Cloud Thinking

The next day, Blott got up early and planned to go to the bazaar to look around, maybe he could find some useful clues. Because Helia's bombing burned almost all the useful things, not even leaving him alive, but since the other party had been doing business in the bazaar for so many years, he would definitely be able to find some clues.

The house that Weijies arranged for him was in the same corridor as the room where Helia lived now. When he got dressed and prepared to go out for breakfast, he bumped into Helia who was also going out. Their eyes met in the air, and the next moment he saw her smiling sweetly and walking towards him.

"elder brother!"

Did she decide to meet him privately after thinking about it all night? Blot glanced at both sides. He was accompanied by only a trusted servant, but there was no one around Helia. The two of them knew each other's identities very well, so it was not impossible for them to meet each other at this moment...

He said that after all, they are a family connected by blood, and it is impossible for them to treat each other coldly forever... Helia must have figured out this fact, so she came to find him to recognize her.

He curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, revealing a self-proclaimed kind smile, and said with his thin lips slightly opened, "He..."

But before he could say anything, Helia walked right past him and shouted briskly to the person behind him, "Good morning, brother!"

He turned his head awkwardly and met Yoliv's eyes. The other party obviously heard the name he was about to call out, and seeing his self-conceit, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed for him and gave him a comforting smile.

Haha! It turns out that Helia wasn't looking at him at first, but Yoriff behind him! Haha! He didn't even want to say hello to him, but he was still thinking about the two of them recognizing each other!

Haha! The clown is actually me!

"Blot, Belei, good morning." Yoliv should have come to find Blot, but he didn't expect that Helia also got up so early, and happened to bump into Blot and himself who didn't have time to greet Blot. This led to a scene so embarrassing that he wanted to turn around and leave.

It must have been intentional for Helia to ignore Blott's approach, but as to whether this scene was improvised or deliberately designed by her, Yoriff didn't know.

"Master Blot, good morning." Helia turned around and greeted Blot, whom she had just ignored. It could be heard that she was a little reluctant.

"Good morning." Even if Blot had good character, he couldn't stand Helia's repeated offenses. He hadn't felt ignored and teased like this for a long time. It really made him very uncomfortable...

"Let's go and have breakfast." Yoliv glanced at Blott, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Helia, who was secretly happy, and held his forehead with helplessness. He decided to end this conversation that was likely to turn into a quarrel.

Weijes did not eat with them. Although he was the owner of the castle and the lord of Berman, he was rarely seen and no one knew where he was hiding or what he was doing.

At the dinner table, in order to break the dead silence, Yoliev took the initiative to ask: "Helia, why did you get up so early today? Is there something wrong?"

After Helia swallowed the food in her mouth, she replied: "I have to go back to school today. I just wanted to find my brother and ask if you can go back. We can go together."

Yoliev glanced at Blot and said, "I haven't had time to catch up with Blot yet. I have to stay at home for a few days. I'll have someone prepare a carriage to take you back to school."

Blot put down his knife and fork. The sound of the silverware hitting the porcelain plate was particularly loud in this quiet environment. He wiped his mouth, looked at Yoliv and said, "No need. I plan to go to the bazar today. I'm quite familiar with the place. I won't bother you to entertain me, Yoliv."

"This..." Yoliv was a little embarrassed. After all, he was the host. It was bad enough that he failed to entertain them well yesterday, but now he was leaving them alone today. It seemed that the Frank family did not know how to entertain guests.

"I remember that there are still some things on your list that you haven't had time to buy. Why don't we go to the bazaar together to buy them? Then both of you will have company, isn't that right?" Helia suggested.

Because of the project experiments, Yoliv often needs to go to the bazaar to purchase raw materials and props. Basically, when Helia goes there to buy things, Yoliv will accompany her, either he accompanies her, or Vikes accompanies her, or Britney, she always seems to run into everyone when they are shopping.

"Yes, even if we don't go today, we have to go to the bazaar in a couple of days. Blot, you don't mind if I go shopping with you, right?" Yoliv said.

"Well, let's go together." Blott went down the steps given by Yoliv. After all, he and Yoliv were friends, and as a guest, he had to give face to the host.

After breakfast, the three of them walked towards the door together. Helia got on the carriage that Yoliv had prepared in advance and went to Carter's College. Watching the carriage leave, Yoliv subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. With Helia around, he couldn't have a normal chat with Blott at all. He had to respond to her sudden acting from time to time.

Is this the trouble of having a younger sister?

After returning to school, Helia was severely punished by Mobicius. She was scolded and beaten, and she had no rest for the whole morning. When she returned to the dormitory at noon, she found that Britney had not come back yet. She had calmed down after sleeping for a day, and planned to put the matter behind her. She also thought about apologizing to Britney when she came back, but Britney still hadn't come back.

What are you doing again?

Mobicius didn't find Vikes yesterday either. Vikes went home to take care of his sick father and stayed at home for more than two days. He forgot to ask for leave from Mobicius. He couldn't blame him for anything, so he took out his anger on Helia.

