Cloud Thinking

"Helia, you are getting better and better at finding things for me to do." Claude said from the other side of the magic mirror.

He had just recently received some useful evidence from Helia that she had collected in the underground palace, and was in the process of sending people to investigate thoroughly. He also had to find a new great magician to protect her and send that person over. He was already busy with his work, and now Helia told him that she wanted to bring an orc to Carter's College to study, and asked him for help.

What a troublemaker.

"Father, high effort brings high rewards. I don't believe that the things I sent you are useless. As a reward, you can do me a small favor! Please!" Helia said coquettishly. Although she felt a little embarrassed about this, she was mentally old and still acted like a spoiled child to her father... but if it worked, she would endure it.

Claude then raised his eyes from the documents in his hand and looked at Helia. He seemed to be shocked by her sudden coquettishness. His frown said it all.

"Reasons, reasonable reasons." Claude rubbed his forehead but did not refuse outright.

"Lydia is an orc, and also of werewolf descent. She trusts me immensely. If I can train her well, I believe she will become the most loyal guardian by my side, and the sharpest sword in my hand. I need her." Helia said seriously.

For Claude, a guy who only has a little tenderness for his own bloodline and measures everyone else by the value of benefits, there must be enough benefits to make him give in. Without value, it is not worth his effort, so Helia must give reasons from the perspective of benefits.

"Are you going to choose an inexperienced version of Ronnie?" Claude rejected the question mercilessly. This reason didn't work for him.

"Lydia is someone I saved with all my efforts. I can't send her back to the forest or keep her under house arrest. It's not fair to her!" Helia said excitedly. Since she couldn't reason with him, she could only start with her emotions.

"This is your choice. You should have thought about the situation today before you did that. I have already taken on a lot for you. The rest is your own business." Claude rejected it again.

Helia was silent. Seeing Claude's expression, he must have already decided to reject her when she made this request, right? No matter how many reasons she gave, he would not agree. And she didn't dare to use her twisted logic in front of Claude. Her father was much smarter than anyone else and would not fall for it!

"What, nothing to say?" Claude asked when he saw Helia was silent.

"If I say it's because I want a friend, will you agree, father?" Facing Claude's dominance, Helia said weakly.

This time it was Claude's turn to be silent. He even stood still. He never thought that there would be a day when Helia would not be able to make friends. After all, in the palace, with her status, those noble ladies would come up to her eagerly and want to make friends with her. She would never complain about not being able to make friends.

But Helia is now studying at Carter's College under a different identity. Without that prominent status, naturally no one will take the initiative to make friends with her like before. And the child of the Marquis Frank is a boy after all, and Britney is so much older than Helia, could it be that she has not made any friends of the same age at school?

"You didn't make any friends at school?" Claude felt a little unbelievable after asking this question. After all, he had never thought about this question!

In this world, people come and go for profit, and he has never lacked people around him since he was a child. Eric has a good personality and likes to make friends everywhere. It can be said that he has friends all over the world. Unexpectedly, when it comes to Helia, she has to ask her father for a friend. It's really strange!

Helia suddenly felt like her father asked her about her test results and she only got 30 points, which was not a good result to show. If you really think about it, social skills can indeed be regarded as an invisible soft score, but it is not written on the school report card. And Helia might not even get a zero in this score. After all, not only did she not take the initiative to make friends, but she also took the initiative to provoke Avril. Those who stood on Avril's side isolated her. Her social skills were simply negative points!

Although there are many people who like her, they won't take the initiative to say hello when they meet on the road. What kind of friends are they? At most, they are just familiar classmates.

In response to Claude's question, Helia nodded honestly, lowered her head and dared not look at Claude, playing with her hands on her knees.

This was the first time in Claude's life that he encountered a parenting problem. His mind told him that he couldn't and shouldn't take care of this matter. Of course, Helia had to make friends herself. How could a father help his child make friends? But emotionally, he couldn't just leave it alone. Could it be that his usual policy of letting children go was wrong?

If her mother were still alive, he might be able to learn to raise a son without any guidance, but raising a daughter doesn't seem to be the same as raising a son...

The two were silent for a long time, until Claude sighed, and then he said: "If this is the friend you insist on wanting, then I have nothing to say."

"It's just that I hope you can bear the consequences of your choice."

Helia raised her head suddenly, extremely happy, as if she had not expected that her honesty and weakness would actually earn Claude's nod. If Claude was really in front of her, she would definitely give her father a big hug!

"Thank you, father! I will work harder and won't cause you any more trouble!" Helia raised her hand to salute, her eyes firm.

But Claude clearly didn't believe it. Helia was always causing him trouble. Perhaps it was because he had been too easy on himself when raising Eric, so when raising Helia, all the troubles that should have happened were returned to him double by Helia.

"I take this seriously. If you come to me for this matter next time, I won't help you." Claude said so, but if there really was something big that Helia couldn't solve, could he just watch her die?

