Chapter 796

Jack's rise to success had become a legend of its own.

Other than Jack, the founder of Genesis Games, the champions of Montclair Conservatory's esports team would also make an appearance.

"Pride of Kings" was a game that had taken the world by storm. It was immensely popular all over the globe and had a huge fanbase of its own.

Players of the game who were also students of Montclair were especially proud since their school's team had achieved such spectacular results. It was only natural for them to show up and support the champions at the open discussion. Newest update provided by FιndNovel.net

If everything proceeded as planned, the grand hall should be packed with people when the speech started at 2:00 pm as scheduled by the school staff.

Francesca had pretended to be engrossed in her book when Bella was on the phone with Jack. In reality, she was eavesdropping on what Bella was saying.

After she hung up, Francesca asked with a smile, "Did that morning glory boyfriend of yours call you, Bella?"

Bella nodded in response. "He invited me to have lunch with him in the afternoon, but I already have plans."

A faraway look appeared in Bella's eyes after the words left her lips. As she stared out of the window, she felt as if she could still hear the disappointment in Jack's voice reverberating around in her ears.

Francesca knew that Bella had an important performance in the afternoon and that the performance had been arranged by her mother, Clarice. She knew that Bella would be present no matter what because she didn't dare oppose Clarice's wishes.

When the afternoon rolled around, Bella left the dorm after packing a small bag to bring along with her.

Meanwhile, Francesca and Bethany made their way toward the canteen to have lunch. Since they didn't have lessons in the afternoon, they planned to drop by the grand hall to sit in on the speech after they were done with their meal.

They had caught wind of the news that Central Media would conduct an interview with the founder of Genesis Games in the grand hall. Both Francesca and Bethany were immensely excited by the news. They were die-hard fans of both "Legend of the West" and "Legend of the East" and were thrilled by the prospect of having an opportunity to personally interact with the founder of Genesis Games.

What excited them the most was that the school's esports champions, "High Heavens", would also make an appearance on stage to interact with the founder of Genesis Games. Their interaction was definitely a highlight of the interview that caught the attention of many students.

Ever since "High Heaven" emerged as the champions of the "Pride of Kings" tournament, their popularity in Montclair exploded. The members of the team were all handsome and could be considered to be heartthrobs. They easily stole the hearts of many of the female students, Francesca and Bethany being among them.

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After he was done with lunch, Jack felt a little bored, so he decided to make his way over to the venue. When he arrived, he realized that quite a crowd had formed outside of it. The doors to the grand hall were still shut, so the students chatted among themselves as they waited for the doors to open.

It appeared that Jack's scheduled speech was rather popular among the student body. Since it was still early, Jack wondered if he should just head backstage for the time being to get his makeup done before going through the final rounds of rehearsals.

Although Central Media had informed him beforehand that the event of the day was planned to mimic the style of a talk show, Jack still wanted to do his part to ensure that everything proceeded smoothly.

It was then that Jack noticed a familiar silhouette nearby. The person had a tall and slender figure, and even though she had her back turned to him, Jack immediately recognized her.

It was Tatiana, one of his cousins that he had met at the family banquet. She had mentioned that she was a freshman in Montclair Conservatory, but Jack didn't think that he would actually run into her while on campus.

Tatiana was chatting with a few other students at that moment, so she hadn't realized that Jack was standing right behind her. She was a member of the student union and was also a host of the campus radio station.

She had actually planned to go shopping with her boyfriend, Cory Daxton, but had received a last minute notice from the student union. They were worried that there wouldn't be enough people in attendance for the speech, so to avoid that awkward situation, they had asked the student union members to show up to boost the numbers.

Although Tatiana had been reluctant to follow their orders at first, when she heard that the founder of Genesis Games was the speaker, her reluctance diminished slightly.