19 The Condition

The examination door opened. A middle-aged woman holding a tablet walked out. She's one of the teachers in the school. She looked elegant with her eyeglasses in its maroon frame with small stars on the edges. It's the latest trend in face fashion. She scanned the surroundings, looking slowly from left to right. Occasionally, raising her right eyebrow as she recognized some of the parents.

"Alright. All parents, guardians and cheerleaders, please move over to that side." The elegant teacher gracefully waved her hand gesturing where those who will not be taking the exam needs to stay put. The aura she exudes is so extraordinary that everybody shut their mouth, and those who were mentioned moved over as they have been instructed.

"And all of those who will be taking the exam... please fall in line on this side." She gracefully gestured to the kids to fall in line to keep things in order. Seeing that their older companions just followed the teacher's instructions with no questions asked, the kids silently moved.

"Children, please activate your tokens." The teacher holds her right hand up showing a distinct token in between her fingers. She demonstrated how to activate it. As she pressed a button, it started glowing with a hue of green. Then on a tablet, she's holding on another hand, it shows a list and simultaneously it updated itself that for that person holding that specific activated token marked as active.

Kids brought out their token. Unfortunately, there are three who forgot their token. Enryl brought out his own as well.

"Those who don't have a token, unfortunately, you can't take the exam. Please move over to your parents." The three kids happily moved over to their guardians. Seems like they were forced to go here and don't really care.

She turned her gaze to the remaining kids with token and then gracefully glanced on the tablet to confirm. She looked to each kid seemingly thinking of something. After the last kid, the corner of her lips curved in a subtle conceited smile.

"You, you... and you. You lot can't take the exam." She pointed to a total of ten kids and gracefully gestured them to move over. Unfortunately, Enryl was one of them.

The called kids were stunned. They have no idea why they can't take the exam. They are hesitant on whether they have heard it right or it is actually just a joke. The question is, a scary teacher knows how to joke?

Seeing that the kids are hesitant and are not moving at all. The teacher raised her right eyebrow and placed one of her hands on her waist. She slightly bends her head and gazes at them menacingly.

Some of the kids got scared so they started to move over. Their parents are confused as well and were about to raise their hands and voice their opinion but the teacher just exuded a more menacingly aura looking at them that caused them to shrink back.

Enryl was confused as to why. He's been waiting for this moment for a long time but is it really going to slip out of his hands this time?

Nine of the kids moved over to their parents. Some of them are already crying. These kids are wearing the simplest clothing and some of them don't have shoes or slippers. These kids obviously came from a poor family. Their parents don't have the guts to talk back.

"And you! Move over to that side!" The teacher is losing her patience.

"No! Please give me a good reason why I should not take the exam. I have registered for this exam and I have my token. I have the right to take the exam." Enryl blurted out as he stood on his ground. He exuded a righteous aura. The teacher was slightly surprised and thought, "So, there's one that has guts after all."

"Do you really want to take the exam?" The teacher just replied with another question.

"Yes. I want to take the exam or else I wouldn't be here." Enryl answered straightforwardly. He still tries to be respectful to this teacher. If he loses his cool, he might do something that he might regret. This is a chance he can't let go.

"Okay, I will allow you to take the exam but on one condition. You will only have thirty minutes instead of two hours so you will start at 11:30 am. Do you agree?" The teacher smirked maliciously. Do you think you've got what it takes? Poor people like you should just keep on farming. Do you think the questions on the exam are about farm animals?

Enryl felt relieved when he heard the condition. At least he can still take the exam.

"Fine. Just keep your promise." he went to one of the chairs and sat down. He'll be watching the clock from now on.

Some of the kids and parents who were verbally assaulting him earlier have a smug look on their faces. Huh, you think you can pass the exam with just thirty minutes of time? They were laughing on the inside.