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.

her eyes squinting in thought. "I'm afraid that I need more information to solve

"Such as?" Neumann asks.

his face. "And I need

a wide smile. "It

wicked smile. "And all the monkeys

delighted with the girl, and then turns his head to the Captain. "I mean, if she can pass through the Candidate stage, I definitely

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

progress," Neumann says, leaning forward to

this is out of order," the Captain growls, glaring around at all of us. "We cannot have children and unenrolled girls living in the Castle

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

Captain asks, his face falling at the evidence of

says with a

Jackson, who just shrugs at me, and then together -

-

my

spring to my eyes and I spin away

the base of the castle. "Mom, are

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

calls, waving

look at her, distracted instead by the four houses that are being removed from their spots on a train with the