Chapter 459: Does This Mean She’s Better Than Me?

Or anyone for that matter? But he let it go and turned back to Nnenna.

"This means you have a lot of work starting today," he continued. "The board exams for the third years are no joke. But fortunately, I studied the same course. I’ll teach you everything I know."

"That’s exactly what I was hoping for," Nnenna said, her face brightening with relief. "Thank you."

But Carl wasn’t finished. He leaned forward, his voice more serious.

"Nnenna...Omniora Academy isn’t just about academics. You already know that, but let me remind you: you must have a second major. And you have to show real progress in at least two talent skills. All of them have lectures, practicals, and exams you must pass to advance."

Nnenna’s smile slowly faded.

Her shoulders slumped. She hadn’t realized it was going to be this intense. It suddenly felt like year one had been nothing but a lazy stroll compared to what was coming.

"How am I going to learn all those things?" Nnenna asked quietly, her voice sounding a little lost. "I don’t have anybody to teach me... Do you know them yourself?"

Carl looked thoughtful for a moment. "Not everything," he admitted honestly. "I specialised in surgery, marksmanship, emotional intelligence, and playing the piano. Later, I added other fields, general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, networking, negotiation, a lot more. Most recently, I’ve been studying psychiatry."

Her eyes widened a bit. Just how many things can one person master?

He continued, almost like he was reading her thoughts. "I also practiced martial arts and a few other areas, but I’m not the best there. In fact, I’m only second to two people when it comes to the things I didn’t specialise in."

they?" she

be

over, but said nothing, simply

martial arts for his extracurricular work in school. His main course was Political Science and

start to beat a little faster. Martial arts, strategy,

was stunned as she listened, her heart thumping in disbelief. Nnenna wanted to skip years,

anyone how brutal Omniora Academy could be. Even

over. But skipping straight to year four? That was as close to impossible as sprouting wings and flying

same Carl who had once shattered records with his talent, nodding like it was the most natural thing in

mind spun. Only three people in all of Omniora’s long, storied history had ever managed such a feat, Carl, Arthur, and Somto. Legends. Icons. And now he was acting as if Nnenna could

that extraordinary? That she could stand shoulder to shoulder with prodigies who had been raised in the lap of privilege, power, and

hard, a knot forming in her throat. Even she, Princess Ava of Prigrain, wasn’t bold

she still planned to finish her first semester and the second before daring to sit for the advancement exam to

to Nnenna, who looked calm, determined, as if she didn’t even realize how outrageous her plan sounded

than me? Ava wondered, her pride pricking her chest. Better than me, a princess who has been groomed for this

She clenched her

small, cold doubt crept under her skin, refusing to

wasn’t her place to say anything, so she forced herself to keep

hand, looked thoughtful, not the least bit nervous

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