"Sir headmaster, you sent for me?" and just as William was thinking about the real intentions of the headmaster from extending such an invitation, he saw the same spirit master who had guided him here before.
It was Tang!
The man who had brought him to this den of lions was now standing by the entrance, his expression as stoic and unreadable as ever.
William realised that Tang wasn't just a guide; he was one of the headmaster's most trusted shadows, the hands and eyes that moved within the academy's infrastructure to ensure the grandmaster's will was enacted.
"Take William and these two girls and let them stay at the northern residential house," the headmaster casually said, waving a hand as if he were discussing the storage of a few sacks of grain rather than the housing of the academy's newest and most controversial prodigy.
William noticed that the face of Tang slightly changed for a brief second before bowing as he said: "I will."
