Chapter Ninety-Two

Chapter Ninety-Two

The news of Bai Sha defeating Gis Greiz quickly spread throughout the entire training base.

The next day, Bai Sha was greeted by a sullen-faced Kasin Greiz.

The youth’s features were still sharp and defiant, but tinged with a hint of weariness.

He found Bai Sha while she was dining with Cen Yuehuai and Ji Ya in the cafeteria—inviting Ji Ya was, of course, because Bai Sha was tempted by her spiritual entity, planning to first establish a friendship over meals before proceeding with her plans.

She hadn’t expected this plan to be hindered on the very first day of its implementation.

This obstacle was Kasin Greiz.

"Bai Sha, I need to talk to you about something," Kasin Greiz approached without much hostility, but his tone was not exactly friendly either. He seemed more like someone forced to deal with a nuisance, "About what happened yesterday."

Yesterday? Wasn’t that about the incident with Gis Greiz?

Bai Sha wasn't really angry because she had already reclaimed her dignity her own way yesterday. Since Kasin Greiz had come to her, Bai Sha didn’t mind hearing what he had to say.

But did he have to choose mealtime? Did he have to interrupt her time with Ji Ya?

Bai Sha: "Can we talk some other time? Or just contact me via the optical computer. You have my contact information, right?"

Kasin choked, then said through gritted teeth: "I, don’t, have it."

"If you don’t have it, then you don’t. Why are you getting angry?" Ji Ya, who had always had little patience for Kasin Greiz, immediately retorted sharply, throwing down her fork, "Although it’s an open secret that our families don't get along, it was your Greiz people who provoked first yesterday. What, are you here to settle scores with Her Highness?"

Kasin Greiz: "When did I say I wanted to settle scores?!"

Ji Ya scoffed: "If it’s not to settle scores, then it's to apologize? But you can't even bring yourself to address her as 'Your Highness.' Where’s the sincerity in your apology? At least Gis Greiz conceded defeat yesterday and addressed her respectfully."

The gathering of Ji Ya, Kasin Greiz, and Bai Sha, and their apparent argument, became news among the students.

Seeing the covert glances from the students dining around them, Kasin suppressed his anger, saying coldly: "I don’t want to argue with you in a place like this."

Ji Ya retorted: "I have no interest in wasting my time on you either."

Cen Yuehuai couldn't help but laugh: "Why don’t you two just go to the dueling arena and settle it there?"

Ji Ya and Kasin both looked at her with expressionless faces.

Cen Yuehuai, holding his meal tray, shrank back: "Just kidding, just kidding. I won’t interrupt anymore. You can continue."

"No, I think you make a good point," Ji Ya said thoughtfully, looking up at Kasin Greiz, "After all, the main force seat challenge is in a few days, and we are bound to fight one way or another. I’ll be waiting for you."

Ji Ya tidied up her things on the table, stood up, and said to Bai Sha, "Your Highness, I must be going now. It was a pleasure dining with you. Let's meet again sometime."

Bai Sha: "...Goodbye."

However, as the new student leader of Nanmi Military Academy, Ji Ya was also quite busy and not so easily available for meetings.

Bai Sha turned back, giving Kasin an inscrutable look, making his eyelids twitch involuntarily.

What did he do wrong? Why was Bai Sha looking at him like that—

"Sit down. Just tell me, what do you want?" Bai Sha sighed, opened her optical computer, and let Kasin scan her ID, "Add me as a friend. For non-urgent matters, you can message me directly."

Kasin Greiz hesitated for a moment before adding Bai Sha as a friend.

"I came today first because of what happened yesterday. I need to clarify that although our Greiz family generally bears no goodwill towards the royal family, the foolish provocation yesterday was neither my idea nor that of my family."

The joint military exercise training team represented the empire's prestige and was actually a big deal. Gis Greiz, having been chosen as an instructor, should have been strictly professional. But he mixed personal grudges into his teaching, which was bad enough, but he also made a completely wrong judgment—he thought Bai Sha, an obscure royal, had no background and that her genius status was solely due to the empire's resources and people flattering her. Gis Greiz aimed to pick on an easy target, not expecting to hit a steel plate, which resulted in a great embarrassment for him and the Greiz family.

It wasn't just his embarrassment, but a loss of face for the entire Greiz family!

At least when Kasin Greiz heard the news, he nearly blacked out. He had no choice but to find Bai Sha and explain, to prove that his Greiz family wasn't irrationally aggressive.

After hearing his explanation, Bai Sha nodded: "Okay, I believe you. What else?"

Given Kasin's pride, it was unlikely he would come all the way here just to spin such a lie to win over Bai Sha.

Kasin breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Bai Sha's reaction was more indifferent than he had expected, it was in line with his impression of her.

This also proved that his decision was right.

"The other thing is about returning the favor," Kasin Greiz cleared his throat and said, "I have agreed to Xino Usti's request."

Bai Sha was somewhat puzzled: "What request?"

"A challenge beyond my grade," Kasin Greiz’s expression was far from pleasant, "I don’t want the first-year seat anymore. I can apply to the school for a challenge to join the second-year team."

"...So you don’t want Tianquan Military Academy to take all the individual seats, thus trying to remove me as an obstacle in advance? Now I've agreed. The rest is up to you."

Bai Sha and Cen Yuehuai exchanged glances.

Initially, Xino had the ambition for their Tianquan Military Academy group of four to secure all the seats. But it was just casual talk back then, and none of them took it seriously.

After saving the students from Xizhou Military Academy, Kasin Greiz said he owed them a favor. Xino suggested that Kasin participate in a challenge beyond his grade, thereby vacating a first-year seat for someone from Tianquan Military Academy. Kasin had refused at the time.

Unexpectedly, he had now actually agreed.

Was it really because of the trouble caused by Gis Greiz? They hadn’t expected this turn of events.

"If you are willing, then so be it," Bai Sha raised an eyebrow slightly, "That settles our debts."

"Don’t be too happy yet," Kasin sneered, "Even if I withdraw, there are still Nanmi and Dongluo Military Academies. It won't be easy for your people to break through."

"You needn’t worry about that. Regardless of the outcome, we have to try," Bai Sha pleasantly accepted Kasin Greiz’s friend request, then added a note behind his name:

"Simpleton."