As soon as these words were spoken, the sympathetic gazes of the onlookers instantly fell on Claire Wentworth.
Is she going to be expelled from the master's school less than an hour after becoming an apprentice?
"Mainly because this girl is too arrogant. If she wants to scheme, she should at least do it secretly, but she actually said it out loud!"
"After all, she's still a child and can't keep things to herself."
"Mr. Miller is so crafty. He actually deliberately coaxed her into saying these words!"
...
Amid the unanimous sighs of regret from the crowd, Gaston Leroux's voice suddenly rang out.
"Why not?"
Everyone was startled by this shout.
They all turned their heads in unison.
At some point, Gaston Leroux and several other respected elders had all come down.
Gaston Leroux wal
