63 There's More?

Because Christian was not under the care or protection of the school anymore, he was sent off back to his home in a stretcher.

Dean didn't want to miss this chance of seeing how injured Christian was and asked to be excused from the infirmary.

Although there was friction between the nurse who was taking care of him, Dean still managed to get his way and was now searching for the main exit of the school that Christian would pass through.

Bandages still wrapped around him however he was able to walk without a problem but met many interesting people.

It was like he was the center of attention like Christian as they pointed towards him and whispered words of admiration.

'Was this what Christian felt?'

Being praised as a hero uncovering a villain's evil misdeeds, he couldn't help but blush at the outrageous conclusions made about him as well as the compliments.

Many people patted him on the back and shook hands with him but Dean was slowly discovering that he held disgust to these flowery words that held no meaning.

They just used him as a way to propel the academy's reputation after learning there was a bad apple within its grounds.

He was a gossip for the normal students and a role model for students still developing.

At best, they only learned of his name because the school needed someone to replace Christian and he just happened to fill that role quite well.

Dean guessed they didn't invest much time into learning what may have truly happened and just looked at Christian as a criminal for doing bad deeds yet they don't seek the reason why.

Despite those thoughts, Dean had no reason to cause conflict with them and continued to put on a friendly facade.

He waited patiently close to the exit and sat on a nearby bench.

Soon a couple of people dressed in black robes arrived in front of the school's gate while Dean saw a white stretcher coming closer to the destination.

Next to the stretcher was Rose who was silently sobbing however a mob was behind her, following and watching every actions they took.

Seeing that they were close to exiting the school, someone suddenly threw a pebble that struck Rose's head.

It wasn't deadly enough to cause her any serious damage since it wasn't thrown with much strength however it would still hurt.

Rose should've been able to dodge that without a problem but Dean guessed that the emotional impact made her numb to such actions.

The pebble acted as a chain reaction as other people started to follow that lead and created a momentum for their outrage.

Apple cores, bananas, rocks, paper balls and more miscellaneous objects were thrown into that direction, hitting and staining the clothes of Rose and Christian.

They could only ignore the rude behavior of the students and continued to exit the school with a mess that would soon follow them.

Feeling frustrated at the disgusting etiquette the students showed to Rose and Christian, a person in black robes was about to help them but another person placed their arm in front, obstructing their path.

"Stop, you're just..."

The man was lost for words when he realized to the right of him, a person also dressed in black robes had a black hood.

He was clearly not with their group due to his concealment of the face but it seemed that he had a similar goal in mind by going out of his way to go into the school.

To him, the items in the air was in slow motion as he drew out a blade and suddenly began to cut in a flurry that caused all the trash to fall to the ground as he simultaneously placed his blade back into his sheath.

Giving a light pat on the back of Rose, he placed a small talisman that made them move a couple meters within an instant.

The crowd realized at this instant that they had suddenly disappeared and the man with a black hood emitted a menacing aura.

Fearing that this could be a ruthless assassin without any worries, the crowd dispersed and ran away.

Dean was able to barely see this when he tried using Battle Intent and saw that the whole way Christian was smiling.

His head was barely lifted up and poked up to let his face be seen by Dean as that grin refused to be shut down by anything.

It wasn't a grin of pure joy but one akin to a child that has done a mischievous deed without their parents knowing a single thing.

Dean started to realize that this nagging feeling was a lot larger than he expected as flashes of memories started to appear.

Him committing cannibalism

Ripping a chunk of meat off a human and then stabbing them

Those thoughts made Dean want to vomit but he couldn't waste any time as he recalled something much more important.

"You don't even know the standard 13 stages of cultivation. I bet you don't even know about Lost Worlds or Higher Worlds do you?"

"Leonard will have... let's call it an accident while your family. Hmm, I don't know how to phrase it. All died by immolation for the sake of me."

Connecting the realization of why Leonard hadn't met him during his stay in the nursery, he might have been injured.

Even if he was absolutely fine with no injuries and extremely attentive to his studies, he still would have had time to visit him.

Feeling a sudden heavy sense of dread, Dean ran off to the infirmary and asked the nurse for a list containing all the students in different sectors of the infirmary.

Because he was a student, the nurse obviously would hesitate giving important information to him but his fame started to be used for a good use as it affected the nurse's judgement.

Grabbing the folders of paper, Dean flicked and flicked through and tried to find more names