I Became a Flashing Genius at the Magic Academy [158-362][English Translation]

Episode 273 Chapter 52: Practical Training (3)

Practical Training (3)

There were many words to describe Flame.

Excellent grades, outstanding appearance.

Good conduct, exceptional physical strength.

Truly a perfect all-rounder.

But even she had a critical weakness: cooperative activities.

Due to the nature of group projects where team members divide roles and each person handles their assigned tasks, it was generally enough to just do one's part adequately. But for Flame, this was inherently impossible.

It's not that Flame, who had already built extensive networks with first-year, second-year, and even third-year students, had any issues with human relationships.

It was simply because she had already experienced college life once while living on Earth, leading her to have a habit of handling everything alone.

At one time, she had been criticized for "not trusting her teammates," but now, being in the same group as Flame meant an assured A+ for the project, so she was quite welcomed in many ways.

"...Cadet Flame. Are you planning to tackle monster hunting alone?"

"Yes. Is that not allowed? If it's not, make it possible."

"Well, it's not that..."

Flame, being an ace student, stood out even in this place where students from Class A and Class S applied for missions, leading some Class A students to invite her to join their groups.

Why all of them were male, can't say, but Flame turned down all the invitations and eventually submitted a solo mission application.

Though she could cooperate if she wanted to, the reason she didn't was simply for the points.

These 'practical mission' classes had a high impact on grades, so instead of doing mediocre cooperative activities, she aimed to score points by defeating high-rank monsters alone.

"Well, it's not that you can't, but... the school knows Flame cadet has reached 4-Class, right? But you haven't officially been granted 4-Class certification yet."

"That's correct."

"So, the level of monsters you can challenge will be significantly lower."

"Hm, lower levels mean it'll be easier, right? I'll just beat them quickly."

"Well... Alright, so you want a high-level monster? Shall I pick the most difficult monster you can challenge alone?"

"I would appreciate that."

But the assistant flipping through the mission directives scratched his head, seemingly unsatisfied with the available missions.

"There aren't any solo missions challenging enough. The difficult monsters have already been taken by groups of three or four students, and even then, they are only 3-Risk."

"Then, is there nothing?"

"Well..."

The assistant showed Flame the mission directives.

[2-Risk Mini Melevit Cleanup]

[1-Risk Caire Tribe Remnants Cleanup]

[2-Risk Monster Bear Hunting]

[2-Risk Steel Cockroach Cleanup]

All of them involved hunting 2-Risk monsters or defeating low-level monsters in large numbers.

Such missions were tedious and not challenging enough to earn high scores.

To earn high scores, one had to defeat 3-Risk or higher monsters through cooperation, which was impossible to do alone.