Chapter 71
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Parents’ Gathering Day.
The main gates of the Academy bustled with carriages.
To prevent overinvolvement, contact between students and their families had been restricted up to now.
So the faces of the arriving parents, eager to see their children, were glowing with anticipation.
The scheduled routine was for parents to first observe their children’s classes from the back of the classroom, then have lunch together. There were no afternoon classes.
Zahid looked out the window at the procession of carriages for a moment before pulling his gaze away.
There were no parents coming for him. No relatives who’d care, either.
Ever since the sedatives were delivered and he began overseeing the affairs of the household directly, not a single relative had reached out.
No one truly cared for him.
"That’s just how it is. You know how my uncles and aunts hounded me after Julian lost his memory, trying to get their hands on the inheritance?"
Rosie had once consoled him like it was nothing.