The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 157

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Chapter 157

Chapter 157

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Raven could feel the weight of Corey's gaze-sharp, probing, and undeniably laced with pressure-but her expression remained calm, unshaken.

She said evenly, "I was simply asking-does the guaranteed spot in the Hundred-

Man Unit come with Lorne's personal approval?"

The moment her words landed, it was like a low thunderclap exploded in everyone's ears.

No one knew what Raven was thinking.

A few students even felt something in their worldview had just been permanently dislodged.

She had to be insane.

That was the only explanation.

Did she not realize who was standing in front of her? A Grand General. One of the highest-ranking figures in the military hierarchy. A man who could, with a word, change the fate of an entire region.

And she was standing here... questioning him?

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity had landed right at her feet, and instead of accepting it, she poked holes in it?

she out of her

possibly come from provoking

cold moment, silence stretched. Then Corey's voice cut through the

even I can misjudge

glance, he turned and

Kurt instinctively reached out to

could only sigh and lower his hand with a bitter

watched Corey's retreating figure, her eyes narrowing

revealed that she was the one tasked with forming the Hundred-Man Unit—not because she was trying to stay low-profile, but because she knew Corey wouldn't believe her even if

she was confident he would show up at tonight's event... where someone else would make it clear who

know was how exactly Lorne

time she had a proper conversation with

calculating her next move, Kurt let out a heavy sigh beside her. “A direct spot in the Hundred- Man Unit," he said wistfully, "what a

as though

looked stunned. Others looked at her

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no sane person would turn down a guaranteed place in the Hundred-Man Unit-only

whisper. She simply turned to Kurt and said, "Let's

Kurt blinked. "Go where?"

but still responded patiently, "The place you mentioned this morning. The

at her,

a spot in the Hundred-Man Unit.

that, he knew Corey wasn't just anyone-he was working directly with the

just done... there was no way Corey would ever approve her entry