Chapter 83 - Resentment
Elijah sat silently at the head of the table.
Leona stood at his side, serene and beautiful like a doll sculpted for war.
Before him, Isac, Albert, and Luke sat stiffly, tension bleeding from their very pores.
Elijah's expression was twisted into a deep, ugly frown.
He had just returned from his mission—
and despite managing to wound the beast, he failed to kill it.
The mission was marked as half-complete.
The taste of failure soured his mood, made his blood simmer.
And now—
these fools dared to spout nonsense before him?
Elijah's voice cut through the silence like a knife:
"What did you just say, Luke?"
The room's temperature dropped sharply.
A terrifying pressure radiated from Elijah's body.
Luke instinctively flinched, sweat trickling down his back.
But he forced the words out, teeth gritted.
"I've… been punished by the Student Council," Luke muttered.
