Chapter 103


    Mirabe, who refused to ept any defeat, furrowed her brow in frustration, her eyes darkening


    slightly, “I had answered all the questions, and I am a hundred percent sure I hadn’t made a single


    mistake. Where did the ten points go?”


    Beside her, Jenna’s expression grew moreplicated. She couldn’t begin to understand the world of


    an academic genius like Mira.


    Unable to shed light on Mira’s dilemma, Jenna bowed her head once more, reverting to the BrainSpark


    Nationals‘ official homepage, where there was a link to the national rankings.


    Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves, Jenna’s fingertips danced across the screen, and she was


    swiftly directed to the national leaderboard.


    First ce, Mirabe, 200 points


    Second ce, Vincent, 195 points


    Third ce, Kent, 193 points


    Jenna didn’t bother to scroll down any further. Her gaze was fixated on Mira’s name at the top of the


    list. Even though she had anticipated it, the reality still left her stunned. Lifting her head, Jenna


    extended her smartphone towards Mirabe. “Queen Mira, forget the missing ten points. You’re already


    the nation’s number one.”


    Mirabe merely nced at the screen with a grave expression. “This isn’t about being number one.” It


    was a challenge to her academic integrity.


    Jenna’s lips twitched into an involuntary smile. “Maybe you should ask around about it?”


    Mirabe found the suggestion logical. Standing up with a determined look, she said earnestly, “Right, I


    can’t just ignore these mysteriously lost points just because I came in first.” What about her pride?


    Jenna couldn’t help but snort. “No, no, no, Mira, I just blurted that out without thinking. Don’t take it to


    heart!”


    As Mirabe exited the ssroom, Jenna facepalmed, secretly admiring how much cooler Mira


    seemed.


    **


    Meanwhile, Summer had just taken out her phone, preparing to check her own score from the


    competition.


    “Summer, do you know how many points that foster girl of your family got this time?” Phone in hand,


    Madeline couldn’t hide the shock on her face.


    Having learned of Mirabe’s perfect score and national top ranking in the preliminaries, Madeline had


    been keeping an eye out, so much so that she checked the rankings before even looking at Summer’s


    results. As soon as she saw the scores, she rushed to find Summer.


    Summer’s hand froze as she held her phone, her expression unchanging as usual. “Oh, how many


    points did she get?” “You won’t believe it if I told you–two hundred points!” At that moment, Madeline


    didn’t know what to feel about such a score. Suspecting cheating seemed far–fetched. One could


    suspect cheating for a perfect score once, but to cheat and achieve such a result again… Wouldn’t that


    be questioning the fairness of the entirepetition? After all, the exams were not held internally at the


    school but were overseen by the Education Association itself.


    Summer’s mind buzzed as if something had snapped, and her usually calmplexion began to pale.


    Two hundred points… How could Mirabe possibly score two hundred points?! Something had to be


    wrong. Summer refused to believe this.


    Summer’s thoughts were a mess. She tried to sort through the information in her head, but it only


    became more tangled.


    “Summer, are you alright?” Madeline finally noticed Summer’s pallor, which made her appear


    vulnerably pitiable. She


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    regretfully smacked her own mouth, feeling annoyed with herself. She had brought up Mirabe in front


    of Summer, Wasn’t that just rubbing salt in the wound?


    With an awkward smile tugging at her lips, Madeline casually unlocked her phone. “Ah, forget about


    her, Let me help you check your score.”