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While Shin and Leonard were feeling a bit tense, someone suddenly stepped out behind the nearby tree and chuckled.
"Quite alert, aren't you?"
Turning toward that direction, the pair saw Laurent, the young master of the Heavenly Taste, walking toward them.
The two could not help but raise their brows while watching the latter, not daring to lower their guard.
"Senior Laurent," greeted Shin with a seemingly warning tone.
Seeing this, Laurent could not help but chuckle at them. "You don't have to be too tense. I am here to test your alertness at the professor's order. They seem to want to make sure that you guys are always on guard."
"Your group and the rest of the students from the special program should expect a few tests like this in the future since it will become a new 'subject' for your class," he added, explaining that it was another arrangement from the faculty office.
