and fly."

Letheia looked down at her broom and smiled. 'Thank goodness for Ms. Hera teaching me how to fly in these.'

Ms. Hera was Letheia's teacher. She was basically the person in charge of her education until she came of age earlier that year.

After the masked captain explained how to do so, a Magic Knight behind him made a small demonstration.

"All right, begin."

Since she was wearing a dress, Letheia carefully sat on the broom with both of her legs on one side to avoid any accidents. After she was comfortable, it barely took her 3 seconds to get her feet off the ground.

Letheia smiled as she felt the cool afternoon air hit her face and started to weave around the other candidates at a leisurely pace, enjoying how free she felt at that moment.

It's finally her chance to fly.

But then, the moment was shattered when another candidate swept past her, reminding her that she was currently taking an exam.