Evaluation Result (Francis POV)

The annual evaluation result had just been announced and I got such an average score. The score was enough for me to attend the successor class and final test.

"Your highness, the empress called for you." A maid approached me.

I just nodded and walked toward Rosaline's palace followed by Noah. Rosaline, what would that woman do? Would she beat me? She wouldn't be happy if I got a good score at the evaluation. She only used my bad score as her reason to whip me.

Along my way, several eyes looked at me. Those servants may be surprised with what I got in evaluation.

"I heard his score is higher than usual." "Was he cheating or something?" "There's no way he could get that score right?" "I think Lady Whitley is her highness' person. Yet once she became his study partner, his score boosted."

I could hear the servants gossiping about me. Maybe Rosaline would use the rumor that I was cheating as her reason to whip me. Which part would it be? My back? My legs? My hands?

After a few minutes, I finally arrived at Rosaline's palace. The aura here was always giving me a creep. It could be because I always whipped at this palace.

"Congratulations Francis." I had never heard a 'congratulations' from Rosaline's mouth before. She was standing in her room with a hand behind her back. "You got seventy percent on your evaluation," she continued as giving me a sign to walk closer to her.

I walked closer as I looked at the floor and replied, "thank you."

"But, is the rumor right? I guess it is right." So, was my prediction right? She really brought that up. She raised her hand that was behind her; there was a rod in it. "Raise your sleeves up!"

There was nothing I could do besides do what she told me to. Once my shelves were raised, Rosaline whipped my hand with the rod in her hand. "How dare you cheat Francis!" She whipped me again.

"At least, if you were cheating, get a perfect score!" There was no sign she would stop beating me. This would be another long beating.

In order to forget the pain, I started to think about the evaluation. There were several things that were suspicious from my perspective. And all those things were about Olivia.

I suspected that she would tell me completely different materials for the evaluation, but that was not completely false. In fact, she told me around seventy percent of the evaluation. Why seventy percent? She could tell me more or less than seventy. And seventy was the exact point I needed.

I knew she had helped me and it was thanks to her I could get a high score for the evaluation. But why did she help me? I didn't even find a reason why she wanted to be on my side. What was she after?

"Ack!!!" I shouted as Rosaline whipped my hand harder than before. It was a good thing that I didn't shout anything inside my mind due to the shock.

As I returned back to reality, I started to feel the pain in my hands. Bloods flowed out from the wounds on my hands. I guessed I couldn't use my hands properly for a few days. I would need Noah's help a lot that time.

"Are you not listening to me?!" Rosaline shouted. "How can a prince act this way!!!" She whipped me so hard that the rod itself broke. "Go!"

I bowed to her then left her room. I at least could use my legs properly since they weren't harmed. So I could walk properly without any problem.

"Your highness!!!" Noah, he walked toward me with his worried face. "Are you okay? No. Is there anywhere that hurts?" He examined my whole body to check my condition.

"Now are your hands?" Noah sighed.

I smiled and started to walk back to my palace. "Don't worry too much. This is not the first time though. Help me to apply some medicine."

On my way back, I met Olivia. There was no class for that day so she didn't have to come. Maybe she came because Rosaline called for her.

"Your highness," she bowed to me."I heard you got seventy percent for the evaluation. Congratulations." She congratulated me.

"Thank you, Lady Whitley. It's all thanks to your help." I bowed slightly to be polite. I hoped she would let me go fastly this time. My hands were not in a good shape and aching a lot.

Olivia then looked behind me, to the place where I was walking from. She then moved closer to me and whispered, "was that woman called for you?" She checked her pocket and took a small glass box from it. "Take this. This will help you," she whispered again.

"Then, your highness, I have to go. See you in our next class." She bowed to me and left me with Noah.

I continued walking to my palace with a lot of things filling my brain. Once I arrived at my room, I opened the box given by Olivia. It was a box of ointment.

"Noah, help me to apply this ointment." I asked for his help.

Noah's eyes widened. "A-are you sure it's okay?"

I let out a small laugh. "What will happen to me? Are you afraid she will add something here?"

"Well, I just suspected that would be the case."

"It's okay. Just help me to apply it to my hands. My hands hurt so much."

Noah came closer to me and took the box. "Alright, your highness." He applied the ointment. I could feel the cold sensation from the ointment from my skin; it made me feel relaxed.

"Noah. Isn't it weird, Olivia told me seventy percent of the questions material. Like she really did it on purpose." I said in the middle of silence.

"Everything about her is weird, your highness. And we don't have anything to find some clues. All we can do is wait."

Noah was right. All we could do was wait. Wait for the reaction and prepare for the worst case possible.

I hopped new year party came faster so I could meet Charlize. There were a lot of things I wanted to discuss with her.

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