Neo was sitting on his knees on the cold stone floor.
This was a punishment called fa gui, kneeling as discipline.
He didn't know the exact name or the rules behind it, but he had seen it often enough in the Sect.
When children messed up, elders would push them down like this and make them stay until their legs shook.
At first, Neo hadn't thought much of it.
Now, after hours, he was reconsidering.
"Do you know what you did wrong?" Elizabeth asked.
She was sitting on a chair in front of him, her posture straight, her expression calm but sharp.
Her eyes looked down at him without warmth.
They were inside Elizabeth's residence, in the main hall where she usually met Sect elders.
Paul was still unconscious in one of the inner rooms, being treated by her Technique Spirit.
Neo looked up slightly.
"Nothing?" he said, putting on an innocent expression.
Elizabeth's eyelids twitched.
That single word almost made her lose her composure.
