The Lady Wants To Rest

Though she beat around the bushes at length, to summarize, it went like this.

Since you’ll fail and be humiliated anyways, why did you come take the exam in the first place? Your courage is reckless.

It had been a while since I’ve received such a childish taunt, so I ended up giggling instead of raging.

‘How cute. It’s a good time.’

Was it because the scent of blood was too dense in my last life? The pink-haired girl’s taunts felt refreshing.

“Seeing how you speak, it appears you have no worries that you’ll fail?”

The pink-haired girl replied proudly.

“Though I have many faults, I am prepared to do my best. I believe passing the exam will not be a problem.”

Oh, is that so? Then, that’s good.

I decided to take advantage of this opportunity and relieve a few of my curiosities.

“Then may I ask a few questions? I found a few confusing points as I read.”

“You may.”

“What was the influence of Kazan’s uprising in the southern regions during the revolution of year 524 in the Empire on the Hristov Household’s power?”

T/N:  I think this is considered a difficult question due to either Hristov Household’s ambiguous relationship with Kazan, their ambiguous stance on the revolution, or their ambiguous location in regards to the South and North Empires. All of these cases would have resulted in both positive and negative effects on the Hristov Household, which would have made it hard to determine if they had made a net gain or net loss or status quo in the end.

The pink-haired girl hesitated.

Though my question was within the exam topics, it was also a controversy that social scientists had yet to come to a consensus upon.

It was rather curious what the social scientists of Renault Academy, who would make the exam questions, would hypothesize.

“That… the result was the independence of the Southern Empire from the Western Empire….”

I shook my head.

“That was the result of the war. Kazan’s uprising influenced the petition for the liberation of slaves, but what I’m asking is the influence it had on not only the southern society but also its influence on the eastern society.”

“……”

The pink-haired girl stood motionlessly while she blinked. It appeared she had never considered such an issue.

Then, the next question.

“What is the number of beta particles when you apply the known values of light, in other words the waves of photons, to Fernyl’s 38th summarized equation?”

It was derived from the information in the book I had just read, but its content was different from my own knowledge.

I think it was because a few houses of scientific thought had introduced new constants, but it was interesting to see which of these the Academy would adhere to.

“……”

“It’s sigma 178.2343 or maybe sigma 178.2345? If it’s not that either, sigma 178.2347?”

What, she doesn’t know this either?

Though she mentioned the three values given by the three houses of thought considered most reasonable, the pink girl was unable to continue speaking.

“Then, on the body’s natural response to its homeostasis being broken by the paradoxical reaction of a sympathetic nerve….”

Just like that, a few more difficult and ambiguous questions included within the scope of the acceptance exam were asked.

However, the pink girl was unable to answer. Only, as I continued my questions, her face grew redder.

In the end, I tilted my head and asked carefully.

“Um… Are you sure you studied hard?”

“……!”

The pink girl’s face grew so flushed that it looked like it was about to explode. Her hair was pink, with a red face, she looked somewhat cute.

She tightened her small fists, shivered in anger, and, biting her lips, glared at me.

I reacted indifferently to that cute look of hers and said.

“I’m thankful that you’re worried about me, but you should examine the books more. I’m saying this in case you think I’m being sarcastic, but I’m worried about you, you know?”

“……!”

Her face filled to the brim with humiliation.

The pink girl bit down on her lip with an angered face. However, she was unable to speak, and turned around with a swish and disappeared.

‘I wonder if she would continue to challenge me if she’s accepted. Or should I tell her directly?’

I was a little concerned, but I shook my head.

It was too tedious. And, to be honest, a little cute.

‘Let’s just go read books. Since I studied hard today, I’ll have to eat something delicious.’

Just like that, a week’s time rushed past and the day of the exam arrived.

“Milady! You can do it! Even if you fail, it’s okay, so don’t feel too burdened!”