The thirteenth match of the first round of the final is over, and this is probably the most exciting and intense game in the final.

The leveled playing field was in ruins, littered with rubble and potholes, and although there were no flames on the field anymore, the air around it was still so hot and dry, and the overly dense fire elemental still dominated the place.

When the protective shield outside the field was lifted, a cool breeze blew towards the playing field, and in accordance with the most basic laws of the world, several other elements, especially the water element, were slowly returning to the venue.

"Well done, South!" Glancing at Jiang Zhe on the field, Scott smiled and muttered to himself, then turned around and walked in the direction of the castle - whether he could apply for a temporary leave or not, he had to leave for Galik today.

The game was suspended for about ten minutes or so, because the professors of Riox needed time to reorganize the playing field, after all, the original arena was almost completely destroyed by Jiang Zhe and Lavia.

While the professors were repairing the playing field with earth-based magic, Jiang Zhe and Alan and Lavia left, squeezing through the crowd amid the congratulations, disdain, cynicism, and admiration of countless students.

As of this game, Jiang Zhe and Allen are the only two remaining students in the second year, and the others, such as Scott, Vincent, Lavia and a series of exceptionally outstanding junior students, have been eliminated one after another, and the next game is only the game before the two senior students of Riox and Mirko.

Whether it's jealousy or ridicule, but I don't think anyone will underestimate these two second-year kids, whether it's Jiang Zhe or Allen, they are enough opponents for him to look at with an equal eye - when the strength is enough, the grade is just a standard for dividing the degree of genius.

"That little ghost...... It's strong!" After saying this in a deep voice, Eddie, who had been standing in the distance watching the game, glanced at the arena and said, "Geller, Katerina, get ready, it's our turn!"

"Yes, okay...... I don't have any ......confidence though," Katerina said hesitantly, biting her lip.

"Heh, do your best," Eddie said with a smile as he turned his head to Katerina, "We have a rough idea of the level of fifth and sixth year students at Reox Academy...... You have to believe in your own strength, you can do it......" As he spoke, he paused, turned his head to look at the back of Jiang Zhe and his party leaving, and said with some interest, "Very interesting boy......

"Hey!" Geller said with a hint of sarcasm, looking at Eddie amusedly, "I thought only Gert would bully a junior kid, what's the matter?

"Geller, age is not the only measure of strength, didn't you say that?" said Eddie, paused, looked at the playing field that was being repaired by the professors, and said, "If I can meet him in the next game, I think I will be more than happy to try his strength - all his strength!"

"Hey, okay," Geller yawned, scratching his head, turned around and said nonchalantly, "Honestly, it's a bit of a fun game - it's my turn next, right?

At the same time, Jiang Zhe and the others had returned to their bedroom.

As promised, Lavia went back to her bedroom to get gauze, while Lisa and Lyrela stayed here.

Turning to look at the boy's bedroom, Lerella asked cautiously, "Soth, Alan, did you see Scott?"

"That guy?" said Allen, who was talking and laughing with Lisa, with an angry face, "Are you hiding inside and crying!" As soon as the words fell, Lisa knocked her head with her small hand.

"Alan!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Allen's face changed at a great speed, and he immediately changed his face to a smile, pointing to the room inside and jokingly said to Lyreira, "Maybe that guy needs someone to comfort him right now!"

"Ah......" With a little dazed and a little hesitant, Lyrella whispered, "That's not good...... In her opinion, as a girl, it is really not good to enter the boy's bedroom.

Even though they frequented the boy's bedroom, the bedroom had never been entered, it was a no-go zone for them, and even Lavia did not set foot in it.

Shrugging, Alan said with a nonchalant look on his face, "That's it, don't expect me to pull that guy out anyway - I'm so angry when I see him now!"

"Allen," Jiang Zhe, who had been silent, said softly, "Scott didn't lose the game out of his will, his opponent is not weak!"

"Alas!" said with a long sigh, Alan stood up, scratched his head, and said, "Well, man, since you've said so......" he shouted in the direction of the bedroom, "Scott! Hey, man, there's no need to hide in it even if you lose, do you?"

"Allen ......"

"Hmm?" Stretching out his hand to interrupt Jiang Zhe's words, Alan glanced in the direction of the bedroom suspiciously, and shouted repeatedly, "Scott?

But no matter how much he shouted, there was no response from inside, and he stood up and walked towards the bedroom.

