They were all surprised to what Chun had stated. The Yu family themselves made the case closed after Yu Chuyun got the position as the head patriarch. They did not expect that Rin would brought it upon to Headmaster Spinther on opening the case.
"Is this not violating their rights?" Terra asked.
"It's not because one of the victim was a student of Harconia Institute so its under the jurisdiction of our school." The silver haired youth explained.
All of them was focused on the case when suddenly the maroon double doors was opened by a familiar young woman. She greated Chun with a smile and walked near the youth, entertwining her arms on the young man's arm.
Serine smiled at the seven students and turned to Chun, "It's already lunchtime, Chun. Let's go!"
With a careful smile, Chun dismissed the students while she was being pulled by Serine. Art ignored the situation of his young master as he gathered the papers from the table and followed after the youth.
"Is that another lover of our handler?" The gossip king once again asked. They all shrugged. The others went out for lunch, Lerrent preparing to sleep under the tree of the East garden, Li Li went to her lab with Lith, Han giving death glares to the sloth as he walked to the opposite direction, Terra joining her friends on the cafeteria and Kai Sun followed Chun for uncovering some juicy gossips. Only Rye was left alone as he hovered his hand on his high spec laptop.
Rye doesn't wanted to dwell on those memories before Alina was killed. So he did not wanted to open the case or even investigate it. His face darkened a bit as he proceeded to hack.
Sunshine rays fell through the trees and grasses as the sloth young man was trying to sleep on the green grass. He was disturbed at the scene from three years ago. Accidentally, eavesdropping to a talk which was related to the murder of Alina, the secret lover of Rye.
He shook his head and dismissed his thoughts. He promised to Rye that he would not say a word about it. Lerrent sighed inwardly as he gazed at the blue sky, missing his home on Phoenix continent.
On the cafeteria.
Chun was struggling on freeing herself from the death grip of this lovestruck teenager on her arm. Art already excused himself from following the youth as he was tasked by the young man on preparing her food in the penthouse.
"What do you want to eat, Chun-nie?" Serine cutely stated as she was looking to the food being served.
"I appreciated your kindness but I have things to do, Serine," finally she loosened herself from the death grip.
"Hmp. Alright, I'll let you go but it's your treat next time," the young woman smiled and bid goodbye to Chun.
The youth hurried to escaped towards her penthouse as she don't want to encounter another problem on the way.
On the vast deserted area by the far west of TwinCity Continent. Hammering hooves were heard, the sky was enveloped by dark smoke and billowing stench of blood on the red ground. Dead bodies could be seen everywhere as three red flags were erected on the middle of the battlefield. A handsome man in his twenties was seated upon on his black horse, observing the raging battle which was a landslide result for them. This man was still on his pristine condition, no sign of blood or dirt on his battle gear, even his sword was not unsheathed, it only meant that this small enemy amount to nothing.
A man in his same age neared to him, rode upon his horse. With a cynical smile, Ryo reported to the first general, "We killed all of the enemies, no sign of life was left unscathed from the opposing side."
"Good," the first general who was Xi Chen nodded at the other and let a glimpsed at the battlefield for a moment then left.
"General, are we not going to head at the capital city of TwinCity Continent?" Ryo followed the first general.
"After you finished cleaning the dead bodies."
The sound of whistling wind on the night passed by, as two people on their horses wearing their casual clothing headed towards the main street of Willow City which was the capital. Xi Chen was sent by the King of Sereign continent as an envoy to negotiate on some resources from TwinCity continent. But this mission was not simple as it seemed, it involved another undercover task, as they were here, they would need to scout the traces of a hidden sect within this continent. It was ordered by the King himself that once they found the base of that hidden sect, they need to infiltrate it and retrieve the stolen object from their kingdom.
Ryo was looking around with shining eyes as they were now on the loud entertainment street of Willow City.
Many beautiful ladies were on the road, adorning their bodies with beautiful silken robes and fine decorations on their head. As they pass through a red light district, the man was unwilling to leave, making the first general to ignore him.
