Chapter 26 - 26: Beatrice Williams (1/2)

Chapter 26 - 26: Beatrice Williams

All classes for the day have ended and the other students have already started leaving one by one Van, however, was still in his seat With his head down and his eyes blinking every now and then

"Van… you alright,Van's dejected look, Harvey could not help but narrow his eyebrows as he walked towards hio, h Harvey called for Van, he did not even respond as he kept on staring lifelessly towards his desk, as if he didn't even hear a single word of what Harvey said Harvey was about to slap Van to snap him out of his stupor, but before he could do so, Beatrice hu

"I think I knohy he's so down", Beatrice whispered, "He doesn't kno to read, re the lecture earlier"

"Ah, you're right!", Harvey groaned as he lightly hit his forehead But then, his eyes glimmered as he clapped his hand, "Two birds with one stone then!", he declared

"Hm?", Beatrice tilted her head

"We visit his house every day, and in turn, ill teach him how to read and write", Harvey said as he crossed his arenius of his plan, "Well, et what IHarvey's words, Van woke up fro as if he was a lost puppy, "Would would that really work?"

'Why not just ask the school to help Van?', hat Beatrice thought But as she was also curious about where Van lives, she just shrugged her shoulders for now

"Of course", Harvey said as he exited the classrooo then, onwards!"

"This… is your house?"

Beatrice could not help but slightly stutter as they entered Van's house She re the soht even be more luxurious than her own house

"Did you… already sell all your crystals to rent this place?", Beatrice fixed her glasses as she looked at Van with her eyes squinted Van did get a lot of crystals on his first day, it wouldlike this already

"Oh, no", Van quickly shook his head, "This is compensation from the Explorer's association… my father died due to a loose PortalBeatrice's weak response, Van could not help but chuckle wryly, "Don't be…", Van said softly, "My father is in a good place now"

"Hm", Beatrice could only nod her head aardly She was curious about Van's situation, but she didn't really want to pry too much as Van looked like he did not really want to talk about it

"This is a good neighborhood", Harvey voiced out, his tone filled with satisfaction, "My family owns a subdivision near here"

"", Van and Beatrice could only look at each other as they heard Harvey's stateht

"Ah! That's right! There's a ood skewers!", Harvey's excited clap echoed through the house, "You guys o buy us so back outside, his loud voice still reaching Beatrice's and Van's ears