There were five groups of three, all laughing and pulling each other in jest but at the edge of the class stood a dark-skinned youth alone like he was not a part of their word. His hair covered his face like a curtain, making people unable to see his expression.
Shen Jiyu was not happy and the whole class could feel it. Haldir was the youngest acolyte and was not much older than the students. Even though he was not extremely friends with the students, he did not take a strict front with them. Haldir having such an expression was something that they were not used to.
How should he deal with this situation? What bothered Shen Jiyu was that these were children and that he had indeed asked them to group in threes. He could not force them to regroup right now. He went through the entire information in his head before he asked them.
"How did Lady Elvina ask us to treat our neighbour?"
