Chapter 43
"Oh my, I thought only Lady Eileen was taking this exam... But why weren't there any rumors? If not just one, but two daughters of the House of the Atlante dukedom are taking the Academy exam together, it should have been a big talk by now."
Her words were laced with the implication that 'You are sure to fail, so perhaps you've kept it secret to avoid embarrassment.'
Evadin's confidence in my inevitable failure might have been fueled by her familiarity with Sylvia's past.
'Because the story about what Sylvia's private tutor said after quitting within a month was very famous.'
This episode was so well known that it was almost impossible to find anyone acquainted with Sylvia Atlante who wasn't aware of it.
––I can’t teach such a stupid student no matter how much money is offered!
And those words of her tutor had greatly contributed to Sylvia's infamous reputation as a foolish girl who didn’t know her place.
'But she wasn't that stupid.'
