Yubel's Idea (2)
"Sigh..."
After a long while, Yubel murmured as if talking to herself:
"What a shame. There are only about twenty days left."
"If we had a little more time, you could go to another city that was holding a Level Five or higher exam, get your certificates, and then come back to register?"
"But now..."
But she immediately dismissed the idea herself, shaking her head with a wry smile:
"Still, I know that's impossible."
"With just over twenty days, a round trip to the nearest city qualified to hold an exam for Level Five or higher mages would use up almost all of that time."
"If the city isn't holding an exam soon, or the date doesn't work out... then there's simply no way you'd make it in time!"
"You'd be making the trip for nothing."
However, Yubel never expected that her seemingly impossible suggestion would sound to Annie and Elaina like a ray of dawn suddenly shining in the darkness. It instantly caught both their attention!
"!!"
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Annie and Elaina almost simultaneously jerked their heads up. Their eyes, which had been dim and lifeless, now blazed like ignited stars, sweeping away all their earlier dejection and despair.
"Another city!"
"That's right!"
"Teacher Annie, if we can't take the exam in this city, we can just take it somewhere else and then come back here to register!"
"How did I not think of something so simple?"
Then, as Elaina exclaimed, she and Annie stared at Yubel with excitement, as though she'd just come up with some brilliant plan.
"???"
The two girls' sudden, fervent gazes made Yubel feel a little uneasy. She instinctively leaned back, then asked uncertainly:
"Y-you're not actually thinking of going to another city to take the exam, are you?"
"But I just