"Just get out of my way, ants."
After that sentence, her voice became calm and indifferent. Her gaze was collected and bored. Yet, the two assassins felt that they were doomed to die when their eyes intertwined. "I want that kid."
"Who are you?!" The captain pulled out his sword, raising his stance.
"Who am I…" The old lady smiled. "I'm just a passerby who happens to meet an unfortunate kid bullied by adults. So, I want to screw the adults by placing them in his position, so they know what it feels to be helpless."
"You… You are strong, but are you sure you want to offend a big family just for this kid?" The captain tried to negotiate without mentioning his backing to test the water.
"Big Family? I don't give a sh*t about your Lange Family. Even if the head of your family is here, he only has two choices: Kneel or die." The old lady snorted as the spear on her hand glowed. The spear had a beautiful silver handle with rose patterns on its head and butt. The blade was half black, half green, and became a huge contrast to the silver color.
The sudden action made these two panic as the trainee screamed out loud while trying to attack her.
Unfortunately, he might be doing it for spite, but Theo wanted to have revenge for himself. He shot the assassin with his magic bullet, destroying his heart.
"Ho?" Impressed by Theo's action, she smiled and walked closer to the captain.
"Tch." The captain clicked his tongue and took out a flashbang and a smoke grenade, throwing it to the ground at the same time.
Bang.
A high-pitched sound echoed, followed by a disturbing ringing sound. Theo managed to protect himself from the flash by looking away, but he was too weak to lift his hand to close his ears, so he had a hard time opening his eyes due to the pain in his ears.
At the same time, the smoke grenade masked the area with white smoke as he escaped with his fastest speed, knowing that the old woman was far stronger than him.
"He…" Theo wanted to tell the old lady that if the assassin escaped, they both would be in trouble, but the pain stopped him.
Seeing the resolve in his eyes behind the smoke, the old lady smiled and thrust her glowing spear to the right.
The golden light surrounding the spear's blade flew and turned into a torrential shock wave.
The trees were shredded into pieces while the ground was pushed back and created a huge half-circular trail on the ground. The moment the shock wave hit the captain, it burst him into pieces as his blood dyed the ground red.
Because the smoke was still rising, the old lady gently waved her hand as the breeze once again appeared, blowing all the smoke away before kicking the smoke grenade away.
"To point that spear at me… Brat, do you want to die?" asked the old lady with her cold expression. "You do know that I just saved your life, right?"
"I…know." Theo struggled just even to utter one word, so he couldn't really answer her.
Feeling a bit interested in Theo, she grabbed something from her right pocket. It was a syringe filled with green liquid.
Theo couldn't react as the old lady had injected that liquid into his body.
However, he noticed the change immediately as the green liquid spread all over his body.
His wound closed with a speed visible to naked eyes. Although it didn't refill his energy, it was enough for him to speak.
After checking his vocal cord, he hurriedly explained with his hoarse voice. "I don't mean to be ungrateful, but I don't know your motive for helping me. You've admitted that you know their relationship with the Lange Family, so it means that you have been tailing them or me.
"Hence, I know that this situation is not simple. Even if I am going to die now, I will die trying." Theo glared at the woman. It was the only clue he got from the woman since it was a strange phenomenon to be saved by someone who knew their identities.
She might know about it from the way they protected Laust's name, but it reinforced the fact that she didn't encounter them by chance. Instead, she had been tailing him even before they beat him up. Thus, Theo couldn't trust her just yet.
The old woman could tell and also knew that this was in fact a test from Theo to investigate the relationship between her and the Lange Family and she felt displeased about his ungrateful attitude. Yet, she made a big smile as if she found a treasure.
"I like you, Brat. Do you want to be my personal student? I will make you the strongest in the academy."
"…" Theo narrowed his eyes, wondering the purpose behind her words.
"No need to think hard. I truly want you to be my student. You could consider the earlier performance a test from me to find your talent. It seems…I haven't made a wrong decision. Despite knowing that you can't win against me, you still try to talk like a smart*ss. You should just kneel and thank me since it will give you a bigger chance to survive." The old woman shook her head in disappointment.
"I know. But I know that you have an ulterior motive just by seeing your relationship with the Lange Family and the medicine. There's no way that someone is like a saint and helps an unknown person like me. So I conclude that I'm not going to die."
"Good good. I want to test you a bit more, but I will just let you go because I'm going to be your teacher no matter what. This is a fixed matter." The old lady harrumphed. "Besides, I have promised someone to take care of you."
"Someone?" Theo furrowed his eyebrows and thought of people who cared about him. Unfortunately, they were only his late parents and missing brother. It was an obvious choice since his parents had died when he was a kid. "You are related to my brother?"
"Your Brother?" The old lady's eyebrows twitched. "Ah, right! Yeah, I promised your brother to teach you."
"You are not related to him." Theo instantly got his answer from her reaction.
However, the old lady changed her expression again, bent her knees and smirked right. "Listen here, Brat. You shouldn't take the conclusion too early. What if I faked my own reaction? Didn't you pretend to be unconscious earlier? Are you going to fall for your own trick?"
"!!!"
The old lady gently flicked his forehead. "So, what is your answer? Will you become my student?"