Chapter 3: Hidden Sorrow (2)

These seven days were absolutely unprecedentedly fulfilling for Soth, and there was simply no room to think about anything else.

For this reason, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, because Professor Hod was obviously a little too hasty, and stuffed himself with the knowledge he had mastered in a cramming teaching method, which had never happened before.

In Soth's memory, Professor Hodd had never taught himself like he did now, and he had repeatedly warned that magic was gradual, and if he couldn't master it, even if he mastered a thousand or ten thousand kinds of magic, it would definitely not have any effect, but why ...... now? Soth was puzzled, but he couldn't think about it anymore, and on the fourth day, Professor Hodd actually asked Soth to train in a different way, using a simulated combat method.

Soth thought that Professor Hodd would simply use low-level magic like before, but he was wrong, Professor Hold's attitude did not mean to release water at all, he obviously put Soth on the same level as himself.

Although the magic used was only flashes and flames, it was definitely more than classroom training, and the near-instantaneous flames and the high power of the flames made Soth's mind more and more suspicious.

"Boom!"

Again, in the Flame Flash competition, Soth was once again blown away by the strong air currents generated by the Flame Explosion, and it was impossible to tell how many times it was a few times, and in the last three days of simulated combat, this was a familiar picture.

Even with his ability to recover far beyond ordinary people, Soth gradually felt a little overwhelmed, and he had an inexplicable illusion that when facing Professor Hodd in front of him, it was as if he was facing Argus, and there was a faint oppressive force that made it difficult for him to look up.

"Is this the end of it?" Professor Hodd said sternly, looking at Soth lying on the ground, "just expose your defenseless backs to the enemy? Stand up, Soth!"

"It's easy...... "It's been a few hours since the morning, isn't it?"

Looking at Soth's tired expression, Professor Hodd sighed unconsciously, as if he wanted to agree to the student's request, but after a moment of silence, he raised his right hand again and said sternly, "Soth, I think I have repeatedly reminded you that when you step into this barrier, I am your enemy!—do you want to expect the enemy to give you time to rest? Stand up for me!"

"Boom, boom!" Without warning, the ground around Soth exploded into flames, splashing dry dirt on Soth.

"Next time, I'll hit you!Stand up!" The tone of irrefutable was incredible, indicating that Professor Hodd was not joking.

"Even if that's ......," muttered a panting Soth, burying his head in the ground, unable to move, wondering where Professor Hodd had gotten his energy from.

"Tsk!" the student's disobedience made Professor Hodd's expression a little unnatural, and he saw that he pointed at Soth with his right hand, and said in a deep voice, "Looks like I need to put a little pressure on you, little ghost!"

"Boom!"

A burst of flames swept through Soth's body in an instant.

"Wow!" Even Soth, who was quite strong in fire resistance, couldn't bear the sharp burning pain in his back, and the whole person subconsciously bounced, stared at Professor Hod and said angrily, "Professor, are you trying to kill me?"

Facing South's questioning, Professor Hod smiled faintly and said indifferently, "Aren't you still alive and well?"

"What is alive and well?" Glancing at the blouse that had been blown up beyond recognition, Soth only felt a breath of evil air welling up from his chest, and said angrily, "Let's replace it with someone else's dead!"

Indeed, if it were an ordinary person without any affinity for the fire element, he might have died under Professor Hodd's magic, after all, even if it was a basic flame flash, its power was definitely not a joke.

"What? want to be coquettish?" Professor Hodd said with a smile on his lips and said jokingly, "Six months has allowed you to regress to this extent? It's so disappointing, little ghost! Want to rest?It's very simple, as long as you can defeat me, you can rest as long as you want!" As he spoke, the professor raised his right hand, only to hear a thud, and Soth's figure was once again engulfed in flames.

Looking at the raging flames, Professor Hodd's eyes showed a somewhat elusive and inexplicable look, shook his head and sighed, "Is it over......?"

He wanted to say take a break, but before he could finish speaking, the raging flame was extinguished in an instant.

"Do you have a reverse decomposition of the elements?" Professor Hodd said with a big smile on his face, looking at the boy in front of him and teasingly, "That's what you look like, little ghost! don't let me watch you fall to the ground again and again, it will make me feel bored...... If you're a girl, I'll probably release the water!"

