T/L: Yurika
E/D: Castle
Huh! What if this is that!
“Flora-sama. Let’s go to the staff room to protest.” (Ekaterina)
“Huh? A protest, huh? Why so?” (Flora)
“It’s strange that I’m ranked above you, Flora-sama. I believe that this is due to an improper manipulation of my status. This should not be allowed to happen. It must be corrected.” (Ekaterina)
Flora-sama only laughed like a flower in full bloom…but how could I let it be?
“Please calm down, Lady Ekaterina. There couldn’t have been any manipulation.” (Flora)
“No! It’s the only thing I can think of.” (Ekaterina)
“Then there’s no way I’m in second place. Because the third place is…” (Flora)
Ah.
Third place is a Prince. He is above me.
‘Oh, I see. I’m sorry, teachers, I falsely accused you.
Eh?
…I’m really in first place.
…
I tremblingly looked at my hands and tried my best to stop myself from burying my head in them.
I can’t…this is too illogical…
But I’ve really done it!
B-b-b-but you see!
I should have been at the bottom of the list! Normal nobles are educated from the age of five, that’s why I somehow felt threatened and did my best to study as hard as I could. But still, it should not have resulted to this!
…This time, since it was a regular test, the scope of the questions was limited, and if it was within the scope of what I had learned in class since I entered the school, I would have been at the bottom of the class.
I’m not proud of it, but I can’t help it.
And although I’m not proud of it, I’m still brother’s younger sister so the probability of me having high potential in terms of memory and understanding could be high too!
I didn’t know that! Flora-chan, who I was studying with, was at a similar level. But when you think about it, Flora-chan was the one with all the potential who should have been able to get first place without any previous life bonuses or gifted education from childhood….
What’s going on? What am I going to do⁉︎
But Flora-chan is ranked higher than the Prince, too. It’s barely safe⁉︎ Is it safe⁉︎ Uwah!
“Congratulations, Ekaterina and Flora.”
Gyaa, there he is!!!
3rd POV
Screaming inwardly, Ekaterina turns around. And of course, there’s the Prince.
Ah, I’m sorry!
I’m really sorry, Prince! Please don’t be offended!
Ekaterina is terrified.
The Prince, however, smiled with warmness to Ekaterina and Flora.
“You’re both great. Especially Flora, I’m sure you had some subjects that were unfamiliar to you, but it’s amazing that you’ve been able to achieve such great results.” (Mikhael)
Oh, he praised Flora-chan. Good, that’s a relief!
Ekaterina was so relieved that she looked at the Prince and Flora with a sparkling smile.
Flora modestly shook her head.
“It’s just that, I only studied it because I’m not used to it, so it’s not something worthy to be praised. Besides…” (Flora)
With a mischievous smile, Flora wrapped her arm against Ekaterina’s.
Oh, how cute!
“Ekaterina-sama calls me to her dorm room every day to review and prepare for my classes together. It’s the reason why I was able to get such good grades.” (Flora)
“A study group for the first and second place of the grade? That’s very useful.” (Mikhael)
The Prince said with a smile, but he looked at the ranking list and sighed softly.
“… I’m ashamed of myself.” (Mikhael)
