No Way
I'll be executed?
I kept silent as he continued.
"The next test is two days from now, which means you will be spending almost all of your time in this library learning the bare minimum on politics. Supplies will be given to you for studying after lunch, but for now these are the textbooks that we'll be using. We don't have enough time to go over everything in the textbooks, so we'll go over 4 topics- one in between each meal. You'll have the time before breakfast and after dinner to yourself, so use the time wisely. You'll be tested on the third day before the test with everyone else. Any questions?"
"May I ask why a guard isn't teaching me the material?"
He gave gave me an icy stare.
"Are you questioning me?"
"N-No, Your Highness. I just didn't want to waste your time," I said, bowing my head.
"I'm quite aware of how I'm spending my time. Anymore questions?"
"Y-yes, Your Majesty. Is the exam the same one as the one I took in the previous test, or is it different?"
"I will personally be making your exam, so I suggest you don't slack off during any of my teaching," he warned.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
With that, he started instructing. He pulled out a chalk board and started writing things down at relentless speeds. I thanked God that I had thought to bring a notebook and pen before this whole thing started. I scribbled down what he wrote faster than I thought I knew how to write. He didn't spare a single second, feeding me information and definitions. He explained as he wrote, forcing me to try to multi-task. It pushed me to limits I didn't even know I had when it came to learning. It was actually the first time in a while that I had a genuinely challenging experience. The King seemed to excel at explaining the subject, so most of the material made sense. I struggled to write down the important points he was saying as well as writing, but eventually got everything down. We went over so many definitions, I could barely remember any of them. And I knew I was going to have to review the notes and memorize them. Without realizing it, a maid came in and told us about the prepared lunch. I almost hugged her on the spot, desperate for a break. So much material was crammed and pushed into my brain, that if I didn't get a moment to look back over it, I would loose it all.
"It seems that I got a bit carried away. We already went over an entire unit... Were you able to keep up?" He asked.
"I believe so, Your Majesty,"I said weakly.
"Then I'll give you a quiz after lunch to see if we need to go over anything."
No way.
"....Of course, Your Highness."
He nodded and strode out of the room with me following behind. We were the first people there, as the King preferred to be there before any of the other girls. I sat down at the seat I was at for breakfast and opened my note book, reciting the information. I kept reading over certain vocabulary, underlining certain parts. If the quiz was multiple choice, than I could study normally, but I had a feeling that a quiz given at short notice, would be short answer. If it was, than I would actually have to memorize the definitions, understand what they are, and how to apply them. I practiced writing down the definitions by memory and reviewed the points that were given. Once I was able to write down most of the words by heart, I started eating.
All of the girls were halfway through their meal, while I just started.
The girl from before caught my attention, "Hey, where were you? I looked for you everywhere."
"I was still in the library."
"When do you want to go over cotillion?" She asked.
Oh no, I forgot.
"Could we do it after dinner?"
"Sure, but I'm not sure how much I can cover. I'll try to just give you all of the important information."
"Alright, thank you so much, again, for your help."
"No problem," she smiled. I weakly returned it. I looked down at my food, slowly taking another bite.
How am I gonna learn all of this in time for the next test?
I looked at my notebook again. Taking one last bite, I opened it again and continued to study.
Soon enough lunch ended, and I dreadfully walked down to the library, waiting for the king. I tried to cram even more into my head, not wanting to miss anything.
"Are you ready?" The king asked coming in.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
He handed me the paper and I wrote my name on it. Just as I thought, everything was short answer and mostly difficult questions. But I could answer most of it. In about 30 minutes I finished the assessment and handed it to him. He took out his pen and looked over the paper. The maids must have switched out a chair for him, because a much more extravagant chair was there where he was sitting. He had a pretty blank expression as he read over my answers. After marking things once or twice he looked to me, and I kept my head down. My heart rate increased hoping he wouldn't just execute me if my score wasn't good enough on the first quiz.
"You did surprisingly well. 92%," he announced, handing back the paper.
"We don't have to go over anything really. You just made small mistakes. Although, I don't forgive mistakes normally, it is a quiz, and overall it was done well. Better than I expected at least."
He seemed to think for a moment before continuing, "I want to see how far I can push you with this. I originally only planned to go over four topics, but since we already went over a whole unit, we could probably go further."
We already went over the topics? Then doesn't he already know that I can learn? Why do we have to continue? Plus, he's already worked me to my hardest, I don't know what he's talking about.
"If we really want, then we could finish another unit today and do an accumulative test tomorrow."
Oh my God, please no.
"Do you think you could handle it?" The king asked.
"...If you would like to, then I will put forth my best effort not to let you down, Your Majesty."
"You don't seem too confident," he noted.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
"Why?" He asked.
"... I'm not sure if I can learn another unit and still meet your expectations , but I'll do whatever you wish, Your Majesty," I answered.
"Hmmm, good. Then we'll do 2 units per day and test on them the morning of the next test."
Oh fun, I get to face the chance of execution more than once in one day.
"Let's get started," he said. With that I suffered another 3 hours of rushed lessons. By the time I was done, my notebook was already 1/3 used. Again we moved to dinner with a few summarizing points. I was actually worried about my ability to remember any of the information. It seemed to be so much in such a little amount of time. I couldn't even start on the food worried about my ability to remember . I once again reviewed the material mercilessly, not listening to anything going on around me.
"Eleana," A voice cut their the air, grabbing my attention. I detached my eyes from the words on the page and looked to see that the king had called my name.
"Yes, Your Highness?" I answered.
"Eat," he ordered.
"... Yes, Your highness," I replied. I closed the notes and started to take bites out of the food. Instead, I just tried to think about the new definitions and topics, pulling as much from memory as I could.
If I couldn't look through the notes on paper, I'll just do so in my head.
Once dinner ended, I was dragged by Sofia into my room.
"Finally, we can start on our lessons," she said. I followed along, hiding the reluctance that made me want to plop on the floor and sleep.
How am I going to get through this?
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