Just a dozen seconds later, he came back again, scratching his head and wondering, "No, that guy ......" he said, he smiled and said speechlessly, "Could it be that you are in a bad mood after losing the game and wandering around the academy?"

"Allen ......"

"Hmm, what's the matter?"

Looking at Allen, who didn't know, Jiang Zhe hesitated for a moment and said, "Before the game, he mentioned this to me, and he wants to go home for a while......"

"What?" I saw Allen's expression change, and he said with a bit of anger, "You said that bastard went home?

Shaking his head speechlessly, Jiang Zhe explained in a low voice, "That's not it, Allen......" But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Allen, only to see him pinching Jiang Zhe's right arm with one hand, and roared angrily in a low voice, "Where is that bastard now?" Soth, tell me, I have to teach that bastard a good lesson!"

Being held by Allen indistinctly, Jiang Zhe only felt a hot pain in his right hand, but before he could speak, he heard a voice with a little anger coming from the door.

"Let it go, Alan, don't you know he's hurt?"

Lavia, who had gone back to her bedroom to get gauze, had returned.

Glancing at Jiang Zhe's still bleeding right palm, Alan seemed to realize his stupidity, quickly let go of his hand, and said apologetically, "Sorry, buddy!"

I saw Jiang Zhe smile bitterly and look at his injured right hand, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's okay, it's not bad, as long as you can calm down and listen to my explanation!" As he spoke, he patted Allen's shoulder with his left hand, made him sit on the sofa, and then told everyone what had happened.

"Oh, I see......"

After quietly listening to Jiang Zhe's explanation, Alan scratched his head and said curtly, "I thought that guy lost the game and was in a bad mood, so he wanted to go home and hide for a while, haha!"

"You think Scott is like you?" Lavia, who was carefully bandaging Jiang Zhe's wounds, sneered angrily.

"Haha, haha," looking at the sympathetic smile in Lisa's eyes, Alan laughed dryly, scratched his head in embarrassment, and then was stunned, and said to Jiang Zhe with a strange face, "But such a big thing, he doesn't tell us personally, it seems that he can't say it, right?"

"According to your temper at the time, can you listen to him? I can't explain it clearly......" As he was speaking, Jiang Zhemeng felt a heart-piercing pain in his right hand, and he only gasped in pain, and he couldn't help lowering his head and glancing at his right hand.

"This ...... Are you really bandaging me?" Jiang Zhe asked strangely as he looked at his right hand, which was wrapped around the gauze and was messed around.

I saw that Lavia showed a rare look of embarrassment, lowered her head, and reluctantly defended, "...... Why didn't you bandage the wound?" she said, looking down and tearing the gauze with her teeth, tying a dead knot.

Looking at his right hand that looked like a dumpling, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is there a bandage like you?" Please, if you don't, please say in advance that you won't bandage, isn't this the end?"

"Hey, Soth, what do you mean? Why wouldn't I? Look, the bleeding has stopped!"

"Hey, it's weird to be strangled like this by you, and the blood is still flowing out!"

"Uh......" Looking at the two people in the quarrel, Alan scratched his head and said, "I said man, Lavia, should we discuss Scott's matter first......

"What's there to discuss?" Glancing at Jiang Zhe indignantly, Lavia took a light breath and recalled, "I have also heard about this, Jacob's rebellion has been very noisy recently, it is said that the lord of the Brownhill region was also assassinated two days ago, and the entire Brownhill was also in chaos, and the local army arrested suspicious people everywhere, and if the other party resisted, they would be killed on the spot...... If this rebellion does affect Galik, then Scott is really worth worrying about......"

"Then forget it?" Looking at Jiang Zhe unwillingly, Alan clenched his fists, pretended to have a vicious expression, and said hatefully, "That guy Scott is too uninteresting, no matter what, I have to teach him a lesson!"

"How to give it to him?" Looking at Alan funny, Jiang Zhe said jokingly, "Is it possible for you to catch up with Galik?"

"Eh!" I saw Allen's eyes roll, stretched out his right hand and nodded, and said with a smile, "That's it!"

"Forget it, Alan," following Lyrela's gaze, Lavia noticed the knightly doll Knight standing on the long table like a javelin, and shook her head, "I didn't even bring Knight, I think Scott was in a hurry to leave this time, after all, it was about his grandfather's safety, and we should understand his ......"

