It seemed that in most of the exams, Arthur had consistently scored higher than Joy. True to her nickname, Joy had made countless “dimwitted” mistakes, messing up on problems she shouldn’t have. If the world had continued as normal, Joy would have likely ended up in her usual spot—around ninth or tenth place.

But what had skyrocketed Joy’s rank was Magic Manipulation Studies. Both she and Arthur, being students of magic, had taken this mandatory class, and the exam was, of course, a practical one.

“The task this time was to see how many spells could be stably controlled at …