Insufficient balance

  As I walked away, Miss Hua Lun smiled and said to Dong Ri: "Your friend is very sensible, leaving so quickly."

  On a winter's day, I secretly lament in my heart, blaming myself for not being a good enough friend, and now that I've slipped away, I'm stuck with Red Snow for the time being.

  And not to mention how to deal with the red snow on winter days, after parting ways with them I wandered around the streets, enjoying the rare leisure time. As I walked, I suddenly saw a crowd of people gathered together in front of me, wondering what they were doing. The nature of young people is more curious, so I also walked over to take a look. It turned out to be a notice, which read: "Next month, a national martial arts competition will be held, welcoming masters from all sides to participate. The use of skills is unlimited," meaning that magic can be used too. The top 10 winners can directly join the Earth Dragon Corps. I'm not really interested in this, after all, I have the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, so I naturally don't care about pseudo-dragons anymore.

  I returned to school and Winter hadn't come back yet, I told Teacher Wen about what happened with the competition rankings.

  Teacher Wen asked me: "Chang Gong, are you participating? This is a great opportunity."

  I shook my head: "Forget it, everyone else is a knight and I'm the only magician, what's the point? Besides, I don't want to join the Earth Dragon Corps either. Let Winter participate instead."

  The teacher Wen just realized that Dong Ri didn't come back with me and asked: "Where did Dong Ri go?"

  I gave a mysterious smile and said, "He's on a date with a girl named Hongxue Hualun."

  "Ah, it's that Red Snow girl again."

  "Do you know her too?" I asked.

  "Of course, I know. She is the niece of His Majesty, the younger sister of the Empress, and since I took Dong Ri to a royal banquet once, she has been pestering him all the time. I'm afraid she will affect Dong Ri's studies, so I let Dong Ri avoid her as much as possible."

  "This is where you're wrong. When a man grows up, he should get married, and when a woman grows up, she should get married too. How can you stop people from falling in love freely?" I said with a smile.

  "You little brat, not a single serious bone in your body, just like that old man Lauren. Hmph, when Winter returns I'll ask him about it." Winter ah, don't blame me, I didn't do it on purpose.

  It was more than an hour before Dong Ri returned on a winter's day. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Teacher Wen with a scowl on his face. "Teacher, I'm back."

  "Hum, you still know how to come back, huh? Your kung fu skills are not great, yet you're learning from others how to flirt and romance. You've completely disgraced me."

  On a winter day, he didn't show the slightest bit of fear or apology. He calmly said: "I'm just an orphan (Winter Day was picked up by Teacher Wen and has been learning martial arts with him since childhood), she's from a noble family, what qualifications do I have to talk about love with her? I'm going to rest." After finishing speaking, he turned around and went back into the house. Only Teacher Wen and I were left staring at each other in shock, Teacher Wen said: "This child, what's wrong with him? He has never disobeyed me before."

  I thought for a moment and said, "He must have been wronged outside because of his own background and is feeling inferior. Don't worry, I'll go and persuade him. I also have some responsibility in this matter. I shouldn't have left him alone to come back first."

  I went back to the house, and Dong Ri was sitting there blankly. I walked up to him and asked, "What's wrong, Dong Ri? Has someone bullied you? Is it my fault for leaving you alone?"

  "It has nothing to do with you."

  "What's wrong with you? Don't be like this, okay? I'm also an ordinary person, what's the big deal? Let others say whatever they want." I shook his shoulders vigorously.

  "On a winter day, he suddenly used brute force to push me away and shouted loudly: 'You may be a commoner, but you have a father and mother. What do I have? I have nothing. I'm an orphan. Do you know what they all say about me? They say I'm a bastard, a bastard, do you know that?"

  At this time, Teacher Wen rushed in from outside and tightly hugged Dong Ri, "Child, don't be like this, you still have me, I am your family." Dong Ri seemed to find some comfort in Teacher Wen's arms and burst into loud sobs. Teacher Wen held him and also cried uncontrollably.

  "Child, tell me, who said you're a bastard. Tell me." The cold murderous aura emanating from Teacher Wen made me believe that if Winter were to utter a name now, Teacher Wen would immediately pounce on him and chop him into minced meat. Perhaps knowing the consequences, Winter sobbed: "Don't ask anymore, sir."

  "Tell me." Teacher Wen tightly grasped Dong Ri's shoulder, I quickly ran over from the side and grabbed Teacher Wen's hand, saying: "Teacher Wen, don't get involved in this matter, if you intervene, people will say that you're bullying us because of your seniority. Let us young people handle our own affairs, I'll definitely go with Dong Ri to reason things out." My heart was also filled with boundless anger, how dare they bully my friend, they've gone too far!

  The teacher gradually calmed down and said with a sigh: "Chang Gong, I'll leave it to you."

  I said coldly: "You may not know that before coming here, my magical power has already reached the stage of a magic conductor." In order to enhance his confidence, I can no longer conceal my own strength.

  The teacher and Dong Ri were both stunned, no one could accept such a young demon master.

  I thought they didn't believe me, a powerful light element surged out of my body, a completely transparent golden ball flashed out from between my eyebrows and circled around me before stopping at the position between my eyebrows. This is one of the most direct and strongest attacking magic of the Light System's 8th level, a pure energy attack.

  On a winter day, it seemed as if he had forgotten his own shame and said: "Chang Gong, you are so strong."

  I withdraw my magic, and firmly tell Dong Ri: "Good brother, tomorrow we'll go find the one who bullied you and settle the score. Our status may not be as good as others now, but in the future, we will definitely create our own business."

  My words revitalized him on that winter day, he grasped my hand tightly, and everything was understood without a word.

  The teacher went back to rest, and I asked Dong Ri what was going on. Dong Ri gritted his teeth and told me again what had happened.

  After I left, Hong Xue accompanied Dong Ri for a walk on a winter day. They hadn't walked far when they ran into a group of young nobles, all sons of dukes and earls, who were also pursuing Hong Xue. Those men were truly jealous that Hong Xue was accompanying Dong Ri, so they immediately started insulting them with foul language. Dong Ri had little experience interacting with people since childhood and didn't know how to fight back, so only Hong Xue spoke up for him. When he got angry, he fought a few of the nobles and then ran back home in a huff.