Cloud Thinking

Mobichues was indeed very powerful. With his patient teaching and fancy magic, Helia put a filter on him again. Vikes was also much more powerful than Helia had imagined. He was a magic swordsman, which was different from the magician direction that Helia wanted to go. But even so, watching him wielding a flaming sword to fight against the puppet man, the perfect combination of magic and cold weapons was truly a stunning visual feast.

That day, after Vikes finished his training and Helia escaped from Mobicius's devilish training, Helia took the initiative to find Vikes and invited him to have dinner together on the pretext of exchanging experiences.

"Senior, why do you keep your hair long? Won't it be inconvenient for you to use a sword?" While eating, Helia looked at the small tufts of hair tied behind Vikes' head and asked curiously.

"I had short hair originally, but I grew it long to piss off that old man for having no hair," Vikes explained. "Also, long hair is deceptive, making people think I'm easy to bully. I'm using myself as bait."

But, this long hair makes you look more gloomy, scary and difficult to deal with. How can you be weak... Helia thought.

"Well, senior's long hair looks good." Helia praised against her conscience.

"Really?" Vikes' eyes lit up, he reached out to touch the little tuft of hair behind his head, raised his hand awkwardly to cover the lower half of his face and took the opportunity to secretly curl the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the senior's innocent reaction, even if it was not pretty, Helia could only say it was pretty. She nodded vigorously, "Yeah!"

"Speaking of which, why does the teacher have no hair? I see other teachers have beards even if they are bald, but why doesn't the teacher have any hair on his head?" Helia asked again. In fact, she wanted to ask this question since she saw Mobicius for the first time, but asking the teacher directly was too rude. Helia was not the kind of idiot with low emotional intelligence.

"In fact, the teacher used to have hair and a very long beard." When Vikes talked about this, his expression was a little complicated. He stopped what he was doing and narrated while recalling: "It was two years ago. The teacher led the students of the project team to do an experiment in the kitchen. It was the experiment of studying the magic prop of automatic cooking."

"I don't know what happened during the trip. Before everyone could evacuate, the kitchen exploded. In order to protect the students, the teacher was burned. When he came out, his head was all charcoal. Fortunately, it was nothing serious, but he can no longer grow any hair on his head."

Helia's expression was a bit complicated after hearing this. "So that's how it is. It seems that the teacher is sometimes quite reliable..."

"But after that incident, the team was disbanded due to internal conflicts. The project is now being carried out by the new team formed by the old man. Everyone has a hot temper. I was quite worried at first, but fortunately, there were no casualties in the subsequent explosions." Wei Kesi added, "Because of that incident, the old man was fined and stopped from teaching and project for three months. It was at that time that he developed the bad habit of alcoholism."

Both of them were silent for a moment. Helia suddenly understood how Vikes felt when he heard her making up the story about the origin of her gray hair. She accidentally hit his sore spot. She really just wanted to gossip at first, but she didn't expect it to be such a sad and heavy story. It was a big mistake...

"Actually, the old man..." Vikes scratched his head, as if thinking about what words to use to describe Mobicius. "He is actually a good person, a kind person, otherwise he wouldn't be held back by so many projects. He softened his heart when students asked him for help."

"When I first entered school, I was bullied by the nobles of the same grade because of my commoner status. You know I am not the kind of person who would allow others to bully me, so I fought back." Vikes calmly recounted his past experiences. "Those teachers did not dare to offend the nobles at will, and they favored them and punished me severely."

"In the end, it was the old man who came forward to help me. He made an exception and accepted me as his apprentice. He kept me by his side. Whenever those people dared to come, he would fight them back for me. Over time, no one dared to provoke me anymore."

"I am very grateful to him. Without him, I would not be who I am today. Although he is annoying, he is indeed a good person and a good teacher."

Helia didn't expect there would be such a story. She didn't expect that even in the other world, school bullying still existed. What was even more unfair was that the oppression of the nobles against the common people was actually legal and reasonable in this other world! This world was unfair from the beginning. Origin determined everything for most people. Class oppression was everywhere, and it even became a consensus among people.

What scared Helia the most was that she was gradually being assimilated by this world. When she tried her best to integrate into this world, she was on a path of no return.

Seeing that Helia looked depressed, Vikes tapped the bowl to call her attention back. "Let's not talk about these unhappy things. How have you been studying recently? The old man didn't teach me much, so I don't know what his level is."

When it comes to this, Helia couldn't help but sigh and said dejectedly, "Very tired, very tired, it seems that we have pushed him too far. He stares at me all day long, either asking me to practice magic or to recite spells. I feel that my hair is falling out more and more when I wash it recently..."

"Hahaha! Isn't that great! If that old man is lazy, you'll be in trouble!" Weikes laughed.

Helia didn't want to continue this sad topic, so she asked, "I'm actually very curious about what the senior was doing before he came back. I heard that the third-year students have to go out for practice. Where did the senior go for practice?"

"McCarthy, a small town on the border between the Xiali Empire and the Otis Empire. I work with the soldiers stationed on the border under Marshal Hawke." Wickes replied.

"Will it be busy?" Helia asked again.

