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  • Multiple Threat

    Chapter by barackobrahma · 31 Jan 2026
  • We keep following Nicholas though his life now that she has everything she wanted... and more.
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  • The initial high of her new life hit a sudden, jarring wall in Macroeconomics II. This was a grueling obligatory course required for the elite "Julian-level" academic track she had inherited along with the Vance fortune. Nicholas sat at the very front of the auditorium, her legs crossed with practiced elegance, her designer fountain pen poised over a pristine, blank notebook.

    The problem was no longer her social standing or her appearance. It was the hollow space behind her eyes. While she had mastered the art of looking like she belonged, the complex theories of market fluctuations and fiscal policy remained a foreign language. She had the status of a scholar, but her mind was still a frantic passenger, unable to grasp the high-level concepts the professor threw at the board. She might have looked like the smartest woman in the room, but inside, she was staring into a vast, terrifying void where comprehension should have been.

    The professor, a stern man named Dr. Aris, scribbled a complex differential equation across the board. He turned to the class, his eyes scanning the rows before landing on the front. "Perhaps our most... illustrious student can provide the solution?" he asked, gesturing specifically to Nicholas.

    The hall went bone-silent. Nicholas stared at the symbols, and for a heartbeat, the old Nicholas Ickermann surged to the surface, drowning in a wave of pure panic. She didn't have a clue what the variables meant, let alone how to manipulate them. The silence stretched, becoming heavy and suffocating as every pair of eyes in the room fixed on her.

    Yet, the atmosphere was different than it had been in her old life. No one snickered. No one dared to whisper a joke at her expense. The sheer weight of her beauty, her effortless grace, and the immense wealth acted like a physical barrier, shielding her from the mockery of the masses. They didn't see a failing student; they saw a goddess momentarily deep in thought, and they waited with bated breath for a wisdom she didn't actually possess.

    But as her gaze swept the room, she caught it.

    In the far back corner sat Arthur Smith, the university’s undisputed "Uber-Nerd." He was a gaunt, twitchy boy with thick glasses and a brain that functioned like a supercomputer. He was looking straight at her, and on his face was a tiny, jagged smirk of pure intellectual …
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