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In situations like these, Lucius typically finds punishment somewhat rewarding. Still, this time, it was evident that she was taking the fall for something she didn’t do.

Going out of her way to ensure the story remained on track, she had been determined to set Lucius up with Stephanie. A deeper look showed that Lucius was actually not at fault

Ultimately, she had no one to blame but herself.

Taking a deep breath, Milly moved forward. “Instructor, Lucius didn’t do anything wrong. This was my

mistake.*

Hearing her, Xavier squinted and pivoted slowly, an apparent displeasure in his eyes.

But Milly was no stranger to those looks.

His gaze always held disdain or sarcasm–nothing she hadn’t seen before.

With a hint of irony, Xavier asked, “And you have an explanation for this?”

Milly explained, ‘Instructor, noticing how Stephanie seemed isolated coming to our school alone, I thought it’d be nice to introduce her to a friend. Since Lucius and I hit it off well, he came to mind. Unfortunately, this led to confusion, resulting in what happened.”

Before Xavier could say anything, Lucius mocked, “You were introducing me to someone?”

Milly quickly tried to silence him. “Lucius, not now! I’m trying to get us out of this mess!”

Lucius replied indifferently. “Hmph.”

Milly pressed, “Could you not?”

Lucius repeated. “Hmph”

Frustration bubbled in Milly. “Make that noise again. See if I don’t lose it!”

She thought, even though she had felt a pang of guilt earlier, and willingly came forward. She might have let him fend for himself if she had known his stubborn attitude.

“Just a

Instructor is doubting me, feel

her reputation, Stephanie wouldn’t possibly admit

without her confirmation, and he was

confidence, Milly waited

by

That voice… Anthony?

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had begun to form on Milly’s lips

did he have to arrive right now?

bad timing.

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did and knowing Xavier’s knowledge of Stephanie’s carlier scheming, the wise move would’ve been to chalk it all up to a

made an unexpected appearance, Xavier found an easy way to

set things

sternly asking. “Your reason for being late?”

you mentioned yesterday that if we can show mastery in all our subjects, there’s no need to attend

to them, and students from other classes

one thing to be confident, but outright declaring mastery? That certainly raised more than

sounded awfully like

saying, “What’s got your attention?‘ clearly feeling like a

shooting skills all summer, he’d reached a

to him.

Xavier looked at him and asked, “What’s with the

“It’s just who I am.”

sly smile. “Alright, since you’re so confident, how about you take a shot at it yourself? I’ll make it easy on you.

if I

laughed dismissively, locking eyes confidently. “If I miss by even one ring, feel free

turned

Milly and Lucius and said, “Hit the ninth ring, and all is forgiven. Anything less,

Milly needed clarification.

a blatant way to

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