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Chapter 43 - FIRST CLASS (9)

Chapter 43 : First Class (9)

An invitation.

My steps slowed as my thoughts tangled into knots.

This isn't how the story was supposed to go. That moment, Alastor choosing his successor… it should've belonged to Leon. Second year. After his swordsmanship matured enough to rival nobles, he'd finally catch Alastor's eye. That was how it went.

But instead, here I was.

Aura revealed too early. Spotlight fixed on me. And Alastor already extending a hand.

If he truly offers me discipleship… what do I answer?

My heart pounded. To accept meant protection, power, legitimacy within the academy. But it also meant stepping further and further away from the story I thought I knew.

My lips pressed into a thin line as I walked. "The plot is already falling apart," I muttered under my breath.

And with that weight pressing down on my chest, I turned toward the one class nobody in their right mind cared to attend.

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