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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

“Absolutely. If the Instructor is

Stephanie wouldn’t possibly admit to asking Lucius to

and he was forced to see it as

Xavier with confidence, Milly waited for the

was sliced by a loud ‘Reporting!”

That voice… Anthony?

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that had begun to form on Milly’s lips

he have to

bad

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scheming, the wise move would’ve been to

found an easy way to divert

perfect chance to set things

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

can show mastery in all our subjects, there’s no need to attend the

them, and students from other classes even stole

confident, but outright declaring mastery?

awfully like a

got your

reached a point where missing

to him.

menace, Xavier looked at him and

“It’s just who

confident, how about you take a shot at it yourself? I’ll make it easy on you. Hit the bullseye with every shot, and

if I miss?”

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

turned cold.

the ninth ring, and all

Milly needed clarification.

way

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