Chapter 8
I Can Hear Ancient Relics Speak And The Grandmasters Lost It Chapter 08
Three days later, the video of me restoring the artifact went viral.
“Artifact Whisperer.” “Prodigy.” The hashtags trended for days.
Meanwhile, Whitmore’s public humiliation of me earned him the nickname “Professor Pose-Off.”
You really never know who’s going to make you famous.
Top experts reached out with Ph.D. offers. I turned them all down.
It was a baffling move that left everyone scratching their heads.
My advisor asked why. I said I had my own plans.
What plans?
I couldn’t tell him.
Restoration fixes the outside of an artifact. But the scars they carry, centuries of pain, neglect, misunderstanding, those need someone to listen. Someone to understand.
The gift I was given, the ability to hear their voices, I think that’s exactly who I’m meant to be.
I didn’t know if I’d be any good at it. But I was willing to try.
