Wistoria: Wand and Sword (杖と剣のウィストリア)

7,200 credits.

You need to collect that amount from the 12,000 credits offered by the Academy.

That is an absolute requirement for anyone dreaming of being a Magia Vander to advance.

Crims Serbe.

Stier Viola.

Sion Ulster and Colette Loire. You both pass.

Hey, what are you doing?

You're trying to punch it, even though you're a student of the Academy?

Use your wand!

Let alone using magic, he can't even get a dent on a golem.

As expected of a Learner. The eternal spellwork flunkee.

Sagius Leo.

Zephros Claw.

Lihanna Owenzaus...

...and Wignall Lindor.

You both pass.

Freeze.

Damn you, Julius.

He even took our golems.

Julius Reinberg, you pass.

Both of you don't seem to be slacking.

There's no reason to.

Since the banquet is upon us.

Lihanna, Wignall.

Let me declare war on you two first.

I will use my newly mastered "trump card" to beat you.

Treat it as a glove.

I'm looking forward to it, Julius.

Wow!

As expected of the top three.

Miss Perfect and Wignall the Elf.

Including Julius, they're the only three students with more than 10,000 credits.

Some think the number of credits you earn is a reflection of your abilities.

Let alone advancing to the Upper Institute,

I don't even have enough credits to graduate.

And this is my last year here.

You're in my way, Flunkee.

Stay out of my sight.

Sorry, Julius.

Another easy pass. As expected of the top three.

I'm sure you'll get scouted at the Grand Magic Festival.

I see. It is that time already.

Are you afraid of opening your eyes again?

Do you hate being like a stranger to yourself?

Even if you realize you have no talent

Does that become a pretext to keep running away?

To respond to the screams echoing within

Who is there to answer them?

At least, in the few moments of your life

I want you to be an honest actor

What if today is that day?

Are you afraid of opening your eyes again?

Do you hate being like a stranger to yourself?

But you've realized, haven't you? Your body can't stop moving

"If I think of you, who I can't bear to lose, my fears seem trivial."

Even if I expose my life and sing

In time, you will understand

Will it end here?

You wouldn't want that, would you?

Your only hope is to get scouted at the Grand Magic Festival!

Huh?

Trying to advance with just credits from writing and praxis is not realistic.

There were cases of students getting scouted without earning 7,200 credits.

Well, that's true.

Everyone's thinking about that during the Grand Magic Festival season.

The Grand Magic Festival.

A big event is held once every two years at Rigarden Magical Academy.

It holds several contests,

and draws in High Mages from the Tower, hoping to scout promising talents.

Listen, Will.

The Festival is a place for different factions to fight over the best students.

You can even say this is where admission to the Upper Institute gets decided.

So, hear this. Thorzeus Fasce the Thunder Faction,

Elleaf Canaan the Elf Faction,

Incindia Barham the Fire Faction,

and Albis Vina the Ice Faction,

those major factions are led by the current Magia Vanders, excluding Masterias Noah.

If any of those factions choose you, you're guaranteed a place in the Tower.

There's no way they just ignore the graduation requirements and choose me.

Or I'd have to do some amazing magic to put the High Mages to shame.

But there are other ways.

I've heard rumors that Watchers will come to look for talented students.

Watchers? Aren't they just one of seven school mysteries?

A no-talent like me has no place to be in the Festival.

I'll be behind the scenes again this year.

Helping with preparations.

But if you enter this year, I think you could change how people think of you.

Thanks for your concern, Colette.

But if I enter, it'll end up being an athletic contest.

Remember that time in the second year? That was bad.

- Hey, that's cheating! - Throw him out!

- Go home! - You're in the way!

Get lost!

The 50th Grand Magic Festival, the most awful festival.

Well, that was indeed...

I got a bad reputation because of that.

I still haven't gotten over it.

Magecraft.

The other one is Summon Guardian.

It feels like the festival is near.

Yeah.

Besides Rigarden, there will be a lot of scouts coming from the Capital.

Even if you can't go to the Tower,

there's still the possibility of taking another career.

The Grand Magic Festival is a great place to showcase yourself, isn't it?

That's why you have to show them about yourself, too!

No way I can. In the first place, I can't even use magic.

Colette? What's wrong?

It's well hidden, but there's a barrier here.

Huh? Not a lock spell?

It's obstructing the view and soundproofed.

I could break it with magic, but...

Kiki.

Can you do it?

You did it!

Way to go, Kiki!

Hidden stairs?

I can hear voices there. Let's check it out.

Let's predict the winner of each contest in the Grand Magic Festival!

Make your bets!

Three hundred for Julius!

Five hundred for Wignall!

Eight hundred for Lihanna!

Backroom gambling?

I can't believe it.

Just because the teachers wouldn't go near the students' locker room,

they dare to do this.

Huh? Sion?!

Flunkee?

Why are you here?!

We just happened to find this room.

More than that, don't be so violent, Sion.

If you harm Will again for no reason, I will seriously get angry.

Well...

What are you doing here, Sion?

You don't seem here to join the betting.

Nothing to do with you.

Right! He isn't here because he cares about the betting odds.

Yeah. It's not like he's worried that Lihanna and others are ahead of him.

There's no way Sion is worried about that, right?

There's no way he's here because he feels left out by the top three.

Be quiet, you two!

Sorry, Sion.

Oh my, so you are aware of Lihanna, Wignal, and Julius?

You are a boy too, after all.