I Love You, Miss Genius

'Bonnie is going to return empty-handed and everyone's going to look down on her again!' Selina thought to herself.

After some time, Bonnie returned to the exhibition with a rolled-up painting in her hands.

Selina saw it and immediately scoffed. 'Bonnie truly knows how to put on a show. I'm sure this is a fake. That's why she kept it rolled up and didn't show it to everyone here.

'That doesn't matter. There are so many people here. So, she has no choice but to unroll the painting eventually. The moment she does that, she'll be kicked out of the university for good.'

She was in the middle of her thoughts when Bonnie asked someone to hang the painting up on the wall.

Selina directed her gaze at it, intending to take pleasure in Bonnie's misery. To her surprise, Bonnie had brought back an identical painting!

'This can't be right! I stole the original painting. How could she have tracked down the painting so fast? It has to be a fake.'

Selina swept her eyes across the crowd. Aside from her, everyone looked calm and unperturbed. None of them mentioned anything unusual about the painting.

'Is it possible that none of the professors can tell that the painting she brought back was a fake? Or, is it because they never even thought of it that way? Fine. I guess I'll have to give them a nudge.' "Say, Professor Benton. Don't you think there's something funny about this painting?"

"What do you mean?"

it, but I can't shake the feeling that something's different about it. After all, we're talking about one of two of Master Kieran's original paintings. Let's not even forget the fact that the Knight Group gave

better that we play it safe and have the other professors

suggestion valid. So, he asked some of the students to bring other

a number of professors came and appraised it. All of them came to the conclusion that

her eyes brimming

be nothing wrong with it? Haven't I just stolen the original painting and hidden it in a remote corner?

So she slipped

her leave

them were gone, Benton accidentally brushed against the painting. Lowering his head, he looked at

Why is

still

if it

does

'It's almost

just painted recently. How

that make sense, though?'