Daniel was confident. He was more confident than he had ever been before.
'What happened in the previous exam will not happen in this one. No, it'll never happen again.'
Just like during the previous time, Daniel and his parents were sitting together on the sofa in the living room, waiting for the results to come out.
But the atmosphere was different from the previous time. If this silence had felt light and calm before, now it felt somewhat tense.
Soon the results were out, and his father downloaded them quietly without any comment.
But the result loaded and appeared on the screen.
…Daniel froze.
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Name: Daniel Montross
Rank: 3
Score: 797/800
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'This… this doesn't make sense…'
It couldn't be possible. This had to be a mistake. There was no way he had fallen even lower than before.
He turned to his parents.
"Mom, Dad, it looks like there is some—"
SLAP!
