Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Sabrina felt a shiver down her spine at the possibility of revenge. "I didn't think of that."

She had been so focused on getting justice for Claude, forgetting that in doing so, she might have upset someone who was out to get him.

That person, aiming to set Claude up, would be ready for anything. And Sabrina, by standing up for him, might have put herself in danger too.

On top of that, she wasn't sure if the person who tried to trick Claude by throwing a note at him would just ignore her.

"I think you're brave."

They were quietly talking to each other while the dean complained about how they had disrespected him by whispering. This made the dean really mad. He scolded them sharply in Ealdasy. Sabrina felt really awkward and didn't know what to do.

Then, the chancellor showed up quickly. He looked at Claude and Sabrina, trying to figure out what was going on. "What happened?"

"Hello, sir. I'm in the diplomacy class. Someone tried to make it look like Claude cheated during the test. I saw someone throw a note on his desk," Sabrina explained.

The dean didn't believe it. "Nonsense. Who would try to frame him?"

Everyone knew Claude as the rich playboy at school. He was reckless even though his family had no power.

stick their neck out for him, even if

that stop her. She was

Can't we just check

thoughtfully. "She has a point. Let's see the

sir, the school's security cameras

there's no

inexperienced, but she sensed something fishy.

things up,

toe suspicious.

like that?" The dean, feeling insecure in front of the chancellor, scolded

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punishment without a fuss. But not

didn't cheat," Claude said

"We

won't

in the act. Denying

He understand why