"Yes!" Echoing Lavia's words, Lerella walked over to the long table and reached out to touch him, when Nate raised the slender spear in his hand, the tip of which had touched Lerella's fingers.

"Be careful, Lyrela, this guy is dangerous!" Ellen said with a grin, apparently seeing Lyrela's actions.

However, to Alan's surprise, the knight puppet Nate slowly lowered the spear in her hand after staring directly at Lyrela's eyes for a while, allowing her to hold herself in her hand.

"Wow!" Allen clapped his hands with a little surprise, then turned his head, scratched his head and said to Jiang Zhe, "That's ...... Did that guy say when he's going to be back?"

"Hmm...... Wait until the rebellion is quelled, or he can guarantee that his grandfather will not be harmed......"

"Hey! When was that?" Purssing his lips speechlessly, Alan put his head in his hands and said angrily, "So if the rebellion is not quelled, and he can't guarantee that his grandfather will not be harmed, that guy won't come back?"

Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders and said truthfully, "I'm afraid that's the case......"

"Smack!" Sullen slammed the table, Alan swooped to his feet, paced back and forth in the room a few times, and said angrily, "This bastard! The next time you meet him, you'll have to punch him hard!" With that, he walked over to the long table, propped his hands on the table and said seriously, "I'm going to smack up the guy who beat Scott, and then punch him the next time I see that bastard, and tell him about it, hahaha...... I really want to see what that guy's face looks like then!"

Glancing at Allen, who was laughing, Jiang Zhe pursed his lips speechlessly, shook his head and said, "Then I wish you success!"

"Hey!" patted Jiang Zhe on the shoulder, Alan smiled and said, "Don't say it's so easy, even if this round is over, there will be thirty-two of us at that time, I don't know if I'll be so lucky to meet the one with unilateral glasses, so let's do it, man, if you run into him and beat that guy, and when the time comes to meet Scott, you say that I defeated him, is that okay?"

Glancing at Alan strangely, Jiang Zhe shook his head speechlessly, and said with a chuckle, "You miscalculated, Allen, it's thirty-one of you, I won't be able to meet that guy named Gert ......"

"What do you mean?" Looking at Jiang Zhe in surprise, Allen's eyes widened, and he said incredulously, "You won't tell me that you want to abstain, right?"

"That's what it means!"

“......”

At the end of the short day, when Scott was in a horse-drawn carriage to Galik, the first round of finals had come to an end at Reochs Academy, and after many days of selection, only thirty-two students were able to qualify for the next round.

Regarding Jiang Zhe's abstention, Allen originally thought it was just a joke, so he didn't care.

But when the next morning, when he, Lisa, and Lyrela waited for a long time in the arena, waiting for the game to start and still didn't see Jiang Zhe, he realized that his roommate wasn't joking.

Oh my God, what a joke!

Standing out from a full 400 students, as the only 32 outstanding students to enter the second round of the finals, he would choose to abstain at this time?

Alan covered his forehead speechlessly.

Ten minutes before the start of the match, Professor Pooley, who was the referee, had already stepped onto the playing field and read out all the battle lists that had been lined up one by one.

In the first, Uhtred Bertridge, a sixth-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Edie Cafferty, a sixth-year student at Mill Academy Academy.

In the second, Utburney Obredy, a fifth-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Claudine Aimer, a sixth-year student at Mill Academy.

In the third session, Kelly Danvers, a sixth-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Gert Danzi, a fifth-year student at Mill Academy Academy.

...... In the seventh game, Soth, a second-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Eddie Neam Amherst, a fifth-year student at Mill Academy Academy.

In the eighth session, Alan Scander, a second-year student at Reochs Academy, vs. Geller Verzing, a fifth-year student at Mill Academy of Sciences.

...... But not to mention that Jiang Zhe was not seen at the beginning of the game, and even when the sixth game was about to end, Allen still didn't see his roommate.

"Hey, Ive!" Suddenly, Lisa's greeting caught Ellen's attention, and he looked up just in time to see Lavia walking towards him.

In the past few games, the senior students of Reochs Academy have all met this girl who is equally outstanding in appearance and strength, and have made way for her like a gentleman.

Politely smiling at the seniors who were out of the way, Lavia walked up to Alan and Lisa, smiled and asked, "How's the game going, Alan?

