Chapter 161
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Ever since I entered the Academy, I had always been surrounded by a favorable atmosphere. As a result, I had forgotten that there might be someone who disliked me, at least until this moment.
“Just because she scored well in the entrance exam doesn’t mean she should act so high and mighty. Can she not discern when to step forward and when not to? Maybe it is because she has the backing of the Atlante ducal family? How ridiculous. The country bumpkins here might not know about her past, but among the nobles, she is already infamous as the odd one out and the unattractive, Lady Ugly Duckling. Why make such a fuss?”
The voice, dripping with malice, was clearly targeting me.
‘It's the same voice that mumbled earlier about me that I’m trying so hard to stand out.’
