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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.

sceptical. “Just a

ground. “Absolutely. If the Instructor is

wouldn’t possibly admit to asking

he was forced to

with confidence, Milly waited for the verdict.

by a

That voice… Anthony?

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that had begun to form on Milly’s lips stiffened. Today was just not

did he have to arrive right

about bad timing.

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Stephanie as she did and knowing Xavier’s knowledge of Stephanie’s carlier scheming, the wise move would’ve been to chalk

an easy way to divert his focus,

set things straight

expected, Xavier’s attention shifted to Anthony, sternly

responded with a discreet eye roll. “Instructor, you mentioned yesterday that if we can show mastery in all our subjects, there’s no need to attend the training program. Given

attention to them, and students from other

declaring mastery? That certainly raised more than a few

awfully like

stood with undeniable confidence as if saying, “What’s got your attention?‘ clearly

all summer, he’d reached a point where missing the

to him.

of menace, Xavier looked at him and asked, “What’s

“It’s just who

I’ll make it easy on you. Hit the bullseye with every shot, and not only will I let you skip training, but we’ll also forget about you

if I miss?”

eyes confidently. “If I miss by even one ring, feel free to do whatever you think is necessary.”

expression turned

ninth ring, and

Milly needed clarification.

a blatant way to shift

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