After glancing behind Lavia a few times, Alan said nonchalantly, "Why are you here?" As soon as the words fell, Lavia's head was smashed with the book in his hand.

I saw Lavia holding an extremely thick magic book in both hands, and said angrily, "Can't you come if you lose?"

Alan smiled dryly, touched his head and said embarrassedly, "No, no, I didn't mean that......"

"Giggle," Lavia said with a giggle and holding the magic book, "Okay, I just went to the library to borrow a book, and I saw the game start, so stop by and take a look, cheer you on, don't lose, Alan!"

"Huh?" Looking at Lavia in surprise, Lisa asked curiously, "Ive, you're in a good mood today, did anything good happen?"

Lavia asked inexplicably, "Is there one?"

"Yes!" Lisa nodded vigorously.

"Hmm...... Probably," she giggled, and Lavia turned to Allen, "Come on, Allen!" as she turned, ready to leave.

"Wait, Lavia," called Lavia, who was about to leave, and Alan said with a strange expression, "What about that guy? I mean ......"

"Soth?" Lavia said with a smile on her head, "Are you going to ask me about him?" Giggles, I think that idiot is still asleep...... By the way, Alan, the spell in your dorm hasn't changed, has it?"

"No......," said Alan with a sneering shake of his head, "I said Lavia...... Is Soth really going to abstain?"

"Hmm," Lavia nodded, inexplicably, "Didn't he say it yesterday?"

"But," said ...... Ran after opening his mouth for a long time, and said with a strange expression, "I thought he was just joking...... Okay, okay, even if it's not a joke, isn't it that if he abstains, you're not going to say something?"

Looking at Alan in bewilderment, Lavia asked suspiciously, "What did you say?"

"Hey!" Alan laughed, coughed, and whispered, "He abstained, and to abstain was to admit defeat...... Will you not persuade him?"

"That's different!"

"How is it different, do you want to see him after winning you, and abstaining when he meets others?"

"Does it matter?"

"......" Alan was completely speechless, and suddenly, he had an idea and whispered to Lavia, "That guy is very powerful, a few of us know this, but others don't know, in case others think that he is afraid of his opponent and abstains......"

"It's ......," Lavia hesitated.

At this time, the sixth game was over, and Professor Pooley stepped on the playing field and shouted, "Next is the seventh game, our second-year college South, against Eddie Neam Amherst, a fifth-year student at Mill Academy, please enter immediately!"

"Look at it," Ellen whispered, pointing to Eddie who was slowly walking towards the center of the stage, "Look at that pretending guy, what kind of expression do you look at him, it's really unpleasant......"

Following the direction of Alan's finger, Lavia glanced at Eddie on the stage, only to see that his hands were shrunk in the wide white magic, and his eyes were slightly squinted, as if he was very calm and had the chance of victory.

"Hmm......" frowned, and Lavia whispered, "Wait, I'll call him!"

"Hey!" looked at Lavia, who was hurrying towards the castle, and Alan smiled proudly.

"Allen," Lisa said in confusion, pulling at the sleeves of Allen's robes, "why do you have to let Soth compete?"

"It's very simple," I saw that the smile on Allen's face was gradually replaced by seriousness, and he looked at the arena and said sincerely, "The purpose of my participation in this competition was originally to compete with Soth and Scott...... In the past, it was just a half-playful and half-serious contest, so this time ......" said, he suddenly smiled, and said with a wink at Lisa, "Especially that bastard Scott, who often looks at me and laughs, never takes me as a future battle mage in his eyes, I have long wanted to teach that guy a good lesson, but unfortunately, that guy is too angry...... There's no way, so let's try the power of a battle mage first, hahaha!"

"Oh......" Lisa was stunned, and glanced at Lerella, who shook her head helplessly, and the two smiled slightly, but Lerella smiled a little reluctantly.

But things clearly came as a surprise to Allen...... Here's the thing, Lavia, who was moved by Allen's words, rushed to Jiang Zhe's bedroom in a hurry, pushed open the door, and sure enough, saw Jiang Zhe lying on the sofa with a book on his face and napping.

Shaking her head angrily, Lavia walked over in a few steps, picked up the book and threw it aside, and wanted to pull Jiang Zhe up without saying anything.

"Hey, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts," Jiang Zhe, who was half-asleep, gasped and shouted loudly, "What are you doing!"

