Chapter 63

At 10 am sharp, Hanley checked his score. 234 pointer

“Wow, you rock!”

“That’s a killer score! Definitely top ten in the stater

Hanley breathed a sigh of relief.

Lately, he had been burning the midnight oil to catch up with Cordelia, hitting the books every night until half–past twelve, and getting up at the crack of dawn at 5:30 am. His hard work had paid off, and the score was pretty darn good!

Yet, a tinge of regret lingered.

He had wanted to go head–to–head with Cordelia to show her he was every bit her equal. But Cordelia had lost half an hour. Even if her score was lower, his victory felt somewhat hollow.

“If only I had done like Keen and waited for her half an hour,” he thought.

With that on his mind, Hanley opened the Math Forum, where speculation about everyone’s scores was already going wild.

“OMG, Keen got first place!”

“Does that mean Cordelia isn’t number one?”

“How did this happen? I was waiting for our study queen to crush it, but it turns out even prodigies are

normal…”

“Missing half an hour and not getting first is pretty normal, I’d say.”

“Keen waited half an hour too, to be fair! But Keen’s a legend, so first place is no big surprise!”

“I wanted to see Cordelia snag that top spot.”

“I hope so.”

Merry saw the comments in the thread. Looking at Cordelia full of frustration and defiance, she asked, “Lia, people on the forum are saying that the state math committee called Lakeshore High. Keen took the top spot! How many points did you get?”

it, unable to

on his feet and brimming

the crowd around Hanley burst

234!”

the top score. What’s

the spirit! Top ten in

and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious eyes turned to Cordelia, “Cordelia, how many

How many points?

and cursed, “Keen’s not human!”

high score, and Keen’s still first? That was beyond belief! Did he get a

to some confusion. Some comforted Cordelia, while others, who didn’t like

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half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but a god! Unlike

after that, Latham’s voice thundered with excitement, “What? Cordelia got first in the state! And if I’m not

was a sea

forum says

first! Both got 298 points! Then Latham turned to Cordelia, continuing, “I got calls from several colleges‘ admissions offices wanting to offer you direct admission

Superiority College on

Top Crest Academy don’t make such offers based on National League results. The best

looked slightly disappointed, “Oh, then reject

on one goal, that was, Superiority College!

fresh fodder for her critics, “The scores from the National League can only

as her phone buzzed. Lowering her gaze, she saw a message from Mathster, ‘Lia,

She replied, ‘298‘

Ontoky City, at Superiority

it like

Batra’s Conjecture, Frankie

was an old man, a renowned math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss Cordelia” didn’t seem appropriate. Lia

with the paper looked up, “Professor, you should call admissions right away. Get them to reach out to

College and Top–Crest Academy don’t offer direct admissions based on

made for exceptional

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