John understood the reasoning behind starting the day doing exercises, but that didn't mean he liked it. _"This would be more interesting if we could our abilities and spells, but nooo we aren't allowed."_ He did make sure he pun enough effort to avoid any comments from the teachers about needing to try harder.
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Luckily for him his afternoon classes included Folk lore, which was not only his favorite subject, it was also the one he got the best grades in. Less fortunate was that after class was over the teacher Professor Brooks want to talk with him. "John you could have easily passed last year if you had done any Assignments. Now I know you don't like hurting Ex-Beasts, but this year I'm gonna have to insist you at least accept the bare minimum umber of Assignments necessary to make it to third grade." John knew the Professor had a point but he wasn't happy about it. "Yes sir.

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After he was done with al his classes for the day John headed for the main building to check out the available Special Assignments. Since there didn't seem to be any E Ranks open for now, he had to pick between the three D Rank Assignments. _ "I don't like any of those, so rather than picking one myself I'll just join whoever asks me too."_ With that in mind he tried to make himself unnoticeable hoping no one would ask him.