I carried the unconscious Shin Noya back to the Mount Hua Sect.

The moment I crossed the barrier, I was met with the sight of an old turtle-faced man scowling deeply at me.

Glaring at me, he burst out in fury.

"You goddamn brats—! I just finished repairing that barrier the last time, and I explicitly told you to be delicate with it—!!"

He was about to launch into a full tirade when his eyes caught sight of Shin Noya slung over my back.

"Elder… Elder… Noya…! Noya collapsed…!"

I stammered, my words spilling out incoherently. I couldn’t even string together a proper sentence.

Cold sweat gathered on my forehead. My breath trembled—not from exhaustion, but from sheer confusion.

"……."

The old man narrowed his eyes at me before casually pulling out his staff from… somewhere.

Vwoom—!!

With a slight wave of his staff, Shin Noya's body lifted off my back and drifted toward him.

"Tsk…"

Clicking his tongue, the elder inspected Shin Noya, his brows furrowing.

"Sect Leader… Why do you insist on being so stubborn…?"

His quiet words brushed against my ears.

"Elder… why did Noya suddenly…?"

"I’ll take the Sect Leader. You do not follow."

"What…? But—!"

"You being there will only make things worse. If you truly care about that old man, don’t make things worse for him. Stay out of it."

"……."

I widened my eyes at his words.@@novelbin@@

Worse?

Was I somehow responsible for this?

But Noya never took a direct hit from me.

The Red Heaven domain shouldn’t have caused any real damage.

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