Chapter 56 She put down her pen.
The guard froze for a moment, then repeated, "His Royal Highness Campbell's team is currently ranked second."
"The difference." The queen still leaned lazily to one side, as if the shock just now had never existed. "How much is the difference in points?"
It is important whether you simply lose or lose miserably.
"184 points behind." The guard lowered his head and stared at the ground motionlessly. "First place 289, His Highness Campbell 105."
Twice as tall as Zebulun?
Her Majesty the Queen didn't know what she was thinking about, and suddenly laughed: "Not bad."
He should suffer a little.
The guard quietly raised his head, and seeing that the queen showed no signs of getting angry, he spoke tentatively: "As an assistant of this competition, Her Royal Highness has actively participated in the maintenance of the entire competition and helped many students out of difficult situations - including Edith Griffin."
"According to the news, Her Royal Highness sent a message to Beunis College at 3 a.m. today, hoping that a teacher would come forward to help Edith's group who had fallen into a trap."
He stopped talking halfway and silently closed his mouth, leaving room for Queen Campbell's imagination.
The queen lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.
The guard suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He gritted his teeth and suddenly felt a cold gaze sweeping over his body, finally landing on the top of his head.
"Your Highness Campbell?"
The queen's smiling voice came from above, "Your shouting is much more intimate than the few words Your Highness."
Oops!
The guard's clothes were instantly soaked with cold sweat. The desire to defend Zebulun was so strong that he even forgot to change his words.
But he didn't dare to argue again and could only bury his head lower.
"I understand what you mean, but since Ursula asked the academy teacher for help, it means that with her strength, it is impossible to break the trap, and naturally there is no way to cheat." The queen said slowly, and the ring on her thumb collided with the pearls on the plate, making a death knell sound, "And... I know Ursula better than anyone else."
"She disdains to use such means to discredit her brother's status as heir. It can only be said that Zebulun is not as skilled as others."
Seeing the guard's sweat almost dripping onto the carpet, the queen frowned in disgust and waved to call the guard behind her.
"I don't like people criticizing the heir in front of me."
The man was dragged away directly.
The maid observed the queen's expression and stepped forward to help her up. Queen Campbell sighed, walked slowly past the window, and looked down at the group of teachers who were still preparing for the exam.
"Prepare the champion rewards for this year's league in advance." She tilted her head and instructed, "Pick the one that Zebulun wants the most and announce it as soon as possible."
......
Beaujolais College.
Edith got what she wanted and went to see Dean Keith. She got the same answer as Shelly and felt relieved.
Although I don't know the queen's purpose, it's not like anything big has happened that will harm the kingdom, so there's no need to worry too much.
"How about it, do you have confidence in advancing to the finals?" Dean Keith looked at Edith with a smile. After that, she added as if she was afraid that she would be under a lot of pressure, "It's already amazing that you can enter the promotion round for the first time."
"Now get your mind back together and finish the quarterly exam."
"Thank you, but I'll be fine in the finals." Edith didn't hide her intentions, "But I won't slack off in the quarterly exams. I'm sure I can maintain my top ten ranking."
After all, getting first place in the entrance examination is the result of multiple coincidences, and it may be difficult to reproduce that glory.
Dean Keith raised an eyebrow, as if he didn't expect her confidence in the competition to outweigh the test.
"Don't get too cocky because of a short-lived victory." She said at the right moment, "The results of the first round will also affect the second round, and the marginal results will fluctuate more."
Many people who thought they had secured a place in the first place ended up missing out on the qualifications.
"Don't worry, Dean. It's no problem." Edith smiled helplessly. "Then I'll go back and prepare for the quarterly exam first?"
"Wait a minute." Dean Keith waved his hand, frowned, and took out a roll of parchment. "How many points did you get in the second round? I'll help you figure out your approximate ranking."
The college had already compiled the results of each group, attached a specific list of the items obtained, and sent it to each dean anonymously so that they could give fair and impartial scores.
Although it was anonymous and she had to be fair, if Edith's position was in danger, she wouldn't mind giving this talented student some extra points.
Dean Keith ran into Edith as soon as he came back, and he hadn't had time to check the list. He opened it for the first time, looked at the top score of 289 points, then looked at the second place score of 105 points, and the last two groups of zero points, and his eyes widened in surprise.
It’s really… a grade structure I’ve never seen before.
However, the scores in the middle part are very close and the competition is the most intense, so her extra points can still play a decisive role.
"289." Since the dean asked, Edith couldn't refuse, so she respectfully reported the number, "Our group's score is 289 points."
Dean Keith paused.
"How much?" Her mind was a mess. She clearly felt that she had heard it wrong, but her hands picked up the glasses and put them on her nose in a daze.
