My head hurts. A wave of pain surged through, making me grimace as I exhaled briefly.
What I had hypothesized turned out to be correct, but I found myself in an unexpected place.
"Using your student’s back as a stepping stone in your old age, huh?"
Still, this was a better outcome than things getting more complicated.
It feels like I can start planning properly from now on. But...
"Ah, the Prize."
A competition I had forgotten about suddenly resurfaced in my mind.
