24 Professor Belmont and the Interns IV

Emil watched impassively as his mentor-brother worked on regenerating an arm with the confidence and focus he'd only seen in specialists and Healers with decades of experience.

Unfortunately, Yuliang wasn't experienced enough to maintain the energy discharge to his fingertips yet, but the fact that he can limit it to his hands, at his age, was still quite impressive.

Emil briefly spared a side glance at the two Enforcing students watching the procedure in silent fascination. Khalifa Hassan and Alan Richards. young Master Rydel's closest companions.

A bad investment if Seth Rydel was hoping to increase his standing in Society, but then again, the Rydel family had never seen the value in making connections; too blinded by their family's gleaming reputation and arrogance to see beyond themselves.

On the other hand, Emil's younger brother, Feliks, was using his time here wisely, establishing a wide network of "friends" with the talented, the influential, and the well connected among his peers.

At the rate their family's prestige was rising, the day the noble Belmont would stand above the Rydels would not be far off and Emil couldn't wait.

"I'm done, professor."

The words caught Emil off guard, but he didn't let his surprise show. Instead, he reached over to inspect the young man's work himself. The structure, the quality, the flexibility of the joints, the blood flow beneath. The arm was hairless, but a sweep of Energy through the skin indicated active follicles beneath the skin.

As expected of Master Hala's grandson.

There wasn't a single flaw to be detected.