"I ......" hurriedly let go of Jiang Zhe's right hand, Lavia said with a little apology, "I didn't mean to, I just forgot......" said, she seemed to think of something, and said anxiously, "Let's go, Soth, the game is about to start!"

Holding his right hand, Jiang Zhe looked at Lavia inexplicably, and said in surprise, "I said that I abstained, you also heard it yesterday......"

"Yes, I heard it, but ......" Glancing at Jiang Zhe, Lavia hesitated and said, "Maybe abstaining is equivalent to losing the game......"

"If you lose, you lose," Jiang Zhe said slowly, "I didn't ......go to win the game, for that legendary magic prop," he said, he glanced at Lavia, and said angrily, "If you hadn't threatened me, I wouldn't have participated in that competition!"

"Why did I threaten you?" subconsciously retorted, Lavia was stunned, looked at Jiang Zhe and asked unnaturally in a whisper, "You mean...... Are you going to that contest because you did what we agreed?"

Rolling his eyes, Jiang Zhe snorted twice and asked rhetorically, "What do you say?"

"How do I know......," Lavia muttered, but her eyes showed satisfaction and joy, and she bit her lip lightly and stammered, "But others will misunderstand you, in case you say that you give up the game because you are afraid of your opponent......"

"What does it matter to me what other people think?"

"Giggles," in Jiang Zhe's surprised gaze, Lavia chuckled, then coughed lightly, and said seriously, "Okay, then so be it, anyway, you are indeed injured, and it will be okay to explain it like this when the time comes, hmm...... Don't sleep, you know to sleep all day long, I borrowed a book from the library, which explains the theory of the fire element......"

"Hey, isn't it......"

"No rebuttal! I know you're not going to take the initiative to look at this material...... Hmph! Don't try to lie to me, if you want to become a qualified magician, this knowledge will have to be mastered sooner or later! Okay, listen carefully, don't doze off, don't interrupt me......"

“......”

As a result, not to mention Jiang Zhe, even Lavia didn't go back...... "What's going on?"

"Where's the little ghost man named Thos?"

"It can't be cowardice, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense, that little ghost is very strong!"

Amid the discussion of students around the arena, Professor Pooley took out his pocket watch from time to time to look at the time.

To be honest, for the little guy who is only in the second year but has the strength level of a fifth-year student, Professor Pooley has a good impression of him personally, not to mention that the little guy is still the apprentice of Professor Hodd, who has a good relationship with him.

Because of this, Professor Puley did not judge Jiang Zhe, who delayed the time of the game, as a failure.

But even then, it's been almost ten minutes, and the kid still hasn't shown up in the ring, much to Professor Poolie's embarrassment...... As if he saw Professor Pooly's difficulty, Eddie politely said, "Professor, can you wait a little longer? I'd love to talk to this fellow student about magic ......."

"Of course, of course!" Professor Poole apparently wanted Eddie to say that, he looked around, then pointed at Alan and said, "Alan, can you please call Soth-san?"

Obviously, both Alan and South, these two problematic students with more than strength have caught the attention of professors a long time ago, and after this game, their popularity has grown even more.

"Okay, Professor!"

Nodding with some gratitude, Alan in armor ran towards the castle.

So, after waiting for another ten minutes, Alan returned to the arena, looking at his expression, he didn't seem to be in high spirits...... "Alan, where is South?"

"Uh, this ......" Scratching his head, Alan stepped onto the arena and said to Professor Poole with an embarrassed expression, "He...... He said abstain!"

"Abstaining?" Professor Poole's eyes widened in surprise and he asked, "Was the injury he received during the last game serious?"

"Doom...... I think so!" Alan said strangely, and then pouted secretly, serious?

"What a pity!" Professor Pooley said with a sigh and a frown, "if the injury is severe, then it should be shown to the professors, alas...... It's a pity!" As he spoke, he glanced at Eddie, nodded and said, "This student, Soth gave up this game, so you won this one!"

It can be seen that Eddie did not have much joy after hearing the news, on the contrary, he was a little disappointed, and after frowning and glancing at Allen, he nodded and said politely, "That's a pity...... I see, thank you, professor!", he turned, and walked straight to the sidelines.

"What are you pretending!" Looking at Eddie's back as he left, Alan pursed his lips with a snort, then scratched his head and turned away.

"Wait, Alan!" Professor Pooley called out to Allen in time, pointing to the battle list in his hand and said, "Don't go, Alan, the next game is you......"

