Yukihime High School, Elffire City.
"Bye, Michele. See you after school." Aurora said with a sweet smile as she exited the car.
"Bye, Aurora! I will be waiting for you." Michele replied with a smile as she saw the silver-haired girl leaving the car.
6 months ago, Aurora's big brother hired a private company to drive his little sister to school and home, and Michele was the designated driver.
The two of them hit off from the beginning, Michele loved Aurora's personality.
She was happy to drive the girl to school.
And when Theo offered the job of Aurora's particular driver, Michele did not hesitate in accepting.
The wage and job conditions that Theo offered were too good for her to refuse.
Plus, she liked the idea of being Aurora's exclusive driver.
6 months after the first time Michele drove Aurora to school, the two of them became close friends already, their age gap did not bother their friendship.
Aurora walked into the school through the school gates together with several other students.
At this time of the morning, it was when the students arrived for classes, but that Monday morning was different for the students from Yukihime High School.
It was the first day of the final exams!
The students had different emotions portrayed on their faces as they walked toward their classrooms.
Some were anxious, apprehensive, and nervous.
And others were calm and carefree.
Whatever reason it might be for their feelings, they were all looking forward to the holidays.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe first and second years walked toward their classrooms.
But the third-year students were nowhere to be seen.
Which was not a strange sight, after all, the third-year students were already on vacation.
The National College Entrance Exam was realized last Saturday and Sunday.
So, yesterday and the day before, students throughout the whole Sakura Abode Country fought to get good results.
After all, these results would determine if they would be able to enter their desired colleges.
And the third-year students from Yukihime High School were not different, they did the exam like everyone else.
The school freed them from any other activities after the exam, the only day they had to go back was on the graduation day.
On the graduation day, they would receive their certificate of completion of high school, after that, their journey in high school would be finally over.
Aurora entered the first-year building and immediately the outside cold weather could not be felt anymore.
Just like any other building in Elffire City, all the buildings of the school were equipped with advanced heating systems.
Aurora was climbing the stairs when she suddenly felt someone hugging her from behind.
"Aurora-chan!" Umaru shouted and giggled.
"Ma-chan!" Aurora giggled when she recognized Umaru's voice.
"Ready for the exams?" Aurora asked with a teasing smile as they started climbing the stairs again.
"Ah! Don't even talk about it! My grandpa said if I do not do well I can't forget any holiday plans!" Umaru replied with an annoyed voice.
Aurora giggled when she heard that, she could understand why Umaru's grandpa said that.
Yuki Umaru.
Just by her name, we can infer that she's closely related to the school.
Yuki Family was actually the founder of the Yukihime High School, even though they only occupied a seat on the school board currently, the Yuki Family had to maintain its image.
So, Umaru had to be at least a good student to honor her family.
Her mission was to get on the Top 50.
Which would not be difficult for Umaru as she was very intelligent.
The two girls quickly arrived in the classroom and saw that Vivian and Carolla were already in their seats.
"You two arrived early." Aurora commented with a smile as she placed her school bag on her table and sat down.
"Yeah, I wanted to review some subjects before the exam." Vivian replied without even lifting her head from the book in her hand.
Just like Aurora, Vivian's objective was to get the first position in the rankings, and she had a good chance to do that as she was as intelligent as Aurora.
"Well, me too." Carolla said.
"Then why aren't you reviewing the subject?" Aurora asked with a giggle as she observed Carolla going through her phone.
"Hmm, I already did." Carolla replied with a red face.
The three started laughing when they heard Carolla's lame excuse, even Vivian laughed.
"I'm going to review the subject too." Aurora declared as she pulled the reviewing material she made the day before.
When Carolla and Umaru saw Aurora and Vivian's effort, they couldn't be the only ones slacking, so they started doing their last-minute review too.
And it was not only the four girls who were doing this, but the rest of the students in Aurora's classroom were also all studying, even the troublemakers were the same.
The reason for their behavior was only one.
Aguni Eka suddenly entered the classroom and found her students studying.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe was the reason for their extra effort, after all, her strict hand when evaluating was famous throughout the school.
No one wanted to be another one repeating a year because of failing in getting the minimum grade.
"Good morning, teacher!" The students shouted when they noticed the strict woman already arrived.
"I'm glad to see everyone making an effort, but we will begin the exams in a little bit. So, keep all your electronic devices and school materials inside your bags and put them in your lockers at the back of the room. You have 5 minutes to get ready." Aguni declared as she looked at them.
The students sprang into action as soon as she gave the instructions, no one wanted to piss off their teacher on such an important day.
"Now I will hand over the exams you will do this morning. As you all know, this morning you all will answer the English and Yamato Language Exams." She said before she started passing through the students and giving them their exams.
"Only answer made by pen will be considered. And if I catch any of you cheating I personally fail you and you directly fail the other exams too. In other words, you repeat the first year of high school if I catch you cheating." Aguni said with a chilling voice as she finished handing the exams.
The students shivered in fear when they heard that, this punishment was so severe!
They were reminded once again why Mrs. Aguni was so feared by all the students.
The students who were planning to cheat immediately gave up when they heard that, even though they could get better grades, the threat of repeating the year if they got caught was too great for them to ignore.
Aurora looked at the exam in front of her and took a deep breath to calm her nervous heart.
When she opened her purple eyes again, she showed deep determination and focus on the task at hand.
She had a mission.
The first place was already hers!
Like that Aurora spent the day answering her final exams.
When finished the English and Yamato exams in the morning, she had a quick lunch with the girls before they went back to class.
In the afternoon they had History and Philosophy exams.
Which were not difficult for her as she had an excellent memory.
She answered everything easily and only some trick questions stumped her.
These were the questions that would define if she would get the first place, so she answered carefully.
When she finished answering the last question, she took a deep breath and sighed in relief.
Would she be able to get what she wanted?