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"Do you want to becoic, Arisa's voice is echoing through out the labyrinth city's outer wall We're currently in a tee carriers who aspire to beco to decide the pupils for Iruna and Jenna of Beautiful Wings froirls They're children who have gathered after hearing publicity talks froh I said children, the age range spans froe is at around 12-14 years old

Iruna explains the selection test to the children with her voice alone without relying onyou First ill choose five children with fast legs It's i and luring nal The first five children who run around Selbira outer wall for a lap pass"

The children began to run when Arisa blew the flute Soot their feet entwined by other's foot, so they have in common is that every one of the even while covered in dust, and run They're truly strong-willed

I used [Clairvoyance]the way to see if there were any fallen children, but there were only tho had fallen fro with a horse by using [Telephone], and had them withdrawn

For so too They in Taain

When the two had finished running, I looked back at the winning children who had been passed quite far

"Darace for a rabbitkin"

"I can't believe I lost to someone beside Usasa"

The first and second place winners looked at Pochi and Tairl and boy These children are separated quite far from the third place The third place is a ratkin, while the fourth and fifth are human boys

There are 10 children who have failed the first test These 10 children are doing physical exercise lead by Lulu to build their stain after a short break with sandwiches During this break, we distributed water for re-hydration and baked sweets for calorie intake It'd be troubling if they faint fro the way

"The next one is endurance run The first five children who have ran five laps around the Selbira outer wall pass Lunches are waiting for the children who have ran for more than two laps Do your best"

"""Yeah!""

For some reason, the answer this time have more power in them than the first time I intended to let them eat unconditionally for the test this time since we had already prepared , but since it was so effective like they have a carrot dangling in front of their eyes, I couldn't intercede However, besides the leading pack, many children ere unlikely to be chosen by the selectionfor endurance irls This ti the five children, three boys and girls who had dark-skin like Roji were particularly strong They looked cal five children will be chosen after the meal break By the way, thePotato and insectBean with insect meat soup

The meal this time were prepared not only by Ms Miteruna and the seven apprentice irls who could cook I'irls, and then permanently ee and the sluirls who are at 14-18 years old

"Well then let's begin the last test Use the te have distributed earlier like you would a sword Yes, stretch out your elbow Keep that posture, the one who doesn't lower their arm until the end passes"

Screams broke out from the children, but this is a selection to choose the last five children ill-power It's out of question if they can't even endure the training before entering the labyrinth

The majority of the for the re seven, once the last one dropped out after three more hours, the five children had been decided

The final selected irls The plan is to have Iruna and Jenna teach these children the basic for 10 days on the surface, afterward, five of the to be taken alternately in three turns into the labyrinth, each group spend five days, 15 days in total, to be leveled up to level 7

Since the contract with Iruna and Jenna is for three months, the children who have failed in the test this time still have two more chances

"Everyone, thank you for today! We will open the test again next ive up!"

With Arisa's closing words, the disqualified children go back to the west gate in groups of twos and threes Everyone is given three baked sweets as the consolation prize These sweets see bait for the children who didn't participate this time

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Iruna and Jenna explain the plan hereafter to the children who have passed There were shouts of joy particularly when they heard that they were going to be provided with three oing to be drilled on the vacant land nearby which I've borrowed

I was going to give the selected children the saiven to Iruna and Jenna, but Arisa strongly objected and warnedto let the is over, unless you'rethem into your retainers

Not only Arisa, Iruna and Jenna also stopped me The reason is a bit different; if they have an ar hurt fro attacks Moreover, if they don't get so during an actual fight, so I'm told that such armors will not let them learn the importance of theht equipment for the children, they recooblin bones that are knitted on jacket and trousers rasses It seems the basic equipment advancement for labyrinth explorer is as folloood chips equipment to bone equipment to insect husk equipment and then to insect shell equipment

As for the weapon, the plan is to have thehbone, and then a short spear made from ant claw from the second area on For the shield, it see to use leather shield Iruna and Jenna bought these equip district I've revised some of the weakly-made points, so they shouldn't incur major injury from low level enemies

By the way, the two currently use ave it as a present for the celebration of getting to level 15 Apparently, mantis-type equipments are proof of veteran in the labyrinth city I probably shouldn't say that they only look different on the outside, as compared to the ant equipment from before, there's hardly any difference in the defensive power

Now then, if I need perular food distribution in the city, let's get them to issue it