The troubles that came looking for Theo were minimal. Since he spent nearly all his free and class time studying, the only option for him was to keep his social circle to the minimum.
As people started noticing how diligently he studied, there were times when students with equally influential backgrounds would approach him out of curiosity and ask to look at his notes.
Theo didn't mind that. All he cared about were his marks, and competing against eleven-year-old students wasn't really his thing.
But when one of those students asked to keep the notes until the next day, Theo had to set a boundary and refuse the request.
In the evenings, Clara and Elias brought him different kinds of beetles, and with the budget from his pocket money, Theo started buying all sorts of evolutionary materials.
While the royal capital offered a variety he couldn't find anywhere else, the prices were several times higher than normal as well.
