Chapter 6: Fragments of Memory
"Tianming, you're not a real student, are you?"
Ness's face froze, and she spat out shocking words.
Hearing this, Tianming frowned - he had never meant to hide it, so he knew that his identity as a "student" would be exposed one day.
But he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and the woman in front of him, who had only seen him twice, could guess that he was not a real student.
Tianming is not good at lying, and he doesn't want to prevaricate casually, so he generously admitted:
"I'm not really a student, and I'm here for my own purpose. I'm curious how you guessed it, though. β
Seeing that Tianming asked a serious question, Ness had a black line, but her mood was obviously much happier than in the morning, and her tone of voice was much more relaxed:
"Let's not talk about anything else, just look at the hand you disappeared out of thin air at noon, and the strength you showed just now, it is not difficult to draw these conclusions. After all, there is no way that a middle school student can have the strength of you. β
Hearing Niss's reasoning, Tianying was powerless to refute.
Ness continued:
"I've checked your surname, and there are no nobles with the surname Mipson in the entire kingdom of Arengens, which is contrary to the reason why you can transfer to school, generally speaking, transfer is only a qualification enjoyed by nobles. From this point of view, it is also possible to tell that you are not an ordinary person. β
A new inference struck, and he didn't expect this reason to exist.
"I won't ask you who you are, and I don't care what the purpose of being a student is. Your background, I have fabricated a piece of information through family means that is not easy to be identified even if it is found, and no one except me should be able to find out about you and 'Mipson' in a short period of time. In the future, as long as you don't show your strength above the fourth order at will, and keep a low profile, no one will be able to see that you are not a true student. β
Listening to these sudden words, Tianying couldn't help but be surprised:
"Why are you trying to hide it for me?"
Tempore doesn't understand what Ness means - he discovers he's not a student, but blocks off all the information that can lead to this.
"With your strength, I should call you sir. I do this because I have something to ask for. You also said in the morning, 'If I need help, I can always talk to you'. β
As she spoke, Ness bowed in respect.
Not quite accustomed to Ness's sudden change of respectful treatment, Tianying was stunned.
However, he did not refuse, :
"To the best of my ability, I will not refuse to help you. However, can you not engage in the 'strong are respected' set, I don't like it very much. β
Seeing that Tianying agreed, Ness was overjoyed and said what she wanted:
"If you can, can you teach me swordsmanship and magic before I graduate?"
In order to achieve a certain goal, Ness knows that she must improve her strength, but there are only enough things she can learn in the middle school, and the efficiency of her own training is also limited, so she needs a famous teacher to guide her.
As the daughter of an earl, it was not difficult to find a high-level magician to be her personal trainer, but because of this, the information about her search for a famous teacher could easily reach the third prince, and for some reason, she did not want this to be exposed.
Choosing Tianying, on the one hand, it is not easy to be exposed, on the other hand, under her temptation, it can be confirmed that Tianying has at least the strength of a seventh-order magician, and the highest magician that the third prince can send is also a seventh-order, so she doesn't need to worry about the safety of Tianying because she is implicated.
Besides, Ness had something else on her mind.
Ness pulled out a badge, the family crest of the nobles of Captime.
"Besides, Celestial, I, Captim Ness, would like to invite you to be my friend, using this badge as a symbol of friendship."
This is really sincere, although I have only met twice, but Tianming is the first time that Ness has met in two years, and she is not afraid of the third prince and can communicate with her "peers" with peace of mind.
Tianying is the first "fellow student" in two years, and there is no need to pretend to be indifferent to alienate the first "fellow student"-
Among the nobility, the family badge has a very special meaning, and the gift of the family badge means that the giver is willing to conclude the most sincere friendship with the recipient.
Holding it in both hands, Ness handed the badge to the Heavenly Underworld, and then smiled brightly:
"I'm glad to meet you, too."
This echo of the words he said when he left in the morning, "It's a pleasure to meet you." β
Albeit a little sudden, the Celestial Shadow quickly accepted it all:
"I'm so happy to be your friend."
It's both an affirmation of being friends and an answer to Ness's request.
Celestial Darkness smiled, reaching out to take the badge.
Suddenly!
There was a sense of trance in Tianming's mind, and in a daze, a fragment flashed in his mind:
It was a field of destroyed flowers, the golden flowers were all disillusioned, all lifeless, and the fence outside was reduced to broken wood.
And the owner of this field of flowers, a beautiful woman, knelt beside a cluster of flowers that had not yet died.
Although there was sadness in her eyes, there was a relieved smile on her lips.
As if she had made up her mind, her eyes were filled with determination.
She plucked the cluster of golden flowers that were not dead, held them in both hands, and handed them to the man in front of her:
"That's what I promised you, sorry, I'm just giving it to you now. And then, I'm sorry, I want to give you flowers, that's all that's left. Finally, thank you, thank you for giving me the ability to take revenge. β
The afterglow of dusk selflessly served as her background light, and in the final words of thanks, the woman's body lit up with golden light, and then, starting with her feet, the woman's body gradually turned into free particles, drifting into the distance with the wind.
Just as the particle was about to overflow the woman's head, she said her last words:
"I'm glad to see you again at the end of my life, my last friend, Celestial..."
After speaking, the woman in front of her completely turned into an irreparable light, briefly lit up the darkening sky and disappeared.
The cluster of flowers she was holding fell to the groundβ
At the end of the memory, Tianying suddenly felt that his heart was filled with some unknown sadness.
The next moment, his brain was swept away by severe pain, and the extremely painful Tianying knelt on the ground, covering his head and letting out a low wail.
Ness, who was on the side, was suddenly frightened by this scene, and for a while she became a little overwhelmed-
For some reason, Tianming's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air for a long time, and after this long time, he seemed to have experienced some pain, and struggled weakly on the ground.
Ness quickly arrives in the Underworld and asks him how he is doing and how she wants to help him.
But at this moment, Tianying didn't seem to hear any words, immersed in unspeakable pain and unable to relax.
"Heavenly Darkness! What happened to you? No, you have to inform the teacher. β
And just as Ness was about to ask for help from her teacher, with a wave of her right hand, a small cage appeared and trapped Ness.
"Don't..."
Ness was about to say something, when she saw something crushed by Celestial Darkness's right hand, and then fainted.
In the next scene, Rynis doesn't know why:
A little bit of starlight appeared out of thin air, converging into a small piece of brilliant fragments.
The fragments shimmered with a strange light, and this light gradually converged and extended, turning into a "path of light" to the brain of the Heavenly Netherworld.
The fragment moved slightly, and sank into the Heavenly Brain along the path of light.
Then, the spectacle vanished, as did the cage in which she had been trapped.
And just as Ness was about to step forward again to check the situation of the sky, a hurricane suddenly separated her from the sky, and on the other side of the hurricane, Ness vaguely saw that a beautiful woman picked up the sky, and then the two disappeared along with the hurricane.
Everything returned to normal, the excitement at the beginning, the worry about the current situation of the heavens and the underworld, and finally after witnessing the strange scene just now, Ness's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time:
"What happened, who was the woman who took him?"