Rumors flew around the academy after the headmaster's announcement. The scandal of the Bishop family's premeditated attack on a first-year was something that rocked the students.
Since most of the students were from noble houses themselves, they had also suffered oppression from the elite noble families. So it wasn't surprising when many felt a certain sense of schadenfreude at the expulsion of Troy and Randolph.
It didn't take long for everyone to figure out that it was Michael who was the one who suffered the beating. But apart from a few lingering gazes and whispered words as he walked past, nothing changed for him.
Even Braydon had yet to stir any trouble, perhaps because of all the attention on Michael.
Like this, three months slipped by.
By now, Michael and his two friends had grown closer—becoming almost inseparable. Besides their different elective classes, they all sat next to each other in every other class.
