Chapter 32

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Translated by Sylph

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A week has passed since the official schedule of the Gifted Center began.

During the past week, the students toured the Imperial Palace as well as all related affiliated institutions.

It was not a simple field trip.

Many of the students who graduated from the Gifted Center remain in the Imperial Palace to work.

Even students who had planned to advance to the Academy or return to their families often changed their minds after looking around the Imperial Palace.

While seeing various works like that, the students of the Gifted Center heard explanations about each class this time.

In doing so, they look for subjects related to the appearance of the future they want and worry about whether to listen to them or not.

Students who hope for the diplomatic department hope for foreign language classes, and for the reconstruction project that is still continuing, they study architecture or mathematics more, and so on.

“Hmm…”

Evi was sitting on a chair that was a bit high for her height and looking at a piece of paper.

It was the class schedule of the Gifted Center.

‘Everything is good… but what should I listen to?’

As if the name Gifted Center was not a waste, here one could literally listen to all classes.

Looking at the guidebook, it was even stated that if there is something a student wants to learn separately besides the set classes, they will assign a professor after an interview.

Evi, who had been looking at the class schedule for a long time, raised her head and looked around.

Students of the Gifted Center were sitting at tables throughout the garden.

Most were with students of their own age.

“Then do you want to listen to this class together? This professor is a famous person.”

“Really? Should we do the morning class or the afternoon class?”

Whether they had already become quite close, they were sitting right next to each other and choosing the classes to listen to together.

Evi looked at them with envious eyes.

‘That’s nice.’

In an unfamiliar place, children became close faster. So now when she looked around, most went around with friends.

‘I wish I had a friend to listen to classes together too.’

A week had passed, but Evi was still going around alone.

In fact, until a few days ago, she was not alone.

After the day she was left alone in the museum, Irene, Arcel, and Ruska went around together for about two days.

But there wasn’t much conversation. Precisely, among the four, Ruska continued to chatter and Evi answered there.

Irene and Arcel were beside her, but they weren’t the type to speak much.

That’s not to say they were completely silent, but they only said what was necessary.

Somehow, Irene seemed to be uncomfortable with Ruska and Arcel, and conversely, the two felt like they didn’t have much interest in Irene.

A relief was that they didn’t seem to be on bad terms or anything.

She thought she could continue to go around with the three like that.

After that, the schedule was carried out separately according to age.

It was for the guidance of classes conducted according to age and gender.

Because of that, Evi had to be separated from the three again and go around alone.

Precisely, there were about three other 7-year-olds, so she wasn’t alone. But those students were very anxious when they didn’t see the siblings they were familiar with.

In the end, the staff had to lead those students around while half-cajoling them.

The staff repeatedly said they were sorry to Evi and took care of the sobbing students.

In the end, because Evi was fine alone, she was sent to the group of 8-year-old students and had to go around alone there again.

Moreover, another thing occurred in the meantime.

‘Rimora quit the Gifted Center.’

In the end, on the first day, Rimora did not come to apologize to Evi.

Was it because of that? On the second day, Rimora, who was together with Director Seraphina, was looking down with a red face as if holding back tears.

After Director Seraphina left, Rimora looked around and visited Evi.

But when other students were standing around Evi, she hesitated and couldn’t open her mouth before leaving the spot.

It went on like that for three days.

When she went to the dormitory lobby in the morning, she saw Rimora, who was no longer in the uniform of the Gifted Center but in plain clothes, getting into a carriage.

Where did the self-confident attitude from when she first saw her go? The appearance of Rimora hurriedly getting in was like a person running away.

The carriage loaded with even Rimora’s luggage left just like that, and that afternoon Director Seraphina called Evi.

“Rimora has quit the Gifted Center.”

“Pardon?”

To the surprised Evi, Seraphina said it wasn’t her fault and let out a sigh.

“To think she would quit altogether because she didn’t want to speak of her fault in front of others. How pathetic.”

The voice of Seraphina muttering like that clearly revealed her disapproval.