Edith's face suddenly became clear in front of her eyes. The girl looked calm. When she asked, she said sincerely, "289 points."
Dean Keith: "..."
Dean Keith: “What about Zebulon?”
Edith: "105 points."
Dean Keith: “…”
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." The old lady murmured as she leaned back, finding a support point for her body, and then collapsed, "Oh my god..."
Zebulun's chosen major is spells, that is, her students. As a teacher, she knows the other party's strength level too well.
"This, this is too——"
Although I knew Edith had good talent, I didn't expect it to be this high.
She paused for two seconds, thinking about her previous statement of "helping you get extra points", and coughed twice: ",,,,,,,,What a huge surprise."
She will re-evaluate Edith's worth.
"You don't need to come to the lab for a while, and try to avoid the teacher on the way." She closed her eyes, paused for two seconds, and slowly raised her head. Her eyes had become sharp. "The lab is now open to you. If you need anything, just let me know."
"Now, go out the back door and go back to the dormitory to study for the quarterly exam."
Edith raised an eyebrow and agreed immediately.
Dean Keith watched the figure disappear, breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his clothes, sat upright, picked up the quill, and pretended to know nothing.
Sure enough, three minutes after Edith left, a figure rushed into her office and roared, "Where's Edith!"
"I don't need to report to you about my position as an assistant." Dean Keith stared at the list in front of him expressionlessly, marking each item one by one. "You should have a lot of things to do at the School of Arrays. How did you find time to come here?"
"Don't play dumb. Let's fight. Whoever wins will get Edith." The head of the magic circle looked like he didn't understand anything. His eyes were scorching. "You shouldn't need this assistant."
That’s 289 points!
It was Ursula who was behind in points in the last competition. He has no right to recruit Her Royal Highness the Princess as his assistant, but does he not have the ability to recruit an ordinary student as his assistant?
Dean Keith paused, then stood up, pulling his wand.
"I don't agree to the conditions, but I can fight."
Fortunately, she let Edith run fast.
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The quarterly exams came quickly.
Edith didn't review much. She slept for two days to recuperate from an illness and went to the examination room in a daze.
The quarterly exams in the academy do not test practical skills. Magic circles, potions, and spells are all turned into characters and wait to be filled in on the test paper.
Edith had a brief experience in college life and had some understanding of the formulaic expression of answers, so her answers were much neater than those in the admission exam.
The slightly more difficult ones are the potions.
Edith stared at the last question in thought for a moment, then hesitantly put down her pen.
As this was an obviously innovative question, she knew the correct answer clearly - but it was a formula only available to the Pharmacy Guild.
The question clearly wanted them to use their known knowledge to piece together a rough ratio. If she simply wrote the correct answer, she would be suspected of cheating.
But she had done a simplified version of the experiment before, and the principle can be summarized in a few sentences...
Edith sighed. The best solution at this moment was to leave it blank, but she really wanted the precious library reading qualification, so she had to get every point she deserved.
Just write it. There are so many teachers grading papers. You can’t be unlucky enough to meet Shelly.
She put down her pen.
......
"The exam is over! Before the results come out, I can still have fun for 6 more days!" Heda counted on his fingers the time until the results came out, looking like he was celebrating before death.
"May the remaining light warm my cold body before darkness completely covers it."
"It's not that exaggerated. This test is much easier than the entrance exam." Bell folded his hands behind his head, looking very relaxed. "Don't worry, I've helped you review everything. You should have no problem getting into the top 50."
Heda nodded vigorously: "I believe you."
She put the exam behind her, turned to look at Edith, and poked her shoulder excitedly: "I heard that the third volume of The Lost Empire has been published! Tomorrow is a day off, shall we go to the bookstore?"
"I'll pay."
Edith sighed exaggeratedly, "It's a very tempting offer, but I have an appointment tomorrow. It's just right that you should come along."
Hedda tilted her head.
"Tomorrow we will have a special swordplay training, organized by Lynch." Bell pulled Hedda off Edith and put her on top of him. "After all, swordplay is allowed in the finals... In case we encounter a tough opponent, it's better to have multiple options."
"Lin Qi's swordsmanship looks very good." Mu Lin pursed her lips. "He offered to give us some advice. He must have some method he wants to teach us."
Hedda was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Edith silently.
She seemed to be the only one here who had seen Edith wield a sword—and had been beaten by her own hands.
That is not a past worth remembering.
Bell had seen Edith instruct Lynch, but it was only verbal instruction and he had never seen any specific actions.
"I'll be watching, not playing." She immediately raised her hand, making her position clear in advance, "After all, I'm not participating in the finals."
"I'll leave the opportunity to exercise to you guys."
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