Helia was obviously well aware of her father's sharp tongue but soft heart. She nodded on the surface to show that she had listened, but she couldn't help but complain in her heart: I am your most beloved daughter, how could you ignore me?

A week later——

No one knew what benefits Claude had promised Carter College, or how he had persuaded them, but Lydia was admitted smoothly as a transfer student. But what surprised Helia was that besides Lydia, there was another transfer student she didn't know.

When she first saw that person, Helia thought it was another member of Antonio's family, but when she looked closely, she found that the other person's hair was orange-red, which looked like the sun, with fluffy little curls piled on his head, which made people want to grab it.

Helia was attracted to him almost at first sight, for no other reason than that he was a typical little boy! He had short orange curly hair, brown eyes, cute freckles on his palm-sized face, and dimples when he smiled. Every bit of him hit her spot, how could she not like him!

But even though she liked him, Helia still had some doubts about him. Carter's College rarely accepted transfer students, and she had asked her father to force Lydia in, so what about this new classmate?

Moreover, the timing of his entry was too coincidental, and he happened to be with Lydia. It was hard not to suspect that there was something wrong with him. After all, her whereabouts had been revealed. During this period, there must be many ambitious guys who wanted to enter Carters College and wait for an opportunity to take revenge. She had better be careful.

Lydia has a good foundation in magic, but because she is an orc, her growth system is different from the others. Levita is the only teacher in the academy who knows more about the orcs. Under the pressure of powerful authority, the busy teacher was forced to take on the job of teaching Lydia.

At first, Lydia always stuck to Helia. She was unwilling to go to class, stayed at the training ground where Helia usually practiced all day to watch her train, and did not go back to her room to sleep at night, but squeezed together with Helia.

It's okay for one or two days, but Helia couldn't stand it for a long time. The broken bed in the school was so small, and with Lydia being of a big body, she felt like she was suffocating when she was sleeping at night. Moreover, Mobichues also had some opinions about Lydia's watching, fearing that she would steal her skills.

Helia had no choice but to send Lydia to Levita temporarily. Although Lydia was very reluctant at first, after Helia's persuasion, she followed Levita obediently.

Levita actually had a very good impression of Lydia. The girl was quiet, serious, and quick to learn. She could also assist him in his research on orcs. At first, he was a little unhappy about this student who was forced to come, but as they got along, he felt more and more that he had found a treasure.

So, Levita, like Mobichues, forced Lydia to undergo mad training, and now it is difficult for Helia to even see Lydia.

The student who transferred in at the same time as Lydia actually approached Helia after lunch one day and said that he wanted to join Helia's team to participate in the team competition. Now Helia was even more suspicious of this person. Was he trying to stab her in the back during the team competition?

On weekdays, Helia stayed in the academy obediently. With the teachers around, no one dared to act rashly even if they wanted to. But the team competition was different. Students were competing against each other, and any accidents were possible. Not to mention that in the last stage of the survival competition, all participating students would enter an unfamiliar space. If Helia had any problems there, the blame could be put directly on Carter College, which was a perfect opportunity for assassination.

"My name is Drummond, and I come from the distant western continent. I heard that you are a descendant of the elves, your magic is very powerful, and you are the top practical student among the freshmen. I want to join your team." Drummond was a little taller than Helia. He leaned forward slightly to try to make his eyes level with Helia's, and expressed his reasons clearly.

"You're a new transfer student. It's okay if you didn't finish your classes, but you don't have any grades. How can you prove your strength and level to me?" Helia replied, "I don't want to bring a burden with me."

"I was born into a magic family and have been learning magic since I was young. I have passed the certification of the Magic Association as a first-level magician. Do you recognize such strength?" Drummond pointed to the badge on his left chest. There was a sword and a magic wand engraved on each side. The whole badge was light gold in color, symbolizing the Magic Association. There was a small star in the middle of the badge, which represented his rank.

Oh my god, he's better than me... Helia secretly sighed in her heart. She hasn't graduated yet, hasn't experienced any assessments, and is just a student without a grade. This guy looks younger than her, but he has already passed the first-level assessment? He's better than most people in the academy. You can't judge a person by his appearance!

"Then why did you come to Carter's College? You are already a first-level magician. Haven't you learned everything taught here?" Helia was deeply suspicious of his purpose in coming here. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like he came here for her. His purpose was too clear.

"This is a very complicated story. If you must listen to it before making a decision, why don't we go find a better place to chat?" Drummond did not refuse to explain, but suggested changing the place. The cafeteria was crowded with people coming and going, and the hair color of the two was very eye-catching. Many people were looking at them. It was indeed not a good place to have a conversation.

Helia thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "But it has to be in school."

Noticing Helia's obvious vigilance and preparedness, Drummond just smiled and agreed. But in Helia's opinion, this man was trying to seduce her with his beauty so that she would be blinded by his beauty and follow him. It was really hateful!