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"Asian." Andrew repeated.

"I'll keep that in mind." he said.

"Anyway, I'll leave you to do whatever." he told her, as he got up and started to leave the room.

When he got to the door, however, he paused, and thought about something.

"...Lily. I have one question." he told her.

"I can guess why you have the gloves, and what they're for." he said, pointing to the ones she had on.

"But you said you just noticed this today. Why do you already have them?" he asked her.

"I just connected those, and now I'm... rather confused." he admitted.

"Well, given your age, that would make sense." Andrew responded.

"Regardless, I'm not going to scold you or anything." he said.

"Your mother and I will just need to train you, so that you won't need those gloves." he told her.

"One last thing." he then said.

"Feel like ordering in tonight?" he asked.

"If so, what?"

"For the most part." Andrew replied.

"Lily, I'm proud of you for helping your brother." he told her.

"But I have a question." he said.

"It seems you're unable to control the poisons you excrete." he commented.

"How long has it been this way?" he asked.

Luke and Andrew watched as Lily went off, before Luke sighed.

"I'm going to go lay outside in the backyard." he told his father.

"You do that." Andrew replied.

"Just be careful, there's a storm coming." he warned.

"Supposed to be a violent one as well." he added.

"Okay." Like replied, before heading outside.

"...." Andrew was then silent, before making his way to Lily's room, and knocking on the door.

Luke was silent, and went to his locker, quickly gathering his own things.

"Ok, let's go." he said.

"Before the halls fill up again." he muttered.

Andrew was silent, and then sighed.

"Very well." he told them.

"Let's go." he said, as they all made their way to the teleportation area.

Once there, they were instantly gone in a flurry of leaves, appearing in the den of their home.

Andrew then sighed, and stood up.

"Come on." he said to Luke and Lily.

"Gather what you need to, and we'll go home." he told them.

"Okay." Luke replied.

Andrew then placed a hand on each of their shoulders as they left the office, and smiled at them.

"Us as well!?" the student exclaimed.

"For now." the principal responded.

"After your suspension is finished, we'll see if any further disciplinary actions need to be taken." they continued.

"Lily, you were merely defending your brother, and your mana actions were not entirely out of your control, but you will still receive the week-long suspension." they told Lily.

"We'll have your brother bring you notes and homework." they added.

Andrew's eyes widened a bit.

"Get him to the hospital. NOW." he told the principal.

"My secretary is calling them as we speak." the principal replied.

"Good." Andrew responded.

"Lily. Luke. I must request you return home for the remainder of the school day." the principal then said to Andrew's kids.

"We shall do so." the principal said.

"I'll see if I can create a flower that will help in the meantime." Andrew offered, before looking at Anna.

"What would be best?" he asked her.

"Are we looked at a Detox Daisy situation?" he asked further.

"Or should I go with something that will comfort him?"

"Oh?" the principal asked.

"Yeah." the student responded.

He then proceeded to tell them everything. All that happened at the encounter, and the history of bullying that they had with Luke. Overall, it only took about 10 minutes, but he just poured his soul out, it seemed.

"Look, Dirk and I were just following Felix's orders, but I guess that's no excuse." he went on.

"But... Felix isn't doing so well." he then said further.

"He hasn't gotten any better. And seems to be getting worse." he told them, which seemed to make Felix's parents VERY worried.

"Right." Andrew said.

"How about this." he said to the parents.

"Anna and I go check on Felix and see if we can't fix him up. Then we'll make sure Lily gets some lessons on controlling her abilities. Will that satisfy you?" he asked them, as well as the principal.

"Given this recent testimony, I would call that MORE than fair." the principal responded.

Andrew thought about it for a moment.

"Hm." he muttered.

"Luke, Lily, does that suit you?" he asked their children.

"Mmhmm." Lily responded.

Luke just nodded.

"Right then." Andrew said.

"Let's get some right now." he suggested.

"We'll get this over with, and the truth will be heard."

"Indeed." Andrew said.

"It is now your kid's word against ours." he told them.

"And if memory serves me right, your son has been called to the office many times in the past for bullying." he continued.

"Meanwhile, Lily has been called here not nearly as many times, and this is Luke's first time for something like this." he went on.

"So we are now in a he-said-she-said situation, with Luke and Lily's credibility being much higher." he summarized.

"If you wish to pursue disciplinary action against our children, we will contest it." he said further. "If you want to take this to the courts, we shall take this to the courts." he went on.

"Please. Do tell us what you plan to do." he told them calmly.

"We are not waiting for anyone else." the principal responded.

With that, the parents of the boy immediately accused Luke and Lily of assaulting their son. But it seemed that Andrew and Anna were barely listening.

Then Luke and Lily gave their side of the story.

"So." Andrew commented, when there was a break in the conversation.

"I assume we're here... so we can know that we need to teach Lily how to control her mana?" he asked.

"Because if the result of this is anything other than YOUR boy being brought up on assault charges towards our son, then we will make sure Kalin Kiczys is representing us." he warned them.

"Just so you know." he added with a kind smile... but one that had an immense aura of threat behind it.

"Got ya." Andrew replied.

With that, they ended their conversation, and he got himself ready.

Within 5 minutes, he was at the school, and made his way to the office, where Luke, Lily, the principal, and the boy's parents were already waiting.

Andrew said nothing, before sitting down in a free chair.

"There's a good chance you interrupted a surgery for this." he commented.

"So this had BETTER be good." he added darkly.