Flora

꧁Chapter 20 ꧂

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Studying is undoubtedly, an utterly grueling task. It is especially tiring for a lone law student in one of the most prestigious university in the world, The Royal Law School. As the name suggests, it specializes with law, catering exceptionally excellent quality of education to students who aspire to acquire a career in the said field. One of them is Lea Navvab Huening, she has been residing in Verteux Island where the university is situated for longer than she can recall. She pretty much grew up in the said Island, not having the faintest memories of her younger siblings.

She flee Cyclamen to start off her education upon her father's request. Her destiny was pre-determined and it wasn't like a 4 years old young girl could do anything about it. For her, everything her parents do and ask her to do is absolute. She was the eldest yet she was obviously not fitted to rule given the fact that the country she came from was called a 'kingdom' for blatant reasons (note the word king) and so she obviously got nothing better to do than to either marry a rich Prince from whatever country there is and benefit Cyclamen economically or to pursue a promising career that's internationally renounced and bring honor and pride to her family. She obviously chose the latter because just thinking of marriage somehow made her puke, she'd rather give the marriage thingy to her younger sister whom she forgot the name of.

Living in Verteux Island for her was fine only if they weren't so obsessed with abiding with the rules and laws mandated. She never saw a single piece of garbage out of the trash can, she never saw any form of vandalism and never even witnessed any forms of crimes once in her life. Everything there was too peaceful and orderly for her liking yet she couldn't just flee and abandon her years of hard work. She overheard the news of Cyclamen falling unto the hands of rebels and her parents being killed with her younger siblings still missing years ago. It pained her yet she can't seem to shed a single tear, not when she barely had any memories of such people yet something in her wished that her younger siblings is still alive there somewhere, carrying on with their lives despite the hardships that are being thrown at them because she's basically dying here trying to squeeze all the laws in her brain.

How did she carry on with her education when her already non-existent parents isn't dropping a single penny for her already you may ask? Well, it still falls under the law. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree as it was stated that upon starting up higher education in the said university, a student is required by the university to finish their studies under any circumstances like financial inadequacy unless the student insists to drop off due to personal reasons. This was a smooth move from them, it kept the numbers of students and enrollees intact and even rising year by year therefore putting the university in the good light to the watchful eyes of the general public.

This was a blessing for someone like Lea, despite their family's monarchy being over-thrown by a bunch of armed mountain men, she wouldn't have to flee the place in search of a more affordable option as the university grants her full scholarship. What she only had to worry about is her daily expenses which is currently being funded by her multiple jobs. It is safe to assume that Lea simply just doesn't care about Cyclamen anymore, she has a bright life ahead of her somewhere else and she wouldn't want to just blow it out to settle for the country she barely knows anything about.

She is giving the university a run for their money as she stays at the top of the Dean's list and has won countless awards for Academic Excellence, well it is with great displeasure that she had to go to the stage all by herself every time she retrieves an award due to the fact that her already non-existent parent's soul isn't gonna come straight from the afterlife and shake their frigid cold hands with the faculties. Funding her education was indeed worth it for the university.