The two hours of today's class ended, but Alice still hadn't come out of her test, so they had to be patient and wait a little longer.
And so 35 minutes passed until Alice was finally able to come out.
When she came out, she looked radiant. Her face was brimming with joy, and she quickly looked around for Matt, who was standing next to her.
"Matt, I did it!" Her overflowing happiness brought a smile to Matt's face, who was very happy for her.
"Well, it's just what we've been waiting for." He said and looked straight ahead.
Professor Robert had just received the spirit report and was in awe.
He couldn't help but stand up in front of everyone.
"I did not expect to have two great talents here, and although you have all made great progress that I would like to congratulate you on, this time, I think we have to congratulate Zen and Aelia even more.
They have joined the exalted group of people who have achieved 30 minutes in each of their tests, and they did it in a very short time, breaking all records in these tests." Robert didn't know how to congratulate them, but he believed he had already done so to some extent.
After all, in those rooms, only the two of them had them in the classroom, and he was the one who got them for them.
But he still wanted to exalt them among all the students; at least that's what they deserved, and then maybe they could earn more distinction if he managed to teach them well.
But when he said that, all the students were astonished and turned to look at Matt and Alice.
"30 minutes in all tests in less than 1 week? I remember the last one to accomplish something like that was one of the members of the Alignment, and it took him almost a month..."
"Have they really accomplished something like that in such a short time?"
"Unbelievable..."
"Young Zen Master, I think Miss Aelia is truly worthy of praise and I will go and congratulate her, but I feel you are even more worthy. You came so close to completing all four tests on the same day that every time I think about it, it makes me want to go over to congratulate you.
So I hope you will accept my congratulations this time." Janna Patel, the other person in the blue clothes, approached Matt to tell him this.
Matt looked at her and nodded, diverting attention from what was happening on the other side. When this voice came through, everyone wanted to see what would happen.
Alice turned sharply when she heard these words come out.
Janna Patel was a pretty woman of the human race, plus she is a woman in her early 30s who has carved out a career for herself within the trading industry. Somehow or other, this girl was worth looking at.
"Thank you very much, Miss Patel. Congratulations to you as well." Unlike Alice, who had extensive teaching experience in the world's nobility and high society, Matt was more straightforward.
He also didn't need to keep up appearances like Alice. He just needed to be himself; hence, his manner of speaking was not like Alice's.
Still, Janna Patel saw this manner as admirable: 'Straight to the point and unadorned with words, but polite. No matter how you look at it, he's not just anyone. His power must be amazing,' she thought and smiled at him.
"Young Zen Master, thank you very much. Since I don't like to beat around the bush, would you like to join me tonight at the ball? Actually, I'm not asking you to come with me. It's fine if you dance just one song with me, the rest I can leave to your chosen partner."
Even Matt was surprised by her words. Unlike Will Jones, who approached Alice with the pure interest of them both going to the dance together with more hidden intentions, she didn't care about that. It was fine with her if Matt went with someone else, but she wanted to dance to a song with him.
'She's trying to make friends, different from that guy...' He thought.
Still, as he planned to respond, he felt something grab him by his clothes.
"Zen, are you done with your business? We should get back to getting ready." Unnoticed by Matt, Alice came up behind him and shot a totally defiant look at Janna Patel.
No, her look was not defiant. In fact, Janna Patel, for a moment, was startled when she felt that look so cold and deadly, coming from someone so young. She felt as if a massive scythe of death was at her neck, ready to murder her...
'...This girl...' Janna Patel couldn't even find words to say anything in the face of such a cold stare full of frantic thoughts.