The Peace In A Beautiful World
Chapter 153: Leaving the City of San Minerva

That night, at the Duke's residence.

This happened before the soldiers assigned to search for the 22 warriors found their corpses in the forest.

"Congratulations to those of you who have completed this fourth or final exam. Congratulations also to the 87 people who managed to get 20 medals and deserve the perfect points in this exam which is 4000 points,"

"For those of you who fail to get perfect points, you should not be discouraged. Although this is the last test of the school year, you can still earn points through the daily matches that have been reopened starting Monday. Daily matches in this school year will continue to be open until the academy tournament is held. After the academy tournament, daily matches in this school year will not reopen and will reopen during the new school year,"

"After this, we'll go straight back to the inn as it's been night as well and it's not good with master Duke,"

"I remind you that tomorrow you will have a day off. You are allowed to tour the city of San Minerva for a whole day. And we'll go back to the academy when it's worn. With this, I declare the fourth exam of this school year has officially ended" said Mr. Alan.

We all clapped our hands to hear Mr. Alan's words.

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Then we all went to the front gate of the Duke's residence. Duke Darwin, commander Marshall and several other soldiers also took us to the front gate. After that, we all boarded the horse carriage and returned to the inn.

Duke Darwin saw the students leaving and asked Marshall something.

"What about those soldiers ? has it not been found yet?" asked Duke Darwin to Marshall's commander.

"Not yet sir" said Duke Darwin.

"When the soldiers were given the task to kill Rid Archie but why was Rid Archie still able to clear this test ? Did they all fail?" asked Duke Darwin.

"It seems so, sir. This situation would not have happened if I myself had gone down to the test site to kill him, sir" Marshall said.

"If you yourself go to the exam site, it will raise suspicion of the teachers, there is no need to be regretted" said Duke Darwin.

"Okay, sir," said commander Marshall.

Duke Darwin decided to return to his residence but suddenly came a soldier who ran away in a hurry towards him.

"Hahhhhhhhhhh......Hahhhhhh.lapor, Mr. Duke," said the soldier.

The soldier looked very tired from running.

"What's up?" asked Duke Darwin.

"Yeahhh....We all managed to find 22 soldiers in the deepest part of the forest to the east" said the soldier.

"What ? How are they doing?" asked Duke Darwin.

"Yeahhh....They have all been killed and their conditions are terrible" said the soldier.

"What?!?!?!," said the surprised Duke Darwin.

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After that the remaining soldiers were deployed to evacuate the bodies of the soldiers and bring them back to the Duke's residence. The bodies were taken to the Duke's backyard.

"What happened to them ? why is their body like this?" asked Duke Darwin, who was surprised to see their bodies.

"It's possible that they died from being eaten by monsters, did you see any monsters around their bodies?" asked commander Marshall to the soldiers who found the bodies first.

"No, we didn't find any monsters. We only saw their bodies that were like this" said one of the soldiers.

"That's it," said commander Marshall.

"So they failed because they were eaten by monsters and not defeated by Rid Archie ? It looks like the boy is in luck" Duke Darwin said.

"I don't think it's like that" said someone.

"Darling?" said Duke Darwin

"Miss Duchess?" said Marshall

It turned out that that person was Duchess Harriet who had suddenly appeared.

"You all know that the monsters behind this residence are low-level monsters, do you think low-level monsters can defeat those soldiers?" asked Duchess Harriet.

"It is likely that they all initially managed to besiege the disciple named Rid Archie but they all managed to be defeated by him. They might all not have been killed by Rid Archie but were made to die by him. So they were helpless when the monsters came to them and ended up being eaten by monsters. It was just my thinking but it was the thought that made the most sense to me" said Duchess Harriet.

"I also agree with Miss Duchess's thoughts. There's no way the soldiers I'm leading will lose and be eaten away by those low-level monsters unless someone beats them first" Marshall said.

