167 Chapter 167: Boon and Bane (1/2)

Abruptly, her eyes squeezed tight as if nature had disturbed her wonderful sleep. A small groan escaped through her pretty pink lips before her eyelashes fluttered. Slowly, her eyelids opened presenting her beautiful emerald eyes.

Freya stared at the familiar brown ceiling with a frown and blinked in a daze.

'Why am I here again?'

Suddenly her eyes widened when she remembered the night's events.

Harold...academy...demons... Usui?

USUI ?!?!

She sprung up immediately to only wince loudly. Her hands held her waist in pain before she removed the blanket and saw a bloody dressing over her injury.

”What the hell?”

Freya frowned as she used her hands to pull the dressing. Before she could pull it off completely, her eyebrows were drawn together as a muffled groan escaped her lips.

'Damn! that stings'

She furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the need to wrap the wound instead of healing it with mana.

”I intentionally left the wound to heal naturally”

She pursed her lips as her emerald eyes shifted to the door where an old lady stood, staring down at her. Freya stiffly lifted her lips into a smile as she looked at her Grandmaster sweetly.

”Now now, don't even think of trying that on me.”

Freya pouted slightly as she asked, ”Won't it work?”

Grandmaster shook her head, ”Not a chance”

Her shoulders slumped as she looked at her Grandmaster pitifully. The old lady ignored her as she went and searched for something on the table. Her lips curled up when she found what she was looking for and smiled at Freya.

Freya gulped upon seeing her cunning smile and almost fainted when she saw what her Grandmaster was holding in her hands.

”Now, let's change your dressing, alright?”

Freya scampered towards her headrest, with her back pressed against it as she looked at her Grandmaster in horror.

Her voice came out in a stammer as she said, ”G-grandmaster, l-let's

follow the natural way of healing with mana, okay?”

Her Grandmaster smiled sweetly as she replied, ”This way is much better.”

Freya saw her Grandmaster coming towards her and knew that she was doomed. Her face drained color when she heard the old man whisper, ”So, what was the first step again?”

She pulled at the dressing making Freya complain in a shrill voice, ”Gentle...gentle. Do it gently”

”Oops!” Grandmaster smiled in a silly way before she proceeded to remove the dressing at a snail pace making Freya press her lips into a thin line.

Freya couldn't help but cry out pitifully, ”Why?”

The old lady raised her eyebrows as if asking her 'Why is there a need to explain?'

Nevertheless, the old day explained, ”This way you would think twice before damaging your body” The old lady pressed her wound making Freya grit her teeth.

”I was safe this time... my body didn't particularly have any major damage.”

The old lady scowled before she removed the blankets of Freya and asked in a thunderous voice, ”Didn't have any major damage?”

Freya pressed her lips when she saw tiny fading marks all over her arms and legs.

”You should be lucky that none of the attacks scratched your face.”

The old lady pressed on her wound again as she continued, ”Next time you use that power, remember” showing her the tongs, ”this is what would be waiting for you.”

Freya hurriedly nodded as she urged the old lady to use mana to heal her wound. but unfortunately, the old lady shook her head and said, ”I will heal you tomorrow, so now make do with this treatment”

Looking at the young girl with her head bowed, the old lady's features softened. She put down the tongs noisily into a platter before sitting beside her. Her heart worried for this young girl who didn't care about the dangers ahead in life.

She still remembered how the young fourteen-year-old girl had come up to her and ask, ”How do I become strong?”

Looking back at that time, the young girl's eyes were filled with only determination... determination for power. She had heard of the demise of the Crown Prince and how this young pampered princess witnessed the darkness of this world.

One single night changed the life of the princess from being naive and innocent to wise and strong. She had lost the innocence of a child at the mere age of thirteen making the old lady's heart soften.