Chapter 791:

Her lips trembled slightly, searching for words, and she murmured, “So, Grover, are you saying you want my mentor and me gone? Be honest… Is this really how you feel?”

Grover stayed silent. He lowered his gaze, avoiding her eyes, saying nothing at all. Sometimes silence cut deeper than any harsh reply.

Alice struggled to understand how Grover could stand there, quietly complicit, without a single word in her defense.

“Gee…” A dry, humorless chuckle escaped her lips, her chest tightening with grief and humiliation.

She had been the one urging Maia again and again to attend the art show. She had boldly promised, “Here in Sceibar, I have a little sway. Anyone who tries to mess with you will have to go through me first.”

Yet now, faced with the unthinkable, her confidence shattered.

Her guest, her respected mentor Maia, was being humiliated in front of everyone — told to leave.

And Alice could do nothing.

though something was stuck

of the crowd, hushed voices

happening? Why are they being

look like

anyone these days…

weren’t loud, but each one

turned to Maia — her admired mentor — with a look full of

that moment, Maia

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to throw me

her tone cool and even but edged with steel. The crowd fell silent in

eyes turned

composed and poised, radiating calm

I walk away now, you may come to regret

eyes, briefly caught off

inner strength than she had anticipated. No wonder Claudius had taken an interest in

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