Chapter 62

Another knowledge assessment was being conducted at the orphanage. Vaalsi was ready to bend over backward to secure more funding. And then I was presented as a child prodigy, full of great promise. Vaalsi’s attitude toward me changed once a year, for a week—from mild dislike to outright admiration. Of course, to him, I was a golden goose, laying golden eggs every year.

Last year, they took me to the Level 4 Child Development Center for an interview, which I happily bombed, though I aced the test effortlessly.

This year, they brought me back to the education center in an aircar and put me in a separate room, handing me a whole stack of tests.