"Also, whether you want to study arts or science, students whose test deviation scores are below 65 in the country..."

Koizumi Aona's eyes swept over some people.

After a brief silence, she continued: "You have fallen out of the top 5% in the country."

“Grades cannot determine your life, but they cannot become an obstacle in your life either.”

"The transcripts will be distributed from now on, and the students whose names are called will come up and get them."

"Nakayama Ruraina!"

"Have!"

"In front of Tamura's house!"

"Have!"

"Ikeda Kazumi!"

"Have!"

……

"Watanabe Toru!"

"Have!"

Watanabe Toru's first year in Kamikawa ended like this.

……

Kyoto, Kitauji.

After school, after finishing cleaning.

In the cheerful atmosphere of the beginning of winter vacation, some people sat in the classroom, sighing at their report cards, and some girls were even crying.

Although she felt a little sorry for her classmate, Kumiko was so happy that she wanted to sing.

"Kumiko, did you do well in the exam this time?" Reina asked with her head tilted in the corridor on the way to the wind orchestra.

"Huh? Did I tell you, Reina?"

"You're humming."

Kumiko covered her mouth and widened her eyes: "I sang it already?"

Lina looked at her and smiled: "How did you do in the exam?"

"I can't compare to you, Reina." Kumiko couldn't help but smile as she spoke.

"Isn't that natural?" Rina rolled her eyes at her. "Kumiko, think about what you are doing while I am studying?"

"I, I'm studying too!"

"is it?"

"Oh, I just didn't study as long as you, Reina." In order to interrupt the topic, Kumiko took out the report card from her schoolbag.

Lina took it directly, and there was not a single crease on the report card.

"Chinese...math, you've made great progress in math." Lina said in surprise.

"The deviation is only 64."

"I remember you only got 49 in your last mock exam, right?"

"49.2! 0.2 can leave dozens of people behind!"

"...I don't know what you're insisting on." Lina sighed, "Mathematics and your euphonium, are they all thanks to your two books on Advanced Potion Making?"

Because Kumiko was holding two notebooks and reading them all day long, her euphonium skills improved by leaps and bounds, and in mathematics, she even started to explain problems to others. In addition, she was unwilling to show them to others, so some classmates who liked "Harry Potter" called the two notebooks "Half-Blood Prince's "Advanced Potion-Making"."

This name has spread unknowingly.

Just now when Kumiko was receiving her report card, her homeroom teacher, who was in a good mood, also teased her about this topic.

"Not always. Sometimes I would ask the Half-Blood Prince himself for advice."

The Half-Blood Prince, Toru Watanabe - he himself was completely unaware.

Kumiko could imagine that after she told him this name, given Watanabe Toru's personality, he would definitely say:

Half-Blood Prince? Who are you looking down on? At least Voldemort, right?

Kumiko wanted to laugh when she thought about how cocky he was.

"But your English..." Lina looked at the deviation value of 56.

"I have decided not to go to a university that requires English exams!"

"Don't you want to be an English teacher?"

“I found that I liked math more!”

"I don't believe you. During the midterm exam, I still remember you said you didn't want to go to a university that majored in mathematics."

Kumiko felt a little embarrassed to be exposed by Reina, so she scratched her cheek with her fingers and said:

"Then I can only ask the Half-Blood Prince for help. Next time you see him, ask him for another English notebook. By the way, Lina, how is your English?"

Reina is planning to study at a music university abroad.

"Here." Lina took out her report card.

"The national deviation value for all subjects is 72? That's amazing! The deviation value for English alone is... 79.4?!" Kumiko was so surprised that she even stopped in her tracks.

Lina followed and stopped, saying seriously: "English is the basis for me to pursue music abroad, so of course I have to take it seriously."

"79.4! When can I reach 70? Oh, by the way, where does 79.4 rank in the country?"

"do not know."

"Can I check it?" Kumiko took out her cell phone.

Reina nodded, "If it's Kumiko's turn, then yes."

