Chapter 95

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ི, 70%B 13 After hearing Ava’s explanation, Vincent raised an eyebrow and looked at her. “You don’t want to become my disciple?”

“No, I do,” Ava said, her gaze firm. “But Elysia is my friend, and I didn’t achieve any of this by my own strength. I don’t want it.”

Vincent, hearing this, gave Ava an approving look. She was an honest kid, but unfortunately, the disciple he wanted was the one who owned this painting.

He then added, “Ava, could you ask Elysia to come over?” “Sure. Sir, please wait a moment,” she said, before turning and heading out of the classroom.

When she got to Class 6, her classmates rushed to her the moment they saw her.

“Ava, what did Vincent say to you?”

“Are you holding an apprenticeship ceremony?”

“How did you come back so fast?”

With all the questions coming at her, Ava didn’t know how to explain. Should she tell them it wasn’t her, but Elysia, who had been chosen as the disciple?

Everything she’d just gained would vanish in an instant, like smoke in the wind. The feeling of being on top of the world one moment and then suddenly crashing down was overwhelming and unacceptable.

But Elysia was her friend, and no matter what, she couldn’t betray her.

So, she took a deep breath and said to the crowd, “Sorry, Vincent chose Elysia, not me.

The others reacted in surprise.

“Wait, Vincent didn’t choose Ava? It was clearly written out in black and white.”

“Why is she saying Vincent picked Elysia?”

“Did Elysia submit a painting?”

“It didn’t seem like it.”

“What was going on?”

Grace, hearing Ava tell the truth, was momentarily stunned. She hadn’t expected her to just come out and say it. That wasn’t what she had planned for.

She had thought that when Ava figured out the painting wasn’t hers, she would just go along with it. After all, it was the chance to become Vincent’s last disciple.

But instead, Ava turned it down without hesitation. That totally messed up her plans.

That day, when she returned from the basketball court, she was the first one to enter the classroom. She saw the two painting tubes on Ava’s desk and casually opened one.

Even though she didn’t know much about art, she could tell the difference between the two paintings–one was well done, 1/3 12:41 San, 9 Feb Chapter 95 while the other... not so much.

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She recognized the red mark at the bottom of Ava’s tube. It came from when the Class 6 students pranked the teacher, and some paint had gotten on her painting tube.

Later, Ava purposely kept the mark to avoid mixing her tube up with the others.

That day, after looking at both paintings, she swapped them, putting each in the other’s tube.

She thought if Ava became Vincent’s last disciple with that painting, even if she found out later, she wouldn’t expose it.

After all, it was Vincent’s disciple. Who could turn that down?

Then, she would reveal the truth, and Ava’s reputation would be ruined, while Elysia would feel betrayed.

It would be a major blow to both of them.

But Ava’s response completely threw off all her plans. Everything she had set in motion was now falling apart.

Elysia and Eric looked at Ava, not quite understanding what she meant.

At that moment, the two had already crowded into the group of people. Seeing Elysia, Ava quickly grabbed her.

Then she explained to everyone, “Everyone, I will explain this to you later. The urgent thing now is that Vincent wants to see Elysia.

After saying that, she directly took Elysia and ran all the way to the studio.

Elysia had no idea what was going on. When they arrived at the studio, Ava pulled Elysia inside and said, “Sir, I’ve brought Elysia.

Hearing this, Vincent turned to look at the two of them and nodded.

By then, Elysia had already noticed the painting placed in front of Vincent. ‘Isn’t this my painting? How does it end up here She looked at Ava, then her gaze fell back on the painting. In an instant, she seemed to understand what Ava had meant. It appeared that Vincent had chosen Ava as his last disciple because of her painting.

“Ava, could you please wait outside? I have a few words I’d like to say to Elysia alone,” Vincent said.

Ava quickly nodded and replied, “Of course, Sir,” before turning and leaving the studio.

Seeing Ava leave, Vincent then asked Elysia, “Can you tell me the inspiration behind this painting?”

Elysia’s eyes fell on the painting.

The inspiration? When she painted it, she merely missed the members of the Mafia, and her mind was filled with thoughts of Silverstream. She had painted it based on that.

But now, hearing Vincent’s question, she was reluctant to answer. Her eyes lowered, and she replied in a flat tone, “No inspiration. I just painted it casually.”

Hearing this, Vincent’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. This was clearly a dismissive answer.

But since he was intent on taking this girl as his disciple, he had no choice but to continue, “I’ve decided to take you as my 2/3 12:41 San, 9 Feb Chapter 95 disciple. What do you think?”

“I’m sorry, Vincent, but I don’t want to,” Elysia replied, shocking both Vincent and Faelan.

How could someone not want to be his disciple? This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

This girl was truly unique, a promising and distinctive talent.

He immediately decided that he must take her as his disciple.

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“Since you submitted the work, it means you wanted to become my disciple. But now that I’m willing to take you as my disciple, why are you refusing?” Vincent asked.

Elysia was completely confused.

Seeing Elysia’s puzzled expression, Vincent explained, “Ava told me that your names were mixed up during the submission.”

Upon hearing Vincent’s explanation, Elysia immediately realized that Ava hadn’t told the truth.

From the moment she saw her painting here, she had been thinking about the connection.

That day, Eric was the one who submitted the work, so most likely, he grabbed the wrong tube and accidentally submitted her painting under Ava’s name.

As for why Ava didn’t speak up, she was probably thinking about Elysia’s best interests.

Of course, Elysia saw right through her. Ava was afraid she’d lose the chance to become Vincent’s final disciple.

‘What a silly girl,’ thought her.

She had already said she wasn’t interested in that.

With this in mind, she turned to Vincent and explained, “Sir, I think there’s been a misunderstanding. I didn’t submit anything.

This piece was just taken by mistake.

“In other words, if there hadn’t been a mix–up, this painting wouldn’t even be here, and you would’ve picked someone else as your disciple.”

Vincent understood–so she never actually planned to submit anything. But then, why did she paint it?

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