Chapter 40

Ashton couldn’t understand why it turned out this way. He had only intended to mock Kian at first.

He turned his resentful gaze toward Kian, only to be taken aback by the sheer intensity of Kian’s stare.

Kian lowered his head, enveloped in a tense, oppressive atmosphere, and his brows furrowed in profound gloom.

He looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

After Kian fixed him with a cold, emotionless gaze, Ashton broke out in a cold sweat.

It felt as if Kian was staring at him like a corpse.

Ashton opened his mouth in panic, wanting to scream for help.

In the next moment, however, Kian reverted to his usual meek self, the earlier menace dissolving like an illusion and leaving Ashton even more bewildered.

On the way home, Nyx received a message from Kian. It was just one word: [Sorry.]

The events seemed to have caused the usually quiet male to become even more withdrawn. Nyx could feel his mood plummeting through the screen.

Nyx: [You didn’t do anything wrong. Why apologize? I should be thanking you for protecting me!]

She sent a cute bunny head–pat sticker.

Nyx: [It’s a pity we didn’t get to tour the campus today. Next time, you can take me around!]

Kian reread her two short replies dozens of times, his heart racing. ‘Next time? Can we really meet again?‘

On the Intelligent Brain, an account with a black bear avatar sent him a message.

Bear: [Tonight at 9 PM, C Zone, Underground Arena, Lord Jaws wants to meet you.

[I thought you weren’t going to follow Lord Jaws. What made you change your mind? Give me the scoop. What are you thinking?

[You better think carefully. Once you’re IN, there’s no turning back.]

Kian let the message notifications flash by without responding.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and reopened them. His usually calm and restrained gaze had turned sharp.

He replied to Bear: [I’ve made up my mind.]

Jaws, one of the underground arena’s top leaders and the head of the Space Pirates, had previously shown interest in Kian, but Kian had always refused to join.

Now, he had changed his mind. He stared coldly through the window in the direction of the Palace.

The area around Palace, the most expensive in the city, was home to various nobles, including the Quill family.

There was a stench of decay coming from nobles like Ashton.

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already knee–deep in the mud and didn’t mind getting

approaching Nyx, he could gain strength to protect

for the sake of its image or if the Quill family secretly intervened, but even though many people witnessed the commotion in the training field, there was barely any news

lay vulnerable in a medical pod, his body a canvas of bandages and bruises,

while having breakfast and nearly choked. She widened her eyes and held up her Intelligent Brain

beaten,” she sighed, unaware that the one who

and nodded.

know the true culprit, but Ashton, who had been beaten, also couldn’t figure

did things cleanly and left

long list of suspects and ultimately decided to vent his

the one involved in the recent conflict,

A poor

no background, he was easy to

must teach him a lesson!” Ashton gritted his teeth and complained

father, had recently grown impatient with this son

handsome and looked just like him, always his favorite son, the recent public scandal he caused by mocking females had led to a school ethics review and suspension, bringing

Ashton, saying he

the end, it was Kian’s fault for not knowing his place, which made his son lose face in

his eyes stopping at

“Underground Arena-”

Underground Arena, buying his life would be as easy as

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