Chapter 166 I've worn the mask for too long, and I can't take it off anymore
"H-Senior Hevinia?!" Oger was very surprised. "You, why are you here?"
"I've already told you not to call me senior. We're from the same class... and you can't say for sure that I'm even younger than you." Hevinia tilted her head, and her curly hair, which had completely returned to its golden color, fell like a waterfall. "And didn't I already tell you that I'm here to play with you?"
"Looking for me to play with?" Oger still couldn't believe it.
Hevinia patted the chair next to her: "Stop standing, sit down."
Although he didn't know what happened, when Hevinia patted the chair and asked him to sit down, his brain didn't react much and his body had already sat down.
In the dim candlelight, Hevinia's perfect profile was vaguely visible, causing him to subconsciously move his gaze downwards.
Then he saw Helvinia's body wrapped in his robe.
Og was not tall, even a head shorter than Hevinia, and he was very thin, so his robe was also one size smaller.
So when Hevinia wore the robe, it didn't look like a coat, but more like a close-fitting garment, which clearly outlined the curves of Hevinia's body that were usually hidden under the loose coat.
So Oger's cheeks immediately turned red after just one look, and he had to move his eyes down again.
But then he saw Hevinia's small bare feet exposed.
This time there was really no way to avoid it. Oger sat there for less than ten seconds before he stood up again.
"What's wrong?" Helvinia asked.
"You, you, you are not wearing shoes."
"Ah, you mean shoes." Helvinia looked down at her feet and shrugged. "I can't help it. I had bad luck on the way to see you. I accidentally stepped into a snow pit and fell hard. My whole body is soaked. I have to take them off temporarily. I also need to borrow your clothes to wear... Well, is it not possible? Don't be so stingy, I will wash them for you."
Oger was a little stunned. He felt as if something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out the specific reason. He didn't even know where to look. After a long time, he finally uttered: "I'm sorry."
"Huh? Why are you saying sorry to me?"
"If you hadn't come looking for me, you wouldn't have fallen." Oger could only look down at his old shoes, "So... I'm sorry."
Hevinia burst out laughing: "Your reason is really...Okay, okay, that's your problem, then can you sit down?"
"I'd better stand..." Oger still didn't dare to sit down.
Helvinia sighed, "Please, I've already fallen down, it's miserable and I'm tired, do you still want me to keep looking up at you?"
Oger sat down immediately.
"Look up," Helvinia said again.
Oger raised his head subconsciously.
Then, Helvinia pulled out a piece of her inner garment from the collar of her robe and said lazily, "I have clothes on underneath."
Oger wanted to bow his head again.
"Don't bow your head." Helvinia said, "I came all the way here to find you, and you don't even dare to look at me? Don't you consider me a friend?"
Oger didn't dare to lower his head and could only look at Hevinia.
"That's right." Helvinia nodded in satisfaction. "It's like we're in class. You dared to look at me under Professor Arianna's nose, but now you don't dare to look at me?"
Hevinia stood up the book that Og had spread out on the table and used it as a small cover. She then bent down and hid her head behind the book. She then looked at Og and made a gesture to keep quiet.
"How is it? Does this feel like we're back in class?" Hevinia lowered her voice deliberately while speaking, "Be careful! Don't let Professor Arianna see us!"
At this moment, Og seemed to be pulled back to the classroom where he first met Helvinia. At that time, Helvinia was just like now, covering herself with a standing book and whispering to him, "Hey, hey, hey, what's your name?"
So Oger relaxed, and the tension and anxiety in his heart disappeared at this moment.
"Helvetia...did you know I was on guard tonight?" Ogg asked.
"Of course," Helvinia said with a smile, "you told me so."
Say, have you said that?
Oger couldn't remember.
But he didn't think about it, he just asked with a little concern: "But is it really okay for you to stay out all night?"
Then, Ogg heard Hevinia sigh softly: "Ogg, you are not good at chatting."
"……ah?"
"Let me teach you. When you encounter something like this, don't ask such realistic questions first." Hevinia said, "I've already come out to play in the middle of the night. Why do you think this is happening?"
Og panicked again: "Ah, I don't know."
"You don't even know that. How can you still say you're my friend... Haha, alright, don't look like that. I was just joking." Hevinia laid down on the table and her voice gradually became lighter. "I'm just... a little tired. I want to escape for a while. So, can you please stop asking so many questions?"
"……good."
"Also, don't tell anyone. You know, if the teacher knew that I stayed out all night, especially when there were snowthorn beasts around, he would definitely scold me to death."
"Of course!" Oger said seriously, "I won't tell anyone."
"Yes." Helvinia smiled and said, "I believe you."
Seeing Hevinia's smile, Og lowered his head subconsciously again, and then suddenly remembered that Hevinia didn't let him lower his head, so he immediately raised his head, and then saw Hevinia studying the book he was going to read tonight.
"No way, I thought you would read some interesting books." Hevinia said in surprise, "You are reading a textbook late at night? "Use of Universal Staff", isn't this Professor Delaman's "Basics of Performers" class?"
Oger said a little embarrassedly: "I, I can't take Professor Delaman's class yet."
After saying this, Og saw Hevinia's brows frown for a moment, and he immediately apologized.
"Yes, I'm sorry. I know I'm only at the Bronze level and I shouldn't be reading this..."
"What are you thinking about?"
Before he could finish his words, he felt something gently hit his head. Then he looked up and found that the thing Hevinia used to hit him was actually a staff.
"I am a little unhappy, but not because you read this textbook, but because... why didn't you ask me directly?"
"...Ah?" Oger was a little confused.
In fact, Hevinia's frown just now was indeed a bit angry.
