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?

out of her

could possibly come

long, cold moment, silence stretched. Then

like even I can misjudge people

another glance, he turned and strode toward the

instinctively reached out

back, he could only

Corey's retreating figure, her eyes narrowing slightly, her

because she was trying to

she was confident he would show up at tonight's event... where someone

Lorne had communicated with Corey

had a proper

next move, Kurt let out a heavy sigh beside her. “A direct spot in the

students were staring at Raven as though she were some kind of

stunned. Others looked at her like she was

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perspective, no sane person would turn down a guaranteed place in the Hundred-Man Unit-only to nitpick whether Corey had the right to promise

unfazed, ignored every stare, every whisper. She simply turned to

Kurt blinked. "Go where?"

still responded patiently, "The place you mentioned

at her,

reason I wanted to bring you there," he said, "was to get you a spot in the Hundred-Man Unit. And you just had it handed

that, he knew Corey wasn't just anyone-he was working directly with the new general to oversee the training of

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

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