Falling in Love with Icebergs

An unconfessed genius

It was getting late, now the participants had gathered back inside the hall. Berlyn deliberately invited Erlyn to sit on the bench at the very end, so as not to meet with Via.

"All the sisters. After the jury finishes correcting your answers. The jury has got 30 people who will qualify for the next round. For the name of the school mentioned, it means he has qualified for the next round. And for participants who do not escape, do not be discouraged. Next year can still follow this race again" said MC explained.

The MCs have mentioned the names of the schools that qualified for the next round. Cheers from the participants who managed to escape enlivened the room. While participants whose school names have not been mentioned, can only put on a restless expression.

"Alright sisters, the 27 participants who escaped have been mentioned. There are still 3 participants who will qualify for the next round. Because of the jury request, we will announce the value obtained from the three participants with the highest score" exclaimed MC increasingly make the heart of dag dig dug.

"Participants who are third with a value of 85 from the value of 100. Is....SMA Hope Nation!" shouted the MC who was greeted by applause from the audience.

"That came in second with a score of 90 achieved by... Musically International High School!!" the MCs are getting louder.

"Yeah!! Via we escaped!!" yell Hendra excited.

Via only smiled sinisterly as he looked towards Erlyn.

"Heh.30 grand just did not qualify let alone the first order. Erlyn who has not studied at all, still abstain from me?! Most people are halu people. Even the first round did not qualify!" merricks Via in the heart.

"For participants who were in the first place this made the jury very amazed. Because they can get a perfect score yes it's 100!!" MC shouted until glaring "And the participant was from...SMA Taruna Bangsa!!" MC shouted horrendous atmosphere throughout the room.

"Berlyn we got away!!" erlyn shouted while shaking Berlyn's hand. But Berlyn just remained silent. "Berlyn lo why?!" erlyn shouted increasingly loudly shaking Berlyn's arm.

"Lo got perfect grades?" berlyn asked who was looking into Erlyn's eyes.

"Ehh…!Iyaa" Erlyn said nervously at seeing Berlyn's strange expression. "And you said yesterday that I would be able to do it. Now we've escaped, you're even angry" said Erlyn lowered her head in fear.

"Who's angry?" berlyn asked with her sincere smile.

"Lo's not angry! Good indeed" cried Erlyn with a cheerful smile.

The atmosphere in the room became crowded, there were shouts of excitement from the participants who escaped. Some were crying because they did not pass the selection. However, a moment later the commotion became silent.

"Sorry brother! I want to file a complaint!" exclaim Via quieting the atmosphere.

"Hmm...What's wrong?" ask the committee a little awkwardly.

"I do not believe that participants from Taruna Bangsa High School get perfect grades. I'm afraid they've cheated" Cetus Via bluntly said.

"Via!! What the hell are you talking about?!" snapped Hendra to Via.

"Can you prove that they cheated?" ask the committee to Via.

"I could be a witness, brother. Last night my partner and I studied together at their home. At the time we were studying together, but Erlyn was not learning at all. While doing the exam earlier, surely the organizers also know that Erlyn is doing the problem alone. People who do not learn at all, if the value of 75 or 80 may still be reasonable. But he got a perfect score, is not worth suspecting" exclaimed Via cornered Erlyn.

"Well.benere also tuh"

"Maybe you can get 100 if you don't learn"

"Heh.apparently won through a cheating line"

Everyone's talking about Erlyn cheating. Finally Berlyn walked forward to defend Erlyn.

"Sister.I could be a witness defending Erlyn. Actually Via and Erlyn are having a conflict, I believe Via deliberately made up a story to bring Erlyn down" Berlyn exclaimed in a stern voice.

"They're a team! How can we believe what he said! maybe he's trying to cover up Erlyn's cheating!!" cry out against Berlyn.

"Enough!!" Erlyn who was still behind shouted to stop the commotion made by Via. Erlyn walked forward, all eyes staring at her intensely. Erlyn began to climb onto the stage.Erlyn stared straight at Via, and smiled sinisterly.

"Gue was standing here just telling everyone that I wasn't cheating. I admit, I didn't study last night. Maybe if I'd stayed this week I haven't studied. But I never cheat in competition. If you all don't believe in me.Gue is willing to now also do an oral exam in front of all of you!" erlyn said with ease.

Everyone just stared at each other. Via could no longer speak. The organizers were whispering to each other discussing the situation back then.

"We appreciate Erlyn's confidence. Because Via also there is no concrete evidence about the problem of fraud committed by Erlyn. Therefore we the organizers have agreed to give Erlyn a chance to prove that she is not cheating. We will prepare 1 question from each subject. Wait a few minutes, after the matter from the committee is ready. We will have an oral exam to Erlyn" said one of the organizers to explain.

"Good brother. Thank you" said Erlyn then got off the stage.

After waiting for a while. The committee is now ready with their questions.

"Alright Erlyn. Are you ready?" ask the jury to Erlyn.

"ready brother!" Erlyn cried with certainty.

"First question! Based on Koppen climate clarification, East Java which has seasonal forest vegetation is a region with a climate?" exclaim Juri read about.

"Climate Am!" erlyn replied spontaneously.

"The part of economics that examines the general picture of economic activity as a whole is?"

"Macroeconomics" Erlyn replied without thinking anymore.

"Cemosynthetic bacteria involved in the reaction equation Ca(NO2)2 + O2 → Ca(NO3)2 are....?"

"Nitrobacter" Erlyn replied casually.

"Brahmana theory initiated by?"

"Van Leur" answered Erlyn spontaneously.

Everyone just watched Erlyn answer question after question without looking at a puzzled expression. Erlyn answered every such question without any burden of mind. Until all questions are completed.

"All right, all of it. We the judges were quite amazed by Erlyn's thinking skills. As you can see, Erlyn is able to answer questions quickly and confidently. And after being corrected by the judges, Erlyn had answered all the questions correctly! Therefore we can state that Erlyn did not commit fraud. Because Erlyn is one of those rare geniuses!" the committee clarified the misunderstanding.

"Well.gener all"

"It turns out that it's not cheating"

"Surely the girl who complained earlier was deliberately looking for trouble"

After the jury clarified Erlyn's matter. Everyone trusted Erlyn's honesty in taking the test. Right now all the bad accusations are turning to Via.

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