Chapter 434: I’m Here

His face was stone, but his aura? Livid.

His head snapped up, sharp like a blade unsheathed.

With swift precision, he grabbed the two people beside him, Nnenna to his left and Ava to his right, and pulled them down behind him, shielding them without a second thought.

Then he scanned the grounds, eyes sharp and searching. His senses expanded as he searched for even the slightest trace of movement, or intent.

But there was nothing.

No unusual presence. No fleeing figure. No suspicious aura.

The attacker, if there really was one, had either blended in too well or… was still here, watching.

By then, Jana had already turned her face away, shrinking her presence as much as possible. Her heartbeat thundered in her chest, but she forced herself to appear calm. She blended into the background, just another silent student amidst the tense crowd.

Arthur, now in full alert mode, didn’t even glance her way.

His thoughts were focused elsewhere, on potential assassins, not students.

He swept his eyes across the entire training field, his sharp gaze moving over every face, every shadow, every building in the distance. His senses were trained for war, not schoolyard drama.

From his perspective, if someone had planned to assassinate a student, especially under his watch, it wouldn’t have been one of his own students. That would be too foolish.

They had all been in the academy for nearly two months now. If anyone among them had ill intentions, they would have struck earlier, when suspicion was low and everyone was still strangers.

But now? This felt too deliberate… too precise.

nothing stood out. No

Too normal.

gaze landed on

eyes were still filled with lingering fear, and something else… awe. The aftershock of a near death experience clung to her like a second

so slightly.

he said

low, yet it carried strength. Like a protective wall had just

slowly, trying to

had been trying to stay calm, reminding herself the love system would act if things went south. But despite its power, nothing could completely erase the cold rush of fear that came from almost losing

her before the system could

Whispers had

her fear, Nnenna couldn’t stop the

catch that arrow

thick wood now lying useless on the ground. And he broke it, just like

power

sent a small spark

she whispered before

caught off

more reassurance, more comfort, something. But her small,

In its

supposed to keep his cold and distant mask on. His lips curved, slowly, unconsciously, into a small

it wasn’t just any

of smile no one had ever seen on Prince Arthur’s

widened

He smiled?

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