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?”

her eyes stuck to it, unable to look away. 298 points? And yet, it

his feet and brimming with excitement, “Great news, folks! Awesome news!”

Latham spoke, the crowd around Hanley burst out,

234!”

not the top score. What’s there to

grin grew wider, “That’s the spirit! Top ten

applause and congratulations for Hanley. Amidst this, some curious eyes turned to

How many points?

hard and cursed,

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

confusion. Some comforted Cordelia, while others,

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were in cahoots with Juliana, mocked, “Yeah, he waited half an hour and still got first place. Definitely not human, but a god! Unlike some people… seems like the facade

excitement, “What? Cordelia got first in the state! And if I’m not mistaken, she’ll be first in the nation too! She scored 298 points!”

was a sea of shock

stammered, “But, the forum says Keen is

smiling, “Yes, they tied for 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 agreements. I wrote down their names. Want to

asked slowly, “Is Superiority

Crest Academy don’t make such offers based

“Oh, then reject

been set on one goal, that

fodder for her critics, “The scores from the National League can only get you into average universities. Dreaming of Superiority

her gaze, she saw a message from Mathster, ‘Lia, how

She replied, ‘298‘

at

head of the Math Department, Frankie, chuckled at the score, “Lia plays it like a game as usual. That score’s got

since Cordelia had proven Batra’s Conjecture, Frankie had

math expert. Calling a young girl “Boss

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

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

are made for

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