Editing Failing Witch:Volume3 Episode1 (section)

===Part 10===

The incident was over.

As the real cheater, Chloe Sharprain had her practice exam confiscated. Yagoro agreed the summer was a major crossroads. But at the same time, this was only a practice exam. Passing this year’s real entrance exam would be a lot harder for her now and she might even have trouble recovering in time for next year. But if she turned over a new leaf now, she could take the first crucial step. The tutor believed she could do it.

Brewery Establish, the real mastermind, had been arrested by the Benandanti. There was no going easy on her. Only Maleficium could restrain a Limit Breaker.

And.

The Lughnasadh practice exam ended on time. The results here could be applied to the upcoming official practice exam. And that official one would also be a written exam.

Melehe Superlative held her result in her hand.

It was written plainly: B Rank.

All sound seemed to fade from her ears.

That genius girl had always managed to maintain an A Rank, but now she had stalled.

Turning in that one section early and pursuing the cheating case had hurt her after all. And it was all careless mistakes she would have caught had she not been satisfied with just filling in all the answers and actually reviewed her answers.

She had done the right thing.

She had fought to save her friends. She would never say that was wrong.

But…

She had been warned from the beginning. An exam student’s time was how many tickets they had to act. It was a limited resource. So what happened if she focused her precious time on something other than studying? Melehe had made her choice and this was the result.

She understood that, but even so…

“Oh, wow! Dorothea, you went up a rank from C. You actually got a B!!”

“Heh…eh heh heh.”

“Damn, and I worked so hard. But I did make it to C Rank, so I’ll just have to catch up to you on the next practice exam!!”

“Eep. Let’s work at it together, Viocia.”

Those two’s celebrations seemed to be coming from another world altogether.

Melehe was supposedly isolated from them, but their voices still reached her.

Both of them were smiling.

“I’m so relieved I’m feeling hungry all of a sudden. Like I just remembered I need to eat!”

“Are you going to the cafeteria, Viocia? Eep.”

“Yes, because Moloch was a sleepyhead this morning. Melehe, you join us! You taught us the most cost-effective order is the Vivid Health Salad plus a single boiled egg, so we need you with us!!”

“…up.”

“?”

“Shut the hell up, both of you!! You’re relieved? You need me? What’s so fun about bragging all day long!?”

It was like lightning had struck nearby.

Only silence remained.

Viocia and Dorothea weren’t the only ones shocked by it. All the hopeful witches in the room were staring at Melehe. Like a crack had run through the invisible air.

Melehe couldn’t bear the silence any longer.

She bit her lip and ran from the room.