That revelation backed up with a warning caused the pride of many students to plunge, and for a second Tristan realized why Stella had an issue with individuals of noble backgrounds. Their comments made him shudder.
"Regardless, there's a part where you can take pride. If it were not for you guys, the academy wouldn't have had enough resources to cater for the less privileged ones," her tone sounded sincere, but Tristan did not know if they were supposed to feel proud or mocked.
He glanced at Stella and saw that she seemed uncomfortable. In truth, they both belonged to that less privileged category, and were it not for fate they would have indeed been among them. That or they'd be dead.
Gladness concerning being adopted filled his chest for some reason, Rosetta was the only reason they were even there, and in good health at that.
