Chapter 353: The Plan Goes Bankrupt (1)

Chapter 353: Chapter 353: The Plan Goes Bankrupt (1)

"Ma’am, there are still five minutes until registration closes. Are you sure you’re reading the time right?" Seraphina Sterling was, of course, aware of Aethelgard University’s rules. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten into Terrence Grant’s car just now, nor would she have let him forcibly declare her his girlfriend. After dragging her suitcase all this way under the scorching sun, they were telling her registration was over?

’Retaking the exam wouldn’t be a big deal. After all, she was already in Aethelgard. The only reason she’d rushed to skip grades and take the college entrance exam was to find an excuse to return to the city, to make it in time for the upcoming Treasure Appraisal Convention! She had done what she needed to do, so whether she started university right now wasn’t that important anymore. But if she couldn’t register now, she wouldn’t be assigned a dorm, which meant she would have to drag her suitcase all the way back where she came from! For someone who hated the heat, that was the absolute worst part!’

"I didn’t read the time wrong. You’re the one who missed the registration period. Every single person who misses the deadline asks the same question you just did. Since this rule was created, people like you try every year, but no one has ever succeeded in staying! I suggest you don’t get your hopes up and waste your time here racking your brain for excuses! It’s pointless!"

The senior student was clearly not the accommodating type. With her stern expression, anyone who didn’t know better would have thought she was the dean of students. Her words were final, leaving no room for discussion.

"But that’s not what my watch says at all. There were five minutes left just a moment ago. Even now, there are still four minutes remaining. What are you playing at? A student at Aethelgard University should at least know how to tell time! Is your watch broken? Or are you deliberately trying to stop me from registering?"

Seraphina was already on high alert. Running into something like this, she just had to think for a moment to know something was up. ’I just don’t know who I’ve offended for them to resort to such a malicious trick to deal with me! I haven’t even started classes, and trouble has already found me!’

The senior student looked a little guilty and didn’t say another word. A male senior walked over. "Miss, this is the first time we’ve met. We have no reason to hold a grudge against you, so why would we stop you from registering or enrolling? The truth is, the time is up, and registration is over. It’s not that we don’t want to help, but there’s nothing we can do. These are the rules, and as students of Aethelgard University, we have to follow them!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

"Rules, huh..." Seraphina looked at the tall, skinny young man before her. He had a naive air about him, but he was clearly a clever one. ’However, she, Seraphina Sterling, was not someone to be trifled with!’ "So is this a school rule, or *someone’s* rule? To be able to end registration five minutes before the official deadline, this ’someone’ must be quite powerful!"

The male senior didn’t panic. "Just because you say it was five minutes early, does that make it true? Why isn’t it that your watch is slow? There are five of us here, with five watches. The time on our four watches is the same. Only your watch is different from ours. You tell me, is your watch broken, or are all of ours?"

"Have you ever heard the saying, ’Truth is often in the hands of the few’? If you’re smart, you’ll process my registration right now, and I’ll pretend this never happened. But if you keep stalling like this until the registration deadline actually passes, then don’t blame me for what happens next! You should know, senior students preventing a freshman from registering... that’s not something that will look good for you!" Seraphina didn’t want to cause trouble. ’Society was already complicated enough; she just wanted to enjoy a relaxed university life!’ So, unless it was absolutely necessary, she wouldn’t get the Sterling Family involved!