The Reincarnators
chapter 16: the holidays

the morning had arrived at the hexion capital, after kazuto made breakfast for himself and leon, kazuto went to ren's house to tell him what happened on his exam.

"kazuto oi," said Katia who met and greeted kazuto in the middle of the road in a casual dress.

"katia, have you been waiting here since, ?" tanya kazuto who got the answer from Katia's tummy voice that was rumbling.

"a-a-ah i-i-this is not s-like that," said Katia who hid her face by covering it with both hands.

"wait a minute, yes," said Kazuto, who went to a restaurant and ordered some sandwiches to Katia, "it's still not time for our meeting with ren, so do you want to help me spend it" said Kazuto, who then took Katia to a park and ate the bread together.

"aaahhhh, better," said Katia who had eaten her bread while holding her already filled stomach, which was then visited by a kazuto who brought cold juice for them to drink.

"this, drink it," said kazuto who handed it to katia.

"hm, thank you kazuto," said Katia who happily accepted the drink that kazuto offered her, ignoring the gazes they had gotten from some people.

"so why, ?" ask kazuto.

"a-what do you mean," said Katia who pretended not to know.

"that we've been friends for a few years, I know that there must be something going on if you do something like not having breakfast at home," kazuto said that made Katia surprised by how understanding kazuto was about her, it made her blush with embarrassment that made her cover her face.

"yes, you know I'm just a little tired of what happened a while ago in my house" said Katia, recalling the troublesome events that happened at her home.

"don't tell me if Redith did anything stupid again, ?" asked Kazuto who felt if there was a problem then redith might be the cause, after he lost to kazuto his attitude changed to be calmer and he became more friendly, more friendly, but still he had his bad attitude when every time kazuto visited the elinstein residence he challenged kazuto when he met him, but even so he was still a good person.

"not that, my father will go to the battlefield" said Katia who showed a serious face.

"war you say, with what army, ?" asked the surprised kazuto.

"with an army of demons" said Katia.

"so you said that the devil will come back to attack us" said Kazuto, who received a nod from Katia.

"this may also be why the demand to kill monsters is becoming more and more" Katia said.

"right, I met them some time ago and they are in pretty bad shape" said Kazuto, who confirmed Katia's words.

"then what does your father think of this, ?" ask kazuto.

"i don't know, but I did hear before I left if they were going to do a ritual to summon heroes" Katia said.

"hero you said," said Kazuto who was surprised by the information he got.

"really, they would perform rituals to summon heroes, it's just that they needed a lot of time to prepare for it" Katia said.

"yup, let's go quickly to ren's place, I'm sure he's definitely waiting," explained Katia with her chuckling face impatient to see ren's annoyed face.

"wait, what lest he not have breakfast just to upset ren," muttered kazuto who was walking beside katia then went towards ren's house.

"oi y'all I've been waiting for more than 1 hour you know," cried ren who was upset with his two friends for being late for 1 hour from the time they had set.

"sorry ren, but we have a little problem when on the way," said kazuto who expects ren to calm down.

"alright, please come in," said ren who brought kazuto and kati towards the living room to have their discussion.

"so what exactly happened to you until you got that much wound, ?" asked ren who pointed to Kazuto's body that was still bandaged.

"i think I should explain it, yes" said Kazuto, who started explaining what happened after they split, then he who took 2 tests, namely the magic number test and the battle test, which was a test, and how he got all out by rank A adventurers, until he managed to get a chance and attack him made kazuto manage to defeat him.

"wow, and I thought our exams were difficult, but yours is more terrible than ours" said Ren, who recalled his absolutely boring written test.

"that's right, did no one tell you what kind of test it was for you, Kazuto, ?" ask katia to kazuto.

"no one told me, yes it doesn't matter anymore, after all I graduated and got first place" said Kazuto who breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed on the sofa at ren's house.

"yes, just try if you're there, a lot of people are surprised if you get first place instead of astra" said Ren, recalling how astra asked the principal about the person who beat him.

"he is the son of one of the nobles in this kingdom, astra winddum, he is known as a genius for his ability to control wind magic" Katia said, explaining astra's profile to kazuto.

"after all what did you do after your fight against that man, anyway, ?" asked ren who was curious about what kazuto did after his fight.

"oh, I rested all the time in the school pharmacy room, when I was told by the headmaster if I passed their exams, and was accepted into the hexion academy where it was during the admission ceremony for new students, I will be appointed as the representative of the disciples to recite the speech," Kazuto said to the others, and breathing heavily if everything from now on would become even more troublesome.

"hm, yes you should be prepared to make your speech kazuto text, don't worry we will take the front place to support you" Katia said.

"after all you don't have to worry, you were appointed by the professors to read the speech as the best student in our generation, I'm sure many of them will look at you with envious gazes, especially them," the word ren refers to people who ask kazuto's identity.

"hah, you're right," said Kazuto who could only breathe heavily, he had already earned first place in the exam, and it was certain that sooner/slow people would know about his whereabouts, so there was only one thing he needed to do, to be the best so that his place as the first would not be shaken.

"but even so, what are we going to do during these 1 month holidays, ?" ask Katia who does not know what she should do 1 month of her vacation, before entering the academy.

"i already have a plan to train my abilities in long-range attacks," said ren who was intending to improve his abilities, "how about you kazuto, do you also intend to practice, ?" ask ren.

"i think so, I need to learn some additional magic," Kazuto said.

"then I will also train, after all I do not intend to be left behind by you, you just wait for when the academy starts you will see the new elinstein carnatia," katia said after that they returned to their home.