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Chapter 68 - Stage Presence 18

The academy dining hall had been transformed in record time. 

Gone were the long tables where students choked down porridge each morning. Instead, round tables draped in blue silk dotted the space, while magical lights drifted through the air like floating, glowing jellyfish.

The faculty had gone all out for the cast party.

Aegis sipped from a glass of sweet wine as her eyes scanned the room. Everyone who mattered was here. Professors mingling with nobles, cast members accepting congratulations, and in the center of it all, Talia Stone, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else.

[Perfect. Exactly where I want her.]

Aegis passed her empty glass to a servant and made her way across the room, pausing occasionally to accept praise from various faculty members.

"That last-minute adaptation was inspired!" Professor Loralei gushed, clutching Aegis's arm. "Truly, you have the soul of an artist."

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