Two Reborn, One Throne novel Chapter 77

Arthur stared at his phone, utterly perplexed. Seeing his expression, Xanthe asked, "Did Grace say something?"

Arthur took a moment to process. "She told me to call Amber and bring you to the neighborhood pork joint for lunch."

Xanthe blinked. "Lunch? Why is she treating us to lunch?"

"She said she wanted to thank me since she got out of the hospital and Lucian is competing today."

Even repeating it made Arthur feel uneasy.

It wasn't that he thought Grace doing something nice was bad, but this was the first time in twelve years.

Such unnatural behavior definitely spelled trouble!

Yet Arthur couldn't figure out what her angle was. After all, she had dropped by last night and paid the twelve hundred dollars without much fuss. Maybe Amber was right—maybe she wasn't as petty as she seemed.

Xanthe caught the gist of it and smiled gently. "Maybe her son won the fifty thousand, and she's in a great mood. Don't overthink it, Arthur."

Arthur nodded. "You're probably right. But is the Olympiad really over already?"

He checked the time on his phone. He just hoped Amber wouldn't be too discouraged. It didn't matter to him whether she or Lucian won.

Arthur drove Xanthe back to the neighborhood, entirely unaware of one crucial fact: Amber wasn't discouraged. Because she had won.

Back at the competition arena.

"Have you both finished double-checking? Are you certain of your answers?"

Sharif sat in a comfortable chair that the principal had ordered the dean to fetch from his office.

He leaned back, his long legs crossed in a posture that was both impossibly elegant and completely relaxed.

The students in the audience exchanged confused glances. Some of the eliminated competitors had tried to solve the problem along with them, but none of their answers matched Amber's or Lucian's.

Vance was sweating profusely from both the heat and the nerves. "Who actually got it right?!"

The teachers were whispering among themselves, though they all knew the answer perfectly well.

Lucian had no doubt he had won. His approach had been different from Amber's, though their steps were somewhat similar. But in the end, his answer was `-1`, while Amber's was `0`.

Seeing this, a sinister smirk crept onto Lucian's face. "You lose, Amber!"

Joanne's heart was practically beating out of her chest. Even though she was a terrible student, seeing Lucian confidently slaughter the competition was thrilling.

"Just announce the answer already! This is agonizing!"

Her palms were completely slick with sweat.

This was the sixth sudden-death question. With different final answers, it meant one of them had to be wrong.

Julian glanced at Sharif, who looked like a king lounging on his throne, and his mouth twitched. He didn't need the principal to announce it; he already knew who had won.

This student, Amber Newman, truly redefined his expectations every time he saw her.

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