"But no matter how beautiful the quill pen is, it cannot replace your knowledge. Even if you fail, you will still be expelled," the male teacher said, waving his small wand. Five sheets of white paper floated up from the pile and quickly flew onto their desks.

"The exam will last for one class period, and you must turn in your papers immediately when time is up. Early submission is allowed, but it's highly unlikely to be correct."

As soon as he finished speaking, the clock tower of the Magic Academy rang "ding ding." Everyone picked up their pens and began to answer the questions quickly. The male teacher walked to the window, seemingly lost in thought as he looked at the distant and luxurious noble teaching building.

When he turned around to check on the five students, he unexpectedly found that Natalia Chan hadn't even started writing yet. She was just staring at the test paper, propping up her face with her hand.

"Interesting," he thought to himself about Natalia Chan.

The male teacher actually wanted to ask her why she hadn't started answering yet. Wasn't she afraid of running out of time? However, he couldn't do so because it would affect the other four students. Exams required quiet and discipline, and as a teacher, he had to lead by example and not break the rules.

Seemingly having seen enough of the test papers, Natalia Chan placed the blank paper on the desk and continued to prop up her face, finally picking up her pen and starting to answer the questions. The male teacher squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

It seemed that this girl wasn't just all talk. She actually listened attentively in class.

After about ten minutes, the other four students, except Natalia Chan, almost simultaneously frowned as if they were stuck on a difficult question. Meanwhile, Natalia Chan continued to answer the questions smoothly and quickly, without any obstacles.

The male teacher had personally set the questions on the test paper, and the last big question was the most difficult one. It wasn't in the textbook but was an extracurricular extension, requiring extensive knowledge and understanding of magic.

"Oh? Did this little one solve that difficult question?"

He took a step forward, wanting to take a look at Natalia Chan's progress. However, before he could even get up, Natalia Chan had already stood up. After packing up her quill pen, she walked to the teacher's podium and said softly in front of the unbelieving eyes of the male teacher and the remaining four students.

"Professor Kino, I'm done."

"So fast?" The male teacher squinted his eyes. He doubted that this girl had just written nonsense on her paper because that question wasn't something that could be easily answered. If he had to ask why, the reason was simple. That question was personally set by the principal and had almost baffled all the students in the academy. Everyone was wondering which teacher had come up with such a troublesome question.

There were many possible answers to the question, but no student had been able to write them all down completely. The male teacher had taken out this question to see if there would be any amazing results. Even if these five students couldn't answer this question, he wouldn't be bothered.

This was because even when he himself answered it for the first time, he could only come up with about sixty to seventy percent of the correct answer.

Seemingly unable to believe it, Professor Kino picked up Natalia Chan's paper and quickly glanced over her previous answers. He nodded in satisfaction. As a teacher, he naturally could distinguish between right and wrong at a glance. Natalia Chan's handwriting was clear, upright, and flowed smoothly. It even made him wonder if it was printed.

When he reached the last question, Kino's body stiffened.

Natalia Chan had almost filled in all the blank space in the back, with twelve different answers. Each answer incorporated knowledge from the books and her own understanding. Do you know what twelve answers meant? It meant that she had completely mastered the knowledge from this book. Kino even noticed that some of the questions in the answers only appeared in higher-grade books. Could it be that this little one had already read those books?

But even if she had, so what? She had written them out completely. After all, reading and memorizing were two completely different concepts. She even added her own understanding to deduce new answers.

Among the twelve answers, only the first one was related to the textbook they were currently learning. For the other eleven, Kino only knew about five or six. The rest, he didn't know if they were correct or not. Those sources weren't from the books at the academy.

Seeing Professor Kino's puzzled expression, Natalia Chan scratched her cheek. To be honest, she could have written up to twenty different answers for the last question, but the paper was limited, so she could only write twelve. However, she didn't dare to say that or speak up. She was a bit conflicted about whether or not her answers were correct."Teacher Kino?"

"Ah? Oh, Natalia Chan, you...go to my office first," Teacher Kino suppressed the turbulent waves of surprise in his heart and smiled lightly at Natalia Chan.

"Go to the office?" Natalia Chan was puzzled, "But...isn't the teacher's office in the noble district?"

"Yes, take this with you."

Teacher Kino took out an iron badge from his pocket. This was the proof of teachers at Ester Magic Academy. As a commoner, Natalia Chan would have to go through a security check and present the relevant documents to enter.

"Thank you, teacher. So...I'll go there first?"

"Go ahead."

Natalia Chan scratched her head, silently walked out of the classroom after taking the badge. Teacher Kino let out a sigh of relief and then looked at the remaining four people.

"Don't worry about things that have nothing to do with you, continue answering the questions."

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Ester Magic Academy, noble teaching building.

Natalia Chan, standing in front of the noble teaching building area, looked at the several luxurious and splendid buildings and couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the stark contrast between this side and the commoner district, like the decaying ground and the azure sky. Just from the appearance, it was breathtaking.

"This is where Liya sister studies."

When Natalia Chan and her sister Liya came to visit Ester Magic Academy for the first time, they had never been to this area. Although she knew her sister studied in the noble district, Natalia Chan had never been here. The reason was simple. Her sister was the only genius who studied in the noble district as a commoner, and her title "Cold-eyed Rose" was known and recognized by everyone in the academy. It was because of such an amazing sister that Natalia Chan wanted to work hard to catch up with her and walk side by side with her.

Although she was very inconspicuous compared to her sister, and even her magical talent was close to nothing, she didn't want to give up. As long as she worked hard, she would definitely become stronger, and then she could stand tall next to her sister.

Natalia Chan thought that she would be able to enter smoothly after showing the badge given to her by Teacher Kino at the iron gate. However, the guard at the gate seemed a bit skeptical of her. Although it was not unheard of for commoners to come to the noble district, it was rare for someone to come with a teacher's badge.

Just as they were considering whether or not to let Natalia Chan in, a voice, old and aged, came from behind Natalia Chan.

"Let him pass. Such a small child won't do anything harmful."