Emma and the others were holding their heads in pain as they walked home. When Kevin woke up, he quickly healed them too. Of course, heavy wounds didn't just disappear. Especially when Kevin's level as a healer was so low. Still, he was able to get them home. If their condition worsened, they could always go to the academy healers.

Now they were on their way home. Those who saw them on the road were talking about who could do this to a house with such great power in District 1. At the same time, Quentin went to his own house. He was in better condition than they were. He only had a slight head injury and Kevin had almost healed him. He would be back to his old self after some rest at home.

"I apologise. Maybe this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't become useless," Melony said. She bowed her head and tried to hide the big ugly scar on her face. Especially from Kevin. It was her weakness that she had come to such a state.

It was Kai's fault, but Melony could no longer find a reason to be angry with him. It was pointless in itself. Kai was like a child. It was futile to argue with him. Kai couldn't be wrong.

She woke up before the others, but she had no strength to move and a big bruise on her head. So she couldn't do anything. When she woke up, Kai was already gone.

That's when she realised they'd lost the fight.

"Don't feel sorry for yourself. I can even say I'd like to be you. That attack was too powerful. Our numbers meant nothing. You couldn't have done anything. Don't feel bad."

Emma sighed and looked at the house in the distance as she crawled forward. She gritted her teeth.

"My kidneys still hurt. The animal almost broke all my ribs. Kevin even overstepped his limits until he healed us, and he's not the only one. Quentin overstepped his limits too, but he looked so sad. It must have hurt to see the difference. It must have really upset him that Kai's power, even this much, could beat us. We're not on the same level and we all started at the same time. Sometimes the height of his ability makes me question the justice of the universe. "Emma said. Her leg seized for a moment. After hitting it a few times, she started to move forward by rubbing her foot again. Fortunately, they had brought adrenaline injections with them so they didn't feel the pain.

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Kai was smart, but they weren't stupid. They had learnt to be prepared for anything.

Emma was right. It took Kevin about ten hours to heal them. They were so badly injured they couldn't even get to the infirmary. They couldn't move their legs. In normal hospitals, they could have lost their legs or arms. Kai crushed them like insects. It was very humiliating.

And they were very hungry. With 10 hours of hunger, they could have eaten a dinosaur.

When they came home, Lena and Jace were fighting outside again. With continuous combat training, Jace was trying to add something from his own experience to Lena. They definitely should have won a piece of this training. They looked pretty bad.

Kai was lying down watching television. He had spent the first hour sleeping at home. Sleep had healed his wounds and got him back in shape. In the remaining hours he'd done a bit of walking around, picking on the upperclassmen, and a few hours of training. In the final hours he had settled down to watch a television programme he often watched in Seattle.

When Emma saw Kai sitting on the couch while they were in so much pain, she couldn't contain herself any longer and attacked Kai. Her claws were meant to tear his neck off. This was the madness of hunger and thirst.

He was now a zombie who wanted brains.

Kai saw Emma suddenly jumping on him, but he deliberately did not react.

When Emma jumped on him, Kai waited for the right moment. He twisted his body. He accelerated and moved behind Emma in an unnatural movement. Of course, when he found the right opportunity, he grabbed Emma by the legs and the young girl, who was weak in the air, ended up in Kai's arms.

Emma's arms ended behind Kai's neck and her legs whipped Kai's arse.

"Yiha!"

The embarrassing words spilling out of Kai's mouth brought enlightenment to Emma. Emma blushed like a tomato when she realised she was wrapped around Kai's waist with her feet. Kai was almost close enough to kiss Emma.

"Isn't it time for my second kiss?" said Kai. Emma shouted at Kai with her reddened speed.

She was actually really angry this time.

"What are you doing?! No second kiss for you, of course not! What do you think I am that you're being so shameless!? What are you to me-"

The words were interrupted by a sudden change of expression on Kai's face. Kai pulled Emma's legs and Emma fell on her arse. Kai sighed and shuffled away. He wasn't going to have this argument anymore. He was getting upset.

Emma realised that her words once again meant the same things she had implied in the past. She had been hurtful in order to be moral, and especially to someone she didn't want to be hurtful to.

Emma went after Kai after a while. The others continued to do what they were doing. In fact, they weren't doing anything. They leaned back on the sofa and watched the continuation of the television programme that Kai had interrupted. Each of them secretly thought that Emma couldn't take a joke. And that Kai was too touchy.

But there was one of them who didn't think that. Someone who wasn't there. Kevin.

At that moment, Kevin was not in this group.