By the Original God, he must have been half-asleep yesterday, and his head still wasn't clear.
How could someone get a zero on the theory test?
It had to be an illusion.
The middle-aged teacher rubbed his eyes and then looked at the light screen again.
【Theory Test: 0】
Middle-aged teacher: "..."
It really wasn't an illusion!
"Wait a moment. Maybe there's a malfunction in the magical network system. I'll pull up your test paper."
With that, the middle-aged teacher reached out with both hands and performed a series of operations on the light screen, leaving Grinya dazzled.
"Eh? Strange. Where is your paper?"
The middle-aged teacher stared at the empty light screen, stunned.
"Did you not take the exam?" He looked at Grinya.
After thinking hard, he could only come up with this unexpected but reasonable answer.
Did she take the exam?
Grinya had the same question.
Although she was in the exam hall, the one actually taking the test wasn't her.
So in this situation, did it count as her taking the exam?
...
"How did everything go?" Seeing Grinya walk out of the office, Ruiya immediately went to meet her, a kind and gentle smile on her face.
"Can I see your admission notice? I'll take you to your student dormitory."
Ruiya's gaze slowly lowered, and she saw that Grinya's hands were empty.
She froze.
"I'm sorry, Princess Ruiya, I didn't pass the academy's exam."
Grinya looked extremely dejected.
Even though she had expected it, when the cruel reality was actually placed before her, she still found it hard to accept.
Even so, in front of Ruiya, she suppressed her internal sadness and tried her best to keep her emotions stable.
But the pain in her heart couldn't be covered up. Even though she had worked so hard for this goal for a very long time, reality was just that cruel.
"How is that possible? You got a perfect score on the practical test!" Ruiya was also shocked and deeply confused.
"Is there some kind of inside scheme?"
"No... Princess Ruiya, there's no inside scheme. Actually, I already anticipated this result."
Grinya shook her head and walked out unsteadily, like a doll whose clockwork spring was about to run out.
Ruiya watched her receding figure, her brow furrowing slightly.
She turned and walked to the office door, knocking gently.
"Teacher Ai'erlun, I want to ask about that student's score just now. Is there a problem?"
The middle-aged teacher looked up at her, appearing somewhat surprised by Ruiya's presence.
"It's Princess Ruiya. You're quite concerned about Student Grinya's grades." Teacher Ai'erlun smiled, then frowned as he opened the light screen on his desk.
"Regarding Student Grinya's score, I find it strange too. She clearly achieved a perfect score on the practical test, so why is her theory score, which is easier to get points on, only 0?" Ai'erlun sighed. "But the magical network system isn't malfunctioning, and Grinya's test paper can't be retrieved either. According to academy rules, it can only be treated as a 0."
"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've encountered such a situation."
Ruiya didn't respond to him, only staring intently at Grinya's score.
A theory score of 0...
A test paper that couldn't be retrieved...
Ruiya's delicate brows knit tighter and tighter.
Could there really be some kind of inside scheme here?
After leaving the office, Ruiya went to the Academic Affairs Office without stopping.
"Princess Ruiya? Why do you have time to visit here?"
The teachers in the Academic Affairs Office were also very surprised by Ruiya's appearance.
"Sorry, everyone. Regarding yesterday's theory test, I have some doubts that need answering. Could I see all the test papers?" Princess Ruiya said playfully, putting her hands together at the tip of her nose.
"Of course! All student scores have already been entered into the magical network system. You can mess around with that pile of papers as much as you like."
"Thank you, teachers!"
Ruiya was delighted and took the test papers handed over by the teacher. Suddenly, she glimpsed a figure crouching in the corner, looking lonely and out of place.
"What happened to Teacher Evan?" she asked curiously.
"Him? Because he didn't receive a single proper answer sheet in his exam hall yesterday, the dean criticized him, and now he's shut himself away," a teacher answered with a smile.
"Why did that happen?"
"No one knows. We just heard that not long after the exam started, the students in Evan's hall one by one had mental breakdowns and ran away, so there was a huge pile of blank papers."
"The only one who submitted a paper normally... well, we don't know if they were also affected and became mentally unstable, but they just scribbled all over the paper and couldn't even write their own name."
After hearing these tragic events, Ruiya couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look at Teacher Evan.
Teacher Evan was truly pitiful.
There were many test papers, stacked higher than Ruiya. If she checked them one by one, she didn't know when she would see Grinya's paper.
But Ruiya had her own methods.
She only needed to gently place her hand on top of the papers and then output her mana through her palm, connecting to the papers like an electric current to sense their contents.
Although she still needed time to process it, it was much faster than checking them one by one.
She focused her attention on the name "Grinya."
Soon, she locked onto a single paper from the thick stack.
She pulled it out with precision and then looked at the score.
【Theory Score: 88.】
Ha!
She found a loophole! There really was an inside scheme here!
She knew it; how could Grinya's theory score be only 0?
On a test where anyone with normal intelligence could easily get at least 20 points, how could such a nonsensical score of 0 appear?
Wait...
Ruiya's slightly upturned mouth suddenly flattened.
Why was Grinya's name written all over this test paper?
And why was there a sword drawn after every single name?
Some names even had marks where the ink had been heavily ground in.
Her mana could even feel the hatred the owner of this paper had for Grinya during the exam; it was deep enough to be demonic.
This... shouldn't be Grinya's own paper.
Who on earth hated Grinya to this extent?
She stared blankly at the examinee's name.
【Examinee Name: Buze Kritov.】
Ruiya: "..."
"So where is Grinya's paper?"
Ruiya flipped through the pile of papers again, but she still couldn't find Grinya's.
In such a thick stack of papers, every single one had the examinee's name written on it, yet she specifically couldn't find Grinya's signature.
This was very strange. Did Grinya really not attend the exam?
Ruiya didn't believe it and channeled her mana threads once more.
This time, her mana carefully passed through every single paper, and Ruiya sensed the contents of each one very seriously.
Because doing this required high mental strength, beads of sweat gradually formed on Ruiya's forehead.
Zizt—
Ruiya suddenly felt a sharp sting and quickly withdrew her mana.
"What's wrong, Your Highness Ruiya?" a nearby teacher noticed Ruiya's abnormality and asked with concern.
"It's... it's nothing."
Ruiya gave a casual excuse, but her attention remained fixed on the paper that had just caused her that sharp sting.
What was that just now?
The text on that paper seemed to contain some kind of sacred and inviolable power.
It allowed no desecration!
At this moment, the Academic Affairs Office was silent. The teachers all had their own work to do.
Only the sound of a low but powerful heartbeat echoed.
No one could understand how much fear was in Ruiya's heart right now!
As she looked at that paper, which she now regarded as a forbidden object, her brain had only one thought: "Run!"
"Your Highness Ruiya, are you really alright?"
A teacher looked up, staring at Ruiya with a face full of confusion.
"You look... very nervous?"
Ruiya didn't seem to hear. In her eyes, there was only that terrifying paper.
In the name field of that paper was a string of mysterious symbols she couldn't understand at all.
【The Original God is incredible!】
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