Chapter 2

Dust flew from the ground as an air blade slashed through the air.

It.

It was not as if the air blade had struck nothing. Hal's left foot had been cut, and blood streamed from it.

Lin Hanxuan froze. He had never expected Qito to attack him. Seeing Hal injured, he asked first, "Are you all right?"

Hal bared his teeth in pain and said, "I'm fine." Although the flesh on Hal's left foot had been sliced open, his tendons and bones had not been harmed.

Lin Hanxuan rose furiously and was about to curse him out when there was another bang. This time, Qito was suddenly sent flying, tumbling backward several times and ending up covered in dirt from head to toe.

The one who sent Qito flying was Aslan, a young man from the Lion Tribe. He stood in front of Lin Hanxuan and Hal and cursed, "Qito, what is the meaning of this? Did they offend you? You actually tried to kill him."

"Everyone, stop." Yi Junqing had been teaching the female students. Hearing the argument on Lin Hanxuan's side, she hurried over and happened to see Aslan knock Qito away.

Sensing that its summoner, Qito, had been attacked, the Atmospheric Spirit slashed at Aslan with another air blade.

Facing the Atmospheric Spirit, Yi Junqing took out a feather fan and pointed it forward, shouting, "Disperse!" The air blade vanished instantly, and the Sky Gem fell to the ground as well.

"Aslan, what are you doing? Why did you start fighting with Qito?" Yi Junqing frowned and demanded irritably.

"Teacher Yi, Qito ordered the spirit to attack Yi Lin Hanxuan. I was only saving someone," Aslan said.

"Qito, is what Aslan said true?" Yi Junqing asked Qito.

"Teacher, I didn't do it on purpose." Qito got to his feet in a bedraggled state. His friend had already picked up the Sky Gem from the ground and handed it back to him.

"I merely summoned the Atmospheric Spirit. I don't know why it suddenly lost control and started slashing around," Qito argued slyly.

Yi Junqing gave Qito and the male student beside him a meaningful look. Qito was quite shrewd, though. He lifted his head and puffed out his chest, meeting Yi Junqing's gaze directly as if he had not lied at all.

"Teacher, Hal is hurt. May I take him for treatment?" Lin Hanxuan asked.

"All right. Aslan, help take Hal to the treatment center too. Do you know where it is?" Yi Junqing asked Aslan to help as well.

"I know." Lin Hanxuan nodded.

"Go quickly. Don't delay his treatment."

After the three of them left, Yi Junqing addressed all the students. "Everyone, Saguli Academy's goal is to cultivate outstanding mages for the Empire. Being outstanding does not merely mean possessing great magical power. You must also have a heart that considers others. Without such a heart, the more powerful a mage is, the greater the harm they can cause the Empire. I do not wish to see what happened today happen again. All of you must remember that." After saying this, Yi Junqing glared at Qito before continuing the lesson on summoning.

"Aslan, thank you." Lin Hanxuan supported Hal as they slowly made their way toward the treatment building, not forgetting to thank Aslan.

"It was nothing. You and the little Goblin should be careful, though." A peculiar look appeared in Aslan's pale yellow eyes.

"Careful? What do I need to be careful about?" Lin Hanxuan looked at Hal's injured foot. The bleeding had already stopped on its own, but the wound was still a bloody mess, horrifying to look at.

"Haven't you noticed? That student standing beside Qito? His surname is Yi." Aslan reminded him.

"Uh, so what?" Lin Hanxuan was utterly confused and completely failed to understand what Aslan was trying to say.

Aslan hoisted Hal onto his shoulder and grinned. "This will be faster. Keep up with me, and I'll explain."

As they walked, Aslan laid out his speculation to Lin Hanxuan. "Some members of human families often fight internally over control and family resources. The Yi Family's younger generation already has two well-known figures, Yi Jun'en and Yi Junze, yet now you have suddenly appeared. Your appearance has made some of the Yi Family's younger members feel threatened, so those who cannot keep their cool may make a move against you. I think Qito was merely a pawn being used in what just happened. The person you should watch out for is probably Yi Junshu."

Lin Hanxuan still could not understand. He defended himself, saying, "But I'm very ordinary. I can't even sense elemental energy. Whether I can become a mage is still uncertain, so why would he target me?"

"If I were in his position, you would definitely be the first person I dealt with too." Aslan laughed frankly.

"Hey, Aslan, don't move around so much. Your hair is brushing against me, and it hurts," Hal complained.

"Haha, sorry, sorry." Aslan laughed even louder.

Lin Hanxuan fell silent. He had never considered such things before. He had been an orphan since childhood, and only Hal had grown up with him. Hal was his most important brother. In his mind, brothers were people who played together and looked after one another. They never had enough time to help each other, so how could brothers possibly scheme against one another?

"You still can't figure it out? Let me break it down for you." Aslan slowed his pace as he spoke. "There are rumors at the academy that you are an illegitimate son of the Yi Family. Your father was working as an informant within the Misera Empire, but after his identity was exposed, he was killed. Fields saved you, right?"

Lin Hanxuan nodded. Grandpa Lei Wang had explained these matters to him, and he still remembered them.

"Then Lei Wang personally went to Axon Town and asked the Yi Family's patriarch to take you in and let you enter the academy to study magic. That's right too, isn't it?" Aslan continued.