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.

head to the side, her eyes squinting in thought. "I'm afraid that I

"Such as?" Neumann asks.

a coconut?" Midnight says, fastening her eyes seriously on his face. "And I need to know whether or not in can

into a

I take all the coconuts for myself, to enforce control," she says, her mouth spreading into a wicked smile. "And all the monkeys and the baboons recognize me as

the Captain. "I mean, if she can pass through the

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

says, leaning forward

glaring around at all of us. "We cannot have children and unenrolled girls living in the

window.

the Captain asks, his face falling at the evidence of

with a laugh, waving

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 peering out

-

my god!" I gasp, my hands immediately flying to

to my eyes and I spin away from the window,

across the lawn at the base of the castle. "Mom, are you kidding

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

baby!" she calls,

houses that are being removed from their spots on