The lunch break was very short, and it quickly passed. The four of them returned to their respective classes, preparing for the practical test in the afternoon.
“How was it, Lianca, what’s the progress?” As soon as Litte returned to the classroom, she looked at Lianca, who was sitting in her seat blushing and lost in thought, and asked anxiously.
“...” Lianca lowered her head, remaining silent.
Litte got anxious.
The sche was planned by the two of us together. What was the result? Tell . What do you an by staying silent and acting like a riddle-master?
“I... feel like it failed.” Just before Litte couldn’t help but ask again, Lianca spoke at the point where Litte was about to explode.
“What do you an?” Litte was startled upon hearing this. “Do you an Orson doesn’t have feelings for you? Or did you suddenly realize you don’t like Orson anymore?”
“No, no.” Lianca shook her head. “It’s for other reasons. I’m not quite ready to say yet...”
“Student Lianca.” Litte gripped Lianca’s shoulders at this mont and spoke, “We’re allies, aren’t we? Is there anything you can hide from ?”
“Ugh...” Lianca thought for a long ti, then looked at Litte and asked softly, “Well, Student Litte, let ask you sothing, can you answer honestly?”
“Of course I can.” Litte nodded.
“I... I want to ask, why did you cooperate with ...”
“It just occurred to that while I have a reason to help my sister, where is your reason?”
“I...” Litte was caught off guard by Lianca’s counter-question and felt a little flustered. Then, she looked at Lianca and spoke, “Of course I have my own reasons too.”
“And what are those reasons?”
“I...” Litte was constantly formulating her words internally.
She couldn’t possibly say that she orchestrated this whole situation so she could end up with Orson in the end, could she?
“Actually, I also saw that Senior Olivia wasn’t happy being with Orson, which is why I wanted to separate them,” Litte said.
“Really?” Lianca was rarely t with soone who agreed with her idea, and she looked at Litte excitedly.
“Exactly! So, Lianca, I wouldn’t harm you. We’re on the sa side from beginning to end!” Litte said this, nodding.
“So, what exactly happened today? How did things progress?”
...
“...So, you just simply explained to Lianca that you two need to keep your distance?” Olivia looked at Orson, her tone containing a hint of suspicion.
“Yes.” Orson nodded. “That’s all I said. After all, she’s my sister-in-law. What kind of thoughts could I have about my sister-in-law? On the other hand, you and Litte, what did you two talk about?”
“What could I talk about with Litte? At most, he apologized to for so past matters, and I accepted,” Olivia said.
“Oh.” Orson understood upon hearing this.
Regarding the relationship between Litte and Olivia, Orson had also inquired about it indirectly before.
Although Litte appeared to have no conflict with Olivia on the surface, privately, Litte disliked Olivia.
And Olivia herself didn’t like Litte. The two of them were like that, usually keeping to themselves.
Of course, this was how it appeared in Orson’s eyes. When they went shopping together, and when they were alone, Orson didn’t believe that nothing happened between them.
Although Orson wasn’t arrogant, judging by the affection Olivia and Litte showed towards him, a battlefield, a Shura field, had definitely been unfolding between them centered around him for a long ti.
For the practical test in the afternoon, it was clearly unquestionable that Orson would continue to dominate, achieving perfect scores in all subjects for the second year.
As for the first year, the process was a bit more bumpy.
Two months had passed since the start of the sester, and Lianca was originally full of confidence for this midterm test because she had advanced to Tier 5 warrior.
But when she defeated a series of opponents, she found that standing before her was still Litte, who had defeated her in the entrance test.
Although they were allies emotionally, they were undoubtedly rivals academically.
In this battle, Lianca also didn’t hold back, choosing to go all out against Litte.
After several minutes of fighting, she realized that she could no longer defeat Litte.
Yes, if she could defeat Litte in the entrance test but lost due to her own carelessness, in the current midterm test, she was completely no match for Litte.
Whether it was combat skills, combat experience, or simply pure strength, Lianca was not the dominant party.
At this mont, Litte’s advantage as the protagonist of the original world line beca evident.
Both were favored talents. While others could only advance one tier in two months, Litte could advance two tiers, and simultaneously in both physical and magical disciplines.
This speed could only be described as miraculous.
Of course, besides her own demands, there was another more important reason motivating Litte’s continuous progress.
That was Orson.
Although she didn’t want to resort to that final step, it was clear that if Orson stopped liking her in the future, or wanted to kick her out of his life, then keeping Orson by force was clearly the most secure way.
Although a lon forcefully twisted might not be sweet, it quenched thirst.
Thus, Lianca was indirectly tricked by Orson once again.
In the end, Lianca couldn’t withstand Litte’s dual assault and had to concede defeat.
“I surrender!” Lianca raised both hands, giving a standard French military salute.
Seeing Lianca say this, Litte also lowered her weapon.
The chief examiner looked at the two on the stage and nodded in satisfaction.
Litte was Tier 3 at the ti of enrollnt, and Lianca was Tier 4. Now both had reached Tier 5.
You know, only a quarter of the academic year had passed, and they were already able to achieve this kind of progress. Their future potential was truly unimaginable.
At least, by the second year, both of them should be at least Tier 6, not inferior to their older siblings.
Seeing such talent always brought satisfaction to the teachers.
...
After a day of testing, everyone returned to their dormitories.
Orson heard so bad news from Therese.
The academy was considering arranging the students’ teaching and practical tasks for the second half of the sester in the Antica Duchy.
Which was Orson’s ho.
This arrangent was made considering the increasing pressure from the beastn. War was on the verge of breaking out. At that ti, as high-level combatants, the students of the Imperial Academy would definitely play a huge role on the battlefield.
The teaching philosophy of the Imperial Academy had never been to develop caged birds, allowing students to focus solely on academics in an ivory tower, but to develop true talents.
Therefore, long and demanding practical activities were arranged for the second half of each academic year.
This year, due to special circumstances, they had no choice but to move the practical test, which normally wouldn’t be part of the midterm exam, forward.
“How were the practical test results this afternoon?” Orson returned ho and asked with a smile, looking at Litte sitting in the room.
“Hehe, as your sister, Orson, I rightfully took first place~” Litte said this, showing a proud smile.
“Is that so? That’s good,” Orson nodded, then sat on the edge of Litte’s bed.
“But, Litte, you’ve grown quite a bit these past few days, haven’t you?”
“Eh? What do you an?” Litte looked at Orson with confusion, hearing his sowhat baffling words.
“I’m praising you. Not only have you grown a lot in terms of combat strength, but your mind has also grown a lot. You can even team up with others to trick your brother, . That’s really good.” Although Orson’s tone didn’t show any anger at all, and even carried a hint of teasing, to Litte, it ant sothing entirely different.
Did Orson really know? It’s over. Will he be angry with for doing this? Will he dislike because I obstructed his relationship with Olivia...
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