He was fine with the others not discussing it. William looked as if his world had crumpled.
Even after the vice principal said his name and announced that his Vitality was 13 points. William did not have the presence of mind to care about it. He looked at Xandrax, aggrieved. "You really didn't lie to me?"
"What do you think?"
"Did you not say that your Vitality was at 14 points?"
Xandrax said, annoyed, "I told you that my Vitality was at 17 points. Did you believe me? F*ck, you thought I was joking even before I opened my mouth. What was I supposed to do?"
"Isn't this too high?"
"It's you who's lousy…"
"This is so depressing!"
William wilted. And he had thought that he had done superbly, too. Did Xandrax really have to put him down like this?
The names of the others who had passed
