Hearing the words she had been waiting for at last, a small smile appeared on principal's face as she finally spoke the words Sarina and Ms Shelly had been waiting for.
"Very well then. Ms Shelly you are hereby hired as the teacher of grade 9 class 1 homeroom teacher.
And Sarina, congratulations, you have also successfully skipped the grades and advanced to grade 9. Everyone is now excused."
The principal happily announced as she gestured everyone to leave her office.
Getting the cue, everyone stepped out of the office one by one.
"Ahhh! We knew you could do it dear. We are so proud of you."
Clara excitedly exclaimed; finally taking her daughter into her embrace as she displayed the joy and excitement she had been holding in till now.
"Of course. Don't forget whose daughter she is. Our Sarina really does take after me, her brilliant father."
Not to left outdone, Adrian arrogantly boosted as he pulled Sarina into his arms. But how could Clara let Adrian take all the credit like this just by himself.
"Oh please! If Sarina would have taken after you, she would still be in kindergarten. My daughter had obviously gotten her genius genes from me."
Clara sarcastically replied as she gave her husband a disdainful glance and pulling her daughter back towards her.
Adrian, also unwilling to give up refused to let go of Sarina, holding on to her firmly as he gave a triumphant glance to Clara.
"Adrian give me back my daughter this instant."
Gritting her teeth in annoyance, Clara said as she once again tried to pull Sarina towards her.
"Don't forget she is my daughter as well." Adrian playfully argued back.
The twins, standing on the side exchanged an amused glance and burst into giggles as they watched their elder sister being passed between their parent's playful banters.
Even the teachers were looking at them in amusement as they watched enjoyed the loving show in front of them.
Catching the naughty smiles on the twins' face, Sarina gave them a roguish glare before glancing at her parents who bickering like kids, trying to pull her towards themselves without even applying any real force in fear of hurting their precious daughter.
She really felt blessed to have such loving parents who adored her with all their hearts and couldn't even bear to bring any pain or harm to their children even in their wildest dream.
Smiling lightly, Sarina calmly held their hands. Linking her arms through theirs, she pecked their cheeks.
"I am both, mom and dad's daughter. I of course have taken after you both. So, no more fighting. Look the teachers are even laughing at us."
Sarina mischievously said as reminded them about where they were.
Sure enough, Adrian and Clara's face turned completely red in embarrassment as they finally realized that were still outside the principal's office.
Thankfully for them, none of teachers minded their actions and even found them very endearing for the fact.
Not wanting to make the situation even more embarrassing for them, Ms Shelly calmly stepped forward.
"It is fine Mr and Mrs Rowan. This is just your way of showing how much you love Sarina. There is nothing to be embarrassed about."
Ms Shelly genuinely said before facing the quiet Sarina in between.
"Ok now Sarina, you should also go back and rest. It has already been a very hectic day for you. After all, tomorrow is a new start for you. It isn't going to be easy but since you have chosen it, you also have to be prepared to face the challenges in it."
Ms Shelly sincerely reminded before giving an encouraging smile to her.
Giving everyone a last nod of acknowledgement, Ms Shelly excused herself as she picked up her phone to make further arrangements for tomorrow.
Looking at the time, Sarina and her family also excused themselves as they also left, planning to have a quick dinner outside to celebrate Sarina's success before returning home.
Left behind, the remaining teachers glanced at each other and sighed.
No matter how much they had wanted to intervene or protest earlier in the office, none of them spoke a word.
After all, which teacher didn't want such a diligent and hard working student like Sarina but they also knew that fighting for her at the moment will only hinder her growth.
And as teachers, they obviously didn't want themselves to become the biggest obstacle in her path to success.
'It seems that there is still a lot of time left till they get their own bright student.'
They all thought as they also left the premises one by one.
...
On the other side, the Rowan family also returned back to their house after a quick celebration dinner at the restaurant.
"Alright kids, quickly freshen up before going to bed. All of you have school tomorrow. Adrian, keep an eye on them while I get their glasses of milk."
