In the instance.

"How about I let you touch me? Anyway, like you said, this is just a fictional space, and the real me won't know."

Seeing that her plea didn't move Liens, Nimophila directly unleashed her ultimate move.

"Do you know... the moment you said that, you became a comedic figure in my heart."

"Also, let me go... I've already agreed to the real you."

Liens felt a bit helpless.

Upon hearing this, Nimophila released Liens's waist, quickly got up, straightened her clothes, and her expression instantly changed from crying to a gentle smile.

In an instant, Nimophila transformed back into the gentle goddess image beloved by the students.

"Thank you, Heier, for giving me this opportunity."

"Oh, right, since you've already agreed to the real me, why did you say those things before?"

"Hmm... could it be that you suspect the real me knows your secret, so you came here to test me?"

Nimophila, whose intelligence had once again taken the high ground, immediately realized the loophole in Liens's previous words.

He had clearly made an agreement with the real her...

So why, after explaining his abilities, did he ask her if he should help the real her improve together?

"Well, I was worried that 'Divinity' was too special and could break through the blockade of my abilities, so I came to test it out."

"The results of the test so far are... I haven't found any problems."

Liens said directly.

"Heier, you are truly cautious... what exactly did the real me do to arouse your suspicion?"

Nimophila sighed helplessly, rubbing her forehead.

"Could it be that my plan failed?"

"It shouldn't be... I'm so beautiful, and my figure is so good, how could a honey trap fail?"

Nimophila looked at Liens with a strange expression, muttering to herself.

She once again doubted Liens's sexual orientation.

"Don't overthink it, I just felt that given our relationship, you suddenly became too enthusiastic, which was a bit strange."

"As the saying goes, 'unsolicited courtesy is either a plot or a robbery.'"

"I don't trust you."

"If I couldn't defeat the big shot behind you, what awaited you might not have been just a test."

Noticing Nimophila's strange gaze, Liens quickly interrupted her odd thoughts and explained to her.

"You even know that? It seems Heier has tried to put me to death many times."

"What a heartless person... if I were in your position, Heier, I would definitely try every means to figure out 'my' preferences and concerns."

"Then, I would constantly try to gain favor in reality and ultimately win the beauty over."

Nimophila said to Liens with a teasing look.

"You've already said similar things. Now that you're done, let's begin."

Liens drew his longsword and pointed it at Nimophila.

"Does it have to be a fight? I don't think I can beat you, Heier, and I don't really want to be abused."

"How about we just talk about our feelings?"

"A beautiful girl's feelings are very precious things."

Nimophila suggested to Liens with a somewhat stiff expression.

What responded to her was not Liens's words, but a longsword swift as the wind.

The battle began in an instant...

Nimophila's performance was not as reluctant as she claimed; her heart was also filled with surging fighting spirit once she entered the battle.

And after realizing that her normal methods couldn't threaten Liens, she didn't hesitate to fight desperately.

All sorts of reckless fighting styles continuously unleashed upon Liens.

Completely disregarding defense, constantly attacking, just to leave injuries on Liens.

...

Time passed, and more than twenty days had gone by since the agreement with Nimophila for midnight every night.

It was now December, the last month of the Frost Season, and also the month of transition from frost to recovery.

Liens, still dressed in somewhat thin clothes, stood on the open ground of the external training grounds, quietly watching the falling snow.

He remembered how, whenever it snowed in the past, he would curl up in a quilt with little warmth, struggling with all his might against the cold.

Now, his clothes were still thin, but he didn't feel much cold. If you're not on *, you're viewing a copy.

"Things have changed."

Liens said softly.

The contrast between then and now made Liens once again realize the meaning of becoming stronger.

"Snowing at this time, according to the agricultural knowledge of my previous life, could be considered auspicious snow."

"They say 'auspicious snow promises a bumper harvest,' but I wonder if the agriculture in this world follows this rule?"

After a brief moment of thought, Liens once again immersed himself in sword practice.

However, this time, the blue figure was no longer standing by his side, watching.

It wasn't that something had happened to Nimophila; rather, she was too embarrassed to come.

Her enthusiastic display towards Liens at the external training grounds had sparked much discussion in the academy, even spreading to the town.

Everyone was saying that Nimophila had thrown herself at the new sword instructor.

Furthermore, the better rumors said they were childhood sweethearts.

Liens had specifically come from afar to the remote Hughes Town to be a sword instructor just to reunite with his childhood sweetheart.

The worse rumors, however, claimed that Liens had used drugs or some special witchcraft to control Nimophila.

Some people even wanted to cause trouble for Liens because of this.

After all, it was too much for people to be jealous that Nimophila, a beauty renowned in the town, had fallen into someone else's arms.

Of course, Liens couldn't be bothered with such boring theatrics.

And the students, to avoid affecting Liens's teaching mood, directly "enthusiastically" sent every troublemaker to the infirmary for a few days.

In short, rumors were rampant.

For her own image, and also to avoid causing trouble for Liens, Nimophila reduced the frequency of her visits to watch his swordplay.

Of course, she did this also because she hadn't fully digested the guidance she received every night.

Although she was a bit strange as to why Liens understood her so well, always quickly finding her weaknesses in combat and correcting them.

But considering Liens's age and his nearing Master-level sword realm...

She could only conclude that this was the ability of a monstrous genius.

Some geniuses are just extraordinarily different; otherwise, they wouldn't be called geniuses.

"Nimophila's progress is obvious; she truly is a genius of the Life Truth Society, understanding things with just a hint."

"But in a short time, her changes can't keep up with my pace."

"Perhaps it's time to find the dean."

"Let's see what's so special about magic."

Liens thought to himself, then sheathed his sword and slowly left the external training grounds.

The snow fell heavier, but it only drifted down beside him, not a single flake landing on him.