Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 119

"The activities organized by the academy should be actively participated in. Our class has manygood-looking students. You also don't need to worry about the speech competition. If you activelysign up, I will replace ways to improve your Terranish proficiency!" Kerry passionately promised.

"This is a rare opportunity for our class to shine in academy activities. We must bravely toss ourhats in the ring and participate. We need to prove that although our academic performance may notbe as good as the other classes, we are not worthless," she added.

Katie was the first to stand up and politely decline, "No, Ms. Lane. We are quite self-aware. Wedon't want to bite off more than we can chew."

"Yeah, miss. We just want to live our lives peacefully," another student chimed in.

Several eager female students who considered participating changed their minds when theylearned about the additional tutoring. They were only there to obtain the Cavenridge InternationalAcademy certificate and didn't want any extra hassle.

"Oh damn! Someone just nominated Hera!" a student suddenly exclaimed in the class.

Katie immediately pulled up the forum page on her device, asking, "Who nominated her?"

"I don't know—it was anonymous."

"Damn. Wasn't the anonymous feature disabled last time? Why is it back?"

"I heard someone hacked into the academy's system and played a prank, but the academyprogrammers fixed it."

"What a mess! It's much better with real names, so we can weed out the imposters."

The classroom erupted with complaints.

Meanwhile, in Class A, a voice exclaimed, "Hera from Class K signed up!"

"Oh, she's that rich girl from the countryside. She's pretty, but can she handle giving a speech inTerranish?"

"Let's not vote for her, lest she publicly embarrass the academy on its anniversary."

"Yeah. Let's vote for our class president instead."

"Right. Our class is the true representative of Cavenridge students."

Cindy Fry, the class president of Class A, ranked first academically among sophomores. She evenscored an impressive eight out of ten in terms of attractiveness according to the boys' aestheticstandards.

She was currently comparing her vote count with the male candidates for the title. Christopher andZyler were neck and neck, both leading by a wide margin among the boys.

Cindy herself was also leading among the many other girls who were participating.

She was fantasizing about performing on stage at the anniversary celebration with Christopherwhen Hera's entry immediately tied her vote count.

Just then, the discussions among Cindy's classmates gave her a new surge of hope. She wasabout to speak up when she was interrupted by her deskmate, Lily.

"Hera's eagerness to participate is a display of her courage. We should applaud her bravery intrying," Lily remarked.

Her unexpected defense of Hera drew curious glances from many classmates.

Several classmates who were close to Lily knew of her dislike for Hera, prompting them to wonderwhy she was suddenly speaking up in Hera's favor.

"Well, I just pity her. She managed to reclaim her position in the Everett family, but then they wentbankrupt. Isn't that sad? Seeing her still strive in such circumstances is admirable. That's why I thinkwe should support her and not discourage her," Lily explained.

She felt somewhat disgusted with herself for expressing sentiments she didn't truly feel.

While backing Hera was not something Lily would consider, she relished the thought of witnessingHera embarrass herself in public. She was determined to settle the score for Hera's past humiliationof her.

"Very well said, Lily. I didn't expect you to be so kind," a classmate chimed in, echoing Lily'ssentiment.

The response stirred sympathy among everyone as they found Lily's argument reasonable. After all,Hera was undeniably beautiful and seemed genuinely pitiable. Consequently, they all cast theirvotes for Hera, with some even persuading other classmates to do the same.