11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 36

It was winter break, right after her first year of high school ended and just before her second year began.

She’d always been like this since middle school, but after doing worse than expected on her final exam in 10th grade, she seemed unusually sensitive at the time.

For nearly a month, she spent almost every day at a cram school where self-study and classes repeated from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., eating both lunch and dinner there.

Although she stopped attending this large, well-known cram school in Seoul—infamous for its strict schedule—once 11th grade started, it had been a precious space that held Na Eun together throughout the entire vacation.

She signed up for every special lecture the cram school offered, and still unsatisfied, she enrolled in online courses once she got home.

The grades she received despite her hard work pushed her younger self to the brink, and now, looking back, Na Eun thinks she must have been out of her mind at the time, obsessing over monthly mock exam scores at the cram school.

That was why.

“Han Jae Kyung?”

A week after the monthly exam ended, Na Eun was stunned when she saw the name at the very top of the posted rankings in the cram school hallway.

She hadn’t always been first, but she consistently stayed in the upper ranks and knew all the students she needed to watch out for—those who scored similarly to her.

So, it was only natural for her to be bothered when an unfamiliar name suddenly appeared above hers.

A friend who attended the same cram school clicked her tongue and explained.

“She’s new to our class this time, and she got first place right after joining. Even the teachers must’ve been shocked.”

They said that although his entrance exam score was so outstanding he was initially supposed to be placed in the highest-level class, they’d assigned him to the class just below Na Eun’s—likely because it would’ve been awkward for the other students.

At a time when she was entering 11th grade and college entrance exams were drawing near, the sudden arrival of this new student who snatched first place drew everyone’s attention, including Na Eun’s.

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