Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 523 A brief crisis of trust and undue worries

In the evening, after school, Natalie went to the Randall mansion belonging to Ives.
  "So you came back early today too?"

After silently listening to the junior's meticulous description of her experience this afternoon, Alina couldn't help but chuckle, half jokingly, half seriously, she put her chin on her hands and asked curiously.

"Yes," he nodded slightly. Ives was about to tactfully ask the other party not to joke. Suddenly, he remembered the words of 'Trapped' Cornerstone in the afternoon. He quickly gave up the previous thought and tentatively started. He asked, "Senior, may I take the liberty of asking a question?"

"You want to ask about the private agreement that Claude and I made?" Ignoring the surprised expression on the young man's face, which she tried her best to control but failed to completely control, Alina couldn't help but change her sitting posture, and again Smiling lightly, "This is a transaction recognized by both parties. He wants to use this to know whether I am trustworthy, and I am also curious about his 'natural' ability."

"Senior, this shouldn't be all your reasons, right?"

Hearing these rather firm words, and recalling the other party's various analyzes yesterday that accurately grasped the inner thoughts of the cornerstone of 'difficulty', Avis couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and euphemistically made a test to indirectly express His dissatisfaction was concealed by both mentors.

"There are indeed other reasons for the agreement, but I really don't know the content of your and Claude's classes."

Noticing the abnormal change in the facial expression of the young man opposite, Alina was confused for a while, and then suddenly realized the true mood of the other person's question. She couldn't help but helplessly spread her hands and took the initiative to express herself. position.

"..."

"The content that he and I negotiated at that time was only the specific allocation of teaching time each week and the general teaching goals for each stage. As for the specific teaching content, because it is bound by the magic contract, I don't know exactly what he will teach you. What."

Seeing that this junior still refused to believe it, Alina couldn't help but feel dissatisfied as she recalled the experience of the 'difficult' Cornerstone's presumptuous visit the night before. She couldn't help but darken her face slightly and emphasized her position again.

"Sorry, senior, please forgive me for being rude!"

Listening to Alina's words, which she almost took out a paper contract to prove, I later realized that the two mentors seemed to be harmonious but actually had their own suspicions. Ivis couldn't help but stood up with some guilt, and took a deep breath. Bow and apologize sincerely.

"Sit down, I really can't blame you for this. After all, if it were me, I would probably have similar thoughts."

Glancing at the young man who was still bowing, Alina couldn't help but laugh a little, and showed a kind smile again, indicating that the other person could sit down.

"Thank you for your generosity."

Noticing the gentle smile, Avis sat back on the sofa with relief and thanked him again.

As for the exploration of this senior's thoughts in his heart, he felt that he had done something wrong today and did not let his curiosity overcome his rationality.

"Then let's continue talking about your class this afternoon. Now, do you understand what Claude wants?"

Realizing that this junior was still a little uncomfortable, Alina slightly twitched the corners of her mouth and thoughtfully offered the other person a new topic to think about. "Yes," Avis nodded, but found that the senior didn't seem to want to continue, so he had to give up waiting and took the initiative to add, "But senior, I don't quite understand why Lord Claude would risk being punished. He should also be very aware of the risk of teaching me 'spiritual magic', and I will not join the 'Sky Scholars'."

This was a question that had puzzled him ever since he returned from his school trip.

At first, he thought that they, the sage assistants, were not capable enough, so that the 'Sky Foundations' who knew some of the secrets of the Second Era had to allocate some energy to help them improve their strength and knowledge, but when he discovered, Whether it was the master of the Nanzhu Workshop, the senior Feng Zilan in front of him, or even the senior Earth Mallow, who was similar to him and had only a drop in the bucket of abilities, none of the three of them had received similar guidance to him. , he somewhat distrusted the above conjecture.

Of course, he actually wanted to take this opportunity to ask the senior opposite him whether the Wind Committee member had given her any guidance. However, considering the mistakes he had made before, the frightened Ives did not choose to ask questions in the end. All hope for an answer was placed on the previous question that was closely related to himself.

"Maybe he also has some ideas of his own, just like Inzat and Sallysette."

Unexpectedly, Alina looked at the solemn-faced junior, then showed a relieved smile and gave her guess in a very intuitive way.

"But senior, don't you think this reason is too far-fetched..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Avis, recalling his doubts about the senior's position, hurriedly stopped his subsequent words and bowed apologetically again, "I'm sorry, senior, I was rude. Maybe this is really true." It’s not an issue that needs to be taken care of.”

"Perhaps Claude is just like Inzat, and wants to steal something from us sage assistants. I have also worried about the issues you are worried about, but," At this point, Alina paused deliberately. , seeing that the expression on the young man's face seemed to become more relaxed, she continued with peace of mind, "But since Lord Ovid is willing to believe them, why should we worry too much about hidden dangers that may not exist?"

"..."

"Moreover, wouldn't it be better to turn a blind eye when necessary? Since they want to use us to achieve some goals, why don't we in turn use their favor to obtain more resources for ourselves?" noted. This junior was still a little worried, and seemed hesitant to speak. Alina couldn't help but pursed her lips helplessly, and took the initiative to add another reason.

"I understand."

Seeing that the training instructor had already said this, Avis was embarrassed to continue to dwell on this issue and nodded with understanding.

"Now that we understand, let's start our practice today? You know, there are only a few days until the level assessment. If Cloud's teaching points are mainly focused on the use of spiritual magic, we should focus on this The content of the course has been adjusted for the second magic level assessment."

Just when Ives had just relaxed a little, the words from the training instructor on the other side suddenly broke his illusion of temporarily relaxing.

"I see."

So, Avis hurriedly closed the book in his hand and quickly followed the training instructor who had walked away...

(End of this chapter)