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 in her throat, choking back

the murmur of the crowd, hushed voices floated around

are they being

look like real

in anyone these days… it’s

weren’t loud, but each one pierced Alice’s

turned to Maia

moment, Maia broke

?α???? ςhαρ???? g?l??v???.ⅽ??

you certain you want to throw me out?”

locked on Kiley, her tone cool and even but edged with steel. The crowd fell silent in

eyes turned toward

tall, composed and

away now, you may

narrowed her eyes, briefly

she had anticipated. No wonder Claudius had

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