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"Don\'t tell me you aren\'t…"

Princess Bell looked beside her at her friend, her study partner that had helped her immensely in these past few days.

"This might be just some \'tests\' but this certainly isn\'t something we have to be so anxious about, right?

If the questions are in our favour and our answers match the taste of the judges, we will get good marks. Or else, they will at least give some marks according to their standards.

Even if we don\'t get the full score or the highest score, we will get a good enough score, and that much I know for certain."

They had prepared all that they could.

They had attended their classes, did their own study, did extra study, and they currently possessed all the knowledge that was going to be taught in the general classes in the following two years.

"Tell me why you of all people are getting anxious about these simple midterms."

Alf looked into her eyes, a smile present on his face.

He had helped her with the things that she did not know about, just like he had helped her the rest of his friends that were currently sleeping on their desks around them.

"I\'m anxious…?"

"It seemed that way to me, so yes."

She certainly looked uncertain if not anxious. Seeing her like that worried him a little. He didn\'t like seeing her, or any of his friends worried like that.

"Anxious… hmmm. Well, this is the first academy exam. There might not be any punishments for failing or getting low scores but, the results of this test is going to be important, isn\'t it?"

She knew how the results of this test would be showcased on the general boards in the lobby.

Everyone will be able to see these scores so practically the entire world will be seeing what the students of the academy this time around were through these results.

"Everyone will be looking at those names…"

She was a princess of the greatest empire of the western continent.

Her elder sister, the eldest princess, had been an overachiever during her time in this academy. And even her eldest brother was one of a kind when he was in this academy.

Both of them used to do better than anyone else on their tests from the start, they had their names in the top— even if not the first or second place, they were in the top five of any and all fields during their time.

But, she knew she couldn\'t do what they had done.

She was not a genius artist like her sister nor was she a battle crazy, adventure loving individual like her elder brother.

She was called one of the prodigies of this era because she was just very good at what she could do… and what she could do with her origin skill, spirits, and skills was pretty limited.

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"Are you worried about what the others will think about your results? If that\'s the case, there\'s no need-."

"No… people can think whatever they want. I\'m not afraid of people comparing me with others or with my siblings."

She took a deep breath, looked around the library, looked at her friends and brothers that were sleeping on the desk, and smiled.

"Regardless of the scores that I get… others will have some kind of hope for me.

They will want me to do something, become something, they will have aspirations that I do not have.

If I do well, they will want me to do better and perhaps because of them, I will have to do better. And this would be the same even if I don\'t do as well as they are expecting from me."

She looked… helpless.

He can tell there was some kind of weight on her heart that was restricting her from speaking, doing things that she wanted, a kind of weight that wasn\'t her own.

"Then, are you worried about fulfilling what others expect from you?"

"Haaaa… I don\'t know."

Her head was feeling heavy so she placed it on his shoulder. And after another deep sigh, she shook her head.

"I don\'t know what to think or what to do anymore… I had never thought about all these things before coming to the academy, but after coming to this amazing place and spending all this time among all these amazing people… I\'ve realised what I truly want to do.

But, it isn\'t something that either the society or the ones praising me as a prodigy would accept."

"So, are you anxious because they won\'t accept you no matter the case?"

"Haaa… no. I don\'t know. Don\'t ask me."

With her chin placed on his shoulder, she looked up at his pretty purple eyes. His attractive pretty eyes that he got from his mother.

"I\'ll know what I want to know after this midterms. I will find my answers in the question papers so leave me be… at least, don\'t bring up this topic."

She didn\'t know when they got so close… she didn\'t see it, even right now, she didn\'t know how she was so comfortable with him.

But she cherished what they had more than her position in this academy, in this society, or this world.

And, she wished for it to stay just like this.

"Hmmm… if you want me to do that, I\'ll try my best."

He smirked and nodded his head before looking back at her, smiling, and turning back to his book without saying anything.

"But-."

"Yes, yes. I will ask for anything I need. I know my great amazing Alfred is always there to help me."

Rolling her eyes at the silly boy beside her, she also took a deep breath of relief and went back to reading the book on the topic that was completely unrelated to any of their papers of this midterms.

"And pretending to be asleep doesn\'t work with your eyes open like that, so get up and let\'s go back to study. All of you."

She knew the ones before her weren\'t sleeping anymore.

She was certain that they were sleeping when they got tired and took a group nap, but after the two of them started talking, she could tell all of them had woken up one by one.

"Tsk. That\'s not fair now, Bell! You don\'t say anything when people are asleep!"

"Ahem. Miss Bell was having a personal moment with Mister Alf so we didn\'t interfere with you two."

"You two were talking, girl. How can we be disrespectful and disrupt your conversation?"

They woke up one by one and even including Carla, Lizzy, and Mia, everyone told her how they were acting to give them some time alone.

It was quite sweet of them when thinking from a normal perspective, but they didn\'t really do that just for the sake of the two of them.

They knew very well what goes on in their heads, so she knew what they were thinking this time as well.

"We are just friends, Alf and I. Don\'t try to make it more than that, alright? It\'s not going to work anyway."

She had already made it clear that they were just friends.

They might act as if they were closer than just friends but she wanted to be his friend and nothing more.

"Our Alf here is a fun person. Charming and attractive…"

She considered the relationship the two of them had to be a sacred one that she did not want to mess up.

She liked him as a friend, perhaps something little more than friends.

But they were going to remain friends.

"…I\'m sure he will find someone much better to love."

She didn\'t consider herself to be the right person for someone as amazing as him.

"I\'m not sure about that… Bell."

But, as always, he doubted her confidence regarding this matter.

"Oh come on~! I\'ll help you find someone better~."

She loved what they had and he loved what she was.

"Awww~. See! Even if he wants to be with you~." Carla couldn\'t resist teasing the two every chance she got.

She loved how the two looked when they were together. And she wasn\'t the only one to love that side of them.

"Hey! I didn\'t say that!" He wasn\'t angry, but he sure seemed embarrassed at the thought of being with someone as cool as Bell.

But then again… he couldn\'t possibly accept the idea of seeing her with someone else.

"Alright alright everyone. Go back to studying."

Their exams were going to start the day after tomorrow so, even though they were prepared, they couldn\'t slack off just yet.

There was still some time left so, instead of chatting about impossible things, they should get ready for the storm that would soon hit them all…

[{ "Hmmm. Should we do something for the two of them?" }]

[{ "I think leaving them alone is the best thing we can do for them.

They have to accept what they know they have. And they have to do that by themselves." }]

The two of them were still observing their friends, listening in on what the others missed.

They liked seeing their cheerful faces instead of the serious, anxious, uncertain ones.

They were their friends. So… after seeing how everyone had been acting, they had arranged this little group study for them.

And, from the looks of it, they can tell it was a good decision to make.