Four Split Personalities

Diana nodded gently. After all, this epic-tier strong scholar, filled with a scholarly aura that even made people think ’a bit dull,’ understood her stubborn apprentice very well, so she immediately deduced that the latter was most likely at—

"The library."

She muttered with a bit of helplessness, shaking her head: "That child is really too impatient. In just six months, she broke through from a mage apprentice to advanced in all elements. If this got out, it would definitely cause an uproar even in the City of Miracles. Yet she’s not satisfied and insists on breaking through to the epic tier... uh... It’s not so easy to enter the epic tier. I’m only at the epic tier myself!"

Motan chuckled, shrugging: "You also said that once Double Leaf completes it, even those big figures in the City of Miracles would be shocked by her feat. Maybe she really has a way to enter the epic tier early?"

"It’s not that easy!"

Diana wrinkled her nose and took a small bite of the last clam meat that Motan had meticulously peeled, putting on a serious face: "The epic tier and the advanced stage are two different concepts. Regardless of the profession, it requires a long accumulation and substantial accumulation to reach such a realm. Even though spellcasters value talents more compared to warriors, knights, and thieves who rely on physical fitness, it’s not something that can be easily broken through. Trying too easily could hurt oneself!"

A complete transformation from a sleepy, sleep-deprived state half a minute ago, Diana seriously imparted knowledge to Frank, this outsider. It’s apparent that this somewhat quirky Grand Astrologist, who had difficulty taking interest in things outside her sphere of interest, was quite worried about a certain eager apprentice.

"Hmm, I see."

Motan nodded understandingly, then hesitated: "But didn’t Diana tell me before that Double Leaf’s talents are the best you’ve ever seen, even..."

"Even better than Brother Kenneth."

Diana sighed, putting down the delicate fork, and said worriedly: "But like I just said, even though talents are crucial for us spellcasters, advancing to the epic tier requires enough accumulated experience, and also..."

Motan squinted his eyes slightly and softly asked: "And what else?"

"And Double Leaf, uh..."

Diana organized her thoughts for about ten seconds before continuing: "She seems to have used some kind of trick. I didn’t notice it at first, but after Ana’s letter pointed it out, even I realized that while young Double Leaf can flexibly use all-element spells from apprentice to advanced stage, but..."

"But?"

"But she’s just mastered the structures of those spells. As for the more fundamental... uh, there are some things she’s only half-understood."

"I see~"

Quickly clearing away the tableware, Motan walked cheerfully towards the main hall, smiling as he praised: "Not a single bit of breakfast was wasted. Diana is a good child who doesn’t waste food."

"Because it was Frank who made it."

Following nearby in her slippers, Diana curled up her lips into a happy smile, then belatedly frowned her pretty brows and gently tapped Motan’s shoulder: "What do you mean by ’good child’? I’m older than you!"

Motan chuckled and shrugged: "Other girls can’t wait to always be treated as young girls."

"It’s better if Frank is younger than me."

Diana shook her head, then said while competing to wash the dishes with her industrious lover: "Um, Frank... I want to ask you a favor, is that okay?"

Motan nodded, smiling: "No problem, after I drop you off at the street corner, I’ll head over to the library."

"Thank you... eh!?"

Diana, who instinctively thanked him, was suddenly stunned, and the plate slipped from her fingers but was caught by the quick-eyed Frank.

"Be careful, getting scratched wouldn’t be good."

Skillfully washing the dishes with the skills honed over twenty-something years of being single, Frank preemptively answered before Diana could ask: "Go to the library to keep an eye on Double Leaf, try not to let her impulsively attempt more high-level magic, and stop her from going to the forbidden book area to look at potentially dangerous books, it’s best if she quickly picks out the truly useful readings and comes back, right?"

"How does Frank know!?"

"I guessed, considering how much you care for her."

"Ugh, it feels like I’m the only fool here..."

"Hmm, sometimes Diana isn’t particularly smart~"

"Ugh..."

"Just kidding."

"Then, I’ll leave Double Leaf to you, okay?"

"Although the opposition might not be small, I will do my best to try~"

...

Game Time AM08:47

Academy City, Inner Ring Area, Academy City Comprehensive Library, Twenty-third Floor

"So, this is why you’re here..."

Leaning against a bookshelf full of bards’ collections, the petite girl gave a half-smile glance at Frank Hughes in front of her: "Here to watch over me for Diana?"

Holding a nearly extinct copy of "Ode to Ota," Motan rubbed his nose awkwardly and nodded slightly: "Yeah."

"Very well, I’ve already received Diana’s concern."

Double Leaf smiled softly, mischievously casting her gaze toward the poetry collection in his hand: "So, Mr. Frank, why are you leisurely reading here when your original purpose was to advise me to take it easy and not mess around?"

"Well... ahem."

Motan cleared his throat, smiling wryly: "Actually, I had been searching for you a while ago, I went through several floors and the mysticism-related sixteenth, nineteenth, twenty-third, and twenty-fifth floors, but didn’t see you, so..."

"So you’ve sort of given yourself an excuse, running straight here, leaving me, a beautiful girl who might blow up at any moment due to recklessness, behind, and plunged into these nearly nonsensical poetry collections?"

Double Leaf snorted lightly without any sense of concern and righteously stated: "That’s really excessive, Diana really misjudged you, Frank Hughes!"

"In fact..."

Motan suddenly smiled, chuckling: "I also thought of another possibility."

The girl glanced at him: "Go on."

"For instance, the beautiful girl in front of me had already guessed from the beginning that Diana would ask me to come here."

Motan casually placed the "Ode to Ota" on the wooden table behind him, softly saying: "So you, Miss Double Leaf, who planned not to behave obediently or listen to lectures upon return, directly came to this floor after entering the library, passing time with stories while waiting for me, who couldn’t find you elsewhere, to come here."

Double Leaf narrowed her eyes slightly: "How does this benefit me?"

"Benefit... I can’t think of any right now."

Motan, whose face hadn’t looked great from before, shrugged wryly: "But letting me, someone not well-matched with the teleportation array, run up and down a few times upstairs, might be considered a nice pastime for you, Miss Double Leaf, right?"

"..."

Double Leaf remained silent, glaring at Motan with gritted teeth after a while: "For the record, I won’t apologize!"

Motan shook his head, his expression and tone as gentle as ever: "I never intended to ask Miss Double Leaf for an apology. Ultimately, wasting all that time is mostly my fault for being slow to realize."

"You..."

Double Leaf looked at Motan with a twisted expression, finally gritting her teeth in reluctance, forcing out a sentence: "Do you have to be so hypocritical!"

"Eh?"

"I’m sorry."

"Huh?"

"It’s nothing, forget about it."

"Oh."

"Well then, since I’ve already apologized..."

"Uh, didn’t you ask me to forget?"

"Stop rambling, in short, come with me."

"Where to?"

"The forbidden book area, where else?"

"..."

Chapter 1162: End

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