[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grand-return-system":3,"chapter-grand-return-system-grand-return-system-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grand Return System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1080181,1397,"Chapter 11: The Quiet Pride of Frost","grand-return-system-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>The Quiet Pride of Frost\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foot rooted to the floor, Shera held his breath, teeth tight, throat locked against the thing he’d seen. A silence pressed in where words should go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chin dipped a touch, Selena’s gaze steady - blue and quiet like morning light on still water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guardian Elder Shera, is there a problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, her voice carried a soft kind of respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warmth spread through her, quiet but sure. Something long held tight began to loosen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face froze when he realized what just happened\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like a quiet revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit her suddenly - how little they grasped what her teacher had truly offered. Quiet moments shaped her, not grand gestures. That care slipped under the noise of daily life like a whisper through cracks. Most people overlooked it entirely. She carried those lessons without naming them. Only now did their weight become clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucky thing, looking back - not one of you picked me at the time. Had someone done so, would I ever have walked beside him... tasted that potion others chase through lifetimes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon’s still gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet strength showed up whenever people spoke badly of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That calm walk made sense only later. His skill level sits beyond what most folks measure easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A real master thinks like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew clearly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of nowhere, she climbed fast - fueled by the Divine Ice Bones and that rare pill made from sacred marrow. Not just any artifact, it sat close to immortal-grade in value. Masters at the top, even someone as strong as Shera, could spend lifetimes chasing such a thing without success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he handed it over fast - no pause at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that point, they saw things differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat built up inside Shera, held tight just below the skin. Yet Mike standing there kept it from boiling over. A sharp glance - cold, bitter - landed on Selena instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if his silence spoke volumes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hold on a moment. Despite that lucky break, you alongside your mentor remain invisible at Celestis Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath Shera’s slow-burning anger, Mike moved in quieter currents. Stillness shaped his mind, where hers boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something feels off here. Is it possible Leon isn’t the useless nobody the whispers claimed - could that version even be real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made his stomach twist - yet lit a quiet spark inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides knowing that, he got another thing too:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fueled by years of tension, Shera carried a deep resentment for the Amethyst Summit Division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, with Revered Zeon still around, Shera kept quiet. Only after he was gone did things shift bit by bit - small slights at first, growing heavier each day, a steady weight pressing on Leon. Quiet jabs piled up, unseen but felt, shaping days into something harder to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bursting through the stillness came Selena’s mind at full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oldest in her class at the Amethyst Summit Division - her path might follow past patterns. Should time echo what came before, leadership could pass to her, step by quiet step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear followed power, so when Shera gained strength - real strength - rest slipped away like smoke through fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Competition was coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told... Mike embraced it. Hard times spark flames. From those flames, resilience was shaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back he spun, his words softening once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Child, how long has your Teacher been in seclusion? Did he say when he would emerge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena paused a moment before dipping her head just a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher didn’t say. If there is something important, Headmaster, you may tell me. I will pass the message on when he exits seclusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing urgent. In three months, the Seven Division Martial Meeting will be held. I came to ask whether the Amethyst Summit Division intends to participate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, even if just one pupil remained, the question needed asking. That responsibility came with being Headmaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seven Division Martial Meeting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena’s eyes brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far before today, Leon talked about it. Still true now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingers brushing her sides, she stood taller. Her words held firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Headmaster, my Teacher told me beforehand. The Amethyst Summit Division will participate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whisper floated through the air above the rocks. Cold silence followed, much like ice drifting down a high gust. Sound thinned out, barely touching the edge of hearing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something started here - enough to rattle every corner of the academy. It didn’t whisper. It hit hard.\u003C\u002Fp>",741,"2026-06-03T10:40:08.506Z","2026-06-03T10:40:16.814Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea39f3094c81b972768261d5c4104a83227969e3bab0ed19b49126f1755b4c49","grand-return-system-chapter-12","grand-return-system-chapter-10",234,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrand-return-system-cover.jpg"]