Chapter 497: Such a Shame

Nnenna had just finished cross checking her answers for the third time. She blinked at the paper. It was perfect. She had underlined, labeled, even rewritten one whole solution just to make the formatting prettier.

She glanced at the clock.

Still over an hour of the time left.

She sighed quietly, then raised her hand.

An invigilator noticed immediately and walked over, clipboard in hand.

"Yes?"

Nnenna looked up at him calmly and said, "Sir, I would like to submit now."

Just seven simple words.

But they echoed through the exam hall like a gunshot.

Everyone froze.

She said what?

Submit? Now? Already?!

Dozens of heads jerked in her direction.

Someone actually gasped. A pen clattered to the floor.

Even the invigilator blinked in surprise before quickly regaining his composure. "What did you say?"

"I said I’m done," she replied, standing slowly as she gathered her papers. "I’m done writing." She repeated

All around the hall, students exchanged wide eyed glances. Some glanced at their own scripts in despair. Others looked at her like she was a mythical beast.

How could she be done already?!

to write in two

Two!

why does she

seat, Ava’s

but quickly returned to her work, smiling

as she gathered her answer scripts. Pens halted mid sentence. Even the squeak of a distant chair came to an abrupt

whispered, eyes

the invigilator had

Wolke’s exams! The same Dr. Wolke who bragged during the staff briefing that he would made this year’s papers even harder than usual, to filter out the weaklings, in

frantic pleading, desperate glances at the clock, students

Submitting so early?

certain she was giving up. She

other students thought

quitting,"

gave up, then we’re all doomed," another muttered, the

the class..." a student in the back said under his breath. "And

hall like wildfire. Several students started scribbling faster, as though

enforce silence. They just stared at the calm girl in front of

swallowed and leaned

you... are you sure you want to submit?" he asked again, his voice lower, almost

hovered over the submission

added gently. "There’s still plenty

looked up at him,

you, sir. I’ve cross checked three times.

invigilator stared at her for a moment longer... then

"...Very well."

a fragile artifact, glanced over the cover page once more, and quietly

hall, her heels clicking softly against the polished floor, a wave of stunned

was no longer

with uncertainty... and a quiet,

again, waving her hand like

under her breath. "So bright and she

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