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Chapter 181: Chapter One Hundred And Eighty One - Maimai fulfils a Request

The Baku that would rather say it is big-boned rather than obese, huffed softly to itself as a brush swept over its pale pink fur, easing some of the ache in its muscles. A rumbling purr of contentment escaped its throat and it forgave its mistress once more for the impromptu journey it had been forced out of its warm stable to make.

Maimai herself was unaware that her Baku had such issues with the not too long journey they had made this afternoon from the alchemy school to the beast taming school. She hadn't thought much about it at all. After all, a Baku mount was meant to be ridden, not meant for lounging about in its stable munching on sweets, which was what the Baku had become accustomed too. In fact, since coming to the school, the Baku felt that it had had more exercise than it ever had in its life! This was not actually true, it was just that before, the moment her Baku seemed out of breath, Maimai would cut her light rides short and return to the stable to pamper the beast. Hence what lead to its... big-boned situation.

However when a journey has a purpose, there maybe short cuts, but there are no cutting rides short. Maimai needed to come to the beast taming school and the Baku was expected to bring her here. And that was that.

Her purpose was one the not very successful alchemist was actually quite pleased with; she'd finally fulfilled the request she had been working hard on for the last two weeks. Having created the last couple of pills required to fulfill the request, she had gathered up the form, pills and potions and ran all the way to the stables that she might deliver them sooner.

A loud yowling from a stable block close by startled her and she turned around to notice that a familiar face had just left the stable, bucket in hand and an enthusiastic canine leaping about his legs. "Long time no see!" Maimai called out happily.

The tall boy's eyes widened and his lips curved slightly, but Maimai couldn't help but notice that his dark, blue eyes darted from one side of her to the other. It had certain, honed senses tingling. "It's just me," she said, casually and gleefully noted the disappointment in his face, before sighing inwardly. As if to confirm her suspicions she wondered aloud; "Who were you looking for?"

Tor scratched the back of his head and had the decency to look a bit guilty as he answered honestly; "I thought Leo would be with you."

"Why?"

"Well are you two not joined at the hip?" He retorted. Sure enough, rumours about the small alchemist and one half of the alchemist school's twin lotuses had travelled beyond the boundaries of their school.

Maimai huffed, blowing a loose curl from where it strayed upon her face. "You shouldn't listen to rumours, Leo is my best friend, nothing more," she told him, tartly. "That and you must have heard that he is Teacher Sagi's student now." Tor hesitated, before nodding in agreement. It's not that he had not heard, it was just that Teacher Sagi had a bit of a reputation of being eccentric in his choices of Students. None of his students, past or present, had been considered outstanding or worthy of note and even now none of them could be said to be famous. However, there was also no foul rumours regarding them either; they seemed to have not risen, but not fallen either. Tor did not know whether this was a good thing or not, but he understood the implied meaning; a direct student had little free time during the week.

And yet it seemed Maimai was not finished with her subtle complaint; "And if he is not running errands or being taught by his Teacher, he is with Jin Li! How can this one's company compare to one's boyfriend!" It wasn't as if she wanted to take Leon away from Jin Li for some 'girl' time, she would be content being their third wheel!

Tor's expression became quite stiff. "Boyfriend?" He recalled the man who seemed to have a possessive regard towards the small alchemist and his stomach felt quite sour.

In truth, Tor's own feelings regarding the alchemist were complicated. In the beginning, he felt nothing for the youth, just seeing an obstacle in Caprian's way that made the fat fool take his anger out on his subordinates, him included. Leo upon the brink of death was what opened his eyes to his own idiocy, frightening him, making him question what he was doing and then only relief was felt when he found that Leo had survived.

The next time they met was after Caprian had been accepted into the inner school and his own mood had been unpleasant having realised that the person he'd been told to follow had dropped him like useless waste when he was no longer required, all previous promises empty and disregarded. And even though he'd been responsible in part for what happened to Leo, there was no anger in the youth's heart, his expression had been clean and innocent... and cute! Tor had felt shaken, more so as Leo trusted him to take him to the Beast Taming school that time and later forgiven him for his part in the bullying. Some new emotions had begun to swell within Tor, but there had also been a fair amount of guilt.

Still, though his feelings had him seek out Leo with his eyes whenever he came back to the alchemist school, guilt had him suppress the budding blossom. And now, like a rose experiencing a sudden frost, the blossom began to wilt. Leo had moved even further out of his reach.

The yowling of a Coeurl sounded out once more and Tor glanced in melancholy at the empty bucket he'd used to carry the beasts food to them. Xiao Xiao yipped and growled, expressing some silliness, as if the cooshee was telling him that the felines were so greedy and ungrateful! Tor laughed, easing the ache in his gut as he bent down to bury his face in his partner's soft fur.

Ah, the lesser Male leads seldom grab the attention of the main shou, Maimai murmured to herself, before a vision in blue caught her attention and she cheerfully rushed forward to affectionately attack her best friend. Leon managed to not fall into the dung he'd just avoided when he caught her. "What are you doing here?" She asked, her eyes sliding over to where Tor was still kneeling with his cooshee partner.

"Ah, d-d-didn't kn-know the gr-griffin would fly here!" He mumbled with a slight pout. He didn't travel to and from town by Griffin very often and so didn't know that there were a few different beasts travelling back and forth from each school. When he had disembarked, he'd enquired the tamer how to get back to the alchemist school, that man had simply shrugged and suggested he come to the stable, see if he could hitch a ride. Who knew Maimai would be here?

