Chapter 09

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i.

Phil could practically dance around in joy if he wanted to. When he heard that trainees who don't pass the written test have to leave the palace, he knew it was what Adam was talking about. Finally. He can get out of the palace without any interruptions. All he has to do now is fail the exam and he's good to go.

From his chair at the back, he could see some people in front, including the Harries twins, exchanging last minute information, reviewing themselves. Some had small pieces of paper that had notes on it. Others were just winging it. It seems that Phil was the only one excited to take the test. He was going to leave it all to luck and not even read the questions. He's just gonna shade the different choices, maybe make a pattern out of it.

The test was multiple choice, basically. The topics are the lecture head workers gave earlier, a bit of stock knowledge, and the tour that they had. Phil understood everything, honestly - there's the king, queen, prince, premier, prime ministers, chief advisor, royal advisors, commanders, princess, court ladies, workers, and servants. Four kingdoms: Genaira, Amilan, Pirona, Daiavall, each with their own kings and queens.

The details were endless, but it didn't matter. Phil is going to fail the test.

The answer sheets were distributed and the questionnaires followed. Phil took his pen and began his journey of marking random answers.

Daiavall, Queen Tabitha, Llamas, Lions, it all became a blur as Phil quickly reached halfway the exam in less than five minutes. The right answers seemed so obvious even if he wasn't exactly reading the questionnaire, so he just completely avoided those, only rarely and randomly does he mark what seems like the correct answer. A few minutes later and he found himself reaching the 30th and last question when a hand basically slammed itself on his table.

Phil's first instinct was to look straight up and see the person, then he quickly checked to see if anyone else minded that this tall human being stood in front of him and was reading his answers. Surprisingly, everyone was too invested in their tests to pay attention to others. The trainee sitting beside Phil even had his head bowed so close to the test, and Phil could hear him muttering to himself. The head workers supervising them also disappeared and the only one left was this person with brown eyes judging him and his answers.

"Grumpy, what are you doing?" But the brown haired character merely looked at the answer sheet and the questionnaires before tutting and pulling out a new answer sheet from the loose sleeves of his head worker outfit.

That's weird. Last time he saw him, Phil was sure Grumpy was wearing a palace guard's uniform. And he was so sure that he was the Chief Commander. Perhaps he didn't see or hear it right. After all it was night time and Phil could be slightly deaf sometimes.

"How are you gonna achieve your lifelong dream of working for the palace if you can't even pass the test?" He spoke with the tone of an adult speaking to a little child, and that annoyed Phil. This person was even sending him a smile that made Phil sure he knew how irritating he was being. Phil also knew that this person was going to make this entire hour hell. "Start over, and mark the correct answers this time."

ii.

Prince Daniel is now dressed as a head worker. Since Oakley couldn't exactly disobey the prince, he added something new to the prince's collection of different outfits. It's practically complete, just a few missing clothing, but he didn't need those. He constantly uses civilian outfit anyway.

It didn't take long to convince the head workers supervising to leave as well. The prince walked in the room with his new set of clothes and the two head workers on the other side of the room almost immediately noticed him. At first, they were confused, but the prince placed a finger on his lips, quickly silencing them as they stupidly pressed a finger to their lips as well. With a wave of his hand, the head workers quickly scurried out of the room and the prince can finally cause some trouble.

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