Once Rimora left like that, the children who used to hang out with Rimora before became a bit quieter than before.

In doing so, they strangely avoided Evi while being mindful of her.

Moreover, because of the rumors Rimora had spread, there were still no students who approached Evi.

“Hmm…”

Evi looked at the class application form again.

Last night, she had circled the classes she wanted to listen to.

As much as she wanted to, she wanted to listen to all of them, but that was an impossible thing.

‘They said that because it’s the first semester, one can only listen to up to six application subjects.’

The subjects she had circled exceeded ten.

Which of these should she listen to? Moreover, whether there were many students applying for subjects like mathematics, there were several classes.

‘To which professor should I listen?’

Evi fell into worry while looking at the names of the professors.

Should she do what she wants to learn? Or should she do what she can get a good job with later?

Any subject seemed interesting. In particular, philosophy or ancient languages, which she hadn’t been able to learn at the upper school, also seemed likely to be interesting.

‘The Director would tell me to learn what I want to learn, but…’

Still, wouldn’t it be good to study things for which she can receive more money after graduation?

Evi held her small head with her hands and repeatedly worried for a long time.

“I want to learn everything!”

The Director will surely be curious about what classes she listens to here. Because she told her to be sure to write it in a letter before she came.

So if she only chose to listen to things that are good for getting a job later, she’ll surely be heartbroken.

‘Then I’ll do three things I want to listen to and three things with which I can earn a lot of money.’

Thinking that she had made a really wise judgment, Evi marked the classes she wanted to listen to.

After marking this and that, only one remained. Precisely, mathematics.

The problem was not worrying about whether to listen to it or not, but whose class to choose among several professors.

In the end, after worrying for a long time over mathematics, Evi marked next to the name of the professor at the very top and organized the papers.

Then she immediately went to the place where documents are submitted.

Staff members of the Gifted Center were working busily there. They smiled as if they were glad to see Evi and asked a question.

“What is it?”

“I came to submit the class application form.”

“Do you see the drawer next to there? You can leave it in there and go. You wrote your name correctly, didn’t you?”

“Yes!”

A short while after Evi left her application form in the drawer and went out, a group of students were entering while having a conversation.

“I can tolerate all other classes, but I really hate mathematics.”

“But it’s a required subject. It’s not like you can run away because you don’t want to listen to it.”

They let out deep sighs and opened the drawer to put in the application forms they brought.

Then, seeing the application form already inside the drawer, their eyes widened.

“Oh my, someone applied for mathematics with Professor Malles.”

“What? Really?”

At the mention of Professor Malles, other students also made surprised voices.

Then, realizing that their voices had become too loud, they whispered to each other in small voices again.

“Who on earth applies for Professor Malles’s class?”

It was a voice that could not be understood at all.

At that moment, the staff looked at them and said.

“You there, you shouldn’t look at other people’s application forms. Put them in quickly and return.”

“Ah, yes!”

At the strict voice, they put in their application forms and came out hurriedly.

Before entering the Gifted Center, students used to find out what kind of people the professors were by mobilizing their connections as much as possible.

Because as much as becoming close with children of other families, the friendship of the professors here was also important.

Not only were many of the professors nobles, but they also had very thick connections.

Naturally, they were introduced to many people through those connections and received advice or help when starting a new business.

Moreover, when leaving the Gifted Center and advancing to the Academy later, under which professor one studied has a big influence.

‘But to think someone applied for Professor Malles.’

Although there are great achievements, the personality was so eccentric, and he was a professor famous even at the Academy for the difficulty of the classes.

Moreover, he said he would retire after this year.

No matter how genius and many achievements one has, what’s the use?

“I heard that… person hardly contacts other professors or former disciples?”

“Then it’s hard to get introduced and it’s impossible to build connections.”

He was literally the object the students of the Gifted Center should avoid the most.

They shook their heads while sighing.

“Moreover, they say there’s a lot of homework…”

“I don’t know who the applicant is, but they’re really going to suffer.”