Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"Well...but I don't have a swimsuit to change into. If I go in the water like this, my skirt and socks will probably get wet..."

"It's okay. I don't mind. In fact, maybe Mika will become even cuter that way."

Hearing Lin En's answer without hesitation, Weihua's thoughts paused for a moment, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Really? Teacher, please don't always joke with me like this. I might take it seriously."

"Maybe what I said is true?"

However, in the face of Weihua's words that tried to smooth things over, Lin En just smiled and spread his hands.

"And if Mika feels lonely swimming alone, I can accompany you, right? Just like when I was with those kids in the cram school."

“Wow…Wow…”

Perhaps because she heard the unexpected information, Mika's cheeks suddenly turned red.

"The teacher wearing only swimming trunks... mmm... just thinking about it makes me feel..."

Mika, who was talking to herself like this, seemed to have thought of something and spoke in a slightly complaining tone.

"If the teacher always uses this tone to communicate with other girls, and then when the teacher is attacked by a group of girls, I won't come to save the teacher, okay?"

However, in response to Weihua's "reminder", Lin En, who looked very interested, asked her back.

"If that's the case...then are you among those girls, Mika?"

"Woo..."

Weihua, who was outmaneuvered by Lin En, puffed up her rosy cheeks slightly in dissatisfaction.

"It's too early to discuss this kind of thing, teacher!"

Although Weihua complained to Lin En, a smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

"Really... I always feel very comfortable talking to the teacher, whether in a serious place like a tea party or by an ordinary swimming pool... As far as I can remember, I have never felt this way before..."

Looking at Weihua who was lost in thought, Lin En just chuckled and shrugged.

"It's just because I can understand my students. I know what my students like, what they are interested in, and what they want to hear, that's all. And I didn't spend time with you just because I just happened to lack such a person around me."

Having said that, Lin En smiled, took a step forward, and reached out to touch Weihua's head.

"After all, Mika, you are a member of the tea party. It is inevitable that everyone will be in awe of you."

Facing the girl's somewhat incredulous gaze, Lin En continued with a smile.

"If you ever encounter something you want to talk to someone about in the future, why don't you come find me? Just like when you asked me out this time, just send me a Momo text message."

"Oh……"

It seemed that because of Lin En's words, Weihua finally remembered something and coughed lightly and took a step back slightly.

"Although I still have many, many things to tell you, teacher...but compared to that, I came here this time because I have something very important to tell you, teacher?"

Hearing this, an imperceptible light flashed in Lin En's eyes.

But even so, he calmly withdrew his hand that was suspended in the air and said to Mika with a smile.

"Then let me hear what the lovely Mika wants to say to me? But I think... if it's a confession, it might be a little too early now, okay?"

"Oh! Teacher, what a fool! If you are really chased by girls in the future, I won't help you!"

After complaining a little angrily, Weihua looked at Lin En seriously.

"Well... Mr. Lin, as you can see, I am acting alone this time without anyone following me. In other words, Xiaozhu doesn't know that I have been to the cram school. And the reason I did this is because I want to ask you... Did Xiaozhu ever ask you for a deal?"

Although Weihua smiled at Lin En as she said this, in her eyes, there was no smile in the depths of the girl's eyes.

"For example... I hope you can find the [Traitor of the Holy Trinity] or something like that?"

Chapter 34 I am the companion of all students

In response to Weihua's question, Lin En didn't say much, but nodded slightly in response.

"I did mention it, but it wasn't really a deal. It was just a one-sided request from Nagisa. Regardless of the truth of the matter, I only accepted it to avoid her getting suspicious."

"now it's right!"

After hearing Lin En's answer, Weihua accused indignantly.

"I guess Xiaozhu definitely didn't tell you the reason, the purpose, or any other relevant information, right? Really... She didn't tell you anything and let the teacher bear all this..."

Looking at Weihua who was dissatisfied with her experience, Lin En smiled and shook his head.

"Although I understand your thoughts, Mika, after all, I am not a teacher affiliated with Trinity. Moreover, before I became Xia Lai's teacher, I spent some time at Gehenna Academy, which had a lot of conflicts with Trinity Comprehensive Academy. This is not difficult to find information. With these factors combined, it is not surprising that Nagisa would be reserved about me."

It seemed that she didn't expect Lin En to look at the problem from this perspective, and Weihua couldn't help but be stunned.

But then, she smiled and nodded as if she understood something.

"That's true... In that case, Mr. Lin, who do you think your partner is?"

"Whose companion?"

Faced with Weihua's somewhat strange question, Lin En was stunned at first, but then he spread his hands and smiled.

"You are wrong, Mika. I have never been a companion of a certain person or a certain force. For me, I hope to be a companion of all the students in Kivotos."

"Eh?"

Looking at Weihua who looked surprised, Lin En smiled and extended his hand to her.

"Like I just said, if Mika wishes, I can become Mika's companion, right?"

"Wow..."

Mika, who had never expected Lin En to give such a straightforward answer, showed a wavering expression on her face, but soon the wavering expression on the girl's face disappeared.

"You can actually say such words without hesitation... Teacher is really amazing. It may just be a polite remark, but even so, I feel a little touched, you know?"

The girl said this and coughed lightly.

"Since you won't take sides, teacher... then I can tell you the truth -"

Facing Lin En's slightly puzzled gaze, Weihua spoke seriously.

"The truth about the identity of the traitor hiding in the cram school."

Hearing these words coming out of the girl's mouth, Lin En suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Why, as a member of the same tea party, when his colleagues were trying their best to find the traitor who violated the Treaty of Eden, did he not tell the other party the identity of the traitor, or even give any information at all?

