T/L: Yurika

E/D: Castle

Huh! What if this is that!

Flora-sama. Lets go to the staff room to protest. (Ekaterina)

Huh? A protest, huh? Why so? (Flora)

Its strange that Im 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 bloombut how could I let it be?

Please calm down, Lady Ekaterina. There couldnt have been any manipulation. (Flora)

No! Its the only thing I can think of. (Ekaterina)

Then theres no way Im in second place. Because the third place is (Flora)

Ah.

Third place is a Prince. He is above me.

Oh, I see. Im sorry, teachers, I falsely accused you.

Eh?

Im really in first place.

I tremblingly looked at my hands and tried my best to stop myself from burying my head in them.

I cantthis is too illogical

But Ive 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, thats 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.

Im not proud of it, but I cant help it.

And although Im not proud of it, Im still brothers younger sister so the probability of me having high potential in terms of memory and understanding could be high too!

I didnt 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.

Whats going on? What am I going to do

But Flora-chan is ranked higher than the Prince, too. Its barely safe Is it safe Uwah!

Congratulations, Ekaterina and Flora.

Gyaa, there he is!!!

3rd POV

Screaming inwardly, Ekaterina turns around. And of course, theres the Prince.

Ah, Im sorry!

Im really sorry, Prince! Please dont be offended!

Ekaterina is terrified.

The Prince, however, smiled with warmness to Ekaterina and Flora.

Youre both great. Especially Flora, Im sure you had some subjects that were unfamiliar to you, but its amazing that youve been able to achieve such great results. (Mikhael)

Oh, he praised Flora-chan. Good, thats a relief!

Ekaterina was so relieved that she looked at the Prince and Flora with a sparkling smile.

Flora modestly shook her head.

Its just that, I only studied it because Im not used to it, so its not something worthy to be praised. Besides (Flora)

With a mischievous smile, Flora wrapped her arm against Ekaterinas.

Oh, how cute!

Ekaterina-sama calls me to her dorm room every day to review and prepare for my classes together. Its the reason why I was able to get such good grades. (Flora)

A study group for the first and second place of the grade? Thats very useful. (Mikhael)

The Prince said with a smile, but he looked at the ranking list and sighed softly.

Im ashamed of myself. (Mikhael)