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.

felt as though something was stuck in her throat,

crowd, hushed voices floated

Why are they being asked to

don’t look like real artists

in anyone these days… it’s all a bit of

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

clenched her fists, her eyes burning, and turned to Maia — her admired mentor — with a

that moment,

?α???? ςhαρ???? g?l??v???.ⅽ??

certain you want to throw me out?” she

her tone cool and even but

eyes turned

composed and poised,

you may come to regret it,”

narrowed her eyes, briefly caught

than she had anticipated. No wonder Claudius

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