Chapter 49 - 49: 2nd Place (1/2)

When their teacher left for lunch break, everyone started surrounding and congratulating Serena except for Emily who was still looking at her paper, perhaps thinking how she got some of the answers wrong, and Isabel who seems to be comforting her.

”Serena! You're so awesome! I wish I can be half as good as you! You're my idol!” Lydia, one of their classmates said.

”No, no, I believe if given the same opportunity as me, you all would have performed just as well. It's just that I took some of this classes when I was younger, so I have an advantage.” Serena modestly replied. Well, she was saying the truth.

”Wow, you're so humble too… Not only are you the most beautiful person here, you're also the smartest, the kindest, and even more, you're also a future queen. Unlike some people here who's so full of themselves.” Cornelia loudly said while taking a side glance at Emily, then she made her eyes roll.

The girls in their class all laughed. It was as if Serena's victory were their very own victory.

Serena can only ignore their veiled insult. Well, it's not like they're directly bullying the female lead and it's not her fault that she was not well liked.

Who asked her to be such an insufferable know-it-all? It's not like she's a Hermoine Granger.

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After that short episode, Serena and her friends went to the assembly hall/ auditorium to see the bulletin board containing the names of the top 10 ranking students of the preliminary exam.

They all saw Serena's name immediately. She managed to land herself on 3rd place with the average score of 96%. What made her outstanding was that if she had managed to get a higher score in biology, she could've been on 1st place.

”100 in math, 100 in economics, 98 in Philosophy, 100 in reading, 95 in Geography, 98 in History, if not for Biology with the score of 81, then you would've been number 1! The top scorer only got an overall score of 97. Wow! I knew that you were smart Serena, but I never expected that you were a genius.” Gizel exclaimed.

”Hey, don't you see what I see? History in the making! Even Teacher Grace only managed to enter the top 10 during her senior year.” Milly remarked.

”Hey, look, Emily also made it in the top 10, she actually ranked 9th place with an average score of 90.” Via commented.

”What 9th place? Isn't that too far from 3rd place? Ha! What a slap on her face. Looking down on us, feeling like she's the best student in our class. HAHAHAHAHA!” Gizel, who didn't care if anyone heard her laughed out loud.

Thankfully, no one was around as they were all at the cafeteria having lunch. The other students already saw the bulletin board earlier.

Serena then looked at the result of the 2nd year students. As expected, Geoffrey got first place with an average score of 100. Again, he wasn't male lead for nothing. Besides, the score could even be biased. He IS the crown prince. But what was surprising was Charlton's result. In the novel, he's just usually at the top 5, not scoring higher than Leonard who was usually in 2nd place. But clearly in front of her was Charlton's name with an average score of 99. Geometry 100, Chemistry 100, Political Science 96, Accounting 100, World History 100, Macroeconomics 100, Writing 100, Ethics 96. Did he work hard to impress her? She thought as she smiled, feeling happy for him.

”Wow Serena, you're the same as your brother on third place. Haha! He got an average score of 98. Not bad! And look at lover boy, 99!” Milly said, careful not to mention the crown prince who got first place.