Magic Conundrums and the Great Mage (5)

When I returned to the dormitory, Princess Celestina and Claire both looked half-dead.

Tomorrow was the day the final exams ended.

In just two weeks, Her Highness had become a frail, exhausted beauty, while Claire was... Huh? Now that I looked at her, she was just the same cowering Claire as always.

“Ugh...”

Claire, sprawled facedown on the desk, let out a groan.

“What are you going to do if you make a mistake while activating even a beginner spell, not an intermediate one...? You even memorized the spell incorrectly...”

Judging from what she was muttering, she had thoroughly botched the practical exam.

“You idiot... Why, why can't you even do something this basic properly...? Aaaagh...! To think I'd be kicked out of Rinea Hall after just one semester...”

It wasn't exactly a surprising development.

Claire was pretty decent at theory, but she was the type to get extremely nervous during practical work...