Theo's walk over to the academy's library forced him to acknowledge how things could change in as little as just a single day.
Where he wouldn't attract anything but ill-wishing stares before, he had now become a high-key figure that attracted all sorts of looks.
Sure, there were still some glances etched with jealousy, anger, or outright hostility, but from the only kind of attention that Theo would receive while out in the open, they had now turned into a minority.
After the whole trial thing, a lot more people grew to be curious about him. And while the headmaster put on a gag order on all that happened during the trial… This was an academy celebrating merit and ability, not a noble court where one could get a spot just by the benefit of being born to the right family.
