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Continuing from the previous story told from Elhesen's perspective, this time we'll take the viewpoint of the senior student.

Note: Numerous character backstories are included.

At first, Kavei only noticed the quiet, somewhat lonely gray-haired junior standing in the corner. He looked just like a listless little gray weasel; he seemed so adorable, and Kavei couldn't help but want to pat his head. That was all Kavei could think about at that moment.

With Kavina's lively, bird-like personality, he easily found out information about that junior.

“His name is Elhesen,” a young scholar from the Epistemological School told Kavi about his junior.

"He is a scholar of the Epistemology school, just like me, but he has achieved great things at a young age. Moreover, he has a grandmother who is a scholar of the Sublime School, and she is a very great scholar."

At this point, the beautiful female scholar paused for a moment, then said to Kavi as if complaining, "His grandmother was such a gentle person, but he's like an ice cube just taken out of the refrigerator, still radiating coldness. Not only is he unapproachable, but you feel like you're going to freeze if you talk to him for even a few words!"

While listening to the senior's little complaints, Kavi chuckled inwardly. It turned out she wasn't an introverted little weasel, but rather an unyielding rock. Unfortunately, Kavi was nearing graduation at the time, and the complexities of life and academic demands quickly made him forget about this interesting junior.

Kavi thought he'd never have another chance to talk to this younger schoolmate, but unexpectedly, their chance encounter at the library led to a friendship. Kavi was pleasantly surprised to find that this younger schoolmate was surprisingly compatible with him. They were like soulmates. However, at that time, Kavi did indeed have a strong liking for this boy.

They studied together, even forming academic research groups. Initially, other students participated in the group, but as it progressed, others gradually fell behind. That was the first time Kavey realized the cruel and tangible difference in individual talent. The Academy of the Order of the Gods maximized the correlation between talent and academic resources, and people here truly understood a principle, in Elhesen's words: talent determines the upper limit, while effort determines the lower limit. Ordinary people and geniuses will ultimately be separated by certain realistic factors, and there's no need to necessarily integrate into groups that don't belong to you.

At that time, Kavi insisted that these were merely obstacles in the process, not the outcome, and that wisdom should be discovered by many people together. To prevent other students from dropping out, Kavi spent considerable time and effort handling their assigned tasks, taking on the heavy burden himself. Alhesen, however, consistently held the opposite view, believing that Kavi was overly idealistic, that academia was not charity, and that providing temporary relief would not change reality. This led to a disagreement between the two.

Later, the conflict erupted. Kavi insisted that Alheisen was too self-centered, that he could have cared for and helped more people and been welcomed by more people, while Alheisen pointed out that Kavi's unrealistic idealism was an escape from reality, which would one day become a burden in his life, and the root cause was simply the guilt that Kavi could not avoid in his heart.

Their sharp exchanges hurt each other, and ultimately, the experimental report they had worked so hard on together was never completed. Kavey, furious, tore up his draft paper, only to regret it a short while later and painstakingly pieced it back together. He realized he couldn't change his friend, nor could he change his friend's mind.

Their relationship froze, and neither of them saw the other since.

It wasn't until the house he co-built with Dolly was completed that Kavi was shocked to find himself in debt and homeless. It was then that Elhesen's appearance reminded him of this memory from his time at the Order of the Church.

"Damn it! I thought he was a well-behaved child, but he's a complete blockhead!" Kavi, drunk, complained to Tinari again, his resentful appearance resembling that of a young girl lamenting her unfaithful lover.

The innocent and pitiful Tina covered her tormented ears and responded weakly to the drunken Kavi: "Yes, yes, that's right, it's all his fault." Her empty eyes revealed her inner confusion.

"All I did was walk around the living room a couple of times with my hair still wet after a shower." Kavi's flushed cheeks, red from drinking, resembled bright red apples. "Do you know how he talked to me?"

“Don’t come out of the bathroom if you can’t dry your wet hair. Otherwise, the cost of cleaning these carpets you’ve wet will bankrupt you again.” Although he was a little tipsy, Kavi still stubbornly and completely repeated what Al-Hysen had told him.

Kavi's feigned indifference left Tinari somewhat amused and exasperated. That evening, Kavi had already complained to Tinari about many of Elhesen's "quirks," ranging from trivial matters to eating habits and sleeping positions. Tinari was utterly shocked and unsure whether she should continue listening.

Fortunately, a busy official finally arrived with the person who had been complained about for so long.

Seeing Elheisen, Tina felt an instant sense of relief. "I'll leave the rest to you. He drank too much today, and I couldn't persuade him otherwise. Take him home." With that, she took out a hangover remedy she had prepared earlier from her pocket, handed it to Elheisen, and then hurriedly left with Seno as if they were fleeing a disaster.

Kavi had indeed drunk too much. He grabbed Elhesen's hand and mistook him for Tina, then began to ramble on about how Elhesen was wrong in one, two, or three ways.

Elheisen was also somewhat helpless, looking at the drunken Kavi with a headache. He knew he had no choice but to go along with the drunkard's words, otherwise it would be a big problem. So he kept responding to Kavi with "uh-huhs," and then paid the bill to the tavern owner. Elheisen took Kavi's hand and gently coaxed him back home.

Perhaps it was Elhesen's gentleness that made Kavi so agreeable, because the little drunkard Kavi didn't cause any trouble and obediently followed Elhesen home.

After returning home, Elhesen washed and dressed Kavi and carried him back to his bed. If Kavi had seen Elhesen working so hard at this moment, he would have been amazed. Unfortunately, Kavi was too drunk to know anything and only felt the discomfort of being drunk.

However, when Elhesen took out the hangover medicine that Tinari had given him and tried to feed it to Kavi, Kavi's obedience came to an abrupt end. He even turned hostile, refusing to let Elhesen touch him, let alone swallow the medicine.

Elhesen tried several times to unfold Kavi, who had curled up, but each time he approached with the medicine bottle, Kavi would roll up again. These repeated, unsuccessful attempts were starting to frustrate Elhesen.

Suddenly, Kavi turned his face away, as if he had finally realized Elheisen's true identity. His eyes were red, and he said to him with a mix of grievance and sadness, "No matter when, you're always so cold to me. You argue with me every day. You think everything I do is wrong. Do you hate me that much?"

Kavi reached out and grabbed Elhesen's shawl, looking at him with a determined gaze, as if waiting for an answer.