"May I ask this young lad how he knows of our language?"
Lotus laughed, "It's because I'm from that world."
"Huh?" Zhang Li looked to her in confusion.
Lotus smirked, "I'm Lotus Xue. Xue is my family name. The people here put their family name last and would often use their given to introduce others. My given name is Lotus. I grew up in this world. However..."
Lotus sighed, "I guess I shouldn't care rather you believe me or not, but it is the truth. I retain memories of my past life and, since I'm the only one in this world that can cultivate, it's safe to say that I have some connection to our world."
"What?!" Zhang Li looked to her in confusion.
Zhang Yong frowned with narrowed eyes, "You have memories of the past life?"
Lotus nodded, "That's right. I wouldn't have started cultivating and could gain access into my spacial ring otherwise."
"You have a spatial ring too?" Zhang Yong looked to her with wide eyes.
Lotus nodded, "That's right. I've had it for a very long time and there were stuff there that I started cultivating with whatever was in there."
"What about your elders?" Zhang Li spoke up.
Lotus shook her head, "I remember being in an orphanage when I was young. I was then abandoned in a forest because it was weird that I could cultivate and it wasn't magic to them. There was also my appearance was different from them. I'm currently attending school after taking an appearance changing liquid."
Lotus sighed, "However, while I was here, there was a few suspicious cultivators that have snuck into campus."
"Then, you trust us?" Zhang Yong raised a brow that had also brought the realization back to his sister.
Lotus nodded with a smirk, "My contract beast has been watching. They've seen you rescue a few of the people during the rampage."
"How does that make us different from them?" Zhang Li raised a brow.
Lotus sighed, "Do you know that the school is full of students that aren't all humans but can cast magic? What gives them the courage to recklessly go around attacking students?"
"That's true..." Zhang Li muttered in bewilderment.
Lotus grumbled, "That's why they'd rather use this opportunity to instill more chaos so they could take out the students one at a time."
"What are they trying to do?" Zhang Yong questioned in confusion.
Lotus thought for a bit before responding, "Probably doing the same thing you came here for too. After all, who'd come this far out of their way for anything?"
Zhang Yong looked to her curiously before Lotus added, "First, put away your swords. There aren't many kingdoms that allows weapons much less taking lives."
She pointed to the entrance where they noticed some of the people staring in her direction. The siblings looked to each other before nodding their head. With one quick motion, they returned to swords to their rings. Lotus continued, "Also, I encountered one of them the other day. Apparently, they're here looking for someone and they thought I was after someone from the Hui family."
Zhang Li's eyes widen in surprise when she heard this. Zhang Yong frowned in confusion as well, "You don't know who the Hui family are?"
Lotus shook his head, "Nope. I was raised here, but they thought I was from the Hui Family or someone they sent. That person died later because she was too weak, but that was all I could get from her."
Zhang Li looked to Zhang Yong who contemplated before explaining, "The Hui family is a family known for their skills in under cover tasks. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem for others to silence their hired people after the work is done or failed, but the Hui family have always been powerful that no one is capable of forcing them to silence themselves. They'd ruthlessly kill their employer otherwise."
"They're powerful." Zhang Li responded, "To the point that not even the emporer can force them to be wiped out."
Lotus raised a brow, "If it's like that then what happened to have brought them here."
Zhang Yong frowned, "Lotus, how old are you?"
Lotus looked to him dumbfoundedly as she frowned in response, "I'm fifteen."
"I'm back!"
Lotus looked up to find that Grim had arrived with a bag of for yakisoba. He rushed over and Lotus picked it up before handing a container to each of the two, "These are noodles the people fry with vegetables. It's called yakisoba. It'd probably be weird if we just talk all day without seeing the games. Eat."
She opened her containers before noticing Grim eating vigourosly as his eyes were on the two of them. Grim opened his mouth and pointed to them with his chopsticks, "You know them?"
Lotus frowned and rapped her knuckles on his head, "Don't point at others with your chopsticks and don't talk with your mouth full."
"Got it..." Grim groaned.
Lotus sighed, "Yes. I do know them somewhat. We came from the same hometown. They came out today on an errand and they're not from around civilization areas. So they don't have the currency to purchase some stuff."
Lotus turned to them, "This is Grim. He's a cat creature of this world. He's attending this school with a human as one student. You could say he was adamant about studying here that the principal allowed it in the end with the human student since the other is a human but with no magic and Grim is a cat creature but has magic. A very unusual pair."
"That is unusual." Zhang Li agreed in surprise.
Lotus nodded, "Please pardon him for his behaviour. He has never lived in society, so he's not used to mannerism and all that."
