'Perfect marks! ' Lockhart exclaimed, a beaming smile splitting his face. As always, his teeth were shining. 'Perfect marks all around! Well, almost. '

Dazai raised a brow, nonplussed as Lockhart 's eyes found him across the room. A few snickers sounded from around the class.

The test sitting in front of Dazai was marked at every question. A boldly written '0% ' was scrawled across the top. It was neither a surprise nor a disappointment to Dazai. Most of the questions had been answered with one snide remark or another ( 'What spell did Lockhart use to defeat the troll? ' being answered with 'can you even do magic? Cast a spell or I won 't believe you ').

The other students seemed to find the whole affair quite amusing 'probably thinking that Dazai was the only one among them not offered the stolen answer key.

Little did they know it was Dazai 's gang that had sold the answers to begin with.