"Pfft..." Yi Ling couldn't help but laugh softly.
Troy left Ona's house and returned to the college. He didn't plan to attend class, but went to the library.
As soon as I reached the library door, I saw my tutor and Professor Langara standing not far away talking.
Professor Langara looked very worried, and I could faintly hear her ask, "Hasn't the child appeared in the past few days?"
The instructor shook his head regretfully: "Yes, I haven't seen her in the past few days. She has no family, so I have no idea where to start looking for her."
After hearing these few words, Troy guessed that they were talking about Qu Lingyuan. Suddenly he remembered that he had hurried to find Ona and had not had time to ask for leave for Qu Lingyuan.
He walked up and interrupted the conversation between the two teachers with a bit of apology.
"Instructor, Professor Langara," he paused, organizing his words, and continued, "You don't have to worry about Qu Lingyuan. She's at my house now."
The two teachers thought of countless possibilities, but never thought that Qu Lingyuan would be in his house. They were both stunned and looked at him speechless.
Troy felt a little embarrassed by the stares of the two men, and continued to explain: "Something happened. She was taken to the slave market and bought to my house, but you don't have to worry, she is safe now."
Professor Langara nodded, looking relieved. "That's good. As long as she's okay."
Feeling relieved, Troy turned to look at his mentor again: "She's not feeling well right now, so she needs to take a few days off."
Before the instructor could react, Professor Langara grew anxious.
She raised her head suddenly, and her hand almost grabbed Troy's arm: "What happened to her? Was she bullied in the slave market?"
Troy was startled, staring at her hand hanging in the air, and replied: "It's okay, just... simply sick."
He really couldn't find any other good reason.
The instructor coughed lightly to make himself felt: "Then let her rest for a few days. Let her come back to class after she is completely recovered to avoid a recurrence."
Troy didn't answer, but smiled faintly, said goodbye to the two teachers and walked into the library.
He was still puzzled as to why Professor Langara cared so much about Qu Lingyuan.
The instructor didn't understand either, so he asked directly, "You... like that Qu Lingyuan very much?"
Professor Langara smiled gently, his eyes soft, "It's probably because we're so compatible."
After Troy entered the library, he went straight to the elementary magic textbook section.
There were a lot of people in the library, and everyone knew him. They were all very surprised to see him come to this section and saluted him all the way.
Troy picked up a few elementary textbooks as steady as a rock and walked out of the library.
The tutor and Professor Langara even stood at the door, looking at the book in his hand with a puzzled look.
Troy was embarrassed for a moment, not knowing why he had to explain: "Well... there are children at home who need to be initiated."
The instructor and Professor Langara nodded with an "I understand" look.
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Qu Lingyuan was lying on the bed with nothing to do, wondering whether she should go out and find some books to teach herself magic, when the door was suddenly pushed open.
She was startled and turned around to see Troy pushing the door open and walking in with a few books in his hands.
Qu Lingyuan was curious about why he brought the book with him. She leaned over to look at the title and saw the words "Elementary Magic".
"You..." She hesitated to speak, raised her eyebrows and looked at Troy with a guilty look on her face.
Troy threw the book in front of her, raised his chin, and asked her, "Do you want to learn?"
Qu Lingyuan turned her head away unconvinced and said awkwardly, "It's not like I don't know how to do it. Who are you looking down on by using a basic elementary book?"
She finally understood that Troy must have seen through her lack of magic skills, but he had no intention of exposing her. He even wanted to teach her in person.
So Qu Lingyuan became a little unscrupulous, with a puffed-up face, which was very cute.
Troy laughed, took a few steps closer, raised his finger under her chin to turn her head back, and whispered in her ear, "Are you pretending again? I just look down on you and have something against you?"
Qu Lingyuan pouted: "I don't dare..."
"Do you want to learn on your own, or do you want me to teach you?" Troy sat down beside the bed and looked at her with a serious expression and calm eyes. "You have to be able to protect yourself. There are many people who like me, and there is more than one Ona. I can't protect you all the time."
He was so serious that Qu Lingyuan couldn't help but nod.
After looking at each other for a few seconds, they looked away uncomfortably at the same time.
"Why...why did you let me live here?" Qu Lingyuan asked the question she had never understood. "I'm just the food you feed me..."
Troy was honest this time: "I don't know why, so I put you by my side. I want to figure out my own thoughts."
Qu Lingyuan understood, he was about to get it.
It’s time to put the plan of letting him chase his wife to the crematorium as we agreed before.
"You haven't even asked for my consent, so how do you know that I am willing to be placed with you? Are you using me as a tool to figure out your own ideas?" She stared at Troy seriously.
"I'll be careful. From now on... I'll respect your opinion," Troy, who had never admitted a mistake to anyone in his life, said with some difficulty, "If you don't want to stay here, you can leave at any time. If I want to suck your blood... I'll also get your consent."
If he put himself in Qu Lingyuan's shoes, he would indeed not like what he did.
Besides, the Ona incident was indeed a disaster he had brought upon himself.
Qu Lingyuan just looked at him without saying a word.
Troy was embarrassed for a moment, then continued, "I've been to Ona's place. It was indeed she who did it to you. You don't know magic, so she found you and took you to the slave market. So, I'm here to teach you, and you must learn well."
Qu Lingyuan was a little surprised by his sudden change: "Aren't you curious about how I passed the exam?"
Troy sighed, "I'm curious, but you should wait until you're willing to tell me."
These words were like a stone thrown into Qu Lingyuan's heart, causing ripples.
It seemed that Troy didn't know that Ona could use forbidden black magic. Since Qu Lingyuan didn't know magic, he naturally thought that Ona had discovered this and that's why she had the courage to kidnap her to the slave market.
After all, Qu Lingyuan has no family background, and people who are poor and incompetent will always be bullied.
Qu Lingyuan smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely study hard. I'll ask Master Troy to teach me."
Troy's ability is stronger than that of her mentor. With such a person around, she is not worried at all about her lack of attainments in magic.
"I've also taken a leave of absence from the academy and will be concentrating on studying these few days. You're already quite old now, so it might be a bit difficult for you starting out."
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