After a while, Ruby, with a bump on her head, obediently sat back down in her seat and said with a pitiful expression, "Eileen is so mean..."
"Who told you to hug me like that? You almost bumped your forehead into Fagga's chin. Here, have a lollipop, don't be angry."
Ellen moved her seat next to Ruby, peeled off the candy coating, and placed a lollipop dangling from her lips near Ruby's mouth.
Ruby sniffed the air, opened her eyes, and immediately took a bite with delight, letting her little hands hang down in front of her chest, and said comfortably, "Mmm! Ellen, you're so kind!"
"Tsk!"
Eileen clicked her tongue and turned her head to the side.
Ruby was puzzled and said, feeling wronged, "Eileen, why did you look away again?"
"Because you were just like a fish that took the bait, and you even told the person who caught you, 'You're such a nice person!'"
The class monitor also moved a chair over and looked at Ruby with an expression of concern for intellectually disabled children.
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Fagga, who was quietly reading a book across the aisle and did not come over, and said with a smile, "Fagga, why don't you sit down and chat with us? There's still a while before class starts."
Shortly after entering, Fagga asked to borrow his textbook. The class monitor wasn't sure what Fagga wanted, but he lent it to him anyway.
"I'm reviewing what I missed during the days I didn't have class, and I'll preview it first."
Fagga kept his head down, flipping through the class monitor's notes.
According to what he knew, the class monitor was a gifted student who could keep up with the teacher's pace even without ever studying in advance.
Therefore, Fagga was certain that wherever the class monitor's notes went, that's exactly where the teacher was going to talk about it, and there was absolutely no possibility of secretly studying!
But when Fagga actually received the class monitor's notes, he realized that the content covered in the past few days was really minimal, only a few pages long.
Snap!
While Fagar was still thinking, the class monitor came over, slammed his notebook shut, and said:
"These past few days have been spent going over test papers, and we haven't had many new lessons... Come on over, the sea of learning is boundless, you can chat with everyone for a while before you jump in and drown!"
As he spoke, the class monitor put his arm around Fagga's shoulder. Fagga smiled helplessly and reluctantly pulled a chair over to sit down.
"So, let's talk about Ruby's exam. You seem to be in such a hurry, is it coming up soon?"
Since we're already here, let's start a conversation. Fagar seems quite interested in the investigator's assessment.
Ruby scratched her head, discreetly avoiding Fagga's gaze, and said weakly, "Actually, there's still some time, about half a month..."
Eileen was speechless, but helpless. She rested her chin on her hand and asked, "Then why are you in such a hurry?"
"Because it's very important..."
Ruby immediately lay down on the table, resting her chin on her hand, as frank as a cat showing its belly:
"Uncle Seth has contacted me several times these past few days. I don't know why he's so busy but still thinking about my investigator assessment."
"There's nothing we can do. He's already in this state; we can't let him down."
As she spoke, Ruby pouted and said dejectedly, "The thought of Uncle Seth smiling and comforting me even though he was clearly disappointed if I didn't pass the test makes my heart ache."
this...
Fagga and Ellen exchanged a glance and nodded to each other.
Yes, confirmed. The pre-exam anxiety stemmed from excessively high expectations placed upon him.
“Seth… Uncle? Is this the cat-like man? He looks quite young.”
The class monitor opened his phone and looked at Ruby with a puzzled expression.
Is it a bit much to call such a young and handsome guy "uncle"?
Ruby exclaimed in surprise, "Where did you get his photo? Isn't that illegal?"
"Isn't rope making illegal? Don't worry, I bought mine from a rope net, it cost me a full hundred denarii!"
The class monitor put away his phone and teased, "By the way, didn't you know you could buy more things on the rope net than you imagined? There are so many things for sale there!"
"Besides, you haven't answered my question yet, so why are you calling him 'uncle'?"
"What's wrong with calling him 'Uncle Sheriff'?"
Ruby found it strange: "Even if I live to be thirty or sixty, I'll still call the sheriff 'Uncle'. I'm used to it."
Well...
Fagga touched his forehead and chuckled, "That actually makes a lot of sense."
"Hehe, right!"
Ruby heard that Fagga seemed to agree with her, and her little tail immediately perked up. She tilted her head back and smiled broadly.
After a long pause, she finally remembered to explain the main point:
"The investigator's assessment involves gathering a group of trusted companions and entering a hollow together. Then the examiner will hide a signal-carrying object inside the hollow. I have to find it and bring the entire team back, with no one left behind."
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