“What are you looking at? Want another beating?!”
Julia hissed at the gloomy Rodrick, who was returned, at last. He was gloomily sitting in the back and glaring at Zeke’s back, his eyes burning from rage and hatred.
What was worse than his defeat to Zeke was the beating he was subjected to by his father. He was yelled at and severely brutally punished. However, before he was allowed to return to school, he was healed of all visible injuries so as to not alert the school. Still, Rodrick blamed everything on Zeke but all he could do was remain silent and seethe with anger.
“Don’t do anything stupid, Rodrick. You’ve lost and it’s time to move on.”
Azmer, who sat next to him, solemnly whispered those words, but Rodrick snorted in response.
“Move on? Now everyone is mocking me. That loser only got lucky!”
“Rodrick…”
Azmer tightly gripped his shoulder and l
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