With Marie’s cheering, I entered the exam room.

I sat down in my seat and the exam proctor handed out the tests. Soon, the exam started.

‘Hmm. Did I study too hard in the last week?’

I fell into thought as I looked over the test.

There wasn’t a single problem that I couldn’t answer!

‘What should I do? It would be a problem if I pass with a high score.’

As I have said before, but I wanted to enter the Academy for its freeboard and room and rest peacefully.

If I were to pass with a high score, I would attract too much attention, and my first step into Renault Academy would be a failure.

An average passing grade. I needed an ambiguous score such that no one would pay attention to me.

‘Since I don’t know the difficulty of the questions, I’m not quite sure what I should score. If I get too many wrong answers and fail, it would become troublesome.’

I swept my gaze around the room and scrutinized the other students’ reactions.

Just then, my eyes met the pink girl’s.

The pink girl taunted me with her eyes.

Let’s see just how well you do.

Those eyes overflowing with confidence.

So, I thought.

‘Since she’s so confident, it must not be too difficult. Let’s pass safely with 90 points.’ (Out of 100)

Having decided, I started to solve problem after problem.

The goal was 90 points.

It should be enough to pass, but not enough to attract attention.

‘Okay. From now on, I will really live the life of a couch potato.’

The exam ended, and I took time off and relaxed as I awaited the scores.

Seeing that I was nonchalant, Marie drew a worried face.

“The exam results will be alright, right? Of, of course I believe in milady… But it is an exam with a lot of competition.”

“Everything will be fine.”

“Really?”

“Of course. This personage is a genius, so acceptance will not be a problem.”

I had scored exactly 90 points on the exam.

No matter how easy the exam was this time around, there was no way that I would fail.

Just then, Marie said something unexpected.

“I’m sorry, milady. I heard that the exam this time around was rather difficult, so I ended up getting needlessly worried.”

“What? Difficult?”

“Yes. According to what the people on the street were saying, it was the hardest test in the last ten years. There are innumerable people who have already packed their bags to leave without checking their score.”

“……”

I pressed my lips together. That was difficult?

A sudden shadow of misfortune swept past by me.

‘Ah, no way. It’s the place filled with all the geniuses from the Northwest. There’s no way it’s true.’

Renault Academy’s status was to the extent that even the West Empire’s Imperial Family graduated from the Renault Academy.

Even the current Crown Prince had graduated from Renault Academy 2 years ago, and even now there were a few princes attending the Academy.

By that notion, it was the best of the best, the greatest Academy!

‘At such a famed place, with a score of 90 points….’

I muttered till there and my thoughts halted. It wouldn’t happen. So, there was no need to worry ahead of time.

After I had forcibly swallowed my sense of dread, I laid down once more on my bed and wasted time.

And finally, the day of the scores of the exam was to be announced.

Marie and I headed to the exam result announcement location.

We were surrounded by those who had already checked their scores and were separated into those light with joy and dark with dread.

“I, it seems a lot of people have failed the exam. What do we do?”

Marie gripped the edge of my clothes with a nervous face. She seemed nervous that I too had failed.

I too was equally as nervous. Of course, in another manner.

‘Could I…? No, no way. With only 90 points….”

The exam result announcement was done on a slip of paper for each test-taker.

I went up to the exam proctor, who was handing out the announcement slips and said.

“My name is Rubia d’Grandia la Roxanne.”

For a second, the exam proctor’s eyes were filled with surprise.