"The academy is a pce to study, and you learn much more than with Teacher Lee. But, unfortunately, our Vilge only has a quota to send one w student every year, and there hasn't been anyone fulfilling the ditions to bee one for a long time." Elder Jack expined, and Yin slowly dozed away while Tang San listetentively, "W students have a lot of advantages; no fees and aodation are provided. Food and clothing are the only things you o pay for. On the campus, you take on simple small jobs like sweeping the s to earn that money. So you must work part-time while studying, which requires you to pay ATTENTION TO WHAT IS BEING SAID!"

  Tang Yin opened her eyes and sat up, looking displeased at Elder Jack. The sun had been perfect, the temperature was a dream, and she got up far too early today. "Tang San, please make sure your Sister studies. I know she is intelligent but also zy, unanized, and has a bad temper. Teacher Lee pulled many strings for you to be allowed to go there together. Your sister, furthermore, is not in the Spirit bat Department but ierary Sector. She ot afford to tinue like this."

  "Don't worry, Elder," Tang Yin said, "Literature and liberal arts are my specialties; I doubt there will be great difficulties."

  Elder Jack frow her words and wordlessly gred at her as she fell bato the straw and looked upwards. Tang San joined her, and the elder desperately looked at the two children. They were intelligent, talented, aiful, but Tang San copied more and more from his unruly sister, aarted to worry if they would be fine.

  As the day tihey slowly arrived at Nuoding City. It wasn't the biggest City, and Yin was used to big cities like Rome and Florence, but seeing this try's architecture was still amazing. It had touches of "cssicism and modern, but built with older Teiques.", she muttered, her fingers itg to draw it down. It would make a good picture.

  Uncle Sally departed halfway through the City to his actual goal ahem with Elder Jack, who went ahead, leading further ihe City. The markets left and right were in full swing; it reminded Yin of a bazaar she had been to with her Aunt, who had married a fn correspo who worked in Istanbul back then.

  The people screaming around, the smell of food and spices, not as inte still there, craftsmen, fruit sellers, snacks, vegetables, nuts, bcksmiths, and all mixed together. "I don't believe. Our hair-trigger temper is speechless." Elder Jack joked and took their hands, "Stay with me, so you won't get lost."

  Elder Jack led them through the market, taking us around to look at everything before we arrived in front of a big gate. They walked up to it but were immediately stopped by the young gatekeeper.

  "Stop here, you ty bumpkins. Since when has this bee a pce you enter."

  Tang Yin growled lightly but held back. Causing trouble with the gatekeeper wouldn't end well, and he was likely no pushover. "We are from Holy Spirit Vilge; these two are our w students; here are the dots we enter."

  The man took our dots, read through them, and snorted. "Yeah, yeah, are you aware that fery is a crime? Blue silver grass, full innate spiritual power, and one for the literary department? Scram, this is the worst joke ever before I call the authorities." He threw the dots before Elder Jack, "Stupid beggars."

  Tang Yi her temper explode and stepped forward, her brother shrugging his shoulders and preparing to help her. "A Spirit Pass ot be fed, and you know what would happen if we pitiful foolish beggars go to the authorities?" She asked, smiling brightly and tilting her head, "Would you lose your job or maybe something more important?"

  The man saw red and tried to grab her. She stepped bad avoided him. He attacked again, and she did the same; if he got her, that was it. Using her size as an advantage, she ducked through his legs and kicked his ankle, bad enough that it hurt.

  "You small..."

  "Help me, the bad man is trying to do bad things!" she cried out, leaving herself on the ground. g as well as she could matrag some passersby. Tang San noticed what was happening and bowed down to her, making it look like he was soling her.

  "Ah, you 't treat a small child like this! No one fe a spirit Pass, and you accuse them of that..." a woman ihirties said ao them, patting Tang Yin's head. "It's fine now, little ohis one will take care of it," she whispered.

  After that, curses from all over could be heard, and it turned out it hadn't been the first time the gatekeeper had pulled a stunt like this.

  "There is nothing wrong with this pass.", a man in his fifties and bck clothing said, intervening before more mayhem could happen, "it is valid."

  He gred frostily at the gatekeeper, and Tang San helped Yin to stand up, who tinued faking the tiny, pitiful girl. The gnce from Elder Jack as he ordered her to go with the esteemed Master, told her exactly what he thought of her small act, good show, little menace.He was not experienced in how city life was handled, but now he was relieved; if anything, nobody could easily bully those two. The man, apparently called Grandmaster, gave a frosty gre to the gatekeeper, "This is the first and the st time that happens."

  His voice made a gcier look warm, and Tang Yin shivered. Okay, this guy was definitely someohat she did not want to face.

  "You stop your show now, it is good but not that good.", the man said, and Tang Yin immediately straightened out.

  "Alright, thank you, Teacher.", she said fidently.

  "I am not a Teacher, little girl." He said and walked ahead.

  "You are obviously important. Are you a leader or the Principal, then?" Tang San asked iead, and the man turned around. "You are clever for six-year-olds, but still, you are wrong." He sat and tinued walking.

  "I am just a freeloader. Everyone calls me Grandmaster, to the extent that my real name is fotten even by myself. Your Names are Tang San and Tang Yin, right?"