Queen of The Scalpel - Chapter 86
He was worried about the future with the bet, but at this moment, he was purely happy. It wasn’t just the Marquis, but her second brother Chris, as well as her stepmother. The immature of the Clarence family had received the Royal Rose Medal and even knighted. They couldn’t not be more happy. Ren hadn’t been able to participate, but if he did, she thought he might’ve congratulated her with an apathetic face. After the ceremony, she had a short conversation with the Emperor.
“Yes, Lady Clarence. No, it’s Dame Clarence now.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
He calmly looked at her a moment.
“So, you still haven’t given up on becoming a doctor, right?”
It was a question he didn’t even need to ask.
“I apologize.”
“Yes, I thought so.”
The Emperor nodded his head.
“So is there about 4 months left now?”
“…..!”
“Until your adult ceremony.”
“…Yes.”
“Alright, do you best. Like I said, if you win the bet, I’ll give up clearly. Of course, it won’t be easy.”
-It won’t be easy.
It was a sentence that contained the Emperor’s resolve. But Elise nodded, her face hard. She didn’t plan on giving up either. She was definitely going to win.
“Now the day after tomorrow is the medical license test. Are you studying well?”
“I’m working hard to make up for what I lack.”
“Alright, good luck. Since if you fail because the test is hard, it won’t be good for you.”
And the Emperor smiled.
“…!”
Seeing that grin, Elise realized that this test wasn’t going to be easy. It was clear he made the questions harder or something like that. ‘If I don’t pass the test, I’ll lose the bet. I have to pass.’ And she couldn’t just pass. She had to get a high score that she could be confident about. ‘Elise, do your best.’ There wasn’t much time to study anymore. She had to trust in her experience so far.
***
At the day before the medical license test, the researchers from the medical center were looking at the test questions with troubled expressions.
“Sir, is it okay to test them using these?”
“Isn’t there anything else we can do?”
“If it’s like this…I think the pass rate will be at its lowest.”
The prime overseer of the test, Baron Eric, sighed. He knew that the questions were ridiculously difficult. ‘There’s no curve for this test. You have to get at least 80 points…how many disciples would be able to pass this?’
They were questions that were adjusted to raise the difficulty. Unless they were experienced doctors like him, it was too hard for the disciples to understand.
“I know. But what can we do? We have to do what the higher-ups ask.”
But if the pass rate was too low, they could retest everyone, so it wouldn’t affect the amount of doctors that year. ‘Anyway, there won’t be anyone who passes this test if they aren’t extremely qualified like the Emperor said.’ No, that wasn’t the end of it. If there was a disciple who passed this test, they would receive a lot of attention in the medical world.
Usually, the highest scorer’s results ranged from 90 to 95 points. But this time, it might be hard for them to reach the 80 point line. The overseer sighed, worried.
The next day, the awaited medical license test began. It was a test that might decide the rest of Elise’s life.
***
The medical license test took place in the lecturing hall of the medical center. It tested theories, illness basics, and all aspects of medicine. Disciples had to answer over 200 questions for the whole day.
‘I have to do well.’ It was 8 am. Before the test began an hour later, Elise arrived at the testing location and began to prepare for the test. ‘I have to be on my toes the entire time, and do my best.’
She pulled out her writing materials and prepped for the last time. It would probably be everything she knew already, but she would do her best until the end. ‘It’ll be hard, right?’ Thinking of what the Emperor said a few days ago, it was clear it would be extremely difficult. And she had heard rumors about how hard it was at the hospital as well.
She thought of the faces of the panicked disciples who were taking the same test as her. Saying they were doomed, and that it was going to be tough. ‘It doesn’t matter. Believe in yourself, Elise.’
Elise was nervous, but she wasn’t scared. Her time to prepare was short, but the time she spent on this field was incomparable to the rest of the disciples. After entering medical school, she worked harder than anyone else would’ve thought.
‘I’m not a genius.’ Ben and Grayam thought of her as a genius, but she wasn’t. She was hard-working. Alone on Earth, she pushed herself again and again. ‘Believe in your effort.’