Suddenly a bolt of black and blue fur leapt at him and yipped happily. Leon chuckled and greeted the enthusiastic cooshee, before saying his hello's to Tor. He noticed the other's eyes were slightly red, but he didn't inquire. Tor looked disconcerted, his smile a bit false, but his voice did not waiver as he covered the awkwardness with a throwaway comment; "Are wooden charms all fashionable now?" He joked, he'd known that Leon seemed to like them in the past and that tall, arrogant youth had one as well. Now Maimai's sash also adorned one.

"Leon made this!" Maimai gushed, showing off the crane talisman at her waist. "Isn't it cute?" Tor nodded amicably as Maimai turned to Leon and offered him a ride home.


Chapter 182: Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Two - Sun thinks it’s a coincidence

A few days after his accident, Sun returned to the Healer's Hall in order that the Healer could check his condition. Actually, Healer's tended not to require students to have check ups following illnesses nor accidents, unless there were special circumstances. Sun's circumstances were not special, but the Healer summoned him anyway. He was hoping to learn more about the mysterious pills the young Master had been fed by Corvus that day. And as he suspected, Corvus did accompany his young student; in fact, he carried Sun in despite protests.

"I can walk!"

"But your injury..."

"Is completely healed! Let me down, old man!" Sun huffed and even spit out the name in insult. Not that Corvus noticed. He merely plonked the boy down upon the bed, then proceeded to ruffle his head, causing strands of his silken, brown hair to come loose and messy.

The boy tried to capture those strands, brushing them back with his hands before unknotting the tie thong he'd worn this morning. It was stolen from his fingers by his Teacher, who decided to rectify the mess he'd created.

In the meantime, the Healer approached and pointed at Sun's covered legs. "May I?" Sun nodded and the Healer pulled off his boot and lifted the silk of his trousers to examine the slightly pink, but well healed flesh of the boy's leg. "It appears that there won't even be a scar," The Healer declared in delighted wonder.

"Getting a scar, not getting a scar," Sun snorted, as he sat there, arms crossed like a petulant and arrogant young master in front of his personal servants, "it's all the same for a man!"

Corvus grinned and agreed with an indulgent; "En."

"Still, the healing would likely have not been so complete were it not for that mysterious pill of yours," The Healer reminded Corvus. Indeed, were the pill just a normal one heart Pill, the tissue likely would have sealed, but the healing would be weak, prone to tearing were the boy not careful. He would have needed more pills to help aid the healing, leading to a build up in internal impurities. And the likelihood of a scar much greater. Like the boy said, having scars was not the end of the world for a boy, but that did not mean that scar tissue was not without its own problems. Fresh scars tended to be itchy, old scars tended to be stiff and drawn and the larger the scar the more apparent this was. And the fortunate Sun would bare none of these problems and was also upon his feet far sooner than the Healer would have ordinarily predicted... or at least that would be the case if not for the overbearing Teacher beside him. "You must recall where you found that pill, Corvus!" The Healer urged.

Corvus dismissed his demand with a wave of his hand.

After convincing the older man that he really did not need to be carried back to the Martial Arts school, the Teacher and Student duo left the Healer's Hall to not-hurry back. Sun would not let himself be carried, so Corvus insisted that they 'take it easy'. Sun rolled his eyes at him and jogged lightly with Corvus leisurely doing the same beside him.

"What was all that about?" Sun asked curiously as they approached the expanse of bridges, those that lead to the various mountain scapes the institute was spread across.

"Hmm?" Corvus questioned, lazily.

"What the Healer said about pills."

"Oh, it's nothing much," Corvus replied, "just that after your accident, I fed you a One heart pill that turned out to be a bit more effective that usual. That old Healer is just getting his panties in a twist about it."

Sun knew this much already; his leg had been scratched by that Dire Fox Bear before they'd both fallen from the high branches of the tree. His wind powers had helped save his life, but the beast had turned into a meat pancake. He'd fallen unconscious from the pain of the fall and his leg. So naturally, the first thing Corvus had done on finding him was to feed him a pill in order to stabilise his life.

"Were my injuries really that bad?" Being unconscious before he could examine the wound personally, he'd just assumed it wasn't really that big a deal and that Corvus was on some guilt trip, hence his insistence on carrying Sun around like a fragile princess. He'd resented that! Still, if the wounds had been worse than he'd thought...

"That Fox Bear had sliced into your flesh deep enough that just a half nail more and the bone would have been visible," Corvus answered him, honestly. Sun shuddered. Martial Artists were somewhat used to blood and injuries, but to know his leg had been hurt so badly could still shake him a bit.

"I wonder where that pill came from then," Sun wondered aloud.

"Who knows," Corvus shrugged. Sun sighed inwardly. He was aware that one heart Pills were a silver a dozen, worth very little and extremely common. They were available in pill shops throughout the common and cultivation worlds. Sun recalled that Leon had even traded them during the Five School Market Festival in those Jade bottles with cute, carved labels.

Ha ha! He thought. Wouldn't it be something if that miracle pill had been something Leon made! Then he could understand why Jin Li thought the alchemist worthy to stand by his side! But that would be too much of a coincidence... right?


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Quick edit; I made a mistake on the pill name, it was a one heart pill that was used not a clear spiritual pill. This was pointed out to me by a sharp eyed reader!

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