Kumiko felt better after hearing what Reina said.

You can check your individual scores for national exams online, including scores, deviation values, rankings, and national averages.

“No. 2396, so impressive!”

"If I continue to maintain this level, and then study at a university in Tokyo for another year, I shouldn't have any problem going abroad."

"There will be absolutely no problem!" Kumiko was more confident than Reina herself.

Reina stared at Kumiko, and suddenly reached out and pushed a piece of hair that Kumiko had held in her mouth due to excitement behind her ear.

At this moment, Kumiko really wanted to reach out and press Reina's hand on her face.

In order to suppress this strange impulse, she said:

"Do you want to ask that guy about his grades?"

"Half-Blood Prince?"

Kumiko wanted to laugh when she heard this silly title: "Yes, Half-Blood Prince."

"Then just ask as you walk," Lina said.

"it is good."

「Send me your results」

Messages were answered quickly.

"never mind"

After walking a few steps, Kumiko stopped again.

"What's wrong?" Lina looked at him puzzledly.

"That guy seems to have failed the exam."

Lina laughed and tucked her hair behind her ears.

Kumiko paid no attention to her friend's expression as she began to move again, her hands typing rapidly on her phone.

"Send it to see"

When Watanabe Toru sends her transcript, she's ready to complain - for example, how can this be considered a setback? You're better than the top student in our school, so you should have no problem getting into the University of Tokyo!

"Forget it, really."

"How about an exchange? I'll send you my horrible transcript and you send me one too."

Without waiting for the other party to refuse, Kumiko sent her results.

'How could my English be worse than this? ' she thought to herself.

Ten seconds later, a picture was sent from the other side.

Immediately following this picture is an emoticon of a white-faced geisha - the geisha covers her face with her hands, with the caption: Ah, so embarrassing!

"This guy!" Kumiko cursed angrily.

"What's wrong?" Lina asked.

"Look!" Kumiko handed her the phone.

Lina opened the picture, and the order column was particularly eye-catching, all in the format of '1/449951'.

"He is still using my emoticon!" Kumiko said unwillingly.

"This guy has been annoying for more than just one or two days." Rina returned the phone to Kumiko.

Kumiko took the phone, looked at the exaggerated expression of "Ah, how embarrassing", and spoke hesitantly:

"Reina."

"Ok?"

"Do you think people like Watanabe are special?"

"Not counting."

"Don't you think it counts?" Kumiko looked at Reina in confusion.

"Yes." Lina changed her hand and said, "A special person is someone who is determined to be the best and most outstanding person in the group, who is the most valuable and indispensable..."

"Then he doesn't count? He's ranked first in the country and he's also incredibly good at playing the oboe."

"Kumiko, please listen to me." Reina said unhappily.

"I'm sorry, Lina."

"What matters is not your current level, but your determination to be the best and your continuous efforts to achieve it. Such people are special people."

After that, Lina added:

"It's impossible for someone like him to be so determined as to get first place in anything so easily."

"What if he wanted to be the best and worked hard until now, and succeeded?"

Reina bumped Kumiko with her shoulder in dissatisfaction:

"Are you helping him, or me?"

Kumiko rubbed her shoulder pretending to be in pain, "Of course I'm helping Reina!"

Lina snorted, "If he is a special person, that would be the best. I want to defeat him in the national competition next year and become an even more special person!"

"This is impossible." After saying that, Kumiko immediately covered her mouth and stared at Reina with wide eyes.

This time, Reina didn't hit her, but gave her a helpless look: "Kumiko, after practice today, do you want to come to my house to spend Christmas together?"

Kumiko smiled.

Lina felt embarrassed by her gaze, turned away slightly, and asked angrily:

"Are you going or not?"

"Of course!" Kumiko quickly agreed, "I'm smiling because I'm actually planning to invite Reina to my house too, and we want to go together."

"What's for dinner at your house tonight?"

"Fried chicken and cakes, that's pretty normal."

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