As a villain, I really don't want to be pursued by the heroine.

Only then did he realize that the room, where there should have been a fireplace burning, was unusually cold. The girl was emitting a faint chill, and even white mist was pouring out from her lips.

"...You don't look like you're alright."

A moment later, Jon Snow was forcibly pushed onto the bed by Roy and Xiaobai, who pressed on her like a big cotton-padded jacket, preventing her from getting up.

After looking around the room, Roy figured out the reason for Jon Snow's blood disorder.

"You don't eat well, you don't rest well, and you still work while you're sick..." Roy sat beside Jon Snow's bed, looking at the girl on the bed, and said unhappily, "Teacher Jon Snow clearly told me to rest well, why am I disobeying now that it's my turn?"

The kitchen showed no signs of having been touched, and the table was still piled high with lesson plans and research reports.

It's obvious that he is obsessed with work and has forgotten his normal life!

"That is......"

Snow hugged the silver wolf tightly in his arms, resting his head on the latter's head, and lowered his brows in silence. After a while, he muttered: "I thought it was not a big problem..."

Perhaps due to the blood disorder, the girl looked even thinner than usual, like a piece of ice that would shatter at the slightest touch, exuding a pitiful and fragile feeling that made Roy reluctant to blame her.

"Explain. Don't worry, I'll rest well from now on. Roy, you should go back and recuperate well instead of me..."

As usual, Jon Snow put on his teacher's airs and began to lecture, but was interrupted by the liaison officer's sharp retort: ​​"Is this the time to talk about me?"

Roy couldn't bear it any longer, so he rolled up his sleeves and said angrily, "There's nothing we can do. It seems the teacher has no one to take care of her!"

"Huh? No, no need, that's... really no need...!" Jon Snow stood up in a panic, but was pushed back by [Xiaobai].

Roy ignored Jon Snow's dissuasion and turned into a temporary babysitter, cleaning the house, opening the windows for ventilation, piling the scattered skirts and stockings into the bathroom, and using a frying pan to cook the potion prepared by the dean for her to stabilize her blood.

Although Roy is usually lazy, that's because he was spoiled by the little maid. As long as he wants to do something, this level of effort is no problem.

It was obvious that Silver Wolf had long been reluctant to see Jon Snow working hard, but he was usually too stubborn. Now that he finally had help, he turned into a good dog and pinned Jon Snow down, not giving her a chance to stop him.

After working for most of the day, Roy returned to Jon Snow with the hot potion.

The girl, who was always aloof and unpredictable, couldn't raise her head at this moment, with resentment written all over her face.

"I already told you not to..."

"Objection is useless. If you must say it, isn't it because the teacher can't take care of himself?"

Jon Snow was speechless and could only remain silent.

In fact, noble ladies are generally not very good at taking care of their own lives.

It is also mentioned in the original work that Jon Snow maintains the face of a mentor in front of others, but is quite casual in private. Fortunately, he has Alice to take care of him.

But Roy didn't expect that just a few days of solitude and rest would allow Jon Snow to let himself go to such an extent.

Thinking back to the girl's usually very serious look, and then thinking of the stockings scattered all over the floor and the messy desk, Roy couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, as if smiling.

"I didn't expect Mr. Snow to be so casual sometimes."

The silver-haired girl tightly grasped the wolf head in her arms, slightly annoyed: "Protest! Roy, don't make fun of the instructor! I, I'm not usually like this..."

Halfway through her words, her pretty face turned slightly red and she sighed sadly.

How can a mentor maintain his dignity when his own apprentice sees such a pathetic side of him?

Chapter 78: Strange Ideas

Holding the furry silver wolf, he covered most of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes full of resentment. He was like a bullied wolf cub who wanted to be fierce but couldn't.

It turns out that Mr. Jon Snow also has this expression.

It's unexpectedly kind of... cute.

Of course, Roy only dared to think about it in his mind, because if he really said it out loud, it would be a huge insult to his teacher.

"Okay, don't be angry. It's my fault." Roy took the medicine bowl and said kindly, "Teacher Jon Snow, it's time to take your medicine."

Unexpectedly, when these words came out, Jon Snow was startled and turned his head away.

"Teacher Snow?"

"Today, I drank."

Roy frowned: "Why is my blood still disordered after drinking it...?!"

Roy discovered the blind spot, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he asked suspiciously, "You haven't been taking your medicine, have you?"

Jon Snow said nothing, slowly shrank his body, and placed [Little White] in front of him as a shield, with only a tuft of alopecia exposed.

This reaction says it all.

Roy solved the case. With the potion personally prepared by the great magician [Sage], Jon Snow's blood disorder shouldn't be so serious.

Now it seems that this guy probably didn't take his medicine on time!

Sensing Roy's questioning tone, Jon Snow defended himself, "Blood, blood vessels are disordered. I can just rest on my own. No potions are needed..."

"Teacher Jon Snow, the potion prepared by the Sage is extremely precious. It would be a waste if you don't take it! Besides, you have to recuperate on your own, which is painful and tiring! I don't know how long it will take!"

Jon Snow said one thing, and Roy responded with three. Jon Snow had to admit that what the other party said made sense.

but.......

"But, this medicine is really..." Jon Snow closed his eyes, drooped his head, lowered his shoulders, and looked struggling, as if he was facing a life-and-death crisis.

Roy became nervous: "Really?"

Jon Snow glared at me with a serious look and sighed, "It's really too hard!"

There was a brief silence.

