"As always, after finishing the endurance, short-distance, and long-distance races, we will move to the more normal events," The teacher person said as the image shifted away from the circuit.

  First, the image turned smaller, and afterward, it split into another three smaller images; one had highlighted a small part of the track, the other a longer part, and the last one had the whole circuit highlighted.

  The letters [Short distance run], [Long Distance run] and [Endurance Run] atop each image depicted what the events would be.

  "Since you will be part of the endurance run, you don't need to participate in the short and long-distance run," Glory said from beside Alexa. "I'll take the short-distance run this year."

  Glory seemed quite proud of herself while saying so, so Alexa couldn't help but turn to look at Alan to see if he would say anything too.

  "...And I'll take the long-distance run then since both of our Princesses are taking one of the races each." Alan ended up sighing while saying as such.

  Alexa was called a Princess again! And now she learned that Glory was also a Princess! No wait, then Alexa was not special? That confused Alexa!

  "Noted," The teacher person said, writing something on his desk. Was he noting the fact that Alexa was a Princess?!?!?!?!?

  How dare he!

  "After the boring races we will have…." The teacher person said turning to look at the big tv with everyone else, "Dodge ball huh."

  And on the TV, the image of a big hall with a wooden floor and some weird white rectangles drawn on the floor; there were the letters [Dodgeball] and some spherical white objects rolling around on the picture.

  What surprised Alexa the most was not that, but the fact that most of the other students around her groaned.

  "I know, I know…But even so, you will need to pick up at least three-" The Teacher person was saying when suddenly one of the girls that had been talking with Glory before stood up and pointed at Alan.

  Alexa was surprised both at the speed with which she stood and at the fact that she quickly said "I nominate Alan Harmonia as one of the participants!" The girl said it quickly without missing a breath.

  But then Alan would participate in two events in a row?

  "We nominate Glory Blackthorn for this event in that case," one of the boys who had been speaking with Alan before he moved seats said after the girl.

  So Alan and Glory would participate? Then who would be the third…Why were they all looking at Alexa?

  Alexa was the cutestests of them all, and also a Princess, but was that a reason important enough for them to stare at her like that?

  Even so, Alexa was intrigued about this, perhaps she could participate too?

  "Alexa will nominate Alexa for this event!" So Alexa raised her hand and said that.

  The other kids around nodded at this as if it was the obvious thing, and of course it was obvious! It was Alexa! If Alan and Glory were participating, then there was no reason why Alexa couldn't!

  "There will not be any considerations from the school for you even though you will be participating in two sports in a row." The teacher person said while looking at Alexa as if waiting for her to ask for something.

  "Wasn't Alexa supposed to participate in all the events anyway?" Alexa asked; she had gotten that impression from the whole 'You will participate while wearing an artifact that will seal your [Core Power]' thing.

  "...Yes, but that was only for one event per category, since you are participating in the endurance run, there was no reason for you to participate in another event that soon." Glory said from the side.

  "But… aren't these sports separated?" Alexa asked confused, "I would understand if the testing were of the same type, but while the previous three are obviously of the same type. This one seems to be more focused on combat than on speed."

  Alexa was not sure what the deal with 'Dodge Ball' was, but she assumed it was a test designed to probe the dodge mechanics of the subjects by the use of some type of [Ball] type projectile.

  Probably the white spheres on the image, but then why had the other kids groaned? Alexa didn't think those were that heavy or dangerous; by the image on the picture, the wooden floor seemed to be fine. So they couldn't weigh that much unless these were biological components? Some type of Acid coated projectiles?

  No, there was no corrosion on the wooden floor, so perhaps they delivered the payload at impact? If so, Alexa could understand why they were groaning in defeat.

  "What Glory meant is that usually, we let the participants of high-effort sports rest after one sport; in this case, we consider the Endurance Run and the Dodge Ball events both of high effort. So since you participated in the Endurance Run you could get some rest on this event." Alan answered helpfully.

  So wait, did that mean that Alexa didn't need to participate? More importantly, there was any reason for her to not participate?

  “[According to answer from Human Designation: Alan Harmonia, there is some degree of fatigue to be expected from participating in high energy consumption sports, it is adviced to take this into consdier-]”

  No, there wasn't any reason for Alexa to not participate, there was more reasons for her to participate, this way she could increase the amount of data she had on the average response and limits of activity of average [Humans] her age. This would be quite useful.

  So the answer was obvious.

  "Alexa wants to participate in all the events!" Alexa said raising her hand. To the confusion of everyone around.

  "...There are limits in the sports you can participate in." The teacher person said as they pointed at the big TV screen, "CRADDLE, stop the presentation. Pull all the possible events scheduled for this year's Exam War."

  "Pulling up all the data," The CRADDLE person answered, and the image blinked away and was replaced with some smaller images.

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  "As you can see, we have these events scheduled for this year. We will not have them all, perhaps only some, it depends on how the Exam war pans out." The Teacher person said as Alexa turned her attention to the big TV screen.

  "Then why are we even preparing if we aren't getting all the sports? Couldn't we just prepare for the ones we will have?" Alexa asked confused.

