188 Are in trouble (1/2)

While the onlookers talked among themselves, two people appeared at the entrance of the bank. One was Miss. Klein, while the other was an elderly man. The two of them were chatting happily with each other.

When they stepped out of the bank, the elderly man looked around as if searching for something. His eyes fell on the corpse of the young man that had just died and that nobody had yet gotten rid of. Upon this sight, he shook his head in amusement. ”That girl...”, although his tone was scolding, from his smile as well as his eyes it was clear that he didn't mean it.

He then waved his hand towards the corpse and to the surprise of all onlookers, in a shocking display it vanished, only to be replaced by a broken wooden puppet. The puppet, that then flew towards him, while shrinking in size until it was only about ten cm high.

He then grabbed it and stored it away, before continuing to chat with Miss. Klein.

”So it was only a puppet.”, one of the onlookers spoke out what everyone was thinking.

”I think that these guys are in trouble.”, another commented.

”For sure. Did you see how unconcerned he was about the girl being abducted?”

”Serves them right.”

While the onlookers were discussing animatedly what had happened and were speculating about the fate of those kidnappers, Miss. Klein led the elderly man towards Serge and Ivan.

”These are my disciples Serge and Ivan.”, she introduced them before introducing the elderly man, ”And this is Elder Lin of my sect.”

”Greetings, Elder Lin.”, both Serge and Ivan greeted at the same time. Their master had told them that there was a huge emphasis on seniority, so it was only right to greet him first.

”No need for any formalities.”, Elder Lin told them in a relaxed manner. It seemed like he didn't put much emphasis on formalities. ”So those are her first disciples?”

”Yes. I thought it was about time to find some and they appeared, so I thought it was fate and accepted them.”

”That's good. It would be a shame if your skills in pill refining would be lost.”, Elder Lin nodded in agreement.

”Hah. I'm not that old yet.”, Miss. Klein retorted.

”Well, since my granddaughter has run away to have some fun, there is no need to wait for her.

Do you want to go back to the sect together?”

”Sure. It will be more comfortable to take your ship.”

Having gotten her agreement, Elder Lin pulled out something from his storage. It then enlarged to a large ship, that hovered in the sky. It looked just like one of the wooden ships used to sail the sea, before the development of magic-powered steel ships.

Miss. Klein grabbed onto Serge and Ivan and jumped up onto the, more than 10 meters long, ship. As soon as they landed Elder Lin appeared beside them as well.

”It will only be a short flight, so let's stay on deck.”, he commented before taking a seat in one of the comfortable armchairs placed in a seating area on top of the deck.

”You can sit down or stay at the railing and take a look around.”, he then told the two guys.

”You two can look around later, for now sit down.”, Miss. Klein on the other hand ordered them to sit down. They followed her order and sat down on the couch.

”Here.”, Miss. Klein then threw a ring towards each of them.

After catching it, they looked at it in confusion.