"The house was destroyed by you?" The Ancient One asked Thor calmly.
"What did you do to my brother?!" Thor seemed to have found an outlet for his anger. Lightning was already crackling around his hammer.
Luo Xia was at a loss, unsure how to intervene. From his perspective, the Ancient One was practically his teacher, and Kamar-Taj was a steadfast ally, so of course he felt closer to them. But seeing Loki in such a sorry state, Thor had every reason to be angry.
After all, he'd beaten his younger brother right in front of his older brother. Even if they weren't related by blood, it was still a slap in the face.
Seeing the tension rising, Luo Xia hurried between them. "Let's calm down first. Thor, shouldn't you check on Loki's injuries?"
The anger on Thor's face didn't fade in the slightest, but he genuinely cared about Loki, so he ran into the rubble and carried out his battered brother.
Looking at the Asgardian prince, the burns from the flames weren't too serious. At most, they'd left his clothes in tatters. The real injury had come from Thor's hammer, which had nearly flattened him into a meat pie.
Taking advantage of the moment, Luo Xia quietly asked the Ancient One, "What happened just now?"
"Golden Beetle wouldn't listen to me. He insisted on forcibly practicing a new kind of spell, and things went wrong."
"Oh, good. So he brought it on himself." Luo Xia breathed a sigh of relief. That meant he could reason with Thor.
"Not exactly. When I saw he wouldn't listen, I gave him a little lesson." The Ancient One looked entirely unconcerned, as if what had just happened were nothing worth mentioning.
Luo Xia: "..."
No wonder Loki had been as docile as a