Xi Chen went to many places and suddenly ordered as they were on a isolated location, "Let's rest for now."
Flashing dark shadows went to their own respected places. These shadow guards were from the King, a backup if the plan fails on retrieving it even though the negotiation went through.
Sereign continent was known for their technologically advanced industry so the King planned to negotiate some materials on the TwinCity King in order to gain access for their intelligence team.
Each continent on Xanxia was known for their specialties and differences, for example Sereign continent has advanced technologies and military resources, TwinCity continent was best on forming renowned sects that could practice mind power or specialized on intelligence department that caused them to produce best strategists like Lin, Phoenix continent for beast taming and formation spells that made them good at defensive and offensive attacks.
The other continents would be left on one's imagination.
Xi Chen picked a tavern named Shu House. He went in and asked for the person on the bar counter for a room. The lady on the counter was a moment left in daze as she gave a key card to the general and after receiving, the latter left to the upstair room.
He's so manly and handsome. The bar lady thought as she prepared for mixture of drinks.
"Beautiful lady, have you seen a handsome man passed by with a cold look?" Another handsome man appeared infront of the lady, making her suffocated for a bit. So many handsome people this night. Even young master Chun was still young, he could be this handsome or more handsome. You guessed it right, this tavern was one Chun's asset and the bar lady was loyal devout to the young master's lazy beautiful appearance.
"Umm, hello?" Ryo snapped his fingers infront the bar lady. The beautiful lady went back to reality.
"Yes, young master! He just booked a room. Do you want to book a room, young master?" The bar lady asked.
"Yes."
After receiving the payment, the bar lady gave Ryo the key card. He took the card and left a devilish smile at the lady.
My luck is so good today! The bar lady cheered as she imagined the days that having these handsome men in the tavern.
Cling!
The sound of bell in the entrance, indicating for a person coming in. That said person was no other than the owner of the tavern.
"Young master! Good evening! What can I do for you?" The bar lady offered.
"Fria, did you see Art?" Chun asked.
"He's at your penthouse, young master," Fria smiled widely as she stopped herself from pinching the cheeks of Chun because she found it cute.
"Alright. Thank you!"
Chun strode upstairs and went to the lift by the side in order to access her penthouse.
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"General! You're so rude, you left me there!" Ryo complained to the comfortably lying Xi Chen on the couch bed. The suite that he picked was a mid-class room, it has a couch bed, a twin-sized bed, bathroom and a table, good for four people.
Xi Chen raises his right brow and gave Ryo a death glare, making the complaining man silent.
"Let's talk for our next move."
The second in command went serious as they discussed their next movement.
"Are we going to Harconia Institute?" Ryo asked.
"Yes. That's were our lead is pointing us," The general simply replied.
"How will we go in not being suspicious?"
"We will ask the master of this tavern."
Ryo frowned not understanding the connection of the matter.
"Who's the owner here then?" The former stated.
"Chun Shuho."
Night easily came as Chun went in on her tavern, hungry for food. She greeted Fria who was at the bar counter and went directly to her penthouse.
"Art! Where is my food? I didn't even get to eat lunch" The silver haired youth exclaimed as she started looking around any signs of her butler.
"Young lord, I am here in your office. The food is set here," the butler said with indiffirence.
"Eyy... why the food is there? By the way, any lead about the first fragment?" Chun asked and seated herself, starting to devour the food. As she picked her chopsticks and the noodles, eating messily, she was so hungry. Art took a paper napkin as he begun to tidy the traces of food on her cheeks.
Eating like a kid. Art thought.
The fragments were still their main priority here. Even though she applied as an instructor at Harconia Institute, she did not forget her purpose on getting in there. In the happenings within the Yu family, it has connection of her first fragment. She has no indication on how to know if it is a fragment but she knew that because her instincts was telling her. And someone or something on her mind was telling her that, she could felt it too.
Having the first fragment was the first access towards a piece of her memory.