Hearing the sound, Xu Ling pushed open the door.
At this moment, the low house was completely dark, so dark that you could hardly see your hand in front of your face.
Fortunately, this was not a problem for Xu Ling. As soon as she stood still in the room, she did not hesitate at all. She turned slightly to the left corner and followed the direction with her eyes.
Darkness seemed to engulf everything, but Xu Ling still saw in this direction: her teacher, Cecilia, was lying lazily on the sofa, just like a boneless creature.
"You've arrived?" Hearing the footsteps stop, Cersei remained lying on the sofa, only giving a perfunctory wave, not caring whether Xu Ling could see her movements clearly.
Xu Ling didn't think anything was wrong, and seeing this, she walked towards her.
However, before Xu Ling could stand still in front of Cecily, her voice arrived first.
She immediately cut to the chase and asked, "Teacher, am I really going to travel with Bishop Miller?"
Her tone rose uncontrollably at the end; even though she had been searching for Cersei and thinking about it the whole way, she still found it hard to believe.
However, the most terrifying thing was not the sudden announcement of this terrible news, but Cersei's silence in the face of her questions.
Her teacher didn't fly into a rage upon hearing this, nor did she react with the same disbelief or incredulity as she did...
She—she actually fell silent!
The question is, what's the difference between silence and tacit agreement?!
With her last glimmer of hope gone, Xu Ling felt as if she had lost all her strength and means, and she froze on the spot.
how so?!
She felt a pang of despair in her heart, but in reality, she could only purse her lips tightly, unable to utter a single sound.
Her mind was a complete mess, and now all that was left was—even her teacher was silent and tacitly agreeing, so what should she do?
Sigh~
Suddenly, Cersei let out a soft sigh, breaking the deathly silence. Then, she straightened up slightly from her languid reclining position on the sofa and reached out to pull the blurry figure standing in front of her. "Don't stand there, sit down."
So, Xu Ling followed her force and threw herself onto the sofa.
"Sigh~" Following her teacher, she also sighed softly, expressing her unspeakable helplessness, "Teacher, what should we do now?"
Although she knew in her heart that Cecilia, like her, had no good solutions, people tend to dwell on the same problem repeatedly when they are most helpless, as if that would solve the problem.
It was too dark around her, and even the witch Cersei felt her vision was obstructed. So she snapped her fingers, and with a "snap," the oil lamps not far away immediately lit up.
The dim lamplight flickered, and the blurry light reflected on their faces swayed slightly, but it was enough for Cersei to see Xu Ling's expression clearly.
Hmm—it's no different from being soulless!
Cersei couldn't help but feel sorry for this "chosen little witch." Since coming to school, she hadn't learned much of her regular coursework, but had been forced to learn "unorthodox" methods at an alarming rate.
Of course, Cersei felt more sorry for herself. She had finally found a "chosen witch" but hadn't had a chance to properly guide her. What if she ended up learning the wrong things and becoming a saintess of the church?
Although it would be great for witches who have been labeled "heretics" by the church if Xu Ling really became a saint, it would still be a bit of a disappointment for Cersei!
Although she didn't know what Alger and Miller's true intentions were, in short, Xu Ling was currently a hot commodity, and she didn't want to give Xu Ling away so easily!
Since Xu Ling's decision to travel with Miller is unchangeable, she has to find a way to annoy them!
Of course, she would never mention to Xu Ling that the reason things turned out this way was entirely because of her casual remark, "You and your bishop can do whatever you want, you don't need to ask me!" which gave Alger a handle to use against her, making a big deal out of nothing.
Cersei considered denying it, but Alger saw through her intentions first and silenced her with a single sentence: "You're not a person who goes back on their word, are you?"
But... humph! It's alright!
Since Miller said he would take Xu Ling on a trip, taking one sheep is fine, but taking several more sheep is certainly possible!
Sersian patted Xu Ling's shoulder reassuringly, declaring confidently, "Don't be afraid, I won't let you go alone!"
However, these words offered no comfort whatsoever; Xu Ling only understood that she absolutely had to go!
However, she was still very curious about what Cersei was going to do.
"What do you mean?" she asked weakly.
Cersei suddenly stood up and said with a distinctly sarcastic tone, "Since they're so eager to take their students on a trip, I don't think they'd mind taking our entire witch class, would they?"
If you love taking your witch students on trips so much, then take them all! It'll lighten the load for those teachers!
Xu Ling: ······
Honestly, she had reasonable grounds to suspect that her teacher was tired of teaching and was using her as a pretext to make her the one to lead the other students away.
At this point, Xu Ling was completely speechless, her face filled with a look of utter despair.
Of course, she really couldn't stay in Cersei's place any longer. After all, she thought that coming here would bring a turn for the better, but she didn't expect that what she got was already a fait accompli!
Oh...it's still a little different, at least she dragged the whole class down with her, hehe~
Xu Ling felt that her mental state was starting to go a bit crazy. When she stood up, she was no longer resentful as before, and even smiled and said goodbye to her teacher: "Teacher, if there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
Without waiting for Cersei to say anything, he immediately turned and left.
Cersei: ? ? ? ?
She watched Xu Ling leave, her blurry figure quickly disappearing into the darkness.
Once the room returned to silence, she belatedly shivered and muttered to herself, "How strange, it feels a bit cold today. Is the temperature going to drop?"
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