  "We don't know what sports we will actually play, so in turn, we prepare for all the possible combinations. Usually, we would decide on the day as they would tell us what we would have. But since we have confirmation on what events we will have thanks to you, we can in turn prepare now instead of later." Glory answered from the side, "The first event will most than likely be the racing event, so that is confirmed. Since the class we are fighting against is one of the less… civilized, chances are they will use their privilege to make it the dodgeball event. So that means you will participate in two high-intensity events back to back."

  Alexa still saw no problem there, no wait, less civilized?

  There were classes with people that weren't civilized? Alexa wanted to go there! It probably would have more chances for her to nom at people! And also may also get her an excuse to get the right type of classes to be [Civilized]; it would help her shore up any problem that the mean or the naggy one could get them in!

  "What class is that?" Alexa asked, "Alexa wants to know what type of class is [Uncvilized]."

  Nailed, no one would suspect of Alexa's intentions!

  "That would be Miss Baker's class," Alan said from the side, "They had a core trigger a few days ago and…Oh wait, wasn't that your class?"

  …So then Alexa was already in that class? No, wait, something more important!

  "...Then Alexa's class is back?" Alexa was confused, she was supposed to come here only for some time, why was she still here? "Then why is Alexa still here?"

  "..." "..."

  "You will remain till the Exam war ends, that was part of the arrangement. Your peers are also in other classrooms. The ones you will be fighting against during this Exam War are the top scorers of the last Exam Wars," The Teacher person said from the front, "Your other peers will be participating in other classes, one of the missions assigned to CRADDLE will be to evaluate how you all behave and reassign you to the correct classes. At least till we can guarantee that Eloise Baker is apt to teach again."

  What was the problem with Miss [Baking]? She was a nice person! She helped Alexa!

  "Did Miss [Baking] not get fixed right?" Alexa asked in a small voice, if people found that Alexa had been the one to fix her then would they get mad at her? She was checking if it was possible!

  "...Your teacher is fine," The teacher person said as he stood once more and walked towards Alexa, but for some reason…the cracks behind him remained stuck in place. The other teacher persons remained there, "She is okay physically she is fine and in top condition. She could participate in the Olympics, actually."

  Alexa was not sure what the olympics were, but if teacher [Baking] could participate, then Alexa wanted in, they sounded fun.

  "Are you aware of what the girl who triggered in your class was?" The teacher person said as he kneeled in front of Alexa, it was weird seeing him like this, with no other teacher persons behind him screaming, crying, laughing and staring at her.

  "Meli-Meli?" Alexa asked, nodding, "She was a [Mind Core]. She had other things mixed in there, but it was mostly [Mind Core] stuff."

  Alexa remembered getting other sub-types and confirming that she had some [Broken] and [Corrupted] stuff going on. She hadn't paid too much attention to that, but perhaps there was something to be said about that?

  “Yes, Melissandra Singh.” The teacher person said nodding.

  Glory covered her mouth with one of her hands and looked at Alexa surprised, while Alan grimaced and covered his eyes with one of his hands while he grabbed one of his legs and squished.

  Did they have problems somewhere?

  "She is indeed a Mind Core user, one inexperienced who wielded her power peripherally; your classmates weren't affected that badly since they were hit with a more Puppeteer type of power," The teacher person said, "And as your new classmates can attest…Harmonia, what is the expected side effect of being affected by a Puppeteer type of Core?"

  "Ah yes!" Alan said standing up and saluting, why was he saluting? "Standard procedure dictates that the victims are to be evaluated to see how big the degree of influence they had over them. Usually, most victims of a puppeteer type of Core Powers have blank spaces in their memory. So if they got too much influence on them, then chances are they don't remember what they did while under the influence."

  So…they forgot? Actually, hadn't the [ReWire] person said the same? That they would not remember?

  "Exactly, most of the other students of that class have forgotten or have lost memory of what happened during the trigger event." The teacher person said, turning to Alexa once more, "Cases of you who are unaffected by such close proximity to a Mind Core user while being a newly Core User are…rare."

  So it was another case of Alexa not being affected by weird Core Users? Or was it because Alexa was not [Human]?

  "So…they don't remember?" Alexa asked, turning to the teacher person, "Then what about Meli-Meli? Or Teacher [Baking]? Do they remember Alexa?"

  "....They are aware of some memory loss, but they don't remember who they forgot. We have confirmed that your classmates have forgotten you and Melissandra Singh. The only people we have confirmed that remember all of you are you and Teacher Baker." The teacher person said.

  No, wait, what about Meli-Meli then?!?!?!

  "And Meli-Meli?" Alexa asked, this was important! Meli-Meli was her first friend as a [Human]!

  "...She was taken away to a secured facility," The teacher person said shaking his head, "That is confidential information and not even the teaching faculty know what will be done to her, or what has been done to her. Perhaps some of the high born may know, but as Glory Blackthorn said during your first class with us. I am not one of them."

  "...we don't know either," Glory said as soon as Alexa turned to her, "I know the student with the bad trigger was taken away and that she was charted away either yesterday or the day before…"

  Glory turned to Alan as soon as she said those words.

