ARC 3.7: Bailey Defends

Bailey was standing behind the group of people crowding around his Krystian, each hand holding a tray of food.

Mikhael and his lackeys all froze when they heard his voice, and they slowly turned around towards him.

Disregarding their shocked reactions, Bailey continued speaking;

"Kyrstian is Headmaster Coolio's 10th direct disciple. Today is his first day here in the Sect. I was the one who told him to sit down here while he waits for me to get our food. Do you have any problem regarding this?" he asked them while he walked towards Krystian.

When Bailey walked, everyone made way for him to go through. Everyone was scared of him, to the point that they didn't even want their clothes to touch him.

As he reached the table, he carefully put the trays down before he sat beside Krystian. He then took a napkin and dabbed Krystian's slightly swollen and reddened forehead. While examining it he asked the group behind them;

"Are you all done? Or are you all just going to stand there and watch us eat? If not, I suggest you guys be the one who scrams."

Mikhael glared at Bailey and Kyrstian with pure hatred, before he turned away and ordered his lackeys to leave with him.

"Wait." Bailey suddenly said as he continued attending to Krystian's forehead.

Mikhar froze, "What is it Senior Brother?" and asked through gritted teeth.

"Apologize." Bailey replied as he took a glance at Mikhael and his lackeys.

When they met Bailey's eyes, even for just a second, it brought a chill down their spine and made their knees buckle in fear.

Mikhael could only hold back on his hatred as he turn around towards them and gave a quick bow to Kyrstian, and apologized.

"I apologize for my mistake of not knowing who you are." he began. "If I was rude to you, please don't take it to heart. I was just trying to uphold the rules of the Moonlight Sect."

After that, the rest of Mikhael's minions followed suit and bowed towards Krystian. However, Bailey didn't let them go that easily.

"Your apology is insufficient." He said loudly, causing everyone in the room to stop what they are doing and listened intently.

"Apologize to Krystian properly."

Mikhael's hands at his sides turned into a fist as he held in his humiliation and anger. However, if looks could kill, both Bailey and Krystian would be dead by now from Mikhael's scalding gaze.

"Let me rephrase it." with a fake smile plastered on his face, he apologized to Krystian;

"I apologize for not recognizing who you are, as well as for intimidating you and for putting my hand on you. I am really sorry. It won't happen again." Mikhael said as gracefully as he could, but everyone could see his struggle with every word he spoke.

"Good. You're now excused. Scram!" Bailey dismissed them afterwards.

Bailey then turned his back on Mikhael and his minions as he shifted his focus on Krystian. He then pushed a dinner plate on his direction. "Here. Eat." he ordered Kyrstian who had a sad look on his face.

He was only gone for a few minutes and his Krystian immediately attracted another set of bees and butterflies to him. They even dared to bully his Krystian!! This made him silently fume in anger.

Krystian silently stared at his dinner with his head down. He was pushing his food around and only ate a couple of bites here and there.

"Don't let what happened get to you." Bailey attempted to comfort him, seeing how low Krystian's spirit was. "Stay away from Mikhael and his friends. They're no good for you."

"I didn't even do anything wrong, why did he have to treat me that way?" Krystian pouted. "Now that this happened, I'm afraid Headmaster would hold it against me."

Bailey sighed and hooked his arm around Krystian's shoulder as he pulled him closer. "It's not your fault. People like him likes to bully the weak, but are also quick to bow down to someone stronger than them. You're new, so it's perfectly normal for you not to know. But Headmaster Coolio is not that small-hearted nor is he close-minded. He upholds justice."

"Did you just call me weak?" he looked at Bailey with his right eyebrow quirked upwards.

"I--I didn't mean it like that. You're new, so they don't know who you are yet. Mikhael and his friends like to bully the new disciples and scare them into thinking that their group is strong and important." he immediately explained in defense. "You were just a victim of their scheme. That's all." he quickly added.

"Oh....Okay. I get it now." Quirra replied, as he began to move his food around his plate.

"Finish your food. We have early classes tomorrow." Bailey told him.

"Okay." Quirra replied as he sighed heavily and started to shove the food in his mouth.

Bailey smiled genuinely and went back to eating his food, while Quirra wished he had more food.

He was a growing boy, he needed his nutrients to fill in his empty pit of a stomach.

"Ummmm...Bailey....." Quirra started to say while blushing deeply.

"What is it? Don't hesitate to speak." Bailey urged him.

"Can I....ummm....have more food?" he asked sheepishly.

Bailey grinned widely at Krystian and decided to give the rest of his food for him to finish. While he stood up and went to get another set of food, for the both of them. His adorable Krystian liked to eat. He must remember that well about his Krystian , so he can bring a lot of food the next time they eat and feed his growing Krystian well.

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