Claire raised her black tea like a glass of red wine and lifted it toward Dark.
Dark helplessly went along with her, then said, "If they really can't pass, then I'll just have to swallow my pride."
Claire couldn't help but laugh. "So that tough act you put on during the day was all fake?"
Dark smiled. "You have to put on a show sometimes."
The more he looked through the information, the more he felt that the Vampire Heiress and the Phoenix Maiden had very little hope of passing the test.
The candidates who had cleared the first hurdle of "admission applications" were not here to try their luck.
At an average age of twelve, even if they had begun studying at six, they already had six years of education behind them.
The Vampire Heiress had studied for less than half a year, while the Phoenix Maiden had studied for even less—only two months.
Although Magic Spirits had a stronger mental foundation than children, it was still difficult to bridge such a gap.
Breaking into the top seventy-two among a thousand candidates was truly hard.
But the exam was tomorrow, and worrying about it now would not change the outcome.
Dark soon put those thoughts aside and went to sleep in his clothes.
The night passed without incident.
Early the next morning, the booming sound of bells rang out from the plaza in Academy Town.
More than a thousand candidates, along with even more accompanying family members, woke up and hurriedly began preparing.
Dark helped the Vampire Heiress get dressed, then stuffed a toothbrush into her mouth and smeared Trash Slime all over her face.
Right afterward, Eve came in carrying sandwiches and milk for breakfast.
The Vampire Heiress and the Phoenix Maiden finished breakfast in their respective rooms,