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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 misunderstanding?”

is doubting me, feel free to ask Stephanie.”

mind. Valuing her reputation, Stephanie wouldn’t possibly admit to asking Lucius to leave publicly.

he was forced to see it as a simple

with confidence, Milly

by a

That voice… Anthony?

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

easy way to divert his focus, essentially giving himself a

was a perfect chance to set things

attention shifted to Anthony, sternly asking. “Your reason for

there’s no need to attend the training program. Given that

them, and students from other classes even stole

thing to be confident, but outright declaring mastery? That certainly

like a boast.

confidence as if saying, “What’s got your attention?‘ clearly feeling like a legend in marksmanship.

skills all summer, he’d reached

to him.

of menace, Xavier looked at him and asked, “What’s with the arrogance?”

replied, “It’s just who I

confident, how about you take a shot at it yourself? I’ll make it easy on you.

if I miss?”

locking eyes confidently. “If I miss by even one ring, feel free to do

turned

then turned to Milly and Lucius and said, “Hit the ninth ring, and all

Milly needed clarification.

way to shift

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