The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

Furthermore, Claire and Orina's memories are erased every time they leave the dream world, so it's impossible for them to tell Tracy about this.

Then, there's only one possibility left.

Ryan quickly put down his book: "What happened? Did something happen to Claire?"

"How dare you ask!" Tracy plopped down next to Ryan, her pretty face close to his, glaring at him fiercely.

"When did Claire become a masochist?"

After that, Tracy repeated everything Claire had told her during the day, word for word.

Ryan frowned after hearing this.

In the dream world, he had indeed done some things to Claire. And those things had undeniably affected her subconscious, resulting in her awakening some less desirable traits.

It was precisely because he wanted to mitigate the impact of this attribute that Ryan deliberately maintained a safe distance from Claire.

What was unexpected was that Claire eventually awakened and became a masochist.

It’s so frustrating!

It is foreseeable that as time goes by, Claire's awakened masochistic tendencies will become stronger, eventually turning her into a puppet of desire and a second Olina.

Sin!

"Confess! Did you do something?"

Faced with Tracy's questioning, Ryan could only rack his brains for an explanation.

But Tracy isn't Claire; she's not so easily fooled.

Ryan's explanation was ultimately too weak and was refuted by Tracy one by one.

“Ryan…for the sake of our past as colleagues and friends, I advise you…to turn yourself in.”

"what?!"

"I never imagined you'd lay a hand on a female student! I'm so disappointed in you!"

Ryan declared righteously and firmly: "Let me state upfront, I have never done anything to Claire!"

That's true, at least in the real world!

"I know you're a healthy man with those needs! But... but you can't lay a hand on a student! If you really can't hold back, you can tell me! At worst, I'll... lend you myself for a bit!"

Ryan: “???”

Ms. Tracy!

Do you know what you just said?!

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Why Did You Raise the White Flag First?

What is meant to be a blessing will not be a curse; what is meant to be a curse cannot be avoided.

Although Ryan could never admit it in front of Tracy.

But he knew very well that Claire's condition was definitely a lingering effect from the last time the dream world forcibly stitched together the magic circuits.

If Ryan continues to run away at this point, Claire's subconscious desires will remain unfulfilled, which will eventually affect her real-world personality.

It seems it's time to say goodbye to this place.

After Ryan repeatedly assured her that he would take full responsibility for Claire's condition,

That very night, they moved out of Tracy's house.

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Claire got up, washed, and put on her clean and tidy school uniform as usual.

Standing in front of the mirror, she carefully straightened the wrinkles in her school uniform top and patted the matching mini-skirt. After confirming that her makeup was perfect, she put on her knee-high black stockings and brown leather shoes.

I opened the door, expecting Tracy to be standing there with breakfast, just like always.

As it turned out, she was greeted not by the always smiling and beautiful mentor, but by Ryan.

More than a week has passed since that operation ended.

During that time, Claire never saw Ryan again.

Happiness came so suddenly that Claire blinked, momentarily stunned and unable to process it; her mind went blank.

Ryan smiled and waved to Claire.

"How did your studies go while I was away?"

Claire's big eyes sparkled as she buried her face in Ryan's arms.

"Mentor Ryan!!!"

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There is something to say.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Although it's not the most appropriate phrase to use here, it's the one that best describes Claire's state of mind at this moment.

Ryan's deliberate distancing did not produce the desired effect; instead, it made Claire even more dependent on Ryan.

In the next few days,

Claire proved with her actions what true intimacy means.

Claire would wait for Ryan at the door whether he was in class, eating, resting, or even going to the restroom.

They were afraid he would take this opportunity to slip away through the window.

At Ryan's insistence, Claire did not make any further physical contact, but simply walked alongside him and occasionally tugged at his hand quietly.

However, this was enough to confuse Ryan.

Of course, there is also good news.

After repairing the three magic circuits, Claire displayed astonishing talent and ability.

With the patient guidance of Tracy and the other mentors, Claire is now fully capable of mastering magic below the third tier.

Claire can even skillfully cast some complex fourth-order spells that only mentors can use.

With this level of ability, he is already far ahead of 99% of the students.

During the process, some mentors also expressed their unease.

After all, Claire was a criminal of the Duchy of Ferrante, and after her magic circuits were destroyed, she was exiled to the academy.

Such a special identity,

The circuit has now been successfully repaired, and he has even learned magic at the academy.

Will this incident provoke the hatred of the Duchy of Ferrante?

While the old king wouldn't actually do anything to the academy because of this, given that it's backed by the Basmah Church, he could still secretly target the instructors or sabotage them.

After all, he is the head of a country, so it's normal for the mentors to be worried.

Ryan knew that, of course.

So after he took over, he took on all the teaching responsibilities himself.

Claire was originally his student.

Those mentors were already incredibly kind of them to lend a hand when they were being targeted by West.

It's simply unreasonable to make them take on any more risks.

The most bizarre thing during this period was that the punishment order issued by West was suddenly cancelled yesterday.

This is the explanation given by the college.

The ability assessment will be held soon, and in order to ensure that students can continue their studies normally, the punishment for Ryan will be temporarily suspended.

Although it was said to be temporarily shelved, it was actually withdrawn.

Ryan was a little confused.

Their plan hasn't even started yet, so why did West raise the white flag first?

what's the situation?

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"Old man! Why was Ryan's punishment revoked?!"

In a dark room.

West stormed out of the door and confronted the old man in white.

"You still have the nerve to ask! If it weren't for you causing trouble everywhere, we wouldn't be in this predicament!"

West couldn't understand: "Old man, you know this isn't the first time. Besides, you're the dean of the academy; even if all the instructors joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for you."

"Is it really necessary to be this afraid of Ryan?"

“Foolish! Foolish!” The white-robed elder’s tone was gloomy: “Let me tell you, just yesterday, new news came from the Duchy of Ferrante.”

"Olina's missionary work trip to the Duchy of Ferrante is just a pretext. What she really wants to do is to purge the Eternal Church that we've worked so hard to build! Our people in the Duchy are either dead or have completely severed ties with us!"

"W-what?!" West was shocked, his hands trembling.

"We did it so discreetly, how did Orina find out?!"

"You still have the nerve to ask!" The white-robed old man's face fell, his eyes filled with malice, wishing he could kill West on the spot: "Isn't it because you keep making mistakes? We've been using our connections so frequently, it was only a matter of time before we were exposed!"

“Olina isn’t stupid! If she follows the trail and finds us, we’ll be burning at the stake in no time!”

"I'm warning you! If there's a next time, don't blame me for being ruthless."

West stood there, completely stunned.

The Church of Eternal Life is a business that he and these high-ranking individuals spent a long time building up.

It's called faith, but in reality it's just a way to make money.

With the support of their followers, they lived a very comfortable life.