I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 42

˜Cheating...?'

In case she misread it, Leticia checked the letter once again, but the content didn't change.

The day she decided to sponsor that child, she asked them to contact her in case something happened. She didn't imagine it would be about something like this.

˜I didn't think he'd cheat.'

We had only seen each other once, but she didn't think he would do anything disgraceful with that sincere face.

˜I'd better go see him.'

Come to think of it, she was just supporting his tuition. She suddenly wondered if it was okay to visit him just because of the news that he had cheated.

She really wanted to make sure if the child had actually cheated, or if there was a misunderstanding.

Leticia sighed and put the correspondence in the drawer and stood up.

˜It's better to go check for myself.'

She would be disappointed if he cheated, but if it was a misunderstanding she wanted to help as his sponsor.

˜I hope it's a misunderstanding.'

Nothing is certain yet, so she hoped the child was not a dishonourable child.

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Upon arriving at the Academy of Magic, Leticia went to the teacher's office first. She was going to listen to the circumstances first.

Even before the teacher's door opened, a loud voice could be heard from inside.

"I told you, it's not my brother!"

The voice sounded familiar.

Leticia opened the door cautiously, thinking she was imagining it. She was sure it was a person she knew who was arguing with the professor.

"Everyone saw the cheat sheet coming out of that child's desk."

"Please listen to my brother, he says he doesn't know where it came from."

As she slowly approached, the sorrowful voice became closer.

She's shorter than me, with long brown hair tied in pigtails. When she checked the side of her face, Leticia found out that she was correct that she recognized the woman's voice.

"Mary...?"

At the call of her name, Mary turned around curious about who called her.

Then Mary's eyes opened wide in surprise as their eyes met. At the same time, Leticia remembered what Mary had told her before.

[My brother entered a magic academy.]

˜Right, she said that.'

She never thought the magic academy would be this one.

Mary seemed puzzled as well.

"How long have you been here, My Lady?"

"I've been here for a little while"

"Oh, I see..."

Mary nodded her head without responding to Leticia's casual answer.

The professor belatedly noticed Leticia.

"Why are you here?"

"I got a letter about the child I'm sponsoring."

"Can you tell me the name of the student?"

She could feel Mary's eyes on her when the professor asked for the name, but Leticia remained calm while answering.

"It's Ronan Hillary."

"What?"

When Leticia answered quietly, Mary was the first to respond.

"Do you happen to know this lady?"

"....?"

Mary was having trouble answering because she looked like she was going to cry at any moment.

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She went to the lounge for Academy guests, but both Leticia and Mary stood in awkward silence.

Mary looked as if she did not know what to say, so Letitia began first.

"I didn't know that the child I was sponsoring was your brother."

Leticia gave a friendly smile to try and ease her mind.

Mary had her head bowed down when she slowly began to speak.

"First of all.... Thank you so much, My Lady."

Mary clenched her hands on the table to help hold back her tears before she continued.

"I was happy to hear that Ronan has a talent for magic, but it was actually very difficult to pay for his tuition."

She had worked hard to earn money for her sick brother's medicine. When she was told her now healthy younger brother had a talent for magic, she congratulated him more than anyone else.

What awaited Mary was a huge amount of tuition for the schooling, which commoners could not easily afford.

"I was very happy and grateful to hear that Ronan had a sponsor and that he didn't have to worry about his tuition fees anymore."

Even now, she could recall his face clearly.

Her brother had always felt badly about the sacrifices she made to pay for his medicine, and then his tuition. He was determined to care for his sister once he graduated.

"He said he would study hard and repay those who supported him so that he could live without regret."

"Mary..."

"It's not because he's my brother, but Ronan's isn't a child who would cheat. He's a child who would never think of doing such bad things, even though he's still so young."

Tears that Mary had been holding back for so long began to flow down her cheeks.

"I don't know why this happened..."

If Ronan was to blame for anything, it was studying so hard he lost sleep.

The result of trying to be a distinguished student who his sister, and sponsor, could be proud of.

Mary couldn't stop crying because she still couldn't believe what happened.

"Don't cry, Mary. Hmm?"

Leticia handed over a handkerchief because Mary's crying face made her sad.

Mary simply wiped her tears with her sleeves, saying she did not dare to receive her handkerchief.

"I can't face you."

"Mary...."

"I'm sorry to show you such a disgraceful sight when you've helped my brother and I so much."

Mary kept saying thank you, sorry, and thank you to Leticia, even as she tried to swallow her tears.

Mary's sobbing continued in the lounge.