Chapter 350: Genshen Elder

He was very surprised when he saw Lily, her father, and Marcus all standing outside the barrier. He hadn’t been expecting to see them anytime soon. Did they perhaps leave some kind of tracking skill on him that he wasn’t able to notice?

If that was the case, he needed to figure out how they did it.

He also spotted another person right beside them. It was a tall man dressed in elaborate black robes.

“Oh. Funny seeing you guys here. Were you following me?” He asked.

Lily strolled up to him and inspected his body, ensuring he was okay. She looked him in the eyes only when she had finished her examination. “Why are you out here? I thought we talked about you staying on campus when Marcus or the others aren’t with you?”

He shrugged. “All of the training rooms were closed,” he explained to her honestly.

She gave him a deadpan stare. “You know you don’t have to train every second of the day, right? It’s okay for you to just relax and sit still every once in a while.”

“I did! I spent an hour this morning hanging out with Reinera, eating snacks,” he pointed out.

It was the truth as well. He met up with Reinera this morning to explain where he had been for the past week and why he hadn’t seen her. Thankfully, the others had let her know already, which is why she wasn’t alarmed.

Reinera wasn’t even that surprised by his disappearance either. When he had advanced to Tier 3, he had taken even longer. But it was still nice to catch up with her. He had found out that she would be spending the summer with her family.

Something that she was happy about, but also slightly dreaded. Apparently, there were some things she needed to take care of before she could think about coming back to Goldencrest next year.

That is, if she even wanted to. They had both talked about it, and they agreed that they had made more progress when they were off in Blumand than they had made since they got back. Thus, it might be a good idea if they didn’t return.

It wasn’t like he had much waiting for him at Goldencrest. The others were graduating this year anyway.

Lily shook his head at him. “An hour isn’t enough. You could have hung out with the others. I know that they were planning to come down here tonight.”

“Oh yeah, I walked past a bunch of fourth-years who were partying up the beach,” he said while pointing to where he had seen Darren and Irene earlier.

While they had been talking, the others had walked up and stood awkwardly, looking at the craters of sand all around them.

“So who’s the stranger?” He pointed at the man with his free hand, only just now remembering that he was still dragging the assassin by the hair.

Lily gave the man in question a dirty look.

“His name is Elder Kanen, and he is from Clan Genshen, the same ones who sent that piece of garbage,” she said while pointing at the brutalized man.

“I didn’t send that man. I had no idea about the contract until you came to me,” the man from Clan Genshen stated firmly.

“Yeah, but you also won’t tell us which Elder of your clan submitted the contract. Which is practically the same as covering for them,” Lily pointed out.

“I would be violating my loyalty to my clan if I did.”

Julius scowled at the man when he heard that he was from Clan Genshen. The only thing that kept him cool was the fact that he just said that he didn’t have anything to do with the recent attacks. Julius didn’t know if he believed him, but the fact that the man was here with Lily gave some credence to his words.

Julius also couldn’t help but pick up on the fact that this Clan Genshen person didn’t speak up when Lily said it was another Elder who ordered the mission. Was it on purpose? Or was it for another reason?

It didn’t matter. His biggest concern remained with the man he was still holding on to. What was he going to do with him? He had been planning just to kill him, but was that still the best decision with everyone now here?

“What should I do with this man?” He asked Lily.

She looked at the assassin and back toward the elder. “We can keep him and try to squeeze out his secrets.”

“I can’t allow you to do that.”

Julius swung his head at the tall man who interrupted them. “Pardon?”

“I can’t let you just take one of our members and torture him for information,” The Clan Genshen representative said firmly.

“He’s the one who attacked me, and now you want me to just hand him over to the people who sent him?” Julius asked slowly, as if he couldn’t quite understand the man’s audacity.

“I understand your plight and am sorry on behalf of Clan Genshen, but I cannot let you take this man. Not when I am present,” the elder said, sounding genuinely sympathetic, but still took steps toward Julius and the man he had gripped by the hair.

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Lily’s father decided that this was the moment he needed to step in. “Don’t do that,” the Lord of House Violet said warningly. Marcus was right beside his Lord, oozing his aura threateningly.

The Clan Genshen Elder stopped in his tracks, taking heed of the warning, and turned to look at Lily’s father. “You of all people must understand that I have a duty to my Clan and its members. Clan Genshen will pay the appropriate cost to House Violet for this matter. I will ensure it,” Elder Kanen promised with a bowed head.

The words sounded nice to the ears and seemed sincere. But there was one problem. It wasn’t House Violet who was attacked.

Julius took a challenging step forward with the assassin still gripped tightly in his fingers. “You seem to misunderstand something.”