At this moment, Lin En suddenly recalled what he said when he reminded Nagisa -

[How powerful must this traitor be to make the leaders of Trinity unaware of her identity?]

If he was just having some doubts at that time, then at this moment some speculations had already sprouted in his heart.

But no matter how much it looks like the truth, speculation without evidence will always be just speculation and can only be speculation.

As for what he needs to do now, it is to get more information from Weihua who seems to know the inside story.

After countless thoughts flashed through his mind in a split second, Lin En put away his surprise and reached out to roll up his sleeves.

"Mihua, do you... know who the traitor is?"

"Yes, of course I know. And it was me who recommended you to be in charge of the cram school."

After nodding slightly to Lin En, Weihua raised her head, looked directly into Lin En's eyes, and spoke with a smile.

"As for the 'traitor'... it's Shirasu Azusa-san."

"It's Azusa..."

Hearing the answer revealed by Weihua, Lin En couldn't help but frown slightly.

In fact, in addition to Hifumi and Koharu, Hanako and Azusa were once on his list of suspects.

When looking up Trinity's past exam questions, Lynn discovered that when Hanako was still in the first grade, she was already able to answer the second and even third grade exam questions with full marks.

In other words, the reason why Hanako got this score was completely intentional.

Of course, as to why she did this and what she could gain from doing this... he still didn't know.

As for Zi...if her overly stubborn thinking had not attracted his attention before, then the discussion about the "Seven Ancient Rules" last night made him put Zi on the list of suspects.

You know, even if you look at the entire Kivotos, I'm afraid less than 1% of the students know this thing. And these 1% of students are either in high positions or have extraordinary talents.

The reason is simple. If all the knowledge and logic of Kivotos constitute a beautiful crown, then these seven ancients are the seven most beautiful gems on the top of the crown.

Even if the results are the same, people often need to understand one plus one before they can study and understand one multiplied by one.

If Hanako was hiding her true knowledge, then Azusa, whose grades were not outstanding or even poor, should still be at the stage of studying "one plus one". It was natural that she should not and could not study or even understand "one times one" or even higher knowledge.

But last night, Zi fully presented the knowledge of "nine times nine". And from her description, this was not knowledge she had conceived or associated with on a whim, but knowledge she had learned from "others".

In other words, Zi had come into contact with an existence that was powerful enough to touch the "Seven Ancient Rules".

But... when Lin En browsed through Zi's past experiences, he found no traces related to it.

If Zi is really a "traitor", then this problem is not difficult to explain - because someone has tampered with her experience.

But for some reason, Lin En did not feel relieved because the doubt was resolved. Instead, he had a vague feeling that something was even worse.

He could feel that he seemed to have been inadvertently drawn into a larger vortex.

"..."

Looking at Lin En who was silent and conflicted, Mika, who mistakenly thought that he was shocked, smiled and nodded.

"Yes. After all, Shirasu Azusa's true identity is actually a student of the Arius branch that separated from Trinity Academy a long time ago, right?"

In an instant, Lynn's eyes suddenly widened.

Chapter 35 The Growing Vortex

After noticing Lin En's extremely astonished expression, Weihua first showed a slightly surprised expression, but then nodded slightly as if she had figured something out.

"It seems that you, teacher, also know about Arius's existence... But this is not surprising, after all, you are the teacher of the organization 'Charais' that transcends the law. In this case, I will get straight to the point."

As she said this, Weihua looked at Lin En with a smile and continued.

"The reason I told the teacher about this is because I want to protect that child, okay?"

Looking at Lin En who was in silence, Weihua smiled meaningfully.

"It was the Trinity Comprehensive Academy that was established by the various forces of the Trinity through the [First Council] in order to end the struggle, but in the end it was used to destroy the Arius Academy that opposed the alliance... Even now, these exiled students can only survive outside. Teacher, don't you think this is very similar to the [Eden Treaty]? If the [Eden Treaty] is successfully signed, the armed forces of the Trinity and Gehenna will be integrated into the Eden Treaty Management Organization, an organization called [ETO]. By then, the entire Kivotos will be surrounded by forces that will be able to resist it, right?"

Until then, Lin En finally understood why Atsuko and Saori named their team "Team Arius". He had always thought it was just a nickname, but he never thought it would be the "school name".

But this is not surprising. According to Mika, Arius Academy was destroyed by the Holy Trinity Comprehensive Academy a long time ago. And now, except for most students of Holy Trinity, I am afraid that they don’t know that there was such a school.

Although he instantly thought of many other things, Lin En still heard a clue from what Hua said.

"In that case...Mika, why did you bring Azusa, who was born in Arius Academy, into Holy Trinity?"

It seemed that she did not expect that Lin En was not misled by her argument, but instead asked her the core question. Weihua was stunned at first, but then answered with a smile.

"Because I hope that child can become a "symbol of peace". I don't want the hatred between Trinity and Ariana Academy to continue like this, and I want to reconcile with everyone in Ariana. But for some reason, everyone at the tea party doesn't seem to like this topic very much... So, teacher..."

Facing Weihua's slightly expectant gaze, Lin En nodded slightly.

"If peace can be achieved without bloodshed, then it's worth continuing."

"Wow?! I didn't expect the teacher would approve of my plan!"

Hearing Lin En's answer, the girl, who was originally a little nervous, suddenly showed an excited smile.

"Yeah, I feel much better after talking to you. And...thank you for believing me. After all...you are probably the only person I can trust in this situation."

"Of course, since I'm Mika's companion."

"Whoa?!"

Faced with Lin En's answer without hesitation, Mika took a step back involuntarily with a slightly blushing face.

"Really? Really! I definitely won't come to save the teacher when the time comes!"