Hera glanced up at Gideon. She was about to ask him how he knew about the situation when Gino suddenly spoke up.
"Hera, my Terranish is pretty good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime," Gino offered.
Hera remained silent.
"Your Terranish proficiency is like a first-grader's. It's not even enough to teach at kindergarten," Gideon remarked.
He then turned to Hera and added, "I've already contacted a Jascilian tutor. They'll drop by this afternoon for your tutoring session."
Gino was surprised.
"Having money doesn't make you great. When I have money, I can do the same!" he thought.
Hera replied calmly, "No need. I have to go out for a while. I won't be back for lunch."
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As the new week began, the academy forum was unusually active because the results of the Belle & Hunk election were released.
Lily stayed up until midnight on Friday to see the results.
She felt relieved when she saw that Hera unsurprisingly topped the girls' rankings. It wasn't in vain that she had spent the week pretending to support Hera and canvassing for votes.
Cindy came second, and Lily herself made it to tenth place. She looked forward to personally humiliating Hera and getting revenge for the embarrassment Hera had caused her.
The contestants were practicing their language skills and speech techniques for the speech contest on Friday at the academy's theatre.
Observers on the forum refreshed it daily, monitoring who was putting in the effort and how their chances of winning the title were improving.
Only Hera's probability of winning the beauty title remained at 0% without any progress.
It was due to the fact that no one had seen her practicing, and some even claimed she didn't attend classes regularly.
Consequently, those who had voted for Hera in the preliminary round began to question their initial belief that Hera would turn over a new leaf.
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