Jason and Junior walked in through the main entrance while supporting Sky who is in a semi-conscious state and too weak to walk on his own.
"What happened to Sky?" Ben asked as he rushed in their direction and start checking on Sky's condition.
"Dr. Hoshe said that he is having a poisoned effect due to the direct contact with the contaminated air in the place we just went to." said Jason, trying his best to explain the situation.
"And where is Hoshe?" Ben asked again. "Uhm... He said he will stay outside." said Jason while looking out through the door.
"I see. Get him to the infirmary, I will get to him in a few minutes." said Ben.
Jason nodded before headed to the infirmary.
"I don't know why you act like I'm the one who did a bad thing to you instead of the other way round and I don't care what the hell you are thinking right now, but if you still want to continue hiding away from me even at this kind of situation, I shall remove your name from our family records. You are a shame for my father. " said Ben in a stern and loud voice.
Hearing that mean statement from his adopted younger brother, Hoshe felt both shock and ashamed of himself, he wondered if Ben had found out what he did many years ago that he wished to keep it a secret forever. However, he knows that he cannot run away from him forever and so, he slowly walked into the Secret Base through the main entrance...
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Secret base, infirmary.
Ben adjusted the flow of the tubes that are connected to Sky's right forearm. Then he glared at Hoshe with a rather disapproving look.
"These should be able to clean the contaminated substance inside of him. Seriously, why did you even let this happen under your eyes? This is totally preventable." said Ben in a stern voice.
"I had warned him about it, he insisted to go down to that place with serious contamination." said Hoshe.
"Yes, of course, he will insist on that, all three of them are extremely stubborn if you still remember. Which is why you should take precautions all the time, if he insisted, you should make sure he is well protected from that contamination when he is in that place." said Ben, reprimanded his adopted elder brother.
"I... I am sorry for my incompetence. I'm not worthy to be Lord Shiya's pupil, and not to mention, his adopted son... So... I would not blame you if you really remove my name from the family records." said Hoshe who does not even have the courage to look into Ben's eyes.
Ben looks at his self-abased brother without saying anything. Then he handed him a to-do list.
"Help me to prepare all these things, I'm really tired right now." said Ben before taking off his glasses and seated on a rolling chair nearby.
Then he took out a bottle of teal solution and about to opened it, Hoshe noticed it and stopped him.
"This drug... When the hell you start consuming it?" Hoshe asked as he snatched that bottle from Ben.
Ben stared at him without saying anything.
"Hold on... It can't be after Lord Shiya's... But why? Why don't you ever tell me about it? You know how Lord Shiya's body deteriorated after constantly using this drug?" Hoshe asked, rather emotional.
"As if I was given any chance to do so." said Ben in a sarcastic tone, which silenced Hoshe.
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Secret base, lounge. Seito, Itsuki, Jason, and Junior are having some small talks while Yuki and Ai are experimenting with some weird remedy for Sky in the cafeteria kitchen, with Bob as the testing subject.
"Are those girls even know what they are making? That weird smell is quite pungent even from this distance." said Seito.
"Well, they are testing on the herbs and some rare materials they got from their previous quest that said has an effect of cleansing and revitalizing. But can't deny that, it indeed has a rather awful smell." said Itsuki.
"Well, I doubt if Dr. Ben and Dr. Hoshe would even allow them to use it on Master Vlansky." said Jason while pouring four cups of tea and served to everyone in the lounge.
"Uhm... There's something I don't really understand. Even if the contamination is harmful to human body but Sky does not look like someone that will be down so immediately right? I mean... Even the angels can last for quite a long time in that kind of atmosphere. Is he having some hidden sickness or something? "Junior asked, a bit concerned.
"Well... I heard it from Dr. Ben that he was badly injured not long ago and haven't totally recovered yet, probably that's the reason." said Jason.
"Injured? Could it be..." Itsuki felt a bit self-blaming as he thought Jason is talking about the injuries he did to Sky at the cathedral before.
"Nope, he was accidentally hurt by an extremely powerful offensive magic of Chris way before that cathedral incident." said Ben who walked out from the infirmary.
"Dr. Ben? What do you mean by he is hurt by Chris? Why do we never hear about it before?" Seito asked, rather surprised, along with the others.
"Well, this matter is too confidential when we were in Null Dimension. So we had agreed to keep it a secret." said Ben.
"In Null Dimension... Hold on! I remembered some days before the cathedral incident, Chris suddenly gone and no one in the school remembered about him, is it during that time? But I didn't notice anything wrong with Sky that time." said Seito.
"Well, so am I. Actually, it's my fault for not noticing about his injuries earlier... Hmm?" Just as Ben about to tell them what happened, he saw a notification from the security system showing a golden red phoenix flying towards the secret base.
"Ah... Let me guess, after this phoenix, it will be a white tiger, right?" Ben murmured...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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