On the other hand, Nine knocked on Kyle’s door with an anxious expression.
He paced around for a while and Kyle finally came out wearing a brown hoodie. Bia was sitting inside his hoodie.
“Why do you take so much time just to get ready? Hurry up!”
He dragged Kyle toward the student hall.
Kyle chuckled when he saw Nine anxious expressions. He cleared his throat.
“I hope the mana stones are ready.”
Nine glared at Kyle. Even though inwardly he knew he lost the bet he wouldn’t accept defeat until he saw Kyle’s result with his own eyes!
“We still haven’t seen the result!”
After walking for a while they spotted Alec and the others but because they were too far away Nine didn’t call out their names.
A few minutes later when they arrived in front of the student hall, Nine stopped Kyle.
“Wait! I am not ready yet!”
He wiped his sweaty forehead and looked at the hall with a serious expression. It looked like he was fighting an inner war.
Kyle looked at Nine expression he wanted to laugh but controlled himself.
“If we stand here any longer the day will turn into night!”
“Let’s enter.”
Nine sighed and fiddled with the ring he was wearing.
“Alright, Alright.”
With a dry smile, he entered the hall with Kyle. After passing through the crowd of students they saw a small gap between the crowd present on the north side.
Nine squinted his eyes, he could see Alec, Carcel, Mia, and Lara standing in front of the board but for some reason, they were laughing.
‘I am having a very bad feeling.’
He grumbled inwardly and left Kyle behind before approaching the laughing individuals.
After passing through the narrow path, Nine tapped on Alec’s shoulder.
“Bro, why are you all laughi…”
His sentence was cut short when his gaze landed on the board. His eyes contracted into a slit when he saw the first name.
“…”
Nine mouth was wide open as he pointed his trembling finger at the board.
“Impossible!”
He cried out loudly. Alec and Carcel looked at him with pity before both of them stepped forward and patted his shoulders with a sigh while exclaiming simultaneously.
“It’s fate.”
Nine slapped their hands away with a glare. He was the one who had to give away his mana stones!
“The hell with fate! I don’t believe this result! I want a refund… I mean I want to check Kyle’s papers with my own eyes before I believe this board!”
“Oh?”
Kyle’s voice resounded behind Nine and Nine finally shut his mouth but inwardly he was crying.
Kyle pushed him back and looked at the result. Even he was surprised.
-‘Wow you got the first rank.’
Bia’s surprised voice resounded inside his head as she peeked from his hoodie. Even though she didn’t understand much of the written words on the board she was sure the top name was ‘Kyle’.
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-Practical exam result;
“1_ Alec= 3000 and Kyle= 3000
2_Lara=2700
3_Carcel=2560
4_Mia=2450
5_Nine=2270
6_Lily=1990
7_Jake=1260
…”
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-Theoretical exam result;
1_Kyle= 100/100
2_Jake=100/96
3_Luna=100/86
4_Mia=100/84.5
5_Jessica=100/83
6_Carecl=100/82
7_Alec=100/79
8_Lara=100/77
….
200_ Nine=100/9.5″
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-Final result;
“1_Kyle
2_Alec
3_Lara
4_Carcel
5_Mia
6_Jake
7_Luna
….
17_Nine
…”
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When Kyle’s gaze landed on Nine theoretical exam results. He burst out into laughter. He was happy to see himself at the first rank but seeing Nine at the last was more amusing.
“I remember you said I will be the last no matter what!”
He patted Nine who was dazed after seeing Kyle’s result.
“Huh?”
Nine looked at Kyle who was pointing at the last name in the theoretical exam. He followed his finger and almost fainted on the spot.
“Impossible! I am last! No way! This result is fake!”
His face was red with embarrassment and he wanted to bury himself underground.
Just a week ago he was saying Kyle would take the last spot no matter what and now he was the one who was in the last spot? How can he accept this? It’s too unfair!
‘Also, why is my score even lower than 10!’
The students around them whispered and because of Nine’s loud voice, the two Professors sitting in the middle of the hall frowned.
One of the Professors shouted at them.
“What’s the problem? Which brat is shouting inside the hall? Come here I will tell you if it’s unfair or not!”
Nine shuddered. He instantly took back all his words and smiled at the professors.
“I was just joking.”
“Right, bro?”
He placed his arm on Kyle’s neck with a forced smile.
Alec and Carcel stopped their laughter. Even Mia placed her fingers on her lips.
The Professor raised his brow with an amused expression but then he pointed at the exit.
“Leave if you have seen your results don’t make a scene here.”
Nine nodded and with the others, he instantly left the hall.
After they stepped outside, Kyle rubbed his hands and looked at Nine with a smirk.
“So, what about the mana stones?”
Nine wanted to curse. His heart ached when he thought about the mana stones he gathered with ‘sweat and pain’.
Alec, Carcel, Mia, and Lara stood beside the duo with amused expressions. They wondered where Kyle and Nine got so many mana stones to make such a big bet over a small exam.
With a reluctant expression, Nine looked at his storage ring before looking at Kyle while flashing a smile.
“Bro we are friends how about we forget about the bet? It’s just some mana stones!”
Kyle raised his brow. His smirk widened as he placed his arm on Nine neck.
“You are right. It’s just some mana stones that means it’s not a big deal to give them to me.”
He gazed at Nine who laughed dryly.
“Right, Right… It’s not a big deal.”
Alec and the trio watched while laughing how Kyle took the exact amount of mana stones from Nine without giving the latter even a one percent discount.
They were surprised because Nine actually took out so many mana stones.
The most shocked one was Alec. He remembers how Nine, Carcel, and Kyle forced him to pay the restaurant bill when they went out for fun.
Now seeing Nine wealth he was feeling very poor.
‘Damn! They are rich and still forced me to use the only gold coins I had! Pity bastards!’