Casper had chosen me. I couldn’t let him be caught in the middle.

“Teacher, the medical conference—it’ll have ALS specialists, right?”

As soon as I spoke, Hoyles knew exactly what I was planning.

“Is this for you, or for someone else?”

I didn’t hide anything. I told him everything about the Eternity Pack trying to force Casper to write for Lilith.

Hoyles slammed his fist on the table. “Hmph! Using a patient’s life as blackmail! They don’t deserve to be doctors!”

He turned to me solemnly. “Leave this to me.”

I lit up. “Thank you, Teacher!”

“Have that Casper and his brother come with me on the business trip. I’ll...