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Chapter 1

My name was all over the trending topics chart when the college entrance exam results were released. Several tags that were related to me appeared on the chart such as, "#TopScholarReportedForCheating", "#SarahLordeScored145PointsForEnglorian", and "#FairOrCheat".There was a video pinned to the top of the trending tags.A student from Franille High School, Heather Cliffton, had uploaded the video. She was the second-highest scoring scholar in the entire province. She was wearing her uniform in the video. Her eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and her voice trembled when she spoke."My name is Heather Cliffton. I got the second-highest score for the college entrance exams in the province this year. I didn't want to talk about this at first, but I just couldn't hold myself back anymore. "To my knowledge, the current provincial top scholar, Sarah Lorde, has never scored more than 145 points on her Englorian tests. She has only scored between 135 and 145 points during her entire time

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Chapter 2

My uncle, Sam Lorde, worked in a factory in Canalia. He returned to the country every year and would always bring snacks and comic books with him. When he first started teaching me Canalian, he was only doing it to keep me entertained. Later, he realized that I was learning the language faster than he was.I was able to watch a Canalian cartoon series, "Pirates Adventures", without any subtitles when I was in fifth grade. When I was in seventh grade, I passed the basic Canalian proficiency test. I passed the expert Canalian proficiency test when I was in tenth grade, which was the highest qualification I could receive.On the other hand, Englorian had been a nightmare for me since middle school. I couldn't remember the vocabulary or figure out the grammar. I was also terrible at the listening aspects of the subject.My scores were always abysmal whenever I took Englorian tests.That was why, in the second half of my sophomore year, I secretly switched my foreign language from

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Chapter 3

The conference was scheduled to take place at 9:00 am.Hundreds of people had already gathered at the Department of Education's door when I arrived. Cameras, phones, and microphones were shoved in my face."Did you really cheat during the test, Ms. Lorde?""What's your relationship with your seatmate, Mr. Henderson? Why did he testify against you?""Are your parents aware of what's happening?"I didn't answer any of their questions. I kept my head low and walked into the building.Just then, someone rammed into my side. It was a woman whom I didn't recognize. "Get out of here, you damned cheater!" she shouted.I ignored her.Someone behind her pulled her back and said, "Don't do that. The results of the investigation aren't out yet.""What's there to investigate? Her Englorian score suddenly shot up from 145 to 390 points. Even a fool can figure out that she cheated."I took a deep breath as I pushed the meeting room door open.The meeting room wasn't very big. There were ab

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Chapter 4

The commenters on the live stream started cheering for Heather."Well said! Your words moved me to tears.""She could have just ignored what was happening and enrolled in a top university. But she chose to make a stand for the sake of everyone else.""She's the true embodiment of righteousness.""Heather's the bravest student of this year's college entrance exams."Oliver's face was devoid of emotion when he rapped his knuckles against the table."We've looked through the evidence that you provided, Ms. Cliffton. Now, we need an eyewitness of this case to give us a statement," he said, turning to look at Louis. "Are you willing to testify, Mr. Henderson?"Louis' chair scraped backward when he stood up, causing an ear-piercing sound to cut through the air. He swallowed before replying, "Yes. I'm willing to testify.""Were you telling the truth when you accused Ms. Lorde of peeking at your answers?"Louis twisted his fingers together under the table, his knuckles turning white.

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Chapter 5

Dead silence descended upon the meeting room.The endless comments also stopped for a split second before they flooded the live stream like a broken dam.Someone sent an entire row of question marks."What is she talking about?""She didn't take the Englorian test? Don't you have to take it for the college entrance exams?""Has she lost her mind?"Oliver frowned and said, "Explain yourself, Ms. Lorde."I pulled out my exam admission sheet from my pocket and placed it on the table. "This is my exam admission sheet. Please take a look at the foreign languages section."Oliver picked up the sheet. His frown deepened when he glanced at it. He then handed the sheet to the other members of the investigative team.The admissions office director's eyes widened after he leaned closer to get a look. "Canalian?" he exclaimed.The word was like a bomb going off in the meeting room.The color drained from Heather's face in an instant. She opened her mouth, but her words were stuck in her

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Chapter 6

The color drained from Heather's face. Her lips trembled as tears spilled down her face."No… It's not like that. I truly had no idea. I just…"She couldn't even finish her sentence. Her shoulders quivered violently as she covered her face with her hands.The sudden development of events polarized the commenters. "I feel so sorry for Heather. She really didn't know.""Not knowing doesn't give her the right to just report someone based on her own whims. What if I didn't know that you can take braille for your college entrance exams? Does that give me the right to report a blind student for cheating?""Sarah's being a little too cruel. Heather's crying so much.""Cruel? You would be singing a different tune if your parents were the ones who were being ruthlessly harassed."Oliver rapped his knuckles on the table again. "Please keep your emotions in check, Ms. Cliffton."Heather's eyes were extremely swollen when she looked up at me. Her voice was thick with tears when she blubb

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Chapter 7

Oliver rapped his knuckles on the table and asked, "Ms. Cliffton, were you aware that Canalian is another option for the college entrance exams' foreign language test before you reported Ms. Lorde?"Heather hung her head. Her tears dripped onto the table as she answered, "I didn't know…""Did you look into Ms. Lorde's exam admission sheet or exam information?""I didn't…""The evidence of cheating that you provided was only based on Ms. Lorde's Englorian tests' results and Mr. Henderson's testimony, is that correct?""Yes…"Oliver breathed out a long sigh and closed the folder before him."I have a basic understanding of the situation now."He looked at me before asking, "Do you have anything to add, Ms. Lorde?"I mulled over my thoughts before I answered, "I do."I stood and looked at Louis, saying, "You claimed that I always peeked at your answers during our Englorian tests, Louis.""T-That's right," Louis said, not daring to meet my eyes."Well, are you aware that you've

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Chapter 8

The dust didn't settle after the end of the conference.The netizens' responses were a lot more intense than expected.I gained over 200,000 followers overnight.My inbox was bombarded with messages. Most of them were apologies. A handful of them asked me how to register to take Canalian in the college entrance exams. A few of them were interview invitations from media outlets.I didn't reply to these messages.But one message caught my eye.I didn't know the sender. Their profile photo was of a female cartoon character, and their username was "IStillWantToRunAwayFromEnglorianToday"."Hi, Sarah. I'm in tenth grade, and I've only been scoring around 125 points on my Englorian tests. I only found out that I can take Canalian for my college entrance exams' foreign language test after watching your video. "How did you pick up the language? Can you teach me? I don't want my life to be ruined because of Englorian."I hesitated for a long time before I replied, "Study the alphabet u

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Chapter 9

The document was downloaded over 100 thousand times within the first hour.The comments section was filled with grateful messages."You're the coolest woman I've ever known, Sarah.""I've already started studying the alphabet. Thank you for giving me another option.""Our school doesn't offer any Canalian classes, so I'm just going to learn it myself.""I'm going to share this with every student who's struggling with Englorian. This will save their lives."My nose stung a little as I scrolled through the comments.Truth be told, I had never thought about being a hero. I was just someone who wanted to get into a good university despite my bad Englorian.I had simply given myself another option by choosing Canalian.Now that I had paved the way, it was up to the other person whether they wanted to or were willing to walk down this path. At the very least, they wouldn't end up like me. They wouldn't be reported and harassed by a person who didn't know the rules for three days.…

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