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?!

courses to write in two

Two!

she look

Ava’s lips parted

but quickly returned

halted mid sentence.

whispered, eyes

invigilator had to

is Dr. 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

had expected frantic pleading, desperate glances at the clock, students crying silently into their scripts. But

Submitting so early?

stared at Nnenna, certain she was giving up. She

clearly, the other

she’s quitting," someone whispered,

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

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

Several students started scribbling faster, as though fearing some unseen countdown had been triggered. One girl dropped her pen

momentarily too stunned to enforce silence. They just stared at the calm girl

invigilator swallowed

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

pen hovered over the

a few more minutes," he added gently.

at him, her

cross

a moment longer... then slowly nodded, almost

"...Very well."

her scripts like it was a fragile artifact, glanced over the cover

heels clicking softly against the polished

her, the hall was no longer filled

uncertainty... and a

her hand like she was shooing away smoke. She

muttered under her breath. "So bright and she

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