'Okay, so before everything kicks off, I just wanna ask—how the fuck did this happen?' Standing in front of Feig who was eying his like prey, he raised his eyebrows and thought.
[Did you forget already? It was your dear Christa who suddenly decided to put you against Feig in place of that other kid]
'...'
'Whatever, just do your magic already.'
[In a jiffy]
"Two of your people are already lying there unconscious. Let's see what are you made of." Smirking disdainfully, Feig took the stance.
'Indeed.' Peeking at the two opponents lying unconscious that Feig faced, he couldn't help but nod his head. Unfortunately Feig's good luck end here.
"Start!"
No one took the aggression, they both just moved around in a circle.
"Since you don't have the guts, let me come!"
With quick steps, Feig was already in Leis's range.
The match started with a chop heading straight at Leis's neck. Taking a couple of steps back rapidly, he put his elbow against it, successfully stopping it. The chop has enough strength that he even felt aftershocks.
Ignoring the pain, he spun on the ground and kicked Feig's calf. The force behind the kick greatly surprised Feig as his left leg went numb instantly. He didn't have time to back away before Leis zoomed in.
Leis didn't let of chance, with a sudden a burst of energy, the adrenaline coursed his body. Grabbing Feig's arm, he hauled him with all his strength and kneed him in stomach eliciting a painful yell.
By now Feig was already in Leis's mercy. Frank had a surprised expression, the match from the start seemed awfully one-sided. It wasn't that Leis was really skilled rather it was like he was getting some kind of strength in intervals, and it was at the exact moment when he needed it. The force behind his attack and nimbleness displayed by him shouldn't come from an eight-year-old.
Seeing Feig being ruthlessly being beaten one-sidedly, Frank yelled.
"Stop! Feig lost." Without notice, an invisible force abruptly flung Leis away from Feig. As he was about to crash onto a nearby tree, suddenly ice mist started materializing behind him, slowing him down, and subsequently a hand on his shoulder stopped and stabilized him. Realizing what happened, Leis looked toward Frank in anger, it doesn't take a genius to figure out who was behind him.
"Humph. What a schmuck!" Leis muttered, but loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What did you say brat?" Frank glared at him, his powers churned and aimed at Leis, but as soon as the pressure descended onto Leis, it disappeared.
A chilling voice reverberated with the rustling of the cold winds, "Frank Sublillevé! you have been too presumptuous if you think I will allow your execrable conduct."
"Miss Chris-"
"Silence!"
With a wave of her hand, the weather in the surrounding changed without warning. The sounds of crystallization resounded in the atmosphere. Everyone along with Leis turned their head upward.
"Rumble!"
Thousand if not tens of thousands of ice spikes hanged in the sky, as long as Leis could see, he could only view ice, they were in different shapes, some as small as pebble while some as enormous as orphanage itself.
"Sleep with my enemies hot sisters! This is fancy!" Leis couldn't help but curse while the grip on his shoulders suddenly tightened.
"Seems like you need some through education," Christa spoke to him.
"Eh..not really."
"I will take care of you later." She concluded, much to his dismay.
The display of prowess has already broken Frank's will. He already has trouble standing on his feet, the escorts behind him frozen stiff in despair.
"You don't dare to do it." He yelled, hoping to toughen his way through.
"Frank Sublillevé, seems like 200years of time has rusted your memories, do you need me to remind you what happened in that battlefield? Then allow me to do so." Christa's cold voice was ruthless so was her next move.
A spike swirled crazily, by the time sound entered their ears, it was already embedded deep inside Frank's left arm.
Props to him for not screaming, he wasn't head of Sublillevé family for nothing. He tried to pull the spike out but it only frosted his palms. The spike suddenly broke apart and rematerialized over his whole arm.
The absolute coldness froze everything, even the cellular functions in his arm and it was spreading like a greased lightning. Knowing the consequences very well, Frank resolutely took out his sword and chopped his hand completely. Taking out a pill, he hastily ate it. A thin stream of blood was still discharged without stopping but it was slowly stopping. By the time it stopped, a small puddle of blood was already created.
"Do you remember now?" His pain was further intensified by Christa's voice.
Since he already lost a substantial amount of blood, he was feeling a bit dizzy. Even though he was a cultivator, his regeneration ability wasn't that high. Struggling to be on his feet, he began, "I will repay you for this humiliation in future," giving a deep look at Christa and Leis, he turned around to his carriage.
"Carry Feig to my carriage."
"Yes, master." One of the escorts came and took the unconscious back.
Christa didn't speak a word, it seems like she didn't really care for that guy's plots.
Once the carriages were outside the range of their view, Christa abruptly started pulling Leis back inside the orphanage.
He was pulled inside a room, it was different from his room. The room was beautiful yet simple, probably her room. Christa said pointing at bed, "lay there."
Crossing his arms in front of his chest, he stepped a couple steps back, shock and expectation clear in his countenance.
'Don't tell me I melted this cold woman's heart with my heroic win? But...I am too young and more importantly I don't even know if she is beautiful.'
"What are you thinking?"
"W-why did you want me to lay there?" He asked.
Christa just looked at him for some time.
"Sigh! You don't need to hide it anymore." All of a sudden her tone softened, completely different from her previous overbearing and cold voice...although it was still cold.
"What do you mean?" Leis raised an eyebrow to her sudden change.
Suddenly he saw Christa bending down, her volume shaping her clothes seductively. Gawking at the beautiful scenery, he gulped the saliva and gabbled.
"What are yo- argh..."
Christa poked one of her fingers onto his thigh, and he straight away tumbled down. His body shivering incessantly and pain attacked every part of his body but...it wasn't because she attacked him.
[I told you she would find out]
'Looks like the cat's out the bag.'
"You didn't think I wouldn't find out, did you?"
"I..." The pain was slowly increasing, Leis wasn't able to exert any strength and he had trouble speaking.
[Using your SP to gain temporary strength, I didn't think you would figure it out so quickly, but it was also reckless and stupid]
Precisely. Earlier, Leis used his SP to gain sudden strength. It was the only reason he could beat Feig, someone who was much more skilled than him and even stronger. Even though he beat him, now he has to deal with the consequences.
"I didn't know what you did but many of your tendons and muscles are broken, your blood flow is disturbed. There's even some internal bleeding, if they are left as it is, they will become grave injuries." Christa went ahead and carried Leis to the bed.
"I...see.."
"I won't ask what you did but healing you is now my responsibility." It was the last thing Leis heard before he was knocked out by Christa.