"Grandmaster, Dean Flender, hello. It really has been a long time."
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince, what brings you here?"
In the reception room, Xue Beng sat before Grandmaster and Flender in everyday attire.
He had no attendants beside him, and the clothes he wore were the Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform.
Stranger still, Xue Beng showed none of the useless wastrel air they had seen before. He was quite serious, though a little stiff.
"Gentlemen, I am here in Prince Xue Xing's stead, representing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, to apologize to Shrek Academy."
"Previously, there were two particularly heinous assassination attempts against your academy's students. Although your students killed both perpetrators in retaliation, bringing them to justice, no formal apology has yet been offered in private."
"This was a failure on our part in Heaven Dou."
Xue Beng stumbled through this official speech. Judging by his awkward expression, he was clearly completely unused to it.
"Hahaha, hasn't that matter already been settled? Your Highness, Fourth Prince, our academy has already accepted how it was handled."
Flender spoke with a smile.
The reason Shi Nian's assassination attempt had been dealt with so swiftly was that Xue Beng had asked Xue Xing to send people to keep an eye on Shi Nian, securing solid evidence at the earliest opportunity.
As a result, Blue Sunshine Academy had been disqualified, and Shi Nian's Soul Bone had been given to Shrek as compensation. Flender had then used the imperial family's channels to sell it for a handsome price.
His only regrets were that Li Ke had been taken away and that they had been ordered not to mention anything concerning Sun Moon.
"All right, Your Highness, Fourth Prince. There's no one else here, so speak freely," Grandmaster said calmly, showing none of the deference