"Just thinking about how many people there are, and how only a tiny fraction of us will finally make it into Bihai Academy, makes me feel like the hope is so slim I can't even see a sliver of it. If I fail the assessment and don't get into Bihai Academy, I'll have no choice but to go to some other third-rate academy."
"Sigh, leave it to fate then."
"Oh please, even if we can't get into the top ten academies, we can still go to the top one hundred academies. They aren't bad either. If worst comes to worst, we'll just have to settle for a third-rate academy."
Chapter 45