Clara reminded the siblings and Adrian while she made her way to the kitchen.
"Yes mom." The siblings replied together as they took turns for the washroom before gathering again in the living room as Clara placed a tray holding three glasses of milk on the center table.
Just as Sarina moved her hand forward to pick the glass;
"Oh! I completely forgot. I got some chocolate candies for us. Wait, let me get them."
Sarina suddenly exclaimed as she hurriedly ran to her room, completely ignoring the bewildered faces of everyone in the room.
Entering inside her room, Sarina slowly shut the door and exclaimed;
"Sister Angel, retrieve the health, brain enhancement and the youth pills. Also wrap them in a chocolate wrapper."
As soon as Sarina finished speaking, 8 pills wrapped as different chocolates appeared on the bed.
"Sister Angel, are you sure they wouldn't find out anything?" Sarina once again asked as she looked at the pills with a complicated expression.
[Don't worry host. These would never be able to find out anything about these pills.
It takes around two hours for these pills to show their effect and that is also very difficult to detect for an ordinary human being.
They all will just feel a little more relaxed in the morning. Nothing else.]
Well aware of how much it's host cared about her family, Angel once again patiently explained in detail..
Only after hearing Angel's words did Sarina calm down. She had an absolute trust in Angel's words. Since her sister Angel had spoken, then it must be true.
"Thank you sister Angel." Sarina happily said before picking up the pills and excitedly returning back to the living room.
In fact, she had been wanting to give these pills to her family for a long time but simply didn't get a chance.
Today's joyous occasion seemed to be the best time to finally bringing them out.
As per her original idea, she planned to give everyone one health pill each. As for the other two types, they will be divided among them equally.
The twins will be getting one brain enhancement pill each while the two adults will be getting the youth pills.
"Here you go. 2 for each. Also, no exchanging or giving them away allowed. Eat them now in front of me."
Sarina eagerly said as she distributed the pills between her family before giving a warning glare at all of them.
She was already well aware of all their tricks. The twins, greedy for candy will obviously ask their parents for more and Clara and Adrian, the type of giving parents they were will also distribute them without even being asked for.
Sarina obviously couldn't allow that. She might would not have made such a huge deal out of it if they very just any normal chocolates or candies but since these were the pills given by the system, she obviously wouldn't allow any exchange.
Thankfully neither the twins nor her parents made a huge deal out of it, just assuming that Sarina wanted to share them equally.
But how could Clara leave it just like that, especially when their eldest daughter's hand was completely empty now.
"And what about you? Where are yours? Your dad and I anyways don't like chocolates a lot, why don't you take one from both of us?"
Clara suggested as she elbowed Adrian to pass the chocolates to Sarina.
But how could Sarina allow it. She had finally managed to take these pills out. She definitely won't let this chance slip by just like that.
"No need for that mom. I have already eaten my chocolates. I was just saving the other for all of you. Ok on more talks. Hurry up and eat them. It is already very late. We have sleep as well otherwise we will get late for school."
Sarina impatiently said, urging them to quickly eat the pills as she also picked up her glass of milk and gulped it down in one go.
Though still a little doubtful, Clara and Adrian still decided to listen to their daughter.
And thus, under the scrutinizing eyes of Sarina, everyone happily ate the pills which they believed were chocolate.
Only when they all had finished eating the pills did Sarina sigh in relief.
"I am off to bed. Good night everyone."
Feeling completely relaxed, Sarina said as she ran back to her room.
"Don't run off like that. You might get hurt. This girl. What am I supposed to do with her?" Clara worriedly called out from behind as she gazed at her daughter jumping around.
"Nothing. Just love her like you always do and leave everything else to me." Adrian said as he put his arm around her shoulder, making her lean in his arms.
"You two as well, it is getting late. Go to sleep." Adrian seriously told the twins before making his way back to their room with Clara.
Grumbling, the twins also quickly finished their glass of milk before returning to their rooms as well.