The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0994

"Come back here," Neumann calls, pointing at the ground in front of him. Midnight appears again in the corner, dismissing her shadows, and dashes back over, smiling her delight.

"Are you seriously encouraging this?" the Captain murmurs, shaking his head and heaving a big sigh.

Neuman doesn't reply, instead narrowing his eyes at Midnight. "Are you smart?"

"Plenty smart," she says, giving a sharp nod.

"Where were you educated?"

"My yurt."

Neumann pauses for a moment and then moves on. “Do you have advanced chemistry and mathematics?"

"Nope!" Midnight says, tucking her hands behind her back and giving her head a firm shake. "But Ariel says she will tutor me all summer and I'll be ready for the fall."

"All right," Neumann murmurs, his voice dropping low, his mouth drawing to a thin line. "Let's quiz you, then, to see if you have the mental capacity to enroll in this school. If there are eighteen bananas and six coconuts that you need to split between a pack of baboons and another of monkeys who are at war, how do you split them up to effect piece?"

"What on earth does that have to do with her capacity for espionage?" the Captain blurts out, exasperated.

"I want to see how the girl's mind works,” Neumann murmurs, keeping his eyes on Mids.

cocks her head to the side, her eyes squinting in thought.

"Such as?" Neumann asks.

says, fastening her eyes seriously on his face. "And I need to know whether

face spreads into a wide

mouth spreading into a wicked smile. "And all the monkeys and the baboons

to the Captain. "I mean, if she

as Midnight eagerly bites her lip. "I'll pass!" she says, nodding, eager. "I'm sure

forward to watching your progress," Neumann says, leaning forward to her with a friendly

us. "We cannot have children and unenrolled girls living

a huge problem," Jesse calls from the window. Curious,

face falling at the evidence of a

says with a laugh,

gives an excited little shout. Baffled, I glance up at Jackson, who just shrugs at me, and then together - followed by Midnight, Neumann, and the Captain - we head over to the window, all

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my hands immediately flying to

later tears start to spring to my eyes and I spin away from the window, dashing

lawn at the base of the castle. "Mom,

turns, a huge smile spreading across her face, a laugh breaking from her as she sees me coming with my entourage of family and

calls, waving

instead by the four houses that are being removed from their spots on a train with the aid of