"No need, Professor!" I saw Alan turn around and say weakly, "Trouble Professor to tell my lucky opponent that I abstained!"

"Huh?" Pooly's eyes widened in astonishment, apparently stunned.

"Stop!" was a shout from outside the arena just as Alan jumped off the field and was about to leave.

I saw Geller push away the crowd with a disgruntled face, put one hand on Allen's shoulder, and said viciously, "Bastard boy, don't think I didn't hear it! What did you mean by that sentence just now?"

"Geller!" said Eddie, who arrived later, with a frown, "What are you doing, Geller?!"

"What are you doing?" Geller sneered and said mockingly, "I can't pretend not to hear it when I am called a lucky guy by a second-year imp!"

Glancing at his left shoulder, Alan said lightly, "Then what do you want?"

"How?" Geller smiled coldly and pointed to the arena behind him, the meaning was already obvious.

With a playful smile, Alan said lightly, "Hmph, I don't have that much time to play with you, let go!"

"What if I don't let it go?"

"Don't let it go?" As if hearing some funny joke, Alan laughed and said, "That's easy!" he said, raising his right hand and putting it on Geller's hand.

And in the next second, whether it was Allen or Geller, the expressions of the two of them changed invariably.

"Stop, Geller!"

"Stop, Allen......"

Under the persuasion of Eddie and Lisa, Alan and Geller pinched each other with both hands, and their eyes became more and more fierce.

"What are you two doing?" Professor Pooly, who had come back to his senses, hurriedly rushed over and shouted, "Alan, and this student of the Mil Academy Academy, you two should restrain me!"

"I'm sorry, Professor!"

"I'm sorry......"

The two apologized in a tone that was not sincere, and then slowly let go of their hands.

Hehehe, Allen whispered, "Great strength, good luck guy!"

Feeling the muscles in his head swell, Geller said fiercely, "You're not bad, little ghost!"

Immediately, the two glanced at each other and turned to leave one after another, however, during this time, Alan kept rubbing his right hand and scolded in a low voice, "It hurts, that bastard......"

Geller was the same, looking at his slightly red and swollen right hand, he scolded viciously in a low voice, "That stinky boy, is it a monster!"

And just like that, after almost twenty minutes of waiting, the two games ended almost at the same time...... Shaking his head with a wry smile, Professor Pooley, who had never encountered such a thing, sighed helplessly, returned to the center of the arena and shouted, "In the seventh game of the second round of the finals, due to the second year of our school, Soss, who was injured in the previous game, abstained, and the winner, Eddie Neam Amherst, a fifth year student in Mirko. And the eighth race, uh, for special reasons, our second-year student Alan Scander, also announced his abstention, and the winner, Geller Wizin, a fifth-year student of the Mill Academy of Sciences, ......"

At the same time, outside the gate of Reox Academy, I saw a girl with long azure hair looking at the ancient castle in the distance in confusion and sighing slightly.

Immediately, she took out a small yellowish note from the small bag she was carrying, on which seemed to have a few lines written in ink, only to see that she let go slightly, and the small note flew strangely in the direction of the ancient castle.

After waiting for about ten minutes, with the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged professor hurried over, and after glancing at the girl outside the iron door, he recited a few incantations to the iron door, only to hear a click, and the iron door opened.

After opening the ancient iron door, the middle-aged professor looked at the girl in front of him and said apologetically, "I'm very sorry, because there is a competition going on in the academy, and we are the referees, so ...... Hehe, you've been waiting for a long time, haven't you?"

"No, Professor, just for a moment......"

"Hehe, that's good," the middle-aged professor nodded, looked at the girl and asked hesitantly, "Are you ...... Dia Pallas?"

"Yes, Professor...... Do you know me?"

"Oh, yes," the middle-aged professor smiled and said, "I've heard your mentor, Professor Katie...... It's been hard along the way, come on, come in!"

"Hmm," the girl nodded obediently, and walked straight inside.

After reciting a spell and closing the ancient iron door, the middle-aged professor turned around and said curiously, "By the way, I heard Professor Katie say that you ...... back," he paused, looked at the girl in surprise and asked, "Hmm, Dea Pallas, your face is not very good, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No," the girl whispered, shaking her head and smiling reluctantly, "I...... I'm fine, thank you professor......"

"Oh, no, it's okay......"

(To be continued)