"Oh?" [Xiaobai] looked up at the two of them, with doubt flashing in his big eyes.

After a moment of silence, the young man covered his mouth with a "Puff".

"No, don't laugh! Roy, I told you not to laugh at the teacher!"

"No, no, I just remembered something happy..."

Apart from the time when he almost died, this was probably the most emotional Jon Snow had ever been.

However, no matter how hard she tried to keep a straight face as usual, Roy couldn't help laughing when he thought of her looking embarrassed by the potion like a little girl.

It was not until Jon Snow's eyes grew colder and the chill emanating from his body made the direwolf, Little White, shiver that Roy bit his tongue and forced himself to stop laughing.

"It's normal to be afraid of bitterness. No one likes bitter things. But good medicine tastes bitter. You have to drink it."

"I've already said that I can recover on my own..."

"But if you rely on yourself to recover, you won't be able to make it to the New Year's Eve party, right?"

Grace Day is a celebration at the end of the year, but it is not the real New Year.

Strictly speaking, it was a festival introduced by the Holy Light Church of the Eastern Continent. People from the Western Continent also celebrated it, but it was more like Roy's celebration of Western festivals in his previous life, mostly just an excuse to have fun and relax.

The real New Year is on the last day of December. It is the recognized New Year in the Western Continent and is much more grand than the Holy Grace Festival.

At that time, the college will hold a New Year's Eve party, dinner, dance and performances for the teachers and students who stay in the college. It will be much more lively than an ordinary banquet.

Roy put on an awkward expression and teased playfully, "If Mr. Snow doesn't go, I'll be very disappointed."

Unexpectedly, after these words came out, Jon Snow was stunned for several seconds before he asked in surprise: "You... are inviting me?"

This isn't the first time Jon Snow has been invited to a New Year's Eve party.

However, she had no interest in responding to rude people with ulterior motives, and was tired of the kindness of well-meaning colleagues.

New Year should be a time to spend time with family.

After the New Year's Eve party, most of my colleagues would go home to spend the night with their families. Celebrating with them would only make me realize more deeply that I was alone at the end of the night.

Jon Snow spends every New Year alone.

But this year is different.

This isn't the first time Jon Snow has been invited.

But this was the first invitation Jon Snow wanted to respond to.

Seeing Jon Snow's surprised expression, Roy's smile froze.

The silver-haired girl sometimes looked cold and sometimes showed concern, which made Roy a little unsure of how close to her she should be.

No, why such a big reaction?!

Did you say something wrong?

Wait, isn't New Year's Eve usually about spending time with family? Even if things aren't going well with Jon Snow, he still has some cousins.

I am the only one who is alone studying in a foreign country.

Thinking of this, Roy guiltily changed his words: "If the teacher has an appointment, then forget it."

“I can go by myself…”

"I don't have an appointment." Jon Snow suddenly looked up and interrupted.

The girl suddenly sat up and almost knocked Silver Wolf off the bed.

"I don't have an appointment."

"But, you have to be with someone important at the New Year's Eve party, right?"

Jon Snow leaned forward, pressing close to her. His icy blue eyes gazed at her, tender and solemn.

The beautiful face carved from ice and snow was close at hand, staring deeply into the boy's eyes. The boy could also see that his own slightly surprised expression also filled the eyes under the snow-colored eyelashes, which were more dazzling than sapphires.

"You are an important person to me."

It was so gentle that it didn't seem like her words, but like the snowy wind under a clear winter sky, cool but not cold.

Perhaps due to her unstable blood flow and the lingering illness, the girl's temperament was much more gentle than usual. In the dim light, clad only in a loose-fitting suspender nightgown, her sweat-soaked, icy skin took on a strange allure.

The sudden attack made Roy's heart skip a beat and he was at a loss.

"Eh? This..."

But the next second, Jon Snow returned to his original state.

His face returned to its usual indifference, his head tilted, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Question. I mean direct master and disciple. What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, oh oh oh." Roy laughed dryly twice and forced himself to look away from his teacher's snow-white skin. "I thought the teacher had some strange ideas and scared me!"

"Oh, blame me, blame me. I think too much."

Jon Snow didn't say anything, just looked at him calmly, without even a hint of doubt.

Seeing that the other party had no reaction, Roy stopped dwelling on the topic.

Jon Snow is not good at speaking and socializing, so some of his inappropriate words are probably just spoken casually.

"Anyway, since you're going to be attending the New Year's Eve party, Mr. Snow should get back to good health as soon as possible."

"Too."

Jon Snow sighed slightly, then picked up the medicine bowl, struggled for a moment, and then drank the potion in one gulp with a determined look on his face.

Not knowing how bitter the potion was, the girl Bingli's expression was slightly distorted, and crystal tears floated from the corners of her eyes. After drinking the potion, Jon Snow lay on the bed unable to move as if half his life was wasted.

Seeing this, Roy repeatedly reminded the other party to take the medicine on time and then said goodbye so as not to disturb the other party's rest.

However, when the boy left, the silver-haired girl lying on her side stroked the silver wolf's head, revealing a trace of confusion.

"What a strange idea. What does he mean?"

"A personal apprentice is an important person."

"Why...my heartbeat just now was a little fast..." Jon Snow frowned, a blush faintly appearing on his face that he didn't even notice.

The silver wolf licked the girl's cheek but did not answer.

It's just a wolf after all.

Even the owner himself has not yet sorted out his feelings, so it is really too difficult for it.

Chapter 79: Already have an appointment

The agitation of the blood brought back bad memories.