I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 61

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As the days went by, Leticia grew farther and farther beyond his reach. When he bumped into her she acted like a completely different person, so he couldn't even think of what to say.

He was still deluding himself into thinking it wasn't too late. He didn't want to admit it, even though a part of him knew it was over a long time ago.

What she said continued to resonate in his head.

[Yes, I mean it.]

Leticia's answer when he asked if she was serious about Enoch before the final match.

Her answer, without any hesitation or doubt, broke his heart and caused a bitter smile to cross his face. He could endure it though, because he believed it was Leticia's one-sided feelings.

When he entered the arena to face off against Enoch for the finals, he saw something sparkling on his shirt. At first, he thought it was a common necklace. Then he saw the ring on the necklace, and his mind went blank.

It was a ring with the same design as the one on Leticia's finger.

After that he couldn't concentrate on the match. In the end, he made a series of unexpected mistakes and lost to the opponent he wanted to win against the most.

"Since when..."

When did they start feeling the same way?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Levion tried to settle down and leaned against the chair.

˜If Leticia had awakened her ability, this wouldn't have happened.'

Even though he'd tried to help Leticia awaken her ability, she was always uncomfortable. No, it was right to say that she found it unpleasant.

˜If I tried to help you, you acted like that.'

He didn't know what the heck she wanted him to do.

As he let out a conflicted sigh, he heard a knock on his door.

"Come in."

As soon as permission was granted, the butler quickly approached Levion.

"I'm here because I have something to report."

"What is it?"

Leticia's voice, coldly telling him how pathetic he was, still lingered in his head.

Levion asked him to report without looking towards him, the butler began to slowly speak.

"I heard the Great age recently visited the Achilles' mansion.

"The Great Sage would..."

He seemed to be referring to Seios.

It was strange for him to go to the Achilles' mansion, and not the Leroy's. Furthermore, Seios was said to have only visited the one household, and immediately returned to the Magic Tower.

"He didn't go to the Leroy mansion?"

"That's correct."

He knew that Seios was Marquis Leroy's godfather, so something didn't make sense.

No matter how much he thought about it, there was no reason for him to go to one mansion and not the other.

˜Could Leticia have awakened?'

He didn't know, but he needed to try and find out.

As soon as Levion became besotted with the idea, he sat down and quickly began to write a letter.

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"IRENE apologized to RONAN?"

The weather was nice, so Leticia was drinking tea outside. Her eyes widened in amazement at the unexpected news. In fact, this little surprise destroyed her preconceived notions about Irene since she'd seen her at the academy.

˜Even if she apologized, she would've had no choice but to do it.'

She was a child who couldn't admit their mistake until the end.

Mary watched Leticia as a dark look crossed her face, and she quickly said.

"It was her first time, so she wasn't expelled. They ended up just disciplining her."

"I see."

Leticia smiled bitterly and put down her tea cup. Marquis Leroy seems to have persuaded the Academy Director. Otherwise, it wouldn't have ended up this way.

"It's important that the misunderstanding has been resolved."

It was only after Mary laughed and said that she was okay, that Leticia's expression eased a little.

"How is Ronan doing?"

"He's doing well. He told me to give his regards to the young miss."

Furthermore, he had done much better than the previous semester, and Leticia congratulated him for doing so well.

"By the way, a letter arrived from Count Aster."

"Really?"

At Mary's words, Leticia smiled brightly and received the letter. She had already sent a letter asking for advice, she needed help preparing for the party. It seems that she had just received a reply.

Leticia was reading the letter with excitement, and became emotional.

˜They're going to help me.'

The description was quite long. In short, Count Aster and his wife were grateful to Enoch, and were asking for permission to come help personally.

˜I should hurry up and go tell Elle.'

Leticia told Mary that she would go in first and quickly went to find Elle. Fortunately, Elle hadn't gone out and she found her in the drawing room. Ian had just returned from outside and handed something to Elle.

"What's going on? Is this for real?"

Elle couldn't hide her shock as she read the letter in disbelief. Ian, on the other hand, stood by calmly.

"Can't you tell from what you're looking at?"

"Crazy, crazy, crazy!"

Elle couldn't hide her excitement, and slapped Ian's forearm. She belatedly realized that Leticia was there, and ran over to greet her.

"Hey, hey! Look at this!"

"Why? What's this?"

She thought something big happened, but seeing the smile on her face, she figured it was good news.

Leticia was very excited and checked the paper that Elle handed to her.

"Did you pass the second exam?"

"Well... That's what happened."

Ian said it as if it was insignificant, but he couldn't hide the look of pride in his eyes.

˜The results already came out.'

She could see the words clearly written on the crisp white paper; Ian Achilles passed. The number of students taking the second round of the Imperial Civil Service examinations was significantly less than the first, so the results were released almost immediately.

"Oh my little brother! I'm so proud of you!"

"Go away, you're disgusting! Who is your younger brother?"

When Elle began ruffling his hair, Ian freaked out and pushed her away, but there was no sign of displeasure.

"Then, did he get in too?"

"I think so?"

Elle asked as soon as it came to mind, Ian frowned as if he didn't like the answer.

Leticia was quietly watching the two for a while and smiled. She could tell who they were talking about without having to ask.

"I hope he fails the third exam!"[1]

"Elle, no matter how much..."