Alpheas cut the instructor�s words and stared at Shirone, who stood a little away from the group.

He looked like he had something to say, but in the end, he gave a small smile and went down the mountain.

The rest of the students stood stunned.

�One month��

They felt woozy for a second, but they didn�t feel afraid.

�I-It doesn�t matter! We�re under probation together. None of us can take a class.�

�Yeah. It�s much better than something like a three-day suspension. After all, probation is not even written in our academic record.�

The students calmed down a bit.

�Haha! So what now? Do we get to play around and relax starting today?�

�As if! I have to stay up all night in the library. Why don�t we all get together and study?�

�Yeah, let�s! Maria, you�re coming too, right?�

�Huh? Um� That�s��

Maria was conscious of what the instructors might think.

Thadd simply smiled and nodded his head. Maria then smiled and spoke shyly with teary eyes.

�Yes, I�ll join.�

Thadd felt happy as he watched the scene. It would be awkward at first, but as long as the punishment kept the kids together, she would be fine.

�Were you aiming for this? You are always a step ahead of me, teacher.�

Perhaps this situation was a miraculous opportunity for Maria. One that would never come again in her life� Just like how becoming the student of Alpheas was for Thadd.

�We say the world is about luck� But once you give up, even that string of luck will be of no help.�

If Maria hadn�t really loved magic, would she have survived that long in Class 7?

Although the world was unfair, Thadd thought it was worth living for that reason.

As long as one held on strong and persevered, opportunity was bound to come knocking eventually.

Shirone was promoted to Class 5.

Siena, who knew the unique study method of the Core of Knowledge, became the homeroom instructor.

It was hard for Shirone to keep up with the classes as he had jumped up two levels, but Shirone decided to stick with his old method nonetheless.

Class 5 had a test that occurred once a week and had a final exam at the end of the month that determined a student�s rank for that month. In the first test, Shirone placed 40th out of the 40 students.

There were a total of 11 different subjects, and his average score was only 32 points.

However, it was worth noting that his score across all the different subjects ranged from 30 to about 33.�

The average score for the second theory test was 34.

�A two-point improvement in average might seem insignificant. However�� JrNovels.com