"Aren't Kiana and Ryn worried about the upcoming exams? You have to take them so soon after transferring." A classmate nearby asked with concern, seeing the two who hadn't been paying attention in class at all.
"Worried?"
Kiana and Ryn stood together, both with their hands on their hips and faces full of confidence.
Kiana said, "I'm a genius! For someone with my talent to pass this kind of exam~ it's absolutely no problem at all."
Ryn chimed in, "When it comes to combat, we have absolutely no problems."
"But... the exams aren't just about..."
"Kiana, Ryn, it's good to be confident, but don't underestimate the Valkyrie exams," Class President Fu Hua said as she walked over.
"Wow, it's big sister Fu Hua." "Class President Fu Hua is so cool~" "Class President Fu Hua, I want to have your babies~"
Before the classmate could finish her sentence, Class President Fu Hua had already arrived. The classmates who were about to remind Kiana and the others instantly turned into Fu Hua's little fangirls.
"Although you two are exceptionally gifted, you must remember not to be impatient for quick success. Be careful, as haste makes waste." Fu Hua ignored the little fangirls and continued to lecture Kiana and Ryn.
Although Kiana had no idea what Fu Hua was saying, she still replied with conviction:
"Hmph, of course I know that."
"Is that so? Then I have misspoken."
Fu Hua nodded and said no more. She walked past Kiana and left, speeding away the moment she was out of the classroom door. Fu Hua also liked these classmates, but their "enthusiasm" frightened her. If she didn't run quickly, they would strip her down to her underwear.
After Fu Hua left, Kiana asked Mei and Ryn thoughtfully,
"Um... was the class president just scolding me?"
"I think she just wants you and Ryn to take the exams seriously," Mei said with an awkward smile, explaining for Kiana's sake.
"Don't worry, don't worry, we'll definitely pass everything." Ryn patted Kiana's head. The silly girl didn't even know if someone was scolding or praising her, yet she could still answer so confidently.
Ryn wasn't worried about the exams at all. With Cortana by his side, he could cheat. Ehehe.
(To the readers who are still in school, study hard. Unless you're about to fail a course, try not to cheat if you can.)
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The day of the exam.
They had already conspired with Cortana. Ryn and Kiana both brought their high-tech gadgets, but on the day of the exam, Cortana went back on her word.
When Ryn and Kiana activated their gadgets, there was only a message from Cortana.
"Exams are for testing your own achievements. Cheating your way through the assessment to become a Valkyrie on the battlefield will only harm you. As your caring little helper, I've decided to be responsible for you."
"You bastard, you should have said so earlier! I'm already in the exam hall and you pull this on me!" Ryn was so angry he crushed the gadget in his hand.
"Silly Ryn, I told you not to cheat. Relying on this kind of thing is not as good as relying on me. With my talent, passing the assessment is absolutely no problem~" Kiana also threw her gadget aside and said to Ryn cheerfully.
"You idiot Kiana, do you have any idea what you're gloating about!!!"
"Kiana, Ryn! No whispering during the exam!" The supervising teacher rapped the podium and shouted at the two.
Ryn and Kiana had no choice but to answer the questions obediently.
Kiana looked down at the incomprehensible paper, then grew drowsy and fell asleep.
"Was Edison a man or a woman? What kind of stupid question is this? A man, obviously.
Who was the first human in history to possess the ability to fight the Honkai? (Hint: The owner of the Xuanyuan Sword.)
The owner of the Xuanyuan Sword is Ji Xuanyuan, isn't it? This is too easy. Watch me ace this."
Ryn thought the history exam would be difficult, but it turned out to be this easy. He could handle it effortlessly with the knowledge from before he transmigrated.
And so, Ryn naturally failed. Not just history, but physics and chemistry too, because in the world of Honkai, the influence of Honkai energy cannot be ignored. The people who proposed these formulas and conclusions were all inextricably linked to the Honkai.
It was Welt who told him the news that he had failed. Welt, who was grading the papers, almost fainted from a hypertension-induced rage.
"Ryn, you don't listen at all in class, do you? How could you get a zero in history?! And aren't you from Shenzhou? Why don't you even know the history of your own homeland?!"
"Aba aba..."
Faced with Welt's fury, Ryn could only play dumb. Ryn couldn't figure out, even if he racked his brain, why the two worlds could be so different.
How was I supposed to know that this world's Ji Xuanyuan is called Ji Lin, and is a petite loli!
And why is Laozi called Xiao Yun, and a female swordmaster at that! I remember it as 3000 disciples and the Tao Te Ching, how did it become 3000 disciples descending Mount Taixu?!! Now this is truly persuading people with "reason" (physics).
As for Kiana, she was still convinced she would pass the assessment right up until the results were announced, all because her performance in the practical combat exam was superb.
Today was the day the results were posted. Kiana went with Mei and the others to check. Ryn said he had already foreseen everything and refused to come, no matter what.
"Hmph, a trivial little exam. Watch me handle it with ease," Kiana said confidently under the results board.
"Wow~ a four-character idiom from the idiot Kiana. That's worth encouraging, good job~"
Kika mocked from the side. Kika could control her venomous tongue, but she couldn't help but be sarcastic; it just came out subconsciously.
Mei stood helplessly between the two, preventing them from fighting again. "That's not a four-character idiom. You're not much better, Kika, so don't mock Kiana."
"Wow, second and third place are the transfer students, Bronya and Mei!" "So amazing!" "Sob~ I suddenly want to kidnap them and take them to bed, what should I do..." "Get lost, you pervert."
"Let me see, first place must be me." Hearing the discussion, Kiana started to squeeze through the crowd, hoping to see her name.
"What! First place is actually Fu Hua! Then where's my name? Huh, Ryn isn't here either." Kiana started looking down the list, but couldn't find her name.
Mei pointed to the other half of the notice board and said to Kiana, "Kiana's name seems to be over here... Ryn's is here too..."
"Really? Then my and Ryn's scores must be so good that we're being praised separately~"
Kiana skipped cheerfully over to Mei's side, and then her whole body turned to stone and cracked.
Listed separately here were Kiana's and Ryn's names. Both had failed.
"How is this possible!"
Kiana angrily tore the notice to shreds. It was one thing for her to be an idiot, but how could Ryn be an idiot!
No, wait, she wasn't an idiot either!