At this moment, Cersei's gaze fell on Xu Ling again, and it shone with the light of "I think I've struck gold!" She had an urge to immediately take Xu Ling to learn everything about witchcraft!
Immediately taking action, Sersi rushed straight to Xu Ling, making no attempt to hide her excitement.
Xu Ling, who was pretending to interact with Kao Pu while actually keeping an eye on April and Cersei's every move, happened to catch a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
For no other reason than that the situation had been so promising just now, but was suddenly interrupted by the reliable person's appearance, and she was afraid that this nominal teacher would come to her senses and no longer be considered a teacher.
Fortunately, the terrible situation we had anticipated did not happen!
Sersi rushed over to Xu Ling, who then stopped interacting with Kaopu as if she had just noticed her.
"Teacher?" A hint of confusion appeared in Xu Ling's eyes, and she shamelessly called him "teacher".
Sersi was delighted with this and readily agreed to the title without hesitation: "Lingling, now that I am your teacher, let's start learning from each other from today!"
Strike while the iron is hot, and strike first while the other party is still confused!
"Ah... so fast?"
Xu Ling blinked, surprise showing in her eyes.
Although she was eager to get started, wasn't this a bit too impatient?
April also felt it was too fast, but her reasoning was...
"Teacher, it's getting late. Let's talk about it tomorrow!"
What a ridiculous excuse!
Cersei looked up at the blazing sun still high in the sky, tilting her head in confusion. "What do you mean it's late? The sun hasn't set yet! If it's really not working out, you can stay here tonight!"
She was afraid of staying here overnight!
Hearing her teacher say that, April muttered to herself, her face full of reluctance.
After all, what could be better than walking alone in a dangerous forest late at night? The only option was to spend the night with Cersei!
Before she knew the dangers of life, there were a few times when she was kept overnight by her teacher because it was too late.
Of course, almost every one of those times ended up being her nightmare!
Actually, April was excited when she was going to stay overnight at her teacher's house for the first time.
As a student, April was naturally incredibly curious to learn more about her teacher's daily life, especially since he was a master.
As a result, before it even got dark, he suffered "inhuman torture" that very evening.
It all started with the bowl of "drink" that the teacher brought over, which had an ominous color and was bubbling with evil bubbles.
April felt a chill run down her spine when she first saw this thing called a "drink".
However, her teacher, seemingly unfazed, calmly told her that it was all an illusion, just a perfectly normal drink. And so, April believed her teacher and drank the liquid without hesitation.
After drinking that terrible liquid, April had no idea what had happened. Her memory seemed to go blank for a moment. Anyway, when she regained consciousness, it was already the next morning!
When April woke up, the dim sunset was gone, and spring was in full bloom outside the cave. She could hear the clear chirping of birds. She was completely out of it and didn't know what year it was.
After all, the sudden change from night to day can be quite confusing.
Fortunately, just as she was hesitating about whether to go out and explore, her teacher returned. Although the teacher explained why she was like this, it still left April with some lingering trauma.
After that... twice, three times... even the most obtuse and naive person should have realized something was wrong!
After being burned three times, April became wary and refused to stay overnight at her teacher's house.
In her mind, staying overnight had become synonymous with experimenting on small animals!
Although it was obvious to the naked eye that the teacher was very excited to accept Xu Ling as her apprentice, it couldn't be guaranteed that she had no other intentions in letting them stay overnight!
Better safe than sorry!
April still felt that no matter how the teacher wanted to "persecute" them, they should just get through today first!
April insisted on returning immediately, and remained unmoved no matter how much Cersei tried to persuade her to stay.
When pushed to the limit, she immediately grabbed Xu Ling and tried to leave on the spot!
There was nothing she could do; neither gentle persuasion nor force worked. Reluctantly, Cersei had no choice but to let them leave.
"Lingling, you must come with Lier tomorrow!" Before leaving, Cecily held Xu Ling's hands reluctantly to say goodbye.
Only after Xu Ling repeatedly promised to come back the next day did she finally reluctantly let go of her hands.
Xu Ling followed April and walked away. Even after they had gone quite a distance, she could still feel the intense gaze fixed on her.
"She's still watching you!" Perhaps afraid that Xu Ling wouldn't get angry, the reliable person sitting on her shoulder glanced back and reminded her in a low voice.
Instantly, goosebumps rose all over Xu Ling's body.
Fortunately, after walking a little further down and turning a corner, the towering trees finally concealed their figures, and the intense gaze was completely blocked, finally calming her goosebumps.
The journey continued, but Xu Ling, who hadn't felt anything amiss during the silence of the journey there, now felt somewhat awkward.
So Xu Ling casually started a conversation: "By the way, Lily, what's it like to be a witch?"
Since she was already Circe's student, and what they called the "chosen witch," Xu Ling felt she would definitely have to diligently perform this "profession" for the time being. In that case, she might as well familiarize herself with the "professional ethics" sooner rather than later, and... leave a good impression on her teacher.
What exactly are witches like?
In truth, April didn't know much about witches; everything she knew came from her teacher. Naturally, she did whatever her teacher told her to do.
Therefore, when faced with Xu Ling's question, April told Xu Ling everything that her teacher had taught her.
There's no need to mention again that she lives deep in the mountains; anyway, she already told Xu Ling about it yesterday based on her own situation.
So April focused on talking about everyday witches, like herself, and what they did.
April chattered on and on the way, and after listening to everything, Xu Ling summarized it in one sentence.
—Being a witch means being a socially awkward, unsociable person!
Living deep in the mountains and forests, having little contact with people, and mostly keeping company with animals—isn't that the epitome of social anxiety?
However, there was still one question that Xu Ling couldn't understand the most. She asked as she walked, "Why do we still need to take baths so often?"
April: "Because ordinary people don't really like to bathe. They think that people who are always clean are very strange, no different from witches!"
Xu Ling and Reliable: ······
Wow, what a brilliant answer that leaves me speechless!
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