Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

"Just like with Xiaowen, I'll be disliked again."

The younger schoolmate tugged at Bai Ze's clothes, as if seeking support, and pressed her forehead against him.

"I don't want to go to school anymore, and if I don't want to stay at home either, where can I go?"

Her voice trembled slightly, like a fledgling bird hatching in the cold winter.

"Since Mom will eventually go anyway, it's better not to tell her. Besides, the ghosts there didn't do anything more terrible..."

The girl tightened her grip, squeezing Bai Ze's clothes tightly.

"Her injury isn't my fault, is it? Xiaowen's injury isn't my fault either, is it? I just saw it."

Lu Xingyao's words were fragmented and intermittent, occasionally interspersed with short, breathy sounds.

"I really wanted to prevent what happened in the painting, and I wanted to tell them why they ended up blaming me!"

The girl sobbed as she poured out her grievances to the "magician," "I won't tell her! I'll pretend I don't know anything, just like a normal child! When Mom comes back scared and bleeding, I'll rush over and hug her, making Dad give up the idea of ​​moving... That's the only happy ending."

"Otherwise, I would definitely regret it, and I would definitely think in the future, 'If I had done it that way, I wouldn't have any regrets'..."

"If I had done it then, I wouldn't have had any regrets?"

Bai Ze felt that these words sounded familiar.

The hero seemed to have said something similar.

If he considered these as common traits exhibited in unusual behavior, he could roughly guess the other party's true nature.

All that's left is to verify it.

He pressed down on the girl's thin shoulders and squatted down to look her in the eye.

"Xingyao, let me tell you the second secret I've been hiding, besides my identity as a magician."

Bai Ze said with a serious expression, "I am a time traveler from the future."

Lu Xingyao's sorrowful emotions were interrupted for a moment, and she looked up blankly.

"Time travel is impossible, although I believe you're a magician, brother."

"What kind of bizarre standard of trust is this... Fine, then let's just say I have a similar ability to see future scenes, okay?"

Bai Ze gave up on complaining, "You'll eventually choose to remind your mother not to go, even if she hates you for it."

"Why...why..." the girl tried to argue timidly.

"Because Lu Xingyao, whom I know, is that kind of person—when she knows a disaster is about to happen, she will try her best to keep those around her away, and once she discovers that she has the potential to stop the disaster, she will take active action."

Bai Ze recalled the scene where she invited him to create the Eternal Serpent.

Even if the outcome remains the same, you still can't bear the thought of having done nothing.

He gently squeezed the other person's slender shoulders. "And I guarantee that in a few years, someone will appear who will greatly benefit from your abilities."

"I am very grateful for your help, my accomplice."

The childhood version of Lu Xingyao stared at him, as if confirming the truth.

Will my master and I meet in the future?

"Actually, we've known each other for a long time, but it took me a while to get to know your abilities... Please forgive me if we suddenly drift apart in the meantime."

Bai Ze awkwardly let go of her hand. "By the way, don't call me Master. We'll be senior and junior classmates at the same high school in the future."

"But now he's my master."

She blinked innocently, then seemed to have made a decision.

"I'll remind Mom."

Lu Xingyao rushed out of the room.

The conversation between the mother and daughter could be heard indistinctly, ending with the words, "What nonsense are you talking about, child?"

In just a few minutes, Lu Xingyao was defeated and returned to her room, collapsing onto the bed.

"My effort limit has been exhausted, Master."

"Teacher Bai, please keep an eye on Xingyao and make sure she doesn't have any strange ideas."

Lu Xingyao's mother peeked out from the open door. "I have to go out for a bit later. I'll come back to check your homework."

She said the second half of the sentence to the girl lying dead on the bed, and then she turned and left. Soon after, the creaking sound of the security door opening and the sound of footsteps followed.

"Mom has already gone to look at the new house."

Lu Xingyao said sullenly, "I still didn't stop her—"

"No, let's follow them."

Bai Ze casually suggested abducting elementary school students.

In the real timeline, Lu Xingyao, at this age, obviously has no means of long-distance travel to escape from her parents.

However, he exists within the alternate world that was abnormally simulated.

Moreover, if his speculation is correct, the key to this anomaly is likely hidden in the destination.

"Are you going to run away from home?"

The girl's expression showed a mixture of hesitation and fear.

"Didn't you say the outcome couldn't be changed?"

Bai Ze took her hand. "Let's change things."

He crouched down and gestured for the other person to climb onto his back.

Soon, amidst the rustling sounds, a weight climbed up my back, as if I had been bumped by a soft rice cake, and a warm sensation was transmitted through my clothes.

He stood up and lifted the other person's slender legs.

Bai Ze did not choose to leave through the main gate, as that might have led him to run into Lu's mother, who had already left.

He walked to the window and opened the window of the girl's boudoir.

"The Bai Ze Express Train is ready to depart."

Ignoring the girl's screams, he leaped out like the Bohemian city councilor thrown out of a window in 1419.

Gravity pulled the two of them down rapidly, and before they hit the ground, Bai Ze summoned the Blade of Judgment.

This time, instead of the usual longsword or silk thread, it extended from the waist, like a strong forged belt, grabbed the safety ladder on the side of the floor, and used it as a fulcrum to throw them out heavily!

Like a roller coaster climbing a hill, Bai Ze was thrown to an even higher position. He raised his right hand and shot the Judgment Blade, which had turned into a silver ribbon, toward the edge of the rooftop. The end of the blade, which was already connected to his body, acted as a pendulum, and his body swung forward.

Leaving the howling wind behind them, the two flew over the city like birds, leaving their merged shadows imprinted between the skyscrapers.

"That's Mom's car!"

Lu Xingyao recognized the familiar mode of transportation and tried to offer a reminder, but ended up swallowing a mouthful of air.

She coughed incessantly, looking down at the ground that was constantly approaching and receding, and the GG sign that was swiftly leaping past, and tightened her arms around the only anchor point.

"I saw it."

Bai Ze sensed the girl behind him adjusting her posture, and then landed lightly on the rooftop of a tall building.

The two were now quite a distance from the starting point, and the vehicle Lu Xingyao had indicated was entering the parking lot of another residential complex.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be attacked by a genie while looking at new houses, leaving her with both psychological and physical trauma.

Bai Ze put Lu Xingyao down: "Let's go down from this building and then follow on foot."

"Huh? Oh..."

She released her grip with a sense of loss, staring at his back.

I clearly wanted to stay a little longer.