Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 72

Chapter 72: The Student Council
“There’s only one method to enter the Primaria class, and that is by placing among the top thirty freshmen during the second part of the entrance exams… well, we might call it like that but I personally think that this is more of an induction or a welcome event for the new students of the academy, some sort of show that we know the older student would very much love to watch” the principal said with a smile on her face, her last words causing some giggling and laughing among the senior students who had already gone through all these.

“The exams are simple, first, a rapid elimination round and then a fair one on one fight between students, all of their strength is allowed, contracted beast, various magic and martial techniques, the only thing that the academy will forbid during these are pre-made serums and potions that a participant brought into a fight, but well, all of can bring the ingredients to them, and if you can concoct those potions you want to use in mid-fight, then you are very much welcome to drink that potion in front of your opponent’s face”

Hearing this, the senior students start laughing once again as they know that this is more likely than not, just another harmless joke from the principal herself, given that everyone among them knows that concocting potions, even just the simplest mana recovery or health recovery potions are something impossible to create without a peaceful environment at the very least.

‘Laughing again huh… I wonder how their faces would be if they saw those alchemists’ seeing the laughter of the senior students, Aria couldn’t help but reveal a wry smile on her face as despite her current standing in the school, whenever he told student about that, they would not even believe her in the slightest and shake it off with a laugh, the only reason why she keeps on reminding this every year being the fact that she wants to inspire some new students to possibly pull this off.

“Remember that most this is a single elimination tournament, meaning that once you are kicked out of the match, there’s no more chance for you, of course, unless there are only the last thirty students left” the white-haired principal reminded once she heard of the silence covering the entire auditorium once again.

“Now for the general flow of the event, there will be a rapid elimination round at the start, one where we will pit all the new students into an arena to survive there, anyone who was pushed or thrown out of the arena will be eliminated, this will continue until there are only one-hundred and twenty-eight students remaining in the arena, meaning almost half of you people will be eliminated before we can even start with the main one on one event” the white-haired, horned beauty finally ended her words about the second part of the entrance exams, deciding that it is time to move on from the subject of the rules of this event.

“Now, I know most of you will be wondering why do you even need to bother going into the Primaria class since ‘all academy students’ are treated equally, so even the resources divided among the seven classes are equal, and even if the division of that resources will be reduced by five, it doesn’t make any significant difference…” Aria smiled as the academy replica that she had created faded into the air as she turned a little bit more serious, her eyes looking around through each and every single one of the new students until she saw a familiar face.

“I suggest you people to not even think of holding back, because I myself spends my own money in order to double the resources of each Primaria class of each year of students, some might say that it’s preferential treatments but who cares? Can they face my great fist of justice?”

Having gone to great lengths just to improve the quality of the most talented ones among the students yet still facing backlash from the nobles since some ‘unworthy’ commoner students are getting into the Primaria class, the horned beauty couldn’t help but start letting her true nature out, something that the older Primaria class students already has an inkling of due to her personally teaching them every once in a while, making them have an idea of the sort of character this principal is, but not so much that they fully understand her just like the staff of the academy.

“So yeah, double the resources, your own personal lodging if you don’t want to share places with your roommates, as well as lectures from me every once in a while, I guess that sort of temptation will be more than enough to make all of you compete properly, right?”

After saying this, Aria then looks around once again, seeing the motivated expression on the faces of both commoners and nobles alike, no matter what place they come from, reminding her once again that despite the division between the living classes of people, in the end, they are still creatures vulnerable to emotions, especially temptation, no matter what lineage or race they might be.

“Alright students, enough about the exams, let’s talk about student governance, shall we? We personally think that this is another integral part of the academy, having some sort of hierarchy with leaders among the students, and me, along with the faculty who handpicked the leader of this group and checked each and every one of the members she added here, would like to proudly present to all of you the current student council” the principal steps back and fades away from the stage making one last show of her strength before she let the ones she introduced to take the stage away, those people appearing the moment that she disappears.

Taking their stride with confidence, some even with pride, eleven students each with varying colors of their uniform appear on the stage, four among them wearing the black uniform worn by all the fourth-year students, three of them wearing the red colored uniform of the third year, two wearing the blue colored second year uniform and the last two of them wearing the white uniform of the first years, one of them looking quite familiar to Diluc himself.

With the crowd staying silent, it got easier for the lady who appeared first among these students to take over the flow left behind by their principal, the seriousness on her face something that made the younger students wonder about what kind of person she is, while the ones who already knows her wonder just how is she able to do that kind of serious expression on her face.

“It’s a great day to meet all of you, fellow students, I am Kiara Van Hyperia, the current president of the student council, serving in this position for the second term now, and along with me, is the student council of this academic year, people whom I, as well as the academy’s faculty trust, given that they allow them to assume their current position” the lady said with a confidence filled gaze, her appearance making it all the more compelling for the students in their seats to listen to her words.

After all, with her natural charisma that seems to be born to be a leader, others just couldn’t help themselves from listening to her melodious, yet powerful voice, not to mention paired with the rumor about her appeal, which can be found to be true given the figure she has despite the cover that the issued uniform of the academy can provide.

Her face is something of a divine grace as well, paling just a level in comparison to the elven beauty, Alea, that Diluc previously met, the long black hair that doesn’t seem to be too outstanding in terms of its ability to pull other’s gazes into it, the face that is more than enough to compensate for this given her appearance is something that has the ability to make almost all people turn their head toward her.

But the most noticeable feature of this lady is her black-colored pupils that seem normal at first glance, but once an observer takes their time looking into it, they will find out that it is anything but normal given that starlight glow hidden deep underneath her charismatic gaze.

“Now allow the other people in my group to introduce themselves to all of you, and once again, the name is Kiara Van Hyperia, but all of you can just call me Senior Sister Kiara or something along that line, pleased to make acquaintance of all of you” the student council president said with a smile on her face causing some of the older student to just sigh in their seat, whether it is relief, admiration or some other things the ones who heard it doesn’t know, all they know is that the reason for that sigh is definitely the smile that comes out of the student council president.