Being Nosy

Some of the applicants were panting as they arrived at their assigned rooms including Keira because her room number was on the fourth floor of the assigned building and only stairs were available.

She looked downwards from the hallway and let out a long, deep sigh as she saw a lot of applicants headed towards the exit gate of the Academy. Those applicants failed to catch up and remember their assigned room number, dictated by Lieutenant Long.

'Attentiveness…Alertness… Nice one. Good job Keira!' She thought with a grin, feeling proud that she was listening intently to the introduction for the first time because she never did in her previous school before.

Keira was startled by a firm voice of a woman at her back, "Do you want to join those space out applicants and exit early, soldier wannabe?"

She turned around and stood straight. "No, Sir... I mean Ma'am. Of course, I want to pass, Ma'am," she answered slightly stammering.

Cielo was suppressing her laughter with Keira's expression as the latter tried to copy the tone of a soldier answering her superior.

"Then, what are you waiting for? Get your ass inside and wait for your test papers!" Cielo instructed with her authoritative voice.

Keira quickly found her seat in the front.

After five minutes, the woman in uniform, who approached Keira in the hallway, entered the room.

'Wow, she looks respectable and strict. I like her sharp features,' Keira thought silently as she stared at the woman who introduced herself as Lieutenant Cielo Kang.

Then, she handed the test papers to the ones seated in front, including her, and said, "Get one envelope and pass the rest to your back. Your timer is the clock on the wall at your front. You only have time till 12:00 PM to finish the test. You may start answering as soon as you get your envelope. Make sure to read the instructions well..."

Hours passed, Keira finished answering all the questions early as she took some time to review her answers carefully.

She looked around. Some were like her that finished early and just waited for Lieutenant Kang's signal to pass the papers while some were still not done and ended up scratching their heads.

"Alright, finished or not… STOP! Ballpens down! Pass the papers to your front." Lieutenant Kang commanded as she stood from her chair.

It was going to be writing exams the whole day and Keira was already exhausted but she felt great because she was confident in her answers, she felt that she did extremely well.

.......

Jeru was roaming around during the examination and stopped at the room where Keira was.

He frowned when his eyes spotted his target-Keira Chan, who was very focused on the test in front of her.

"General Liu, do you need anything?" Asked Lieutenant Kang outside the door. She had noticed how General Liu took his time, looking inside the room, though she knew it was because of the Field Marshal's daughter.

General Liu smiled at her and said, "I still can't believe that Field Marshal Chan allowed this."

He shifted his gaze back to Keira and shook his head.

Lieutenant Kang arched an eyebrow and replied, "I don't see anything wrong about it, Sir. I mean, look at how focused she is. I believe she wants to join the academy, so I look forward to training her inside our base."

Jeru smirked, "Well, if she makes it through… I'm sure she will fail at the physical exam and at the challenge we have prepared for the final round. Such a waste for her to be in a Military Academy."

Lieutenant Kang was surprised to hear his tone. "What's that? He sounded like someone who has a hidden agenda. Geez... Torin wants a beauty inside, while Gen. Jeru sounded like he wanted that beauty to be kept just for himself. "Mean are really annoying, except for Gen. Zach I guess," she murmured before going back inside the room.

.....

Zach observed the applicants from a distance and his eyes did not miss to see the Field Marshal's daughter with her boyfriend and friends. Even if one did not specifically look for her she absolutely stood out among the crowd.

He shook his head recalling how Keira almost tripped a while ago when she ran the stairs.

"She should get someone more of a proactive type because she's too clumsy," he murmured with a twitched mouth, recalling how careless her boyfriend was before.

He noticed that today Keira was with her boyfriend and friends, the same people she was with during his encounter with her at the restaurant.

His thoughts were interrupted when a cadet approached him because he was needed at the meeting for the added challenges on the final round.

He shook his head and inwardly scolded himself for being nosy about someone, which was not his usual self...

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