At Grandmaster Yang's loud, indignant accusation, everyone wanted to go see a doctor to check if their hearing was alright.

Granddaughter? Who?

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"You! How dare you touch my granddaughter? Remove yourself from her right this instant!" Steam seethed out from the skinny old man's nose as he stomped angrily towards Lillie and her group. His black changshan robe fluttering along the wind as he did.

Lillie and her group were taken aback by the accusing finger pointing at Death, who was carrying the nearly unconscious teenage girl on his back.

Puzzled by this unforeseen event, not a single intelligible words was constructed by the accused.

Lillie, ever the level-headed and calm one between Grandmaster Wei's direct disciples, stepped forward to appease her master's angry rival. "It is not what this esteemed Grandmaster think it is,"

"And what, pray tell, is the reason why my good granddaughter is latching onto your good-for-nothing Senior Brother, unconscious—"

Grandmaster Yang's eyes widen, rage escalating when he caught sight of the black coils protruding from his granddaughter's swelling leg. A highly conspicuous snake bite explained why.

"Snake bite? Preposterous!" He fumed in disbelief. "Do you wish to tell me that 'my' granddaughter was bitten by a Red Whiskers? A venomous snake that wouldn't even hurt a fly?!"

Grandmaster Yang instantly knew which snake the snake bite came from with just the fact that there is only one breed of venomous snakes in the forest, and recognizing the venom's reaction on the victim's skin.

"That is what her state displayed when we found her lying vulnerably an hour away from the Academy's gates." Lillie's serene explanation shook Grandmaster Yang out of his impulsive rage.

Grandmaster Yang scoffed. His disdain for them—specifically to his rival's direct disciples—was a clear indication that he doesn't believe Lillie.

"Master Shu!" Said female Master jogged towards the Dark Doctor upon his call.

"Yes, Grandmaster?"

"Summon the proctors who witnessed the incident that befell my granddaughter." He spatted. Calmer than before, but still angry and rude nonetheless. "We shall see if what Wei's brats are telling was true."

"There's no need to summon us, Grandmaster Yang." Two shadows leaped out of nowhere and appeared before them, clad in all black. They wore hoods and masks that only covered the lower part of their faces.

With their getup, they look like the assassins from Assassin's Creed [1].

"We witnessed everything. And it is, by no means, a natural cause." A male's baritone voice came from the black clad figure in the right.

And before Grandmaster Yang explode in another fit of accusation to Lillie and her group, the assassin-like proctor in the left, interjected, "This young lady and her co-enrollee commenced in an unplanned dual." The voice belongs to a female this time.

"She was struck on the back of her head and was immobilized momentarily."

"But enough for her opponent to grab a Red Whiskers and forcibly make the reptile bite this young lady's ankle."

"When this young lady regained her mobility, she and her opponent fought again before running away."

"We have been following her until the venom made her stumble and lay weakly on the ground."

"It was this group who located this young lady's body. They cleaned her wound and decided to bring her here."

"And only because of the Grand Disciples' benevolence, enrollee Yang Nina, passed the final exam."

"This young lady's opponent will arrive soon, so keep an eye out. Naturally, they will be handled according to the Academy's law."

The two assassin-like proctors explains, alternating between sentences. Their voices were deep, eerie, and stoic. Giving any normal person an impression that they're emotionless robots, just without the statics.

"We have enlightened this esteemed Grandmaster. Now, if you would excuse us." The assassin-like proctors bowed simultaneously.

"Good day." They said before flickering out of everyone's sight.

Silence and rustling sound of the wind hitting the trees prevailed for a few minutes before it was broken by Death with his casual comment, "Whew, it's been a while since I saw those proctors. Still mysterious as always."

Lillie sighed. "Now that the proctors have proven our innocence, I believe Grandmaster Yang would wish for his granddaughter to be treated immediately?"

Death relished the embarrassed red creeping up on the old loon's face. His Junior Sister's wickedness hidden by a poised facade is something he both feared and admired.

He took great pleasure of seeing it being used on mutual enemy, the bane in theirs and Grandmaster Wei's lives in the Academy.

When Grandmaster Wei or any of his disciples cross paths with this old loon and his minions, it's unlikely for it to end without poison tongues lashing out.

Death giggled sinisterly in his mind.

So, this teenage girl was another one of this old bat's grandchildren? They already killed one—what's her name again? Hua? Hei?

A shame, he kinda finds this one pleasing in the eyes. Just as long as she isn't anything like her grandfather or her dead sister or cousin, she'll survive.

If they knew who she was in the beginning, he and his Junior Sister will be in an indecision whether to just leave her be or save her.

As for the old bat, he looked kinda torn between decisions that Death had no idea what it's about.

"Bring her inside the clinic." Grandmaster Yang turned his back against them, and said, "Sun Students, state your names."

Han Taiyi and Chu Lizheng were confused, but quickly obliged.

Grandmaster Yang grunted, "To show my...gratitude, I will transfer five million points on each of your accounts." Reluctance to be of someone's debt dripped from his tone.

Death was grinning ear-to-ear. An act of goodwill does reciprocate. Saving this girl had not only got them points, but it also hurt this old bat's ego—something those he offended took great pleasure of.

"Master Shu, look out for the imbecile that had the guts to attack a co-enrollee. I'll be in the clinic to personally tend my granddaughter."

"Of course." Master Shu bowed.

"You, take my granddaughter off this brat's filthy hands." Grandmaster Yang snapped at a student he brought alongside.

Death passed the teenage girl to the old bat's lackey.

A mere Sky student like him didn't dare show any disdain at a Grand Disciple no matter who he's under the tutelage of.

If it were his seniors, Grandmaster Yang's direct disciples, who came instead of him, a fight would definitely break out.

Lillie and her group watched as the Dark Doctor and his lackey carrying his granddaughter hastily entered the Academy.

Master Shu sighed, relieved now that the tension disappeared along with Grandmaster Yang.

She turned to the two Grand Disciples, saying, "You two really can't help but always make a grand entrance, can you?"

Life and Death offered her an identical, sheepish grins.