"I didn't expect Teacher Heier to like the type of person Teacher Atel is."

"That's true… Teacher Atel is so beautiful, has a good figure, and coupled with that serious and stern expression…"

"Her first impression gives people a desire to conquer her."

Nimophila, who had watched Liens and Atel's conversation from not far away, walked up to Liens and teased him.

"So, is there anything special about Teacher Atel?"

Before Liens could respond, Nimophila continued to ask.

After all, they had been together for a few months, and Nimophila had some understanding of Liens.

Although Liens usually acted quite normal, she could still perceive his indifference towards others.

It felt like he wasn't looking at living people, but rather at moving, talking chunks of flesh.

Unless it was a special existence, he basically only went through the motions and perfunctorily dealt with things.

Therefore, she felt that Liens was not attracted to Atel, but rather might have discovered something special about her.

Of course, she also didn't want to admit that Liens had fallen in love with Atel at first sight.

Something she hadn't been able to achieve in several months was directly accomplished by another woman just by meeting her.

Wouldn't this make her question her own charm?

"You don't know either?"

"It seems this Teacher Atel is truly mysterious."

"I saw various elements slowly entering her body."

"You should understand what that means, right?"

Liens was a little surprised, then explained to Nimophila.

"Is that so… then she truly is quite special."

Upon hearing this, Nimophila's expression turned serious.

Although she couldn't see it herself, she still trusted Liens's judgment.

After all, an existence like Liens, who was close to Master-level, had much stronger perceptive abilities than ordinary Extraordinary Ones.

At the same time, she understood what Liens wanted to convey.

It was indeed a very significant matter that a potential Grand Magician had come to Hughes Town.

However, why hadn't the Dean sent a signal for her to come to the room to discuss the situation?

This made Nimophila a little puzzled.

"It seems I need to go to the Dean to ask about the situation."

Nimophila thought to herself.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep."

"Goodbye!"

After reminding Nimophila, Liens bid her farewell, and then continued to walk quickly towards his room.

"He's still so sleepy."

"That doesn't make sense. Four months have passed, and I can see his Life essence has recovered somewhat with the help of the ritual."

"Given his physical condition, he shouldn't still feel constantly tired."

"Could it be… he has some special talent for cultivation in dreams?"

"If that's truly the case, then his current achievements in swordsmanship at such a young age would also have some explanation."

Nimophila watched Liens's departing figure, pondering to herself.

Although she had a guess, she did not, however, develop any thoughts of underestimating Liens because of it.

Abilities, in the end, belonged to the person.

Could achievements gained through special abilities not be considered personal achievements?

Moreover, this world had numerous races and bloodlines, in addition to the blessings of true gods, the invasion of evil gods, and so on.

Abilities similar to cultivation in dreams were not isolated cases, but how many could reach Liens's level?

Therefore, her guess did not affect her admiration for Liens's swordsmanship realm.

After all, at least half of her rapid progress in the past few months was due to Liens.

How could she possibly think Liens was not good enough?

…

Returning to his room and closing the door tightly, Liens quickly lay down on the bed and entered the Instance .

The scene shifted.

Liens appeared in the hallway of the teacher's dormitory area, and Atel was walking quickly towards him.

Liens turned to face Atel, his expression serious, poised and ready.

Perhaps sensing something, Atel's brows began to furrow, and her steps stopped accordingly.

However, before she could react, a longsword carrying a blue light had already slashed before her.

The danger instinctively perceived by her body made her subconsciously want to draw the longsword from her waist to deal with this crisis.

As a Knight who had not long retired from the Royal Capital Knight Order, her habits had not yet changed.

Therefore, like Liens, she always carried her weapon with her.

It was also because of this that when Atel saw Liens doing the same, she felt a sense that Liens was like herself.

This subconscious closeness prompted Atel to directly seek Liens's help after the meeting.

Unfortunately, if she had known Liens a little better, she would have understood…

That so-called kinship was merely a ridiculous illusion.

As the deadly longsword was about to strike, Atel's body moved before her brain could even react. C^heck& for the l^ate%s*t@ u*pda#t+e+s on My V.i^r%t-u%al# Libr@ar*y# E.m&p%i&r^e (!*!).

But… it was too fast.

That blue light, like actual light, flashed before Atel's eyes.

She didn't even feel any pain, but as her body instinctively moved, her vision began to change.

The world tumbled before her eyes, then slowly dimmed.

"Phew… So she really was just an ordinary person, I almost got scared."

Liens watched Atel's head roll onto the floor, her unclosed eyes revealing confusion, and he said with a sigh of relief.

It turned out everything was just him scaring himself.

That Atel might really just be an ordinary Knight who had just retired from the Royal Capital Knight Order.

As for why her body automatically absorbed external elements, there should be other reasons, right?

However, after she died, this strange phenomenon stopped.

"Reason!"

Nimophila approached Liens, her expression serious, and said to Liens in a deep voice.

Although she knew Liens was very indifferent to others, she hadn't expected Liens to have reached the point of casually killing people.

Especially killing a female teacher he had only just met.

But out of their interactions over the past few months…

Therefore, Nimophila immediately hoped Liens could give her a reasonable explanation.

Of course, Nimophila being able to calm down…

Did not mean that the other teachers, who had not gone far and saw the bloody murder scene, could remain calm.

"Ah… someone's dead!!!"

A teacher shrieked, and then more teachers turned around and saw the murder scene.

And the culprit was still standing quietly in place.

Especially after seeing who the deceased was, everyone became even more enraged.

They quickly surrounded Liens, preventing him from escaping the scene.

At the same time, they sent several teachers to notify the academy's students and the town's militia to come here.

Because they all knew Liens was a very dangerous person, they only surrounded him from a distance and did not get too close.

In addition, they also shouted at Nimophila, telling her to stay away from the dangerous Liens.

However, they did not receive a response from Nimophila.