Chapter 465: Is she joking?
Everything was frozen in place, but that did not mean Nero’s mind had stopped working. Far from it, in fact. Without needing to focus on attacking or reacting to attacks, he could finally relax.
His eyes were locked onto the woman’s, and though they seemed to be in the exact same position, there seemed to be a hint of gloating or teasing in Nero’s eyes. Though the victor of the fight had not been decided, clearly Nero felt that the ultimate victory would have been his own.
Conversely, there was only anger in the woman’s eyes, though this time her fury was on the fact that Nero thought himself the victor. How could he, covered in blood, looking like he crawled out of a grave, be the victor? Unfortunately for her, the only reason she thought that was because she had no idea what she looked like at the moment.
"Look at all that property damage. I can only imagine the kind of punishment you’re going to be getting for that," the man said after taking a long pull from that pipe. "Guess we know where that renovation budget is going to go."
Nero, of course, heard nothing. He was analysing the situation, wondering where Roland and Ben had scurried off to. What kind of hazing was this? Did they even stick around to watch? Would they still get into trouble for causing all this? It seemed somewhat unlikely, to be honest.
Eventually, once the piped man got things under control, he dismissed his ability allowing Nero to regain control of his body. Nero did not linger, however, as he was quickly taken by some medics to Dr. Iris, who practically ran out of her office when she heard Nero was injured again.
She was not running out of concern, but out of excitement. She almost hoped that Nero had tried to enter the Arcanist state again. Unfortunately for her, Nero took her warning very seriously, not to mention it was not something he could do at will.
"Can you hear me yet?" Iris asked as she snapped her fingers in front of Nero’s face. Restoring eardrums was not something Ayurvedists could do, which is why she had to rely on some of the healing cards provided by the academy.
"Yes, yes, I hear you," Nero said, only then realising that his own voice was quite hoarse. He tried to get up from the table he was laying on, but discovered that his body couldn’t move.