Chapter 28
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The tutoring ended sooner than Sez expected. It was entirely because Sez had surpassed Rayton's expectations, but Sez was surprised too. She guessed that she might be competent at the language, but speech too? That was totally unexpected.
"Brother, I might be much smarter than I thought.”
Sez started bragging randomly with rosy red cheeks.
"Runa said that once, but I didn't actually believe her. People always called me stupid or an idiot, so I thought she just wanted to comfort me-"
"I told you.” Rayton interrupted, looking at Sez. "You're not totally useless."
Sez opened her mouth in awe at the unexpected compliment. Of course, others might not understand how his words could be considered a compliment, but Sez now knew it was Rayton's best attempt at praising her.
"Anyway, we’d better stop here, so today's tutoring is over.”
