Queen of the Scalpel - Chapter 93
Chapter 93: Point Of Inflection
They couldn’t ignore it just because they were just the opinions of a young disciple. The judges were all respected in their separate fields. They could know something’s worth when they saw it. All the answers on the paper were completely logical and based on fact.
“I…I’m planning on discussing the answers here with the doctors of the academy.”
“Me too. It’s not something I should keep to myself.”
The professors of each field spoke. It wasn’t something they should keep for themselves. They had to report it to the academy. That was how amazing these theories were. Then someone asked.
“Then we can mark all of these as correct?”
“Isn’t that obvious? If these aren’t correct what would be correct?”
“But then…”
The judge who spoke up hesitated.
“If these are all correct, the score is too high.”
“Since she wrote these outstanding answers, wouldn’t it be strange if it wasn’t high? How high is it?”
“…99 points.”
An unbelieving silence descended on them. One judge stuttered.
“Ninety…what?”
“99 points.”
“D, didn’t you grade something wrong? I heard that the second highest scorer got 82 points?”
“Correct. I checked it five times to make sure if there was a mistake.”
“W-What kind of nonsense…”
The highest score ever for the medical license test had been 95 points. But 99 points? And on this hard test? Didn’t that mean she only got 2 of 200 wrong?
“Even if the answers were outstanding that score doesn’t make sense…”
One judge asked in disbelief.
“Then what are the two incorrect problems?”
The judge who graded it scratched his head.
“It was about symptoms of asthma and how to treat a cold.”
“What? Wasn’t that just an easy question for points? She got everything else right but not these?”
“Her answers were so messy that I couldn’t understand them…so I marked them as wrong. It was really hard to grade.”
“…”
The professors shut their mouths. Then she had gotten everything right except for that? Really? Baron Eric bitterly smiled at the judges’ reactions. He had done the same when he heard about it as well.
“Enough. I’ve graded it several times, so it’s definitely right.”
“But…”
“I think a genius like Count Graham has appeared in our Britia empire.”
He was only half joking. Actually, the word genius wasn’t enough. Baron Eric muttered the name of the person who wrote the answers.
“Dame Clarence.”
Dame Elise de Clarence. A young girl that had put the entire medical field in shock with her splenectomy. And before the shock settled, she had saved the Duchess and received a knight position with the Royal Rose Medal.
‘And…she’s the person who’ll be the future Crown Princess.’ She had pretty much been set to be the Crown Princess. She wasn’t just a prospective doctor, but an important lady who would become the empire’s first lady. ‘It’s a shame for some reason. Someone who has that ability will become the Crown Princess.’ The judge thought to himself.
People would be shocked if they heard that, but it was true. ‘If she became a doctor she would lead to the medical field’s growth.’ He thought it was a shame.
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Elise’s test results put the entire empire in shock.
[Dame Clarence who will become the Crown Princess! Finished with the highest score in the history of the medical license test!]
The passing rate was historically low, so she would’ve received attention anyway, but with the highest score? And she hadn’t just scored high. The medical field was flipped over at the revolutionary answers on the paper.
“Unbelievable. These are all theories that Dame Clarence came up with?”
“Yes. We suspected our eyes as well. To solve these problems like this!”
“Isn’t Dame Clarence the person who was chosen to be the Crown Princess? From the Clarence family?”
“Yes, that’s right. Isn’t that amazing? The person who’ll be the Crown Princess is outstanding medically.”
“Ha! I don’t know if I should say this but…it’s a shame. I wanted to bring her over to the Imperial Cross Hospital. But it’s Dame Clarence.”
“Right. We were going to offer a position in Rosedale Hospital as well.”
Doctors in the empire always talked about her when they met. That was how shocking this incident was. And it didn’t cause an uproar just in the medical world, but to the citizens of the empire as well. Reporters who had smelled the scent of a feature article like hyenas had written about it.
[Dame Clarence! Passes the medical license test with the highest score ever! Excited for after she becomes a Crown Princess!]