Taen stood with his head tilted back in an odd posture. His neck hurt whenever it was not crooked, so this was the only position he could use now.
"After we said we were from the Transmutation School, that black-robed person burst out laughing and insulted our school..."
Xiyinsi vividly recounted what had happened, focusing entirely on how the black-robed person had insulted their school and brutally beaten them, without mentioning in the slightest that he had been the one to strike first.
All he could think of now was exaggerating what had happened so that their mentor would knead that black-robed person into an object...
He still could not sleep lying on his back. His back truly hurt, and sometimes the pain even woke him in the middle of the night.
Belori watched Xiyinsi babble on. He was still describing how that black-robed person had insulted the Transmutation School, then hit the two of them twice, then cursed them a few more times...
What even was this?!
"Stop, apprentice. Just describe the black-robed person's physical characteristics."
After responding, Xiyinsi's heart surged with excitement. He thought his mentor must have been persuaded by his words and was going to make trouble for that black-robed person.
He could already picture that black-robed person laid out on an operating table as a specimen, material for his mentor's demonstration lesson.
But when he tried to organize his thoughts, he suddenly froze, unable to say a word.
"That black-robed person... was covered from head to toe... We could only see that her eyes had black pupils... She defeated us with nothing but her fists... We didn't see her carrying any weapons."
Taen spoke up then, recounting all the useful information before falling silent again.
Belori frowned. They did not even know who the other