Chapter 148

Lucien recalled when he had first met Ivory. He had, once again, gotten a perfect score on the Luminary quarterly exam, but, with there being no one to show it to, he was once again, like he had done with his past results, about to burn it. The fire had already consumed the tip, when suddenly, the paper has been snatched from his hand. “Heh, what the hell do you think you’re doing?” The face has first registered, before the voice did. She looked frail, mistreated from the bruises on her cheek and her hair, cheekbone length at that time, looked like it had been cut uneveningly. In short, she looked abandoned, and in some way, that reminded him of himself. “Why would you-“ She was in the middle of scolding him when she had seen his score and her eyes went wide. “Wow, a perfect score.” She breathed out, clearly impressed. It was the first time someone had looked impressed by his performance. His classmate and teachers, even his mother, saw it as a regular duty for him to always have perfe