LA ORIAN ACADEMY: School of the Prodigies SEASON 1 [PUBLISHED]

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE (The Season 1 Final Chapter)

Secure The Throne

Friends today, rivals tomorrow.

Parang kahapon lang ay nagkakaisa pa sila sa kanilang punishment noong Sportsfest para isalba ang buong klase nila at maging ang masayang-masayang pag-celebrate nila sa kanilang Acquaintance Party kasama ang kanilang mga kaklase. Sino ba namang mag-aakala na ang magkakaibigan kahapon ay magiging magkakatunggali ngayon?

That's how rankings change everything, every relationships in Special Class A. There are only 20 seats for the chosen ones.

So fight your rivals and secure your throne... even if you are friends. Friends can be your enemies, your rivals.

"You know what will happen after your results in the mid-terms exam, right?" tanong ng homeroom teacher ng Grade 10 Special Class A. "You'll have an early eliminations since you have an extra classmate in this class."

Kahit tahimik ang lahat ay alam ni Suzanne ang tensyon sa pagitan ng isa't isa. Hindi halos makalingon si Suzanne dahil sa seryosong tingin ng mga kaklase n'ya.

"Your mid-terms exams will be the day after tomorrow and after that, you'll gonna have your sem break. You already knew the pointers about the exam's coverage, right?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good luck... and secure your seats, secure your thrones."

Suzanne could hear that something's thumping on the table. She slowly opened her eyes and raised her head only to see Archles smiling at her.

"Oh, Archles?" maang na tanong agad ni Suzanne. Agad n'yang nahikulamos ang kanyang mukha dahil sa hiya. "Shemay, nakatulog ako."

"It's okay. The examination day is one day ahead of us. Here," napatingin agad si Suzanne sa librong inabot ni Archles sa kanya.

"Ito 'yung..." maang na usal ni Suzanne.

"In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin. It's one of your favourite books even if you suck at Physics, right?"

Maang na napatingin si Suzanne kay Archles. He didn't want to admit it but...

Suzanne is so cute like this.

"P-Paano mo nalaman na gusto ko ang libro na ito?" tanong ni Suzanne at nagdadalawang-isip s'ya kung hahawakan ba niya o hindi ang nasabing libro.

"I'm not fond of eavesdropping but I actually heard you talking about it with Ocampo. You said you want to borrow it in Library 4 but you don't have the opportunity to do so," sagot ni Archles at agad naman n'yang ginawaran ng ngiti ang dalaga. "Here. Take it. It's all yours."

"P-Para sa akin? T-Talaga?" hindi naman maitago ni Suzanne ang tuwa ngunit hindi n'ya parin maiwasang mahiya. "Pero..."

Si Archles na mismo ang kusang kumuha sa kamay n'ya at binigay ang nasabing libro sa kanya. "Just take it. No buts."

Unti-unting napangiti si Suzanne at niyakap nang mahigpit ang nasabing libro. "T-Thank you..."

Iingatan ko talaga ito, Archles.

"Schrodinger's cat was not a real experiment and therefore did not scientifically prove anything. Schrodinger's Cat was simply a teaching tool that Schrodinger used to illustrate how some people were misinterpreting quantum theory. Schrodinger constructed his imaginary experiment with the cat to demonstrate that simple misinterpretations of quantum theory can lead to absurd results which do not match the real world," Archles said as he leaned his head onto his intertwined fingers, looking at Suzanne. "Unfortunately, many popularizers of science in our day have embraced the absurdity of Schrodinger's Cat and claim that this is how the world really works."