"Heier, please give me a chance in reality."

"I understand her; she's a shy girl who doesn't talk much and isn't very proactive in approaching people."

Nimophila hugged Liens's waist, looked up at his face, and pleaded with him, her voice tinged with a sob.

"You truly are constantly refreshing my understanding of you."

Liens said, somewhat speechless, looking at Nimophila, who was tearful.

...

Let's rewind a bit.

After Liens finished his sword practice, Nimophila also finished her eager observation.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the students, Nimophila walked directly up to Liens, greeted him with a bright smile, and said, "Heier, good morning. You worked hard practicing your sword."

This was Nimophila's first step in her plan to gain favor: a honey trap.

No matter how much of a genius he was, Liens was still under eighteen years old.

Facing such a pure-hearted youth, she, as an "older" sister, could easily win him over.

Believe her, she could max out his favorability in minutes.

Coupled with the envious gazes of the surrounding students, Nimophila felt sure she could make Liens's sense of satisfaction explode.

Liens found Nimophila's sudden attentiveness a bit strange, so he looked at her in confusion: "Nimophila, is this...?"

Sword practice is over, why are you still here? And why did you specifically come to greet me?

Liens even suspected that the Nimophila in the instance might have sent a dream to her in reality.

Otherwise, why would the Nimophila in reality be so enthusiastic towards him?

Is "divinity" really that powerful, unable to be isolated even by instances?

One must know that even the God of Absolute Fairness's contract couldn't affect him in reality through the instance.

Thinking of this, Liens's expression instantly became serious. If this were truly the case, then he might have to make a quick escape.

Although Nimophila outwardly showed great respect for the Divine Endowed and cooperated well with him in the instance.

But who knew if this was just a delaying tactic, just to capture and study him, the so-called Divine Endowed?

Nimophila, standing to the side, saw Liens's expression suddenly turn serious and immediately felt that something unexpected had happened just as her plan was beginning.

Could it be that he's wary of others and can't accept overly enthusiastic people?

Thinking of this, Nimophila quickly tried to salvage the situation:

"Heier, I saw you finished your sword practice, so I came over to say hello. There's no need to be so serious."

"Is that so? Thank you for your concern, Nimophila. I apologize for startling you; I was a bit sensitive."

"There was someone once who was also very concerned about me, but unfortunately... he died."

"Whenever I think of him, I feel a dull ache in my head, as if I'm hearing his nagging again."

Liens explained to Nimophila with an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry to have reminded you of sad memories."

"How about we go to the cafeteria together for a meal and let the food wash away the sadness in your heart?"

Nimophila suggested.

The plan was messed up...

Originally, after the greeting, she was going to hint that it was breakfast time, then have Liens invite her, and she would then accept gracefully.

This way, she could gain favor while also appearing as a reserved woman.

Now, it felt like she was throwing herself at him.

Although she really wanted to gain Liens's favor, she truly wasn't prepared to throw herself at him.

"Speaking of which, I remembered that I promised to invite Nimophila to dinner last night."

"Now, it's turned into you inviting me, which is truly..."

"Never mind, since Nimophila has invited me, if I don't go, I feel like the students will beat me to death."

Liens said with a smile.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Nimophila replied.

Then, the two walked side by side and left the external training grounds.

And after they left, the silent external training grounds instantly erupted into noisy discussions.

"Hey, hey, hey... Did you see that? Nimophila approached Heier on her own initiative."

"My eyes aren't blind, of course I saw it... I didn't expect the most beautiful female teacher in our academy to be taken like this. My heart aches so much."

"Just one day, just one day to achieve such a feat... Is this the legendary God of picking up girls?"

"To think that Nimophila's broad mind is about to fall into someone else's control... Ah! Is this God's punishment for my lack of effort and progress?"

...

The two who left the external training grounds didn't know how much discussion their actions had caused.

Walking on the path to the cafeteria, Liens noticed there were no passersby around, then casually asked Nimophila, "Nimophila, as a priest, do you know about the Divine Endowed?"

"Divine Endowed?"

"Are you referring to the Divine Endowed blessed by a true god? That is a noble existence with only a few instances in history."

"I heard that only when the Demon Disaster descends, heroes tasked with conquering the Demon King might have a small chance of receiving a true god's blessing."

"As for others, the leaders of the three major powers might be, but I don't know more than that."

"Historical records also don't clearly state who exactly received a god's blessing."

Hearing a professional question, Nimophila responded seriously.

"I see. That's enlightening. Thank you for your explanation, Nimophila."

Liens showed a look of sudden understanding, then thanked Nimophila.

"By the way, I have another question. I don't know if it's appropriate to ask?" This chapter's true source is My Virtual Library Empire (*).

Liens continued.

"Please speak."

Nimophila replied concisely.

"It's just that, Nimophila, you seem to really enjoy watching me practice sword. Do you have any thoughts of learning swordsmanship?"

Liens asked.

Hearing this question, Nimophila's face lit up with joy.

Unexpectedly, her plan didn't succeed, but it seemed to achieve her goal in another way.

Didn't she worry before that directly asking would cause Liens's displeasure? Now the opportunity had arrived.

"I don't have any intention of practicing swordsmanship, but I do know some hand-to-hand combat techniques."

"Earlier, I noticed some subtleties in Heier's swordsmanship and found that you are entering the Master-level technique realm."

"Therefore, I shamelessly ask for some guidance from you, Heier."

Nimophila responded with a slight eagerness, and her address to Liens also changed to a respectful form.

"'Your respectful address is too much... I just didn't expect Nimophila to also be proficient in fist arts."

"It's really a bit hard to imagine."

"However, it's not guidance; it should be called mutual progress."

"Being able to learn experience in dealing with fist arts from Nimophila is also very meaningful to me."

"Nimophila, when are you free?"

Liens said humbly.

"How about the external training grounds at midnight tonight?"

"At that time, I'll cast a divine spell, and then ordinary people shouldn't be able to see our battle."

Nimophila immediately stated a time; clearly, she had already thought it through.

Seeing Liens nod in agreement, her smile became even brighter, while Liens looked at her with a somewhat profound gaze.

"Was I overthinking? I'll try to trick her in the instance later. Otherwise, I'm still a bit uneasy."

Liens thought to himself.

And so, after class, Liens entered the instance, and the opening scene occurred.