“Alassa nodded, looking down at her glass. “You. You’ve ruined my life.”
Emily stared at her, puzzled. How, exactly, had she ruined Alassa’s life?
True, the Royal Brat had needed a lesson in the dangers of picking on people, and she was actually making progress on Basic Charms - with Emily’s help.
But then, Emily thought, it was possible that Alassa, unlike many of the other students, had never had to grow up. Instead, she’d been a Royal Princess, coddled from the moment she drew her first breath.
One of Emily’s older teachers from back home had told his class that there was a difference between urban children and those from the countryside. Urban children were rarely taught anything useful, at least in a practical sense, while the children from the countryside started helping their parents from a very early age. Emily hadn’t believed him at the time–she knew kids who’d had paper routes to earn money–but right now she understood what he meant.
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