"What a joke!" Under Professor Hodd's satisfied gaze, the boy ripped off his torn clothes, revealing two tattoos all over his body, and heard only the sound of the bear, and red flames burned on his body.

"Are you angry?" Professor Hodd said with a smile, and then his eyes fell on the black and white tattoos on the boy's body, and his eyes showed a slight surprise.

"Of course I'm going to be angry!"

With the familiar snapping sound of fingers, Professor Hodd, who was slightly distracted, disappeared in place, and then, a burst of rapid flames instantly engulfed the place where he had been standing.

"Bang bang!" In another place, Professor Hodd's approving applause rang out.

"Yes, yes, but it's a pity that this level is not enough for me!"

"Really?!" Glancing at Professor Hodd's location, Soth snorted coldly, snapped his fingers with his right hand, and then a large flame poured out from the ground, like a sea of fire, engulfing Professor Hod.

"Hey, even if you lay an enchantment, wouldn't it be good to ruin this mountain forest?--Calm down, little ghost, with an attack like this, even if it's dinner time, you still won't be able to hit me!Concentrate on sensing my position and calculating where I'm going to be...... Wow, hey, you already understand, I can't do it without putting a little pressure on you!"

"Damn!"

"Hey, what's this now, are you going to burn that tree and hit me? No kidding, little ghost!"

"Who's kidding you!"

"That's a good momentum, but unfortunately, if you can't concentrate, your flame flash will just be a waste of mana...... Well, I forgot, you recover your mana much faster than the average person, oops, what an enviable talent......"

"Don't talk to me on the side!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Looking at the battle between the professor and the student, Dia, who was standing on the edge of the enchantment, sighed with some concern, and whispered to Abel beside her, "Is there really a fight...... Is that good, Sister Abel?"

"There's nothing wrong with that," Abel said softly, with a somewhat nonchalant smile, "not so much a fight, but rather that the guy is finally starting to get a little serious...... That little imp is too lazy, and without this method, it is impossible to determine what kind of level that little imp is in now......"

"But Soth becomes terrible when he gets angry...... Dia said uneasily.

"Do you mean the powerful dark power in that little ghost's body? Don't worry, that little ghost is just a little angry, not to that extent," said Abel, who paused, stroked the trunk of a tree beside him, and muttered, "Hod has always hated this kind of teaching, and he is ...... My grandfather influenced him to think that the process of learning magic should be enjoyable, although it was for the sake of his students, but this way of teaching was ......"

"Huh?" Glancing at Professor Hodd in the distance, Dia asked curiously, "Then why ......?"

"yes, why......" Abel sighed faintly, and her eyes couldn't help but show a deep sadness.

Over the next two days, South's relationship with Professor Hodder became very "strained".

I don't know when it began, Soth seems to have forgotten that the purpose of this training camp is to familiarize himself with the real Flame Flash, and all he has in mind now is to let Professor Hodd taste what he has tasted.

For this purpose, Soth was very serious in the following training, and Professor Hodd seemed to see through his thoughts, he did not say anything, but continued to attack Soth with words, making him more and more eager to achieve that goal.

By the evening of the seventh day, Soth was already fighting Professor Hodd decently.

Although Professor Huo De has a bit of a meaning of releasing water, the intensity of the battle is definitely no less than that of ordinary magicians.

Flashing and flaming, both of them repeated the two spells, and the originally dense mountain forest became unrecognizable under the magic blows of the two.

A flash appeared behind Soth, Professor Hodd stretched out his right hand and pressed it against the boy's back, and the pure, huge magical aura gushing out was like a shockwave, making Soth, who had not reacted, unconsciously stumble and hit his head on the trunk of a tree, and then, I saw the professor raise his hand, and Soth exploded a flame behind him.

"Soth, remember, magicians don't just use magic to deal with enemies, simple methods, as long as they can defeat the opponent, any means can be used!"

"Damn!" Bearing the attack from the back, Soth waved his hand violently, raised his right hand and was about to fight back, but saw that Professor Hodd had disappeared from the position just now, and this stunned made him hesitate to fight back a little.

Suddenly, Professor Hodd appeared in front of him, only to see him slap the ground, and a huge force surged out of the ground, and a strong air flow like a pillar of fire threw Soth high for a while.

