When the four of them arrived in the ssroom, everyone was sitting silently with their notebooks on the table.
Everyone was studying silently, getting ready for today''s uing midterm exam.
"Sophia, Mary, did you two study yesterday?" Luna quietly asked as the two of them headed to their seat.
"We already study in ss. Why would we need to study back at home?" Sophia whispered.
After waiting for five minutes, Miss Amy finally entered the ssroom with a stack of paper in hand.
"Good morning everyone. Today is Thursday... I assume all of you know what that means, right?"
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The entire ssroom remained silent, but everyone had their writing utensil ready.
"Please pass one back until everyone has one."
After everyone had the exam paper, Miss Amy took the remaining paper to her desk before walking back to the front.
"You may now begin..."
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A few hourster...
Just as Miss Amy was about to gather the students'' exam papers, the lunch bell rang.
"Okay, everyone. Please leave your exam paper on the table. I''ll collect them myself."
After everyone left for lunch, Miss Amy closed the door, leaving her the only one inside.
"What did you guys get for thest problem?" Sophia curiously asked as the seven of them headed towards the cafeteria.
"I got mana depreciation of the body can lead toa and unconsciousness," Evelyn replied first.
"Same," Luna replied next.
"I got it can lead to spinal damage," Chloe said quietly.
"You guys got to thest problem? I couldn''t even get to do thest page."
Camilleined as she rested her head on Chloe''s shoulder, her face on the verge of crying out loud.
"It''s okay, Camile. No one in the ss expects you to get a high score on this test."
Evelyn''s words pierced through Camille''s heart as the truth hurt more than she could ever imagine.
"I''m sure sister Camille did just fine... I think Miss Amy isn''t going to be grading it that harshly."
Maryforted as she gently patted Camille''s back. Meanwhile, Evelyn and Luna were both stillughing out loud.
"Thank you, Mary. You aren''t heartless like these bunch of cruel friends."
As Camille tried to grab Mary''s shoulder to cry on, Sophia quickly dragged Mary away to her back.
"You got to pay attention more in ss if you want to do better next time. You got no one else to me besides yourself."
Sophia''s words made Camille fall into disarray, walking randomly as if she were drunk.
"Waaah, even Sophia is hurting me!" Camilleined again as they finally arrived at the cafeteria.
"Stop being so dramatic. It''s just a midterm. It''s not the end of the word." Luna added.
"Fine... But you guys have to help me when the finales." Camille pleaded as they began ordering food on the menu.
Both Luna and Evelyn rolled their eyes as they looked over to Chloe, who slowly nodded in agreement to help.
"Thank you, Chloe. I knew you''d always be my best friend."
As Camille tried to give her ''style'' of hug to Chloe, she quickly pushed her arms away before switching to the other side of the bench.
"Ahem, Alex, what did you get on thest problem?" Sophia curiously asked as Camille looked down in defeat.
"I got it can lead to hair loss and gradual disconnect between the soul and the body."
"Huh... It''s just like mine, except I didn''t write the hair loss part." Sophia murmured.
After waiting for a bit, the food was finally served, and the six of them started debating which one was the right answer.
From the beginning to the end, they could reach amon consensus on all of the problems until they got to the secondst page.
Neither side could convince the other, leaving it for Miss Amy to decide as they began heading back to the ssroom.
As Alex sat down in his seat, he could see a stack of paper right before Miss Amy''s desk.
All of their exam paper were in that single stack, with some scores written right on the first page.
"Wee back, everyone... I hope you all had a fantastic lunch break because I was busy grading your paper.
Anyway, I''m sure you''re all excited to have your exam paper back—except for a certain individual who left thest page of their midterm nk.
Within seconds, the entire ss turned their attention over to Camille, who awkwardly swirled her hair as she looked out the window.
"I''ll now name the three students in the ss who got above 95. Sophia, Chloe, and Aaron, pleasee up to the front."
As the three of them walked up to her, the entire ss wasn''t surprised a single bit as they had performed extremely well on quizzes.
"You guys did a very good job... Can everyone give a round of apuse for their hard work?"
Everyone began to p as the three of them headed back to their exam paper in hand.
"Okay, everyone else. I''ll be calling from highest to lowest. Please form a single file line..."
A few minutester...
As Miss Amy called Camille''s name, her face blushed red. There were only four people who hadn''t been called yet.
"Camille, I need you to stay after ss tomorrow so I can talk to you for a bit."
Camille nodded as she epted the exam paper and headed back to her seats.
After the next three people were called, the entire ss was a little confused as Alex''s name was never called.
It just didn''t make sense, considering Alex''s score had always been very high, at the same level as Sophia''s.
No one was more nervous than Alex, who expected to have his name called in the middle, at the very least.
"Ahem, now for our final student of the ss... Alex, would you pleasee up?"
As Alex walked towards Miss Amy, his heart was beating like crazy. He couldn''t imagine himself failing something like this.
"Tsk... Alex, I''m really, really surprised. Do you know that? I just really... I genuinely cannot put this into words."
The entire ss watched in silence as they felt nervous for Alex, looking more worried than him from the way Miss Amy talked.
Meanwhile, Alex''s heart stopped beatingpletely for a second before he felt something was a little off.
"I really hope you can do better than this at the final... Then I will have the best student in this grade!
Everyone, give it up to Alex, who got the perfect score on this exam. I''m really proud of you, Alex."
As Miss Amy handed the paper back, Alex''s heart finally calmed down, and everyone in the ss started pping.
"Thank you, Miss Amy..."
Despite Alex happily saying it out loud, his mind was a little annoyed, as every name called earlier was giving him a panic attack.
"Hehe, sorry about that. Ahem, everyone, please remember that we will start a new lesson tomorrow and next week.
We will have a Math lesson in the morning and the new Alchemy lesson in the afternoon. ss dismissed."
As Miss Amy bolted out of the room before anyone could react, everyone started chattering with each other with their exam paper.
Almost ny percent of them wereparing it with each other, but most importantly, Alex''s desk was surrounded by people.
"Hey, Alex! How did you get a perfect score?" One of his ssmates curiously asked.
"I just study a lot in my free time and pay attention during ss."
"Alex, do you want to study together?" One of his female ssmates offered.
"No, thank you."
"Hey Alex, how did you get number 35 correct?" Another ssmate curiously asked.
"Um, you have to read page 120 of the textbook..."
After answering most of his ssmates'' questions and rejecting several of his female peers'' invitations to study, he was finally free.
"Alex, do you not want to ept those girls'' study invites? I can see you looking at them in the past.
If you ept their invites, I''m sure they are more than willing to be study ''partners'' with you."
Camille''s directness made Alex blush a little, but he replied with a calm answer.
"I want to focus on my study first."
"Camille! Stop trying to tempt my brother. He''s nowhere old enough to have a girlfriend."
Sophia quickly walked over and interrupted her from making any further advances.
"Who said girlfriends? I said study ''partners.'' Actually, Alex, do you want to be my study partner?"
Seeing Sophia staring at him dead in the eyes, Alex quickly shook his head.
"Looks like Alex is never going to be free, isn''t he?" Chloe murmured as they watched Alex being dragged out of the room.
"Yeah, not with Sophia watching over him like a hawk... Man, I wish I had a brother like Alex."
As Evelyn and Luna both thought back to their brother, a frown instantly appeared on their face.