Chapter 5442: Go Find It
The Young Scholar had let his guard down.
Even though he still studied diligently every day, he felt far less pressure than he had before Little Auspicious Omen appeared.
He wasn't as focused or giving it his all anymore.
Deep down, he had silently decided...
With Little Auspicious Omen around, he wouldn't fail.
But he did fail.
His earlier certainty now seemed like a joke.
The Young Scholar had lost it.
He couldn't accept it...
If he'd failed because his abilities weren't enough, he could simply try again.
But failing like this...
The Young Scholar felt as though he'd been played for a fool.
He was an idiot.
The moment he saw the list, it felt as if someone had smashed his head with a sledgehammer.
He was stunned.
How could this be?
How could he have failed?
He couldn't believe it.
He had been stunned and disbelieving when he saw the list. Then, when he later saw Little Auspicious Omen—
No.
It wasn't Little Auspicious Omen.
It was...
The Young Scholar thought of what that child had called it.
That was right.
It was just the Black Monster.
He had been that furious and hysterical.
By this point, the woodcutter more or less understood the Young Scholar's state of mind.
So that was it.
No wonder the Young Scholar had acted so differently from how the woodcutter remembered him.
There had been another reason behind it all...
"...It was my fault..."
The Young Scholar lowered his head.
His eyes were a little red.
From the intense frustration and resentment.
And a little hurt, too.
If...
If Little Auspicious Omen had never appeared.
And he'd focused on preparing for the exam.
Would his name have been on the