"Careless, little ghost, after taking damage, humans will subconsciously use their eyes to find enemies, but for magicians, this habit is fatal, can your eyes compare to the speed of flashing? How many times have you told you? Give me mental perception!" As he spoke, Professor Hodd pointed at Soth in mid-air with his right hand, only to hear a bang and explode, Soth subconsciously snorted in pain, and was engulfed in merciless flames.

"Damn!" Thos, who was in mid-air, gritted his teeth and disappeared with a sudden, only to reappear behind Professor Hodd.

"That's not bad, but it's not fast enough!" Professor Hodd also disappeared with a thud, and Soth, who was slightly stunned, subconsciously focused on finding the professor's position, but it was still too late, and he was hit in the shoulder with a huge force, and after flying backwards for a few yards, he slammed to the ground.

"How many times have you told you? You must not be distracted in battle, your mental power must always pay attention to your opponent's every move, once the enemy disappears from your perception range, it means that you have fallen into the disadvantage in battle, he can attack you, but you, but you can't attack him!"

"Damn ......" gritted his teeth, and Thos, who was smoky from the flames, snapped his fingers, and then, unsurprisingly, he sensed a burst of incongruous magic.

Want to use flash to escape?

With a sneer, Soth suddenly appeared in the position he perceived, but unexpectedly, he didn't find Professor Hod's shadow, and he was stunned for a moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his back, and the strong force made him involuntarily crash into a tree.

"Oh yes, I expected you to use this trick!" Standing on the branch of a tree, Professor Hodd looked at Soth lying on the ground, smiled and said, "Remember, Soth, there are sometimes traps in the fluctuation of magic power, just like I just did, after realizing that the situation is wrong, what you need is a calm analysis, and timely avoidance, being stunned is the most stupid, which will put you in danger!" However, you have made significant progress compared to a few days ago, and this is the end of today, you will become a great magician!"

"Today is the last day, isn't it?" gasping for breath, Soth rolled over, lay on his back on the ground, and said dissatisfiedly, "I won't agree to end like this, I haven't let you taste what I've tasted, wait, I'll let you lie on the ground and gasp like me!"

"Hehe, it's good to have this determination," Professor Hodd smiled with satisfaction, walked up to Soth, looked at him and whispered, "But, don't just think about yourself, Soth, magic is not the whole meaning of life, don't forget the people who take care of us!" As he spoke, he leaned down, stretched out his hand to Soth, and said in an inexplicable tone, "If you want to defeat my determination, leave it until next time, maybe next time, our position will be reversed!"

Looking at Professor Hod's sincere eyes, Soth snorted dissatisfiedly, took Professor Hod's hand and stood up, and said angrily, "That's for sure!"

"Hehehe," Professor Hodd said with a cheerful smile, reaching out his hand to remove the grass clippings from Soth's hair, then patting him on the head and whispering, "Let's go, it's late, don't keep Abel and Dia waiting!—if we're a little late, Abel will be horrible ......"

"You should say that to her face......"

"Hey, in this case, I'll be killed by her......"

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the two talked and laughed on the way back.

He was too tired to spot the determination behind Professor Hold's smiling eyes.

After dinner, a tired Soth went to bed early.

For the days after Professor Hodd arrived, he slept in Dia's room, which was a very evil and beautiful thing, but unfortunately, after a day of exhaustion, Soth did not even have the strength to move his fingers, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed.

I remember that a few days ago, Dia was still very nervous about this...... "It's been another hard day today, right?" Looking at Soth, who was lying on the bed and falling asleep, Dia lay on the other side with a red face, looking at the boy with a sideways face.

As a few days ago, she still couldn't sleep.

Looks like it's the same tonight...... With a slight sigh on her face, Dia pulled the cup for Soth, got out of bed and walked to the window, looking out at the moonlight.

Suddenly, she noticed that the windows downstairs still seemed to be shining.

"Professor, haven't they rested yet?" Dia was a little curious.

The room where Professor Hodd rested was originally a room where sundries were placed, the room was not big, and it was very messy, because he was too lazy to clean up, so Soth originally slept on the sofa in the living room downstairs, but after Professor Hodd and Abel came, Dia cleaned the room, after all, they couldn't let the professor sleep in the living room, right?

"What are the professors doing if they don't sleep so late?" Curious, Dia wanted to go down to see what was going on, but when she reached the stairs, a faint voice from Abel seemed to make her understand.

Don't...... No way?

Dia's face suddenly turned red, and she subconsciously covered her violently beating chest, and quietly returned to the room with bated breath.

