Chapter 11: Misery of the Examiner
The examiner was dejected to no end. He wasn't even so depressed when he lost his favorite Marck 7th series battleship in a gamble.
He looked at the Seer boy one last time before he turned around. He had learned his lesson. He wasn't going to fight with these little monsters. It was beneath him to go heads up with little children who still reek of mother's milk. He memorized their faces for now, when they would grow up he would take his revenge then. He was a vindictive person. No way he will forget all these.
While thinking such, the examiner inadvertently got spirited again. He was really a piece of art. His mood swings were even greater and faster than lunatics.
With a newfound spirit, he rushed for another boy. This time though, he learned his lesson. So he would only use the subtle pressure technique instead of direct pressure which was to walk between the aisle of the desks frequently.
So he went to his 4th target. The arrogant boy who was always looking for a fight. Yes. He was the boy who wanted to pick a fight with that 'period' receptionist girl and almost picked a fight with the examiner.
The examiner started walking slowly checking the students handwriting and their speed of solving questions. This indirect pressure would be more effective on this bunch of unruly bastards. Or it should have been.
But these little midgets, they didn't even flinch. They just went on with their affairs treating him like thin air. He could only sigh.
The examiner reached the arrogant boy with black hair and handsome air. All the while the students had been ignoring him, but this boy of superior attitude actually looked up.
The arrogant boy had been totally focused on the math problems. He was disturbed as someone entered his range of perception. He looked up at annoyance at the person who disturbed him.
It was the examiner performing his duties faithfully. After noticing it was actually the examiner, his expression turned from annoyance to indifference and then again concentrated on his paper. Getting into the number one engineering academy is much more important than picking a fight with an worthless flea who couldn't even be a wanderer but is instead tasked with insignificant duties.
The examiner was a little perplexed. From the previous attitude of the boy, he was sure that the boy would start a fight almost immediately. And he was very close to do so too. But then suddenly the boy changed his mind. The examiner wondered why that unruly shrimp suddenly had a change of heart. Little did he know that he was taken as a flea by this tiny arrogant kid.
If he knew he would probably jump down the building and suicide in depression.
Anyhow he then started walking towards his 5th target and the true culprit of his suffering and depression. The gray haired boy who interrupted his sweet heaven of game playing.
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For the fifth time he was shocked, but this time because of amazement. This gray haired guy was basically a human computer. He was solving 3 parts of the exam simultaneously. Needless to say this gray haired ordinary looking boy was Nevan.
The examiner watched the boy. The boy looked at one problem then he kept still for a period of time as if doing mental calculations. Then he took the pen and started writing. There was no hesitation, no doubt and no pause for thinking. Just the first pause after looking at the question.
The boy looked at the question, calculated for a moment and then solved the problem in one go.
If it wasn't for the fact that in this room, unauthorized devices don't work he would have guessed that this guy had a cheating gadget on him. Since that is the case, there was no doubt this guy was a human computer.
Suddenly, the ugly girl in front stood up. She looked back at the examiner with a disdainful smile on her face.
"Hey Mr. Examiner." She waved the stack of paper, "I am done."
He was startled. It was too fast. The girl only started the exam for 30 minutes. The time limit was one and a half hours. Even if students could not solve everything on the paper they would still hold onto the full time in hope of solving the problems.
Since she did not, there could only be two possibilities, either she had solved everything or she had given up on solving. And judging from her spirited look it should be the former.
The examiner gulped. He walked up to his desk and told her to come up. He took the papers and inserted them into a rectangle shaped hole. The insides of the rectangular hole could not be seen. It was pitch black. The paper went in and seemed to have disappeared. Then a single piece of paper came out from the hole.
In the paper, there were some complex designs and codes and a text- all in black ink. The text said, 'Eligible for Academy of Sages'.
'No Shit!' the examiner sorrowfully exclaimed. This girl had given the exam for thirty minutes and was eligible for the number 3 Academy or perhaps in some sense the best of the best academy.
If it's like this it may not be long before this girl becomes somewhat prominent. He must think of a way to exact his revenge before then.
This was the examiner's inner thought. Of course he would never say this out loud. If people knew he was being vindictive against a 14 or 15 year old minor he would be ridiculed endlessly in the wanderer world.
So the examiner tried to maintain a slightly normal expression without showing astonishment. He looked at her and said, "Give me a part of your body."
" ..... "
A terrifying silence immediately took over in that moment. Instantly 17 pairs of eyes looked up from their desks, at him.
The ugly girl who had handed her paper turned stiff. Finally her confident expression turned panicked and she moved two steps back. As much as she disdained this little washed up middle aged man, who could only be an exam controller in a washed up agency, playing a washed up century old game, she was still a child who felt afraid of a middle aged man violating her.
A terrifying silence hung. 17 pairs of eyes locked their gazes onto the examiner who had uttered such shameful words. A pedophile was given the task to take exams of children!
The terrifying silence and those gazes finally made the examiner realize what he said. He became drenched in sweat.
'Shit my luck! I was too focused on plotting my revenge.' he cursed inwardly.
The terrifying silence ensued as the 17 pairs of eyes looked at him with murderous intention and the ugly girl looked at him cautiously as if he was some sort of great predator.
'No I am not a predator, and certainly not a pedophile.' the examiner screamed inside his heart.
The terrifying silence was finally broken by a scribbling noise. It came from a gray haired guy of ordinary appearance. It was Nevan. There were 18 students still giving exams. But it seems Nevan had not heard what the examiner said. He was fully concentrating on writing now.
This moment of silence was broken by the scribbling noise of Nevan's pen and the examiner took this opportunity to hurriedly explain, "I need any part of your body to scan the DNA. A hair will do!"
Suddenly everyone heaved a sigh of relief including the ugly girl and of course the examiner too, only excluding the fully concentrated boy, Nevan.
The ugly girl tore a strand of her hair and gave it to the examiner, the examiner placed it on the paper. Specifically on the strange markings and symbols. The markings started to change as the DNA was placed. After a moment of shuffling, the markings were arranged in a certain new pattern. This pattern included the unique sequence of the ugly girl's DNA.
"Here, take this to the Sage's room on the third floor, there will be your last Comprehension exam. This paper holds unique patterns of your DNA as such it only belongs to you. After your exam is done you can take this to the Academy of Sages and they will admit you provided that you pass in the sage's test." The examiner patiently explained.
His behavior was rather submissive as if to leave a good impression on this girl. After all, if the girl spreads rumours about him being a pedophile, then his reputation will be like a ship in the Apocalypse Sea- lost forever.
The ugly girl hastily took that sheet of paper and scattered away. Perhaps afraid of a certain pedophile.