Four Split Personalities

Theresa Tarosa is a unique girl.

Of course, the "unique" here doesn’t refer to the fact that she’s eighteen and falls twice walking five hundred meters, but rather to her all-around traits.

In terms of appearance, Theresa has long silver hair always braided in a twist, beautiful light grey eyes, long eyelashes, and skin so fair it’s almost dazzling. Considering she has a touch of Silver Elf blood, she is outstanding in terms of looks. Although not as much as Ji Xiaoge, an Excluded Level presence, she definitely counts as a T0 Level super beauty, coupled with her endearing demeanor, capable of evoking protective instincts in most people regardless of age or gender, she is full of captivating qualities.

Regarding her character, in most cases, Theresa is a kindhearted and lovely girl, always infused with a sense of justice. Although her social circle is relatively narrow, anyone who understands her finds it hard not to like this principled and cultured good girl.

As for her family, Theresa’s parents were the Deans of [Dan Slave Military Academy], former friends of the legendary commander Richard Ducasse from the Tide War. Both passed away due to an unusual accident when she was merely six years old. After that, the young Theresa went through several upheavals before being adopted by Dean Richard, who, despite not formally accepting her as a foster daughter, treated Theresa as his own with great care.

However, after the accident that took her parents, Theresa was heavily traumatized and completely closed off for a long time, easily breaking down from the slightest scare, extremely resistant to strangers. In this vicious cycle, only Richard could slightly open Theresa’s heart, and even with him, communication was limited to simple exchanges.

This condition persisted for three full years, during which Theresa’s activities were confined to the [Dan Slave Military Academy] library, archive room, and her own bedroom after midnight, despite Richard’s deep concern for her mental state. Yet, with his stringent personality and lack of paternal experience, he was always at a loss for solutions.

Of course, the Dean wasn’t passive; he attempted to ensure Theresa had a healthy childhood. In the first year after adopting her, he even bit the bullet and reached out to Andre Kalinin, the Dean of [Mercury Gold Military Academy] whom he had a contentious relationship with, just to learn some parenting skills from this widower whose wife and son died in the war.

However, to Richard’s disappointment, although Kalinin indeed had a wife and son, this man who always served in the army during his youth had very little interaction with his own child, even less than when Richard was a guest at the Tarosas before their passing.

"Waste."

The usually composed and gentlemanly Richard rarely cursed that day.

"Same here."

Dean Andre calmly replied with this line and then called over the waiter to settle the bill.

In summary, due to adopting Theresa, these two solitary, formerly adversarial old men somehow got along well, and Andre developed a habit of secretly visiting Theresa at [Dan Slave Military Academy] twice a month, although Theresa feared this "stern-looking uncle". Andre, however, liked the child, even suggesting that if Richard found it troublesome, he could adopt Theresa himself.

Then he was chased out of the academy by Dean Richard with kicks and punches.

After that, the two men, despite their renowned status and having students worldwide, racked their brains, even resorting to underground matchmaking (yes, they went astray) to try and liberate Theresa from her inner confinement.

But the results were minimal.

Until that day, the second weekend after Theresa Tarosa’s ninth birthday.

Having toiled all night again (one trying to tell fairy tales to the girl huddled in her room’s corner, the other standing dumbly at the door) without any success, Richard and Andre decided to relax a bit, and after Theresa fell asleep, they moved to the opposite room, Richard Ducasse’s office.

Indeed, to care for the child, Richard had moved his office from the academy’s top floor to the third basement level the day after adopting Theresa, as she was afraid of strangers.

Afterwards, the two drank two cups of coffee, routinely teased each other’s past commanding skills for a half-hour, routinely got mad beyond measure, routinely decided to turn on the mini magic sand table at the center of the room for a best-of-five war simulation contest.

This was their standby program, one of their few amusements, as their skills were so exceptional that openly playing with students risked making the kids feel inadequate, so they occasionally sparred against each other for fun.

In the first game, Richard won steadily, giving Andre no chance. He arrogantly smirked (despite having a poker face) and opened a bottle of red wine worth at least 300 gold coins to celebrate.

In the second game, similarly poker-faced Andre took only fifteen minutes to topple Richard’s command center, arrogantly raised an eyebrow, and opened a bottle of red wine worth at least 500 gold coins to celebrate.

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