Elise shook her head and didn’t think much about his words. Then, she took out her phone to hail a ride home.

When she arrived at the Griffith Residence, Jonah was engaged in a game of chess with Alexander. They were both surprised when they saw her. “Ellie, you’re back so suddenly! You should’ve told us beforehand and I’ll get Alex to fetch you.”

Elise explained, “It‘s fine; there‘s not much difference if I return on my own.”

Jonah beckoned to her. “Come, let me have a good look at you. I haven’t seen you in half a month! Ellie, you seem to be thinner! You must be tired from all of your studying. Stella, prepare some chicken soup for Ellie, won‘t you?”

Stella hastily replied, “Understood, sir.”

“Ellie, come have a game with me,” he invited. At that, Alexander, who was seated opposite Jonah, rose to his full height and allowed Elise to take over his place.

As Elise had previously learned the ropes with Robin, she was aware of the general rules since she was half a beginner herself.

“Alex, please watch the game for us. Don’t let her lose terribly.”

Alexander nodded. “All right, Grandpa.”

Thus, with Alexander as her support, Elise felt a little more confident. However, it was only reasonable to lose when the opponent was a master like Jonah. They played three rounds, all of which she had lost.

She was upset as she asked Alexander, “Didn’t Grandpa ask you to watch the game? Can’t you help me win for once?”

He simply replied, “It’s bad manners to comment on the game from the sidelines.”

Inasmuch as Elise wanted to say something, she found that Alexander had a point.

“All right, Ellie. You fought well. You were always exceptionally close to winning and I even thought you might be doing it on purpose.”

She stuck her tongue out mischievously. “I‘m not as good as you say, Grandpa.”

Jonah smiled, but he didn’t say more. Instead, he asked Elise about her studies. “Now that the boot camp is over, you’re setting out to Northcliff to join the national Math Olympiad, aren‘t you?”

 starts the day after and it‘ll

 he looked at Alexander. “Doesn‘t

reported honestly,

 can head to Northcliff with Elise tomorrow. Make sure she’s safe and

hearing that, Elise quickly rejected the idea. “It‘s fine,

and it’s not safe for a girl like you to be on her own. I was thinking of your safety when

she stole a glance at Alexander, who didn’t seem like he was against the idea. “But it‘s just us two. It won’t look too good either, will it?” she asked as she picked

a steady guy compared to the rest of them. I won’t

responsibility to Alexander. She thought that he definitely would reject

secretary to get the plane

Jonah nodded. Upon seeing that, Elise

 their first class tickets. It was after boarding the plane that she finally asked, “Why did you agree to

 one. “Well, isn‘t

she heard merely made her

was nothing more to question. The plane landed at the Northcliff Airport after two hours

 with Alexander, they found that someone was already waiting for

 respect before

“Get in.”

did

car drove away from the airport, she asked, “Where are we

 as he replied, “I‘ll take you to the exam venue first, so you can familiarize yourself there. Then, we’ll head to

have a house

there for the night. I looked it up and found that the house is closest to the exam venue.

 “All right,

ticket. After finding her seat,

villa, it wasn’t

were extremely overpriced, so a villa in itself would‘ve

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