The Tales of Draconic Warlock

After defeating that turd, I returned to my quarters. I don't need to be there to know about the results of other matches. They are not useful at this point. If it was a competition where we have to fight till only one of the students stands, then I would say it's useful to observe others in order to prepare for the next round clash, but there is no need.

Since my exam is over, I decided to go back instead of wasting time here anymore. It's almost noon and I am hungry. So I ordered food on my way back to my quarters.

I ordered Tier-3 Sheep monster meat for the day. It was very tasty and also the best that I can buy with the pitiful amount of points that I have.

It was not me trying to cover up my strength or anything like that. The points that I can gain from the dungeons are pitifully low as those dungeons are only useful for the first years. The monsters are lower rank and the quantity of monsters would also be low in these dungeons.

If there are more monsters, even if their rank is not high, they can dry out the energy of the person and kill them in the end. This was not something that the academy wanted.

The academy knows that they can't protect the students 24X7 and that they need to know what the world is really like but it doesn't need to be done in year one.

The academy is after all established to strengthen the nation not just in quality but also in quantity.

The first-year students are still kids and there is no reason to put the burdens of the world on our shoulders at this point. There are many old guys who can hold the sky so that we who are still at the sprout stage can grow into sturdy trees.

So the academy doesn't allow students to go through high-level dungeons, which would give a lot of points in return. This was a negative for me.

The lower-quality foods are losing their effect on my physique. The attributes that I am gaining are becoming lesser and lesser in number. To make the best use of my physique, I have to eat high-quality food, which I can't do as lack the points to buy them.

Well, I can buy a few times, if I count all the points that I spent in these five months but after buying a few times, my pocket would be empty. Also, it can only be accomplished if I starve myself for weeks, which is not good.

The more I train, the more I need to eat food. I can't eat simple food and continue training either. One thing has to be sacrificed and I believe that postponing the high-quality food is best and continue eating as I did before.

So the best food I could afford was Tier-3 monster meat, and that too not every day. Today is the last day here and for a month, those points are worthless for me. So it was best to spend them now, instead of waiting till next month when I have to return.

I can buy some food and bring it with me, sufficient for the first few days after the holiday break. So I decided to use up all the points today, both for lunch and dinner later, only leaving some for breakfast for the next morning.

The lunch was delicious.

The results will be declared at midnight. So I have to stay today and can leave early in the morning.

There is still half a day, which would be best used for training and that's what I did. There is still half a day and wasting it is not a good thing. After I return home, I am sure that I can't spend this much time in training alone.

My parents, especially my mother would love to spend time with me, because these holidays are all that she would get from before long it would become a few day visits.

When my siblings were in the academy, she still had me but now, she has no child at home. She should be feeling lonely and that was a fact that I could feel clearly in her voice, every time I spoke with her. So I decided I make the best use of today and when at home, I can spend a lot more time with my mother and if possible my father.

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Midnight...

Ding!

Ah, a notification on the school website. It seems the results are out.

I opened the list the academy published on the website.

The result was obvious. I ranked first in the exam.

It was a foregone conclusion. Though I don't know how they rated my duel, still I won that match without getting hit by the opponent's attack, not even a single time.

Though it may have appeared to the teachers that I was playing my opponent, they should also estimate my battle experience. Coupled with my Status, that I let them see they should have estimated that I deserve the top spot, no matter what.

The dungeon points that I gained should have made it easier for me to gain the first spot. There is no way that others could have gained that spot, no matter what.

Ah, let's sleep for now. I have to travel and using the teleportation circle is not a fun activity. My body needs to be in good condition so that I won't throw up when I return home and be embarrassed in front of the family. That would be bad for life.

It was okay if you were embarrassed in front of strangers, as long as you wouldn't see them again in your life and they were not famous.

The family though is a bit complicated. It's not just family. If I embarrass myself in Winter City, it would affect not just me but also my parents. So proper rest for the body, so that my body would be in optimum condition and not be affected by the space tunnel.