Chapter 149 - Hundred And Forty Nine - She finally gets the message? (2/2)

Jin Li was not convinced, however. His eyes narrowed and his tone had a hint of warning. He did not like to be lied to. ”You don't sound so certain of that.”

Leon's eyes glanced away, not able to maintain eye contact. ”Well... um... never mind. I'm f-fine, so...”

”You don't look fine,” Jin Li sneered and his gaze slid down Leon's body. ”Your arm looks broken, in fact.”

”M-my c-cauldron is in a w-worse state,” Leon chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.

Knowing his small alchemist as well as he did, Jin Li could not help but ask; ”Experiment?”

Merylin gasped, her small hand covering her mouth. What did Jin Li mean? However, this slip of tongue could be turned to her advantage, she felt. ”So dangerous! We are just students! Even I, who has the fortune of studying in the inner school, would not be so brazen! Tampering with a recipe could have dire consequences!” Her pretty face held a look of worry rather than the contempt she had for the boy. Jin Li really ought to cut ties with such a foolish person.

With a flurry of curls, Maimai shook her head and took to her feet, before chiding Merylin; ”Sister, enough. Leon's circumstances were not caused due to fault of his own.” She curled her arm about her sister's before bowing slightly in an apologetic way towards both Jin Li and Leon. ”Rest well, Leon. We'll be leaving first.”

”Maimai!” Merylin protested as she was dragged towards the door.

”Stop making a fool of yourself, sister,” Maimai hissed in the girl's ear, before glancing back over her shoulder. Merylin could not help but follow suit.

Jin Li's attention was not on the leaving girls, but completely upon the boy lying upon the bed. His fingers were tracing the wounds that he had thus far found with an unsurpassed gentleness, though his eyes remained intense and his expression inpatient. Leon was completely captured by his gaze and the girls clearly did not remain in his mind either. Merylin's heart ached, but she could not identify why and blurted out quietly;

”What does this mean?”

”Can't you tell, Merylin?” Maimai replied with hints of joy. ”There's no place for you here. Now come along. You are not the only person who needs to learn a lesson.” And with that, she continued to force Merylin out of the Healer's Hall.