Vikes shook his head and explained, "Most of the time we magic swordsmen will not go into battle. Unless there is a monster invasion or a war breaks out, we will not be easily deployed."

"What about Marshal Hawke? What kind of person do you think he is?" Helia was very concerned about this uncle who was only related to her by blood. The peace in the northern border for more than ten years was all thanks to this marshal. Even Claude did not dare to provoke him easily. He must be a character who was not easy to deal with.

"Why are you asking about Marshal Hawke?" Vikes did not answer directly, but asked Helia the reason instead.

"My cousin Yolief told me that Marshal Hawke is the real lord of the northern border. He said that if I go to Carter's College, I will definitely have interactions with him, so he wanted to learn about it in advance." Helia answered truthfully.

"Yorif really dares to say anything..." Vikes complained, and then said to Helia seriously: "Don't say such things casually outside. If your majesty's spies hear it, you will be arrested."

Uh, that won’t happen… Helia couldn’t explain to the other party that his worry was useless, so she could only nod and pretend to listen.

"Grand Marshal Hawke is a very generous and righteous man. He is very tolerant and generous to his subordinates. In my team, there is almost no one who doesn't like Grand Marshal Hawke." Vikes's poor vocabulary could not well explain his understanding of Hawke, but Helia could already hear that there was something wrong.

"So, are these soldiers loyal to Marshal Hawke or to His Majesty Claude?" Helia asked.

Vikes was so frightened by her words that he dropped the knife and fork in his hand, reached over the dishes and covered her mouth, his eyes wide open, unable to believe how she dared to ask such a question. He looked around nervously, fortunately no one noticed what was happening here, so he was relieved.

"Bai Laiyi, are you crazy? How dare you say such things?" He lowered his voice and shouted. Usually she looked innocent and well-behaved, but he didn't expect that she was so bold and dared to say anything.

If he wants to harm Helia and record what she said for the city defense troops to listen to, Helia will just have to wait to receive a big gift pack from the prison!

Of course, the above are all unilateral thoughts of Vikas.

Helia pulled away Vikes's hand that was covering her and said helplessly, "I'm not crazy. I'm just curious."

"This is not something you should be curious about. Just focus on your magic. Don't think too much at such a young age." Vikes taught.

Seeing that Helia was still trying to refute, he directly hit the edge of the plate with his fork and shouted, "No more chatting, let's eat!"

Well, it seems that Vikes is an honest man. He dare not even talk about such things. It may be because of his civilian identity that makes him particularly sensitive. He will avoid anything that may threaten himself and the people around him, and will never touch it if he can avoid it.

"Just eat, why are you so fierce..." Helia muttered in a wronged tone.

When Vikes saw her drooping face, he didn't know what to do for a moment. He grew up in a man's nest and had little contact with girls. Let alone coaxing people, it was difficult for him to look Helia in the eyes and talk to her. The girl was pretty, so he was embarrassed to stare at her. If he stared for too long, he would blush out of shyness. He really lived up to Helia's evaluation of him - a pure boy.

He reached out from under the table and pulled Lahelia's sleeve. When he saw her looking over, he whispered, "I didn't mean to be mean to you. I'm sorry. Don't be angry, okay?"

"If you're willing to tell me what you want to do after graduation, I won't be angry." Helia replied in a low voice, as if she was whispering in class.

"In the future... I want to join Prince Eric's Magic Knights." Vikes said without much thought.

Helia was keenly aware of something and asked, "Does the teacher know about this?"

Vikes thought that Helia was worried that Mobicius would stop him. After all, Carterth Academy had always been neutral. If he became a member of Eric's Magic Knights, he would actually be on the same front with the royal family. Even his teacher Mobicius might be regarded as a member of the Otis Empire camp.

"The teacher knows about this. We have agreed that after graduation, I will sever ties with the teacher, and I will not involve you in anything." said Weikes.

So that's it. Helia immediately understood why Mobicius called Vikes back to teach him magic, and why he kept Vikes after he no longer needed him, and repeatedly encouraged her to get along well with Vikes.

At first, she simply thought that Mobicius cared about her and wanted the two students to get along well and help each other. She admitted that Mobicius must have good intentions, but this good intention was not without interests.

Mobicius knew that it would be difficult for Vikes to get a chance to join Eric's Magic Knights as a commoner, so he set his sights on Helia. If Helia recommended Vikes to Eric, then given Eric's love for Helia, perhaps Vikes would get a chance, so he hoped that Vikes would have a good relationship with Helia.

People come for profit, people go for profit.

Although Helia was a little sad, she felt much better when she thought that Vikes was really kind to her. Besides, she came to Carter College and wanted to be Mobicius's disciple. Was there no interest in it? Of course there was.

So she didn't need to feel so disappointed and sad about Mobichues using her. Others used her, and she used others, so it was even in the end. As long as there was still emotion between people instead of just interests, she would still cherish this hard-earned emotion.

"Why do you want to join the prince's magic knights?" Helia sorted out the complicated emotions in her heart and asked again.

Vikes felt that he had talked about himself a lot today, which made him seem a little hypocritical. He smiled sheepishly and asked, "It's a very clichéd story. Do you want to hear it?"