218 All Manner of Preparations are Complete

Rebellious kids always ended up grounded. Ergo, the girls were grounded on the next day. To make the decision even clearer, Baiyi confiscated their allowance, along with Tisdale's own "private funds".

He also delayed his own expedition just so he could rent a conference room from the General and restart his long-forgotten lesson on Elementary Formations!

"Hmph! Mr. Hope is mean! Why do we still have to have classes during vacations? I'm never liking you again!" Little Mia mumbled under her breath.

Baiyi ignored her complaint, using the feather duster as his pointer on the chalkboard and said, "Mia, please answer this question."

The girl stood up, went to the chalkboard and scribbled for a good dozen minutes— and she still got it completely wrong.