There's No Such Thing as a Hunter Exam. I Said There Isn't!

Inside the examination room in the Association branch building, I stood motionless inside a cylindrical machine.

“Just stand there for a moment, and it’ll take the measurements automatically. It measures the mana concentration by checking the mana wavelength in your body, then assigns you a rank.”

At those words, I took a deep breath, then tightly bound the four Circles revolving around my heart so they couldn’t move. I sealed the mana flowing through my body inside the Circles, making sure not a single drop escaped.

That should leave my current body barely distinguishable from an ordinary person’s. No one would pay me any attention.

Beep—!

The machine stopped, and figures appeared on the monitor.

The examiner’s brow furrowed slightly as they checked the screen.

“Hmm… Your mana reserves are barely any different from an ordinary person’s. Are you sure you’re Awakened?”

“Yes! I am!”

I nodded, pretending to be a little flustered, while the examiner leafed through the paperwork with a dubious expression...