Professor Hodd and Sister Abel both have rings on their hands, they should be married, but even if they are married, this kind of thing is ...... Probably not...... Holding her breath, Dia blushed and pressed her ear to the door, listening quietly.

"Hmm?" Soth, who was lying on the bed, turned over, sat on the bed and rubbed his eyes, looked at Dia hiding behind the door with a deep sense of sleepiness, tilted his head and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Ahh......h No, are you awake, South?"

"Yes, I'......m awake," said Soth's voice, which abruptly stopped, and he saw his tired eyes closed, and he lay back on the bed and fell asleep again.

"What, I didn't wake up...... Dia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and she patted her chest again and again in fright.

It's better to pretend not to know, otherwise how will you face Sister Abel tomorrow!

Thinking of this, Dia went back to bed and lay down, forcing herself to fall asleep, but listening to the steady breathing of the boy who came next to her, she became more and more nervous.

What should I do!" Dia sighed secretly.

Suddenly, she heard a "creak", as if the rusty iron gate in the courtyard had been pushed open.

It's so late, what's going on?

Diaden got out of bed and went to the window to look out, only to see Professor Hodd and Abel at the edge of the barred door, as if they were talking something.

What's going on? It's so late, do you still want to go out?

Dia was puzzled.

Under the watchful eye of Dia from the second-floor window, Professor Hodd and Abel walked to the iron bar.

"So...... I'm leaving!" After pushing open the iron door, Professor Hodder turned his head to look at Abel affectionately, and whispered, "If anything, those two imps will leave it to you!—bring them to Vanderle, it's still too dangerous here!"

Looking deeply at Professor Hodder, Abel seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end, she just nodded slightly, and after sighing faintly, she lowered her head and muttered, "As your wife, what do you say please or not, stupid!"

"Kiss Me ......"

"Heh......"

Dia, who was secretly looking at the two of them on the second floor, was dumbfounded, her cheeks were crimson and she covered her mouth with her hands, holding her breath and not daring to make a sound.

It lasted for a whole minute, and the two of them separated, only to see Abel quickly turn his head, wipe away the tears on his face, and pretend to be angry and say, "Let's go, you hateful fellow!"

"Hehe," Professor Hodd smiled, although he was laughing, but there was no joy in his eyes, he hesitantly raised his hand and put it down, and after a moment of silence, whispered, "I'm sorry, Abel!" With that, he put on his wizard hat and turned to leave.

"Stupid!" Ebel turned his head to look at Professor Hodder, who was fading away, tears streaming down the corners of his eyes as if they had burst an embankment.

"What do you say I'm sorry...... Damn!"

After standing for more than ten minutes holding the iron bar, Abel let out a long sigh and turned to walk towards the room.

At this moment, she seemed a little distracted, as if she had lost the pillar of her soul, holding a large glass of boiling water, and sitting on the sofa in the living room with a shrunk body.

"Sister Abel?" Suddenly, a crisp and puzzled voice came from behind Abel, "What is Professor Hodd doing so late...... Huh, you ......."

Abel woke up suddenly, quickly wiped the tears from his face, barely showed a smile, and whispered, "It's Dia, don't you rest so late?

"Soth is asleep, the day is so hard......" said Dia, who walked up to Abel and sat down, looked at her tear-stained face, and whispered, "Sister Abel, are you crying?"

"There's no ......," said Abel, who sighed faintly, poured a sip of boiling water, and said to himself in a tone of loss, "It's really hard to marry that kind of stupid woman...... Men never understand what is going on in our hearts and what we need...... Maybe they know in their hearts, but for various reasons, they can't fulfill their promises......"

"Huh, is Sister Abel talking about Professor Hodd?" Dia asked curiously.

"Who else but that bastard? Those stupid people don't want to think about it, the country, the war, what does it have to do with us women?!"

"Sister Ebel......"

"What we want is actually very simple, nothing more than care and love, let the surname be unreasonable, why should we women bear it?

"Sister Ebel......"

"That bastard!" Abel wept silently, and after a few minutes, she took a deep breath, wiped the tears from her face, stood up, looked at Dia with a stunned face, and said in a deep voice, "Marrying a man with such a surname, as a woman, you must have this consciousness in your heart!"

"Enlightenment?"

"Ahh

"Ah......h

(To be continued)