The next second, Duran stood up from his chair, and the sound of the chair scraping against the ground echoed in the stunned silence.
Lana blinked, taken aback by Duran's response. Wasn't he supposed to look dreadful? Or look for his phone to inform the Almonds about her next move?
"You are admitted." Duran's voice was laced with excitement; his eyes stayed trained on the pulsing blue light as if he were seeing the eighth wonder.
"Ugh... thanks?" Lana was befuddled, her mind racing.
'Something is amiss... either... Duran is acting... and if he is... he is a damn good actor. Or... he isn't on the Almond Family side.'
In her previous life, when she was suspended, the vice principal and principal had gone to deal with one of the ghost portals.
The acting vice principal, Miss Dorris, hated Lana's guts and expelled her without properly investigating the plagiarism event.
When things are unknown, the only solution left is... bluffing.