"Once he is, it means he is so strong that he can defeat 22 warriors alone" Duke Darwin said.

"It seems so" said commander Marshall.

"For now, the news of these dead soldiers should not be spread to others especially those from the academy. They'll suspect this when they find out,"

"Tomorrow the disciples will get a day off and they will go around the city of San Minerva. I order you not to make unnecessary movements like spying on them, especially Rid Archie who was the mastermind behind the killing of the 22 soldiers,"

"I'll be in touch with Duke San Quentine and Duke San Angela to discuss my next steps" Duke Darwin said.

"Every lord" said commander Marshall and the other soldiers.

Duke Darwin reentered his residence accompanied by Duchess Harriet.

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Next day.

The students seemed excited to enjoy this holiday and tour around the city of San Minerva. We also went around to buy materials or items we wanted. I, Irene, Charles and Chloe who are members of Elevrad plan to buy souvenirs to share with other members of Elevrad. This time, Enzo did not go with us and he decided to go around the city alone.

The current state of the city is very peaceful although lately in every night there are always crimes, but they do not seem to be too affected by it.

"There is no word whatsoever about the soldiers who were killed by monsters at the San Fulgen Akademiya student examination site, has the Duke yet to find their bodies ? No, the Duke should have told the other soldiers to look for them because they did not give word after being ordered to kill me. Their bodies should have been found by soldiers ordered to search for them. It seems like Duke intends to cover up this news so as not to cause a stir for the citizens of San Minerva city and the Academy. Well I don't really care if they open or close the news about this" I thought.

We drove around the city from morning till evening and after that we decided to return to the inn while carrying the items we bought.

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The next day in the morning at noon.

After cleaning up our belongings at the inn, we all left the inn and returned to the Duke's residence to say goodbye to Duke Darwin.

"Thank you Mr. Duke for hosting us and lending us your place and territory to serve as a place of examination for our students" said Mr. Alan.

"Hohoho and Alan, send my regards to the head of the Academy" said Duke Darwin.

"Okay, sir, I also thank you for loaning your soldiers, commander," Alan told Marshall's commander.

"Together, Alan," said Marshall.

"In that case, we all beg you to return to the academy, Mr. Duke," said Mr. Alan.

"Yes, be careful on the road, Alan," Duke Darwin said.

After saying goodbye, we all left Duke San Minerva's residence in a horse-drawn carriage and returned to San Fulgen Akademiya in the capital San Estella.

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Not long after, Duke Darwin returned to his room and chatted through the communication crystal.

"I'm sorry for failing to finish off Rid Archie when he took the exam at my place" Duke Darwin said.

"It's okay, Mr. Darwin. From the beginning we didn't know how strong he was, even though we knew he was strong because he could win against Javier and my daughter Amelia, but this time he even managed to defeat 22 trained soldiers who surrounded him," said Duke Remy.

"So what should we do to finish him off ? Rid Archie is our biggest obstacle so that ~Matchmaking Battle~ can be done again. Soon the academy tournament and the academy festival will be held, instead we better send someone to finish him off at the event?" asked Duke James.

It turned out that Duke Darwin was chatting with Duke Remy and Duke James through a communication crystal.

"Don't be too hasty, Mr. James. Didn't I tell you that if we attack directly into the academy, our plan will be immediately discovered by the academy's head. If the person we sent is defeated there, he can take information from the person we sent. If we really want to attack the academy directly, at least we have to clear the head of the academy first" said Duke Remy.

"Then do we have to wait another year and clean it up when he does the exam at my place?" asked Duke James.

"It's just the right moment to settle it but for the method it looks like we have to wait until the academy tournament. My nephew, Vyn, who is the current chairman of Elevrad and the strongest student in the academy at the moment, had previously challenged Rid to an academy tournament so that Vyn could fight him. We'll think of a method to finish off Rid after seeing Rid play in that tournament even though I'm not sure he can win that tournament" Duke Remy said.

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