As the students of the Oracle Academy were busy preparing for their month-end exam, these few days passed in the blink of an eye and today it was already the day of the first part of the exam. That is the written test.
At this mont, Luis, Alicia, and Diana were on their way to the academy. Diana, who had been silent all this ti, was rubbing her stomach with an uncomfortable expression.
Alicia noticed and knit her brows. "What's wrong with you?"
Diana turned to Alicia and showed a pained look. "Alicia, I think there's sothing wrong with my stomach today. Maybe I am sick."
Luis, who wasn't interested in their talk before, heard Diana's statent and snapped his head to look at her with a shocked expression. His wide eyes gazed at her, then at her stomach in disbelief.
'No way! Did Ben already do the deed with her?!'
'Isn't this too fast?! I rember he asked for my advice just a few days ago!' Luis' mood beca sowhat depressed.
He was feeling proud as a ntor and a little complicated as a friend. At this mont, Luis' feelings were the sa as soone who gives a little advice to a newbie for fun, and that newbie ends up surpassing them in just a few days.
However, all those thoughts disappeared from his mind when he heard Alicia's response to Diana.
"It's not the problem of your stomach, it's the problem with your lack of preparation for the written test. This disease is called exam sickness. Many students suffer from this disease at the ti of exams." Alicia said while rolling her eyes.
"Hehe~ You caught ." Diana showed a silly grin, but the nervousness didn't disappear from her face. "Alicia, since you know about my problem. Do you have a solution for it?"
"You should have studied in the first place. Now all I can do is cheer for you."
"No! There must be so way, right?! Just save this ti guys, next ti I'll work hard for sure!"
"Sorry, it's too late."
Her 'cruel' words shattered the last hope in Diana's heart. As her heavy steps moved towards the academy. "Am I going to fail?" She murmured in depression.
At this mont, Luis' words sounded in her ears like a ray of light for a person struck in the abyss.
"There might be a way to stop you from failing. Or even get a perfect score."
"How?" Diana asked as she spun her head towards Luis. Her eyes were full of worship like she was looking at her saviour.
"Well, it is not a problem as long as you are ready to pay the price," Luis said with a thoughtful expression.
Alicia looked at him with a flat gaze, already having an idea about what he was trying to do.
"What's the price, tell ? As long as it's in my power. I'll do it." Diana said with a firm expression. She was very desperate to not only pass this exam but also get good marks. That is the goal Olivia set for her and she had warned her that if she failed, then her direct guidance would end right there.
"It's simple… I'll help you get a perfect score… but in return," Luis said with a smile, then pointed his index finger at her and continued. "You shall work for for the entire… first and second sester."
At first, Luis had other ideas for convincing Diana to work for him. However, upon seeing such a wonderful opportunity in front of his eyes. He set up a small bait. As long as Diana accepts his condition now, he is certain to make her accept working as his subordinate even after graduation.
"You an the entire first year?" Diana's eyes beca wide, but she didn't reject his condition and asked back. "What kind of work will you make do?"
"Of course, it's fighting. What else are you good at?"
At his rhetorical question, Diana scratched the back of her head, awkwardly.
It seems. That is indeed the case. Other than fighting, she can't think of any other thing that she is good at.
"Don't worry, I won't be unreasonable to make you fight against too strong opponents. You can think of it as just fighting on my behalf when I am too lazy to deal with so annoying flies."
Diana thought about his condition and felt that she was the one benefiting from this deal the most. She will get a perfect score on the exam, achieving the target Olivia gave her, and she also gets to fight other people while working for Luis. 'What a win-win situation.'
"Fine, I agree, but you will have to pay for the work I do. Also, you can't force to work when I am busy."
"How about 10k for every job done?"
"That much!"
"You agree?"
"Of course!"
"Great! Then, let's sign a contract." Luis said this and took out a scroll from his mana bracelet.
Alicia looked at the contract in Luis' hand and then at Luis' face with her deep eyes. 'This contract was prepared in advance. Did he already expect this situation?'
Diana's thinking wasn't so complicated. She just read the entire contract and found no problem with it. So, she signed it without hesitation.
Since it wasn't a Mana, or Blood Contract, she wasn't too worried about being tricked.
"Here! It's done!" She handed the contract back to him and asked. "Now tell , how are you going to help get a perfect score?"
{Like this.}
Diana kept staring at him for a few seconds and asked. "Are you going to do sothing or what?" She wondered if Luis tricked her with that contract.
{Didn't you notice, Diana?}
"What?"
Upon seeing the confusion on Diana's face, Luis pointed towards his lips.
{See this, my lips aren't moving.}
"What, nonsense-"
Halfway through her words, Diana stopped abruptly, as she stared at Luis with her eyes wide and an excited smile appeared on her face.
"OMG!!! Full Marks!"
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