  "As far as I was told, she was going to Pandora's Box; they would attempt to either restrain or crack her Core…" Alan said in a small voice, "I didn't ask further since she was not…one of us…"

  That sounded…weird, wasn't Meli-Meli a [Human] too? Then why wasn't she one of them?

  Was this another case of weird [Human] things?

  No wait, if the [Humans] weren't of any help…

  "CRADDLE person!" Alexa stood up and turned to the CRADDLE person on the big TV, "Tell me what happened to Meli-Meli!"

  "Alexandr-" The teacher person turned at her with surprise as the cracks in reality blossomed behind him, but while most of the ones behind him started moving and Alexa noticed the uptick in ambient mana, it was too late!

  "Query Aknowledged, checking against database…" The answer from the CRADDLE person made everyone stop, the teacher person stopped moving as he and the other people behind him beyond reality stared at the screen.

  Alan and Glory with the other people also got quiet.

  "....found one hit," The CRADDLE person's words made everyone gulp. Everyone but Alexa, she wasn't eating like everyone else. Quite rude of them, Alexa also wanted to eat! “F-Class Student, Melissandra Singh. Status: Missing. She was scheduled for transfer to an external learning facility, but during transit, her vehicle was attacked by an unidentified group. The student was extracted, and the guard's status was reported as KIA."

  What was a KIA? It sounded like a vehicle, but then the guards got turned into vehicles?

  “[Notice, KIA means Killed in Action, it’s the status given to soldiers or members of a fighting force who are terminated during combat.]” Main Core came to the rescue with the answer!

  "Melissandra Singh's parents are currently going through mental detox and are expected to finish therapy within five months." The CRADDLE person said and the picture changed to the image of two of the most feral-looking [Humans] Alexa had ever seen, "Current status: Heavy Mental Strain, High dependency to mental alteration derived from Mana interacting with the brain and are experiencing Core Power Withdrawal."

  Withdrawal? They withdrew something too much?

  "...CRADDLE, delete all the memory from the last sixty seconds, also disconnect yourself from the broader network while we are in class." The teacher person said, narrowing his eyes at the projection of the girl wearing the robe.

  The CRADDLE person had manifested itself while answering Alexa.

  "Impossible to follow directive as it would interfere with my ability to cater to one of my Masters." The CRADDLE person said back without looking at the teacher person.

  "...Fricking Saintsworths…" The Teacher person cursed under his breath, "Fine, Alexandra Saintsworths, while we encourage the use of all our assets, what you did has endangered the lives of all the students around you."

  The what did Alexa do now?

  "How?" Alexa asked confused, "Alexa just wanted to know what happened to Meli-Meli!"

  "Yes, that is good, but repeat after me. 'CRADDLE, what degree of clearance was the information given?' "The teacher person said to Alexa.

  So Alexa parroted back those words, "CRADDLE, what degree of clearance was the information?" And asked that to the CRADDLE person.

  "Information was graded as A++; currently, only Heroes on the A-List and S-List have clearance to this information. Relaying this information to anyone not listed is punishable by up to 40 years of prison time, since this information has to do with a potentially unstable Mind Core User." The CRADDLE person said, making almost all the other students here turn weirdly pale. "All the people in this classroom have been flagged to know this information; staying away from any access point to [The World] will be noted as an attempt to spread the information and, as such, will make them suspects."

  "And what is the usual way to deal with suspects," The Teacher person asked while walking back to his seat, "What do they do with those kind of people?"

  "Containment and restrainment." The CRADDLE person said back.

  "...But Alexa only wanted to know about Meli-Meli…" Alexa said while looking down, she could see most of the other students on the class had tears already creeping on their eyes, well most of them.

  "All we have to do is not tell anyone, right?" Glory said from the side, her voice was strong, but Alexa could see her hand trembling.

  "Seems about right, this will not be even the first industrial secret I have needed to keep either," Alan added from the side, his voice was not as steady as Glory's voice, but he made it up with the fact that his hands weren't trembling.

  Alexa could not say the same about his legs, though.

  "...Yeah! All we need is to keep shut!" One voice chimed from the back.

  "Easy!" Another one said.

  "Yeah, besides. Alexa will pay this up by winning us all the events!" One of the girls that roamed around Glory said.

  "Yeah! I bet she can even win on the tug-o-war all by herself!" One of the kids from Alan's group said.

  "Are you dumb? She can't use her Core Powers, she should participate in the eating contest instead!" A new voice chimed from the back.

  Eating contest? Alexa wanted!

  "Your grandma is dumb! Your aunt is dumb! How much do you think a girl that small can eat!" One of the girls from Glory's group fought back.

  No! Alexa can eat! She just needs to shove all the food into the [Banked Storage]!

  "Okay, that's enough; let's focus on the events we will be having, get a small recount of what they are, and then take a 30-minute break before we get into the next class." The teacher person said pointing to the big tv screen, Alexa now could see all the events, and was already thinking about how to go about each of them.

  It was time to boogey.