Chapter 144 - Hundred And Forty Four - I wake up in the Healer’s Hall (2/2)

That student had dragged several others down into the pit with him once he had realised that they would not escape punishment, clearly not the magnanimous type and Maimai was upset to admit that these students, mostly first years with a couple of seniors who should have known better, were from her father's sect.

Maimai's father had several children, most being shu born, though the man never divided his love unfairly between his legitimate and illegitimate children. He also was known to be highly protective of his daughters, thus their future spouses would have had to attain his acknowledgment, something that was worth much more than the wealth he would surely provide for his daughters' dowries. Of course, most standard sect members could only dream of such things, but it never hurt to get on the good side of the sect leader or his children.

When Merylin and Maimai enrolled in the school (with several sect members who saw their opportunity to shine), the sect member students saw their chance to not only get close to the two girls, but prove their worth to the sect leader by 'protecting them' from 'undesirable elements' or at least that was what they told themselves. They could not accept the fact that 'outsiders' were becoming close to their Lotuses.

Of course not all of them were so low as to bully and prank, Justin, for example chose to directly confront Jin Li who he felt was trying to take away the girl he held affections for. Others simply took a page from Merylin's book and chose to try to impress with their talents. So it was a minor few who were lowering the reputation of the sect with their disgraceful actions.

”They panicked when they realised what had happened,” Maimai mentioned, as she continued to explain, her tone clearly unhappy. The prank had left Leon wounded and unconscious and he had been sent to the Healers Hall. ”They didn't expect the recipe to blow up in your face, just expected the pill to fail and herbs to be ruined. They were trying to get you into trouble for wasting valuable herbs. But when the accident happened, they stole away the note and the leftover herbs before running away. They are in detention, waiting for punishment at the moment.”

”Ah, Leo, you are awake!”

Leon glanced behind Maimai, who turned towards the speaker. The man was a robust looking individual with a really long, grey beard, but lacking hair upon his shiny head. He wore robes not unlike Leon's off-white linen ones, but his rounded stomach protruded over his belt. He approached the bed Leon was lying on, nodding to the girl sitting beside him.

”My name is Quint, I am one of the Healers of the Institute,” he advised Leon. ”You experienced quite the backlash during that incident. There was some damage to your internal organs and your left arm was broken, the rest was superficial surface wounds.” He went on to explain that Leon had consumed two Blood Pills over the two days he had been unconscious and that his arm was wrapped in Fox Bandages as it was not good to consume too many healing pills in a short frame of time, so his internal injuries had been prioritised first.

While he was speaking, he placed his fingers upon Leon's wrist, taking his pulse for a fresh diagnosis. Afterwards, he stroked his long beard with his fingers.

”You should be fine to take a Bone Replacement Pill now,” the man said, leaving the room and patient to go and get one. As he opened the door, he almost collided with a couple of students in the hallway. ”Take care, there!”

”My apologies, sir” came the response, which caused Leon's brows to rise in question.