Chapter 382 (1/2)

Chapter 382: Final Exam

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The day of the final exam soon arrived.

In the hall, the witches sat in neat rows as they waited for Teacher Scroll to distribute the test papers.

Meanwhile, Andrea was elegantly trimming her nails with a clipper. She was already thinking about dinner—according to His Highness Roland, the first semester of school would conclude as soon as the exam was over. To celebrate, every student would receive a roll of ice cream bread for dinner.

This meant that Andrea would receive much more than one roll.

In recent days, she would play “Fight the Landlord” with Ashes and Shavi whenever she was free. This game of tactics and technique was somewhat similar to beasts chess, which used to be popular among the upper-class nobility. In both games, the key was to make use of one’s advantages and hide one’s weaknesses, and deep planning was required. She would often brag about never having lost a game of “Fight the Landlord” to Lady Tilly and, even more so, Ashes, and she was indeed telling the truth. At the moment, she was owed six rolls of ice cream bread, of which four were from Ashes and two were from Shavi. In other words, whenever His Highness arranged this delicacy as dessert, the two of them would have to give their portions to Andrea.

It was going to be a “bumper harvest” for Andrea. She would be able to enjoy three rolls of ice cream bread for dinner, which would be finally enough to satiate her craving.

Naturally, she was also confident about the exam.

As soon as she heard that there would be an exam, she asked Sylvie about the previous test and even attempted the questions on her own. She realized that the test was very simple and was basically equivalent to the basic education for nobility. The test paper was mainly about recognizing words and phrases, and there were also a few simple arithmetic calculations of profit and loss, which were not as difficult as accounting problems, let alone family finance calculations. She was widely known as her family’s prodigy in this area, and at the age of 15, she was already able to check her family’s account books.

The true way of the nobility was to do everything to one’s best.

The test papers were soon distributed.

Andrea took a quick look through the paper and raised her head. The test consisted of three question sheets, which were each labeled separately as “Kingdom Language”, “Basic Arithmetic”, and “Elementary Nature”.

Great, exactly the same as last time.

She grinned uncontrollably as she opened the “Kingdom Language” question sheet and began writing with her goose quill pen immediately.

Within 15 minutes, she completed the questions on the first sheet. Although the range of vocabulary was greater than that of the previous time, and there were a few unexpected segments such as “reading comprehension” and “filling in the blanks”, the test remained easy for her. “Well, it’s just answering the questions after comprehending the passage and completing the sentences. It only looks confusing, but it’s quite simple.”

The next sheet was “Basic Arithmetic”.

The front segment comprised of simple calculations of profit and loss, but gradually, Andrea’s progress slowed down.

“What does ‘Use an equation to describe two intersecting lines with a few dots above them.’ mean?”

Her heart suddenly clenched. She began to have the feeling she got when she read Natural Science Theoretical Foundation. “Why is it that I can understand the words separately, but not when they’re connected?”

This was also the case for the subsequent questions.

Andrea started to sweat profusely.

She took a deep breath and held it in her chest. Then, she turned towards Nightingale, who was seated in the back row. “As a fellow noble, can she give me some hints?”

But Nightingale’s facial expression shocked Andrea.

Nightingale was staring dully at her test paper while holding her goose quill pen in her mouth. She did not shift her gaze for a long time.

Are the questions also difficult for her?

Lady Tilly did not attend the exam, while the legendarily gifted Miss Anna was also nowhere to be seen. Andrea saw that most of the witches were still stuck on the first page and unable to answer the questions.