How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

“…Let’s see the next recommendation.”

The only somewhat normal one was the recommendation from Prince Cedric.

It was a letter praising Leticia for her unique investigative techniques and her brilliant approach to crimes.

“This recommendation has some… issues, but I’ll accept it. The score from this alone is good enough.”

“Yes, please do.”

Leticia nodded.

“But, what’s your motivation for applying?”

“I can’t be idle forever. I want to study and get a job.”

“You’re saying you have nothing to do?”

“And a noblewoman wants to have a job…”

The professors looked at each other.

If someone like her was unemployed, they must be the lowest of the low.

“Did you prepare a thesis?”

“Yes!”

Leticia took out her thesis. The professors read it over.

“Oh, so this is what the case was about.”

“To approach it this way!”

They seemed impressed for quite a while. They read and reread it multiple times.

‘Why are they acting like this?’

Leticia blinked in confusion.

A moment later.

“We will now announce the results.”

The professors looked a bit tired… perhaps it was just their imagination?

Leticia stood up and listened to the announcement, forcing a smile.

* * *

“How did it go? It took quite a while.”

Cedric, who had been waiting outside for Leticia’s interview to end, approached her.

“They debated for a long time, then suddenly stood up and gave a standing ovation. They said I passed.”

Leticia replied with a sly smile.

‘I thought I was watching the announcement of some audition show.’

She thought to herself.

“That’s great!”

“Isn’t it?”

Leticia and Cedric held hands.

The two, brimming with joy, left the academy hand in hand. Leticia achieved the highest score ever based solely on her interview.

* * *

The capital buzzed for a while.

Leticia had surpassed her status as a national princess and became a national hero.

She had recently solved the issue of water contamination due to vampire blood in the capital.

Entering the academy’s doctoral course wasn’t for everyone, and it was unprecedented for a woman.

[The first female student admitted to the Department of Jurisprudence, and she’s likely to be the top student!]

There was much chatter in the social circles about the first female top-scoring entrant.

There was also a sudden increase in noble girls preparing for the academy’s entrance exam.

It wasn’t just the noble girls who were influenced. The number of regular applicants for the academy surged abnormally. It was quite an unexpected turn of events.

It was a huge topic of discussion.

But not everyone was fond of Leticia. Everyone, both within and outside the country, praised and loved Leticia, except for one place.

It was a group of incoming students to the Judicial Department, the department Leticia was set to join.

* * *

A gathering of the Judicial Department’s incoming students. Their first bonding event, traditionally held at a nearby bar, was heated.

“To be top-ranked based on the interview alone!”

“That’s impossible!”

“She must have used some unfair means.”

While slamming down their drinks, they vented their frustrations.

“The Judicial Department is the jewel of the academy!”

“No. Is it such a big deal if a woman graduates from the Judicial Department? She’s just going to marry and become a princess consort anyway.”

“A judge can’t be a woman in a dress!”

From the senior students of the Judicial Department to those of the same year as Leticia, they all stood up in protest.

They had various complaints, but the main point was one: they were hurt in their pride because Leticia overshadowed them with her entrance scores.

“Huh? Does that even make sense? Aren’t they making fools out of us? If she wasn’t from the Ducal family, would she have been this famous?”

There was someone who created this atmosphere. It was a student named Henkel, who had passed the preliminary examination.

Henkel despised Leticia with a vengeance.

There was just one reason for it.

‘It was supposed to be me in the top admission spot, my father said!’

Henkel’s father was one of the only three chief justices in the country. Therefore, he was a powerful man who could manipulate all the faculty.

‘If it wasn’t for the princess, anyone else would have been brushed aside, but she whimsically got admitted!’