Zhang Yong looked to the cat curiously, "So, he's not a contract beast?"
Lotus shook her head, "He's not."
"He's rather funny." Zhang Li pointed out with a laugh.
Zhang Yong thought for a bit before he nodded with a sigh, "I'll trust you for now."
"Can you tell me who it is you're looking for?" Lotus raised a brow, "Cause you're currently in an academy of magic for boys only."
"So, that's what you mean." Zhang Yong responded with a frown, "We're currently looking for someone from the Hui family."
"Again with the Hui family..." Lotus frowned.
Zhang Li nodded with a sigh, "The person we're looking for is from a branch of the family."
Zhang Yong nodded, "A young master of the Hui family just had offsprings, but the day they were born, the family was ambushed and their child had been kidnapped. Right now, we're looking for the child."
Lotus nodded, "Then, it was probably a son."
"How do you know that?" Zhang Li looked to her curiously.
Lotus sighed, "Because I met them while I was in a cloak and they thought I was a girl... Ain't the first time this happened..."
"I-I'm sorry...?" Zhang Li muttered in slight confusion.
Lotus shook her head, "Anyway, their first reaction was that they said it was a daughter, not a son?"
"So, the son is hiding in this school?" Zhang Yong wondered in confusion, "But how could they have hidden a child here?"
Lotus shrugged, "I don't know. For a second, I thought they came after me. There's been a lot of cultivator coming back and forth, you know. Often coming to kill me for unknown reason."
Zhang Yong raised a brow, "You've always been chased after?"
Lotus nodded, "That's right. How I got into this school was because I came across someone of this world during my excursion. You could say they forced me to attend saying they'd protect me."
"That's quite an opportunity." Zhang Li noted curiously.
Lotus nodded, "This is a school of magic. You're entrance depends on an entrance letter they give. they have no place for admissions. Your admissions depends on a magic mirror called a Dark Mirror."
She then went on to explain about the school. When she was done, they had also just finished their food and Grim was asleep on her lap sprawled out and dreaming about food again.
"So, that's what this school is about." Zhang Yong frowned with a slight surprise.
Lotus nodded, "This is the top second magic school in the world and has a long rivalry with the number one school, Royal Sword Academy. Heard this school lost against them for over a hundred years and that's a full life time to the residents here, unless they're fairies."
"I see." Zhang Li responded, "So you said you were recommended here?"
Lotus nodded, "However, the Dark Mirror cannot see what magic I have."
She smirked, "That's because our magic is not normal."
Zhang Yong sighed, "It's because we're cultivators and our magic is referred to as Internal Energy. Of course, if he looked into our internal energy, it'd be all over the place."
Lotus sneered, "That's pretty much it."
"You have really bad tastes..." Zhang Li responded with a sigh.
Lotus chuckled, "But, it's not like anyone would know either. After all, it was the Dark Mirror who found me during my excursion and brought me here. Becuase of that, the headmaster can't throw me out very easily either."
Zhang Li couldn't help but snicker, "You..."
Zhang Yong frowned when he saw her sister carefreely interacting with the student before them. Should he remind her that he lives in this world?
Lotus sighed, "Welp, the games gonna be over in another hour or two. I need to return to check on the prefect. If you two need a place to take residence in, you'll need a place to hide."
Zhang Yong nodded, "It's true that we'll require a place to hide on campus."
Lotus nodded as she thought for a while, "How about my dorm?"
"Your dorm?"
Lotus nodded, "I've just cleared out another room the other day. They're usually for guests, but we haven't had any for a while since we're students. You can use it if you want, but it'll be a secret from my prefect and the headmaster. They don't come by very often to check the place though. There's still a lot of stuff to clean out else where."
Lotus thought for a bit before adding, "Ah. At the moment, there's a cultivator in the woods I've trapped in an array. He should stay there till tomorrow where I can finish him off since I have some stuff to take care of today. He's a high level Nascent soul cultivator by the looks of it."
"You're an array master?" The girl looked to her in bewilderment.
Lotus nodded, "There was some books on arrays in my ring. I just started reading them a few weeks ago. So, I don't think I can keep him there for long. Also, the only time you can move around would have to be at night. But, other than that, I'll be able to get all else done."
"That sounds like a good deal..." Zhang Li looked to her elder brother, "Big Brother?"
Zhang Yong thought for a bit before nodding his head in response cautiously.
"Very well..." Zhang Yong sighed.
Lotus carried Grim like carrying a child before leading them secretly back to the dorm where they would be staying as well as a brief discussion of the layout and schedule. Then, she left for the infirmary. Well, that was what she had in plan, but she had another idea...