But he wasn't angry at Oger, he was angry at himself.
She had not even remembered that as a bronze-ranked Oger, she was not eligible to take the "Basics of Performer" course.
This was a complete brain short circuit, although it was mainly because the battle with Aiman had consumed too much of her physical strength and energy, so that she was now physically and mentally exhausted and her thinking could hardly keep up.
But she still couldn't allow herself to say such words, because that sentence would most likely hurt Oger's self-esteem, causing Oger to unconsciously distance himself from her, thus destroying the personality she had specially established for Oger in the past year.
This was something Hevinia could never accept.
So she had to come up with a remedy immediately.
That's how it is now.
"Ask you?"
"Yeah." Helvinia wrinkled her nose and looked even more unhappy. "Why, are you questioning my level? You know, I got a passing grade in Professor Delamain's class!"
That full momentum faltered for a moment at the last moment, but soon recovered and spoke with great vigor.
"But it's more than enough to teach you!"
"Come, first let me tell you what the universal musical notes that come with the staff and the exclusive musical notes that it carries are."
"Universal notes are things engraved on the staff that can replace various notes for a short period of time, but they need to be used in conjunction with the player's own notes."
"For example, if you want to use a four-note spell, you need your own exclusive notes plus the three universal notes of the staff."
"So the performer must rely on a staff to use spells with more than two notes."
"And the number of musical notes that can be engraved on the staff directly determines its value."
Under the flickering candlelight, the excited girl explained knowledge to the shy and serious boy.
"Come on, give it a try, use the spell."
"Ah, that's not good. I'll give your staff to..."
"Hmm? You think my staff is bad?"
“No, no, no…”
…
"Ah, did you understand everything?" Hevinia rubbed her sleepy eyes and turned the pages of the book. "Then let's move on to the next point of knowledge, the composition of the orchestra."
"Uh... Helvinia, if you're tired, take a rest."
"Sleepy? How can I be sleepy? I'm not sleepy at all. I look radiant! I'm going to explain everything to you tonight. Ah..." Hevinia couldn't help but yawn. "Take notes of these knowledge points!"
"……good!"
…
"Hmm... do you understand everything?"
Hevinia slumped over the table, her eyes barely opening.
"Next is the music... The more notes a piece contains, the harder it is to create... and the more... complex it is."
"Helvetia...why don't you just rest?"
"Shut up, shut up." Helvinia lowered her head. "I, I'm very energetic... Have you heard of the seven-tone music... I, I have heard of it."
"I also want to... create... a seven-note piece..."
…
“Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…”
Helvinia snored softly.
Oger finally closed his notebook which had filled a whole page. He looked at Hevinia who had fallen into a deep sleep, and then stood up quietly, fearing to wake her up.
He wanted to put more clothes on Hevinia, but he had no more clothes. He wanted Hevinia to sleep on the bed, but there was no bed here. Even if there was, he didn't dare to touch Hevinia.
After struggling for a long time, he had to push the candle closer to Hevinia, then turned around and prepared to leave the room.
But just as he was about to reach the door, he remembered something, so he turned around, bowed solemnly to Hevinia, and then said something in a low but firm voice.
"Thank you, Helvinia."
Finally, he left the room with his notes and books, leaving behind the only magic candle that could keep him warm.
With a "click" sound.
The door closed gently.
Almost at the same time, Hevinia opened her eyes.
At this moment, there was no more innocence or fatigue in her eyes, only indifference as cold as ice.
She sat up and began to put her clothes in order.
Just at this moment, Bai Wei's lazy voice sounded in her mind: "Is it necessary to do this?"
Although she was not surprised by Bai Wei's appearance, Hevinia still paused for a moment, then asked calmly, "Mr. Visas, don't you need to rest? Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night, just looking at me?"
"That's not true." Bai Wei said with a smile, "How can sleeping be as interesting as looking at you? You are so interesting, more interesting than my previous two partners. After all, looking at you alone is like looking at a group of people."
Hevinia ignored Bai Wei's teasing. She looked out the window and knew that it would be dawn soon, so she quickly cleaned up the traces of her presence.
For example, the blood stains under your feet.
Then, she heard Bai Wei say slowly: "Let me give you a piece of advice. If you wear a mask for too long, it's easy to lose recognition of yourself."
"Does Mr. Visas have any experience in this regard?"
"Of course." Bai Wei said with a smile, "I understand that very well."
Hevinia frowned slightly. If it were usual, she might have thought about the meaning of Bai Wei's words.
But she didn't have time at this moment. If she didn't go back before dawn, she would be blocked in the library, which would be troublesome.
But not yet.
After waiting patiently for about twenty minutes, Hevinia opened the door.
Then he saw Oger sleeping on the counter in the lobby.
She knew that Og would definitely fall asleep, because when she was explaining to Og earlier, Hevinia had added some hypnotic tunes, which was not difficult for her now.
She originally wanted to leave immediately, but when she saw Oger shivering slightly because he was only wearing a single piece of clothing, she stepped back, took out the magic candle in the room, and placed it next to Oger.
And just at this moment, she saw an open ancient book on the front desk.
Oger should have seen it when he was sitting here just now.
She didn't care, but just glanced at it subconsciously, and then her pupils condensed slightly.
Because there was a familiar word on that page - "Visas".
After realizing what Oger was reading, Hevinia calmly slid her right hand across the table, then naturally tucked the book under her armpit and prepared to leave.
Then, she heard Og's whispering in his sleep: "Thank you... Hevinia..."
Hevinia seemed not to have heard anything. Without even a pause, she stepped straight into the snow at dawn.
(End of this chapter)
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