Specifically, he asked eight questions today, all of which were long and boring and the answers were hard to remember. Helia's hands were shaking just from copying the answers, and she could hardly hold Theodore during the training later.

I have suffered such a great sin...

"Beleyi, how can you participate in the next team competition like this!" Mobichues was so angry when he saw Helia crying out that she was tired all the time, that he hit her on the back with his wand.

"Ah, isn't the team competition in a month? We'll talk about it then..." Helia didn't care much about the team competition. It's not that she didn't care about her final score and graduation assessment, but her grades in Ancient Language were so bad that she felt that even ten cows couldn't bring her grades back, so she simply gave up.

Another reason was that she couldn't form a team. Four and a half months had passed since she started school, and she didn't know anyone except Britney, Avril, Fesiumia, Yoriff, and Vikas.

Wicks is a third-grade student and will not participate in this team competition; Yoliv has his own fixed team; Fesimia does not come to school at all, does not attend classes, and does not care about team competitions; as for Britney, she doesn't even know where she is now. She even suspects that Britney will go back to the imperial capital in a fit of anger.

Therefore, let alone four teammates, she might not even be able to find two! She could only wait for the academy to assign teammates to people like her who couldn't find teammates.

No, why on earth, there is such a thing as group work in another world!!!

Humans have suffered from group work for a long time!!!

"Your academic performance is so bad, why don't you work harder to improve your scores in the team competition? Don't let yourself fail! It will embarrass me if anyone tells others about it!" Seeing her unwillingness to make progress, Mobichues banged her twice again. If he wasn't afraid of making Helia stupid, he would have hit her on the head twice to wake her up.

"But I can't even find my teammates... How can I try so hard..." Helia complained. She was used to Mobicius' beatings now. The teacher didn't hit her hard, but with moderate force. How could she refuse this free massage?

Of course, she could only think about this in her heart. If Mobichues knew about this, he would definitely be angry again. She was afraid that he would hit her on the head in anger, making her already not-so-bright head even worse.

"This team competition is not only about teamwork, but also about individual performance. If your individual performance is outstanding, the teacher will give you points at his discretion." Mobichuis said, "In recent years, there have been more and more students who have been slacking off, playing passively, and maliciously breaking the rules of the team competition. In order to avoid burying useless talents, the judging committee has set up a separate item for individual performance."

"Even if you can't find teammates, the academy will assign you some. Even if they don't do well and the team's performance isn't good, you still have your personal performance to help you get some points."

"Is that so? Then teacher, what is the minimum score I need to get in the team competition to pass?" Helia asked.

Mobichues has now reached the point where he can tell what's going on in Helia's mind just by looking at her expression. She must be thinking about getting a low score when she asks this question! Sometimes he can't understand why Helia has to climb mountains and wade through water to go to school here! If she really doesn't want to work hard, why not just go to Abraham College for three years? Why embarrass herself and others?

"Beleyi, answer me seriously, why did you come here and why did you insist on having me be your teacher?" This is what Mobicius thought and asked. He really couldn't figure out what Helia was trying to do.

Helia rarely made a mistake, but started to think seriously. Perhaps she was a little confused about why she came here.

She held Theodore in her arms, her right foot shaking, her hands unconsciously starting to tear her lip skin, then she started picking her ears, touching her nose, and playing with her nails. When she got tired of standing, she simply squatted down with her legs spread wide apart. Mobichues inexplicably saw some of Vikes's shadow in her.

Should I not let them get too close?

"Maybe, I just want to have a skill that I can rely on. I want others to respect me. I want to have enough ability to do what I want to do." Helia replied seriously.

"If that's the case, then why are you always being lazy and not making good use of your time to work hard?" Mobichues asked again.

"It's just that I've been too tired recently because of what I did before. I always wonder if it would be better if I didn't care about it. So many people wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't be worried about it all day."

On the surface, Helia still looked like the heartless little devil, but in fact, she was thinking more than anyone else. Maybe other people would only think that they had done a great thing after doing this job. At least they saved so many girls from suffering, right? They also caught all the criminals and eliminated them all. Isn't that a good thing worth praising?

But as the planner and executor of the whole thing, and as a modern person who once lived in a peaceful and democratic era, Helia has the good habit of reflection, so she feels like she is being suffocated by her own sense of morality, and only by giving up can she make herself feel better.

Maybe Ellroy had been right from the beginning, she shouldn't have done this, shouldn't have carried out a plan that seemed righteous but was actually an atrocity.

Mobichues didn't expect that Helia had some psychological problems. No wonder she looked a little listless all day. Although she tried her best to maintain her usual appearance in front of others, when she was alone practicing magic, she would reveal a kind of deathly silence and loneliness.

He sighed, thinking that the little princess was still a child who had not grown up...

"Beilai, do you know what it takes for a person to truly become an adult?" he asked.

"Being able to live independently?" Helia replied uncertainly.