Chapter 13

Translator: Zayn_

“Principal, please come in and have a seat.”

Fran woke up from his shock and invited Baidiro in.

“No, I still have a meeting to attend. I’ll contact you later.”

Baidiro waved his hand and left.

“Brother, the principal is so powerful! He didn’t even move, but those people were directly sent flying!”

Flora shook Fran’s arm with excitement. The principal released a huge amount of energy just by waving his staff. Looking at the principal’s back, Fran couldn’t help but sigh. This was the power of the class change!

Unfortunately, he no longer had the opportunity to change his profession…

“Alright, come back quickly and clean up together.”

Eller saw Fran’s depressed expression and pulled him into the room to clean up.

When Baidiro returned to the school, the vice-principal was already waiting at the door. Upon seeing him, he quickly came forward and said, “Principal, master Haplos and the provincial leaders are going to discuss the first place of this competition. They are in the conference room now and are waiting for you.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

The two of them walked into the meeting room one after the other. Other than Haplos and Vera, there were a few other familiar faces.

These were all provincial leaders. Every year after the graduation exam, they would gather together to discuss the top ten in the province. The top ten students in the province would have the opportunity to enter higher universities.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Baidiro quickly smiled and tried to smooth things over.

“Principal Baidiro, you’re here just in time. We were discussing the provincial ranking.”

As soon as Haplos finished speaking, Vera placed a black box on the table. The box was opened to reveal a Medal of Honor inlaid with gold and red lacquer.

“Since headmaster Baidiro wasn’t around earlier, we’ve roughly sorted out the results. In terms of spell-casting strength, proficiency, and homework completion, Fran has been chosen as the Medal of Honor recipient. I feel that he deserves to receive it.”

Haplos placed Fran’s report card on the table. The other leaders exchanged looks with each other and didn’t dare to speak.

“You can say whatever you want. There’s no need to hold back.”

Haplos narrowed his eyes at them. He could tell that these people did not dare to voice their opinions because of his presence.

“Sir, Fran is 17 this year, right? He can’t change classes once he turns 18. He still hasn’t changed classes yet, which means he won’t have the chance to do so in the future. This Medal of Honor doesn’t just represent results. Even if he returns in the future, without a specific profession, he’ll still be no different from a worker. It’s a waste for him to be awarded a Medal of Honor.”

There was only one Medal of Honor in each province. It was a reward and encouragement for the most outstanding student. Receiving this medal was equivalent to having a more convenient path to higher education..

But Fran, a student who had no chance of advancing to a new class, had no use for this medal. It would be better to give it to those outstanding students who had already advanced.

They wanted to give them a better learning opportunity!

“That’s right, we really have nothing to say about Fran’s performance. It’s just that letting someone who hasn’t changed their class obtain this honor is unfair to the students who have been studying hard for their class change.”

The leaders of the schools had different opinions. But the final goal was to not allow Fran to receive the Medal of Honor.

“I wonder what you mean by fairness, headmasters.”

Without waiting for Haplos to speak, Baidiro stood up first. “Fran has also studied hard like the other students. In fact, he’s been training even harder than the other students.”

“He wants to change his class more than all the students in the province!”

“But it’s because of his talent that he can’t do anything about it. If we’re talking about fairness, I think the fairest embodiment of the word ‘fairness’ is to let these children who can’t change their class but still study hard get the Medal of Honor!

After Baidiro finished speaking, the other headmasters and teachers all lowered their heads and stopped talking.

Of course, Baidiro’s words were more reasonable. However, if he was the most reasonable, how were they going to explain it to the outstanding students from their schools?

“I think principal Baidiro is right. I’ve participated in all the tests in the province, but most of the students just follow the guidelines and don’t innovate. A few of them might know how to adapt to the situation, but they’re still inferior to Fran. Fran not only memorized the books, but he can even draw inferences from them. That’s it. The provincial first place and Medal of Honor will go to Fran.”

With that, Haplos stood up and left with Vera. Although the other school leaders were unhappy, the other party was a demon king!

Who dared to challenge him? This time, they could only suffer in silence and give this big honorary award to a piece of trash who couldn’t change his profession.

“Leaders, I’m sorry about that.”

Seeing the ugly expressions of the leaders, Baidiro’s mood became even better. He reached out and held the medal in his arms.

Soon, news that Fran became the first in the province and received the Medal of Honor spread throughout the streets. Many parents had heard of Fran’s name. After all, he was the student with the lowest grades every year.

But this time, he had jumped straight to the first place. This was a true dark horse!

At Fran’s house.

Fran used the principal’s bonus to buy new furniture. The furniture from before had been smashed and taken by the loan sharks, and the remaining ones would not last for long.

“Brother! Brother! Big news!”

Flora ran into the living room and slammed a newspaper on the table, “Brother! Quickly look! You’re famous!”

“Famous for what?”

Lina wiped the water off her hands and picked up the newspaper on the table. She was instantly shocked speechless.

“This… Heavens!”

Fran’s pictures were all over the newspapers, and they said that the invigilation department had decided that Fran not only won first place in the province, but also received the provincial Medal of Honor.

This was something that they could not even dream of in their house!

“Lina!”

Aunt Sully, their neighbor, poked her head at the door and saw that Lina was at home. She quickly came in with a basket.

“Everyone’s here! I just saw the notice board. It said that your son is the top student in the province!”

Lina replied with a simple and honest smile.

At this moment, she felt that she was the happiest person in the world. All the suffering she had suffered in the past seemed to have disappeared in an instant. After a while, the neighbors all gathered in the small yard of Fran’s house to congratulate Eller and Lina.

The smiles on the couple’s faces looked as if they were engraved on their faces. All these years, they had suffered so many people’s disdainful looks. Finally, they could hold their heads high at this moment!

“Is student Fran here?”

Soon, someone asked at the door.

Fran saw the Olly Academy badge on that person’s chest from a distance, and he quickly walked over, not caring about the neighbor aunty who was talking to him.

“I’m Fran.”

The person sized up Fran and handed over the two items in his hands.

“This is the Medal of Honor and protective equipment, as well as a special reward from the school.”

Fran took it and instantly felt a heaviness in his hands.

He knew about the Medal of Honor. He didn’t know how many students would force their heads to fight for the Medal of Honor every year, but in the end, they couldn’t even see it.

He didn’t expect to get it this year. However, he didn’t care much about these superficial things. He was more concerned about the bonus and protective gear.

The bonus could improve the family’s living conditions, and his parents would not have to work so hard. And this set of protective gear… It was actually an intermediate protective gear!

One had to know that in the slums, even a set of low-level protective gear was a huge sum of money! How could he still hope for such a good intermediate protective gear!

If they were to sell this set of protective gear, their family could even get a big house!

“By the way, principal Baidiro asked me to inform you to go to the school.”

Fran quickly put away his things. “Is there anything else at school?”

“You’re in the top ten of the province. The recruitment teachers from the famous elite institutions in the province have arrived. As long as you can pass the interview, you’ll have the chance to enter the famous elite institutes.”