Chapter 1245: 2. Trashy Loli

“So you still want to become Crowned, brat.”

Just as Muen was pondering what realm he currently counted as being in, a lazy loli voice came from behind him.

Muen froze for a moment, then, without the slightest hesitation, clenched his fist, turned around, and threw a straight punch. Even though his entire body was still in unimaginable agony, this punch still erupted with tremendous power, causing the entire space to shake violently.

But......it hit nothing.

“Oh my, oh my, my dearest disciple actually thinks about deceiving his master and destroying his ancestor the moment we meet. It is truly heartbreaking, boohoohoo......what exactly did I do wrong to make you commit such a cold and heartless act?”

A white-haired, crimson-eyed loli figure wearing a strawberry nightdress appeared on the other side. Before she had even completely revealed herself, those words that made one want to punch her had already continued sounding out leisurely.

“Dearest disciple?”

The corner of Muen’s cheek twitched. He looked unkindly toward the white-haired loli, who wore an expression of deep sorrow and was even wiping away tears that did not exist: “Then let me ask you, is this how you treat your dearest disciple?”

“Huh? How did I treat you?”

Mela blinked, her baby-fat little face filled with innocence: “Didn’t I rush over immediately after learning that you were injured? Is there anyone in this world who loves you more than I do?”

“Immediately? I think you have been watching the show for who knows how long!” Muen said through gritted teeth.

The matter had only just ended, and this old thing had appeared at precisely the right time. Even if he believed that the Love God had suddenly turned good on the spot and transformed into a pure and innocent young girl, he still would not believe that this voyeuristic fellow appearing here now was merely a “coincidence”! ℯℯ𝘭.

“Sigh, honestly, brat, how could you distrust your own teacher? Have I not treated you well enough?” Mela held her forehead and lamented. If one set aside her true nature......her current appearance really did resemble a good teacher worried about her disciple.

Mm, if one set aside her true nature.

“By treating me well, do you mean repeatedly setting me up?”

Muen rolled his eyes with all his might. If he did not know that it would be useless, he would have wanted nothing more than to rush over right now and give this trashy loli, who only knew how to open her mouth and spout nonsense, two strikes of the Turtle-fist technique.

“Do not falsely accuse a good person. I have always treated my adorable disciple with complete sincerity. When have I ever set you up?”

“......Leaving everything else aside, before this incident, if you could have told me Dragon Lady’s true nature in advance, many things would not have......”

“True nature?”

Mela tilted her head, then clapped her hands and suddenly understood: “Oh my, you mean that this fellow has lived for a thousand years, looks very powerful, and also possesses extremely rich knowledge in every aspect, but in essence is still an inexperienced vir......”

Boom!

Scarlet lightning transformed into a long spear and brushed past Mela’s cheek. Several strands of illusory hair were pierced through by the aftermath, gradually fading away into nothingness.

The mist in the distance was instantly blasted apart, revealing an enormous hollow.

“Do you want to die, Domir?”

That voice was like an icy hell, without the slightest trace of the gentleness she had shown while speaking with Muen just now.

“Oh my......your temper is still so violent. I thought you had improved slightly in this regard.”

Faced with that bone-chilling killing intent, Mela did not show the slightest fear. Instead, she looked Hamreign up and down with great interest.

Her gaze lingered for a long time especially upon that perfect, beautiful face adorned with scales.

“This face......it truly has been a very long time since I last saw it.” Mela revealed a nostalgic expression: “An entire thousand years. I was almost about to forget what you looked like. But......you actually took the initiative to reveal your true appearance for a human. To tell the truth, among all the unexpected things I saw just now, this was the most unexpected.”

“Stop acting hypocritical here. Your magical attainments are higher than mine. This bit of concealment cannot obstruct your eyes.” Hamreign’s tone grew colder.

“I truly was not speaking nonsense. What can move around outside is only my projection, and you never come to the academy. How am I supposed to see your face clearly?”

Mela spread her little hands, appearing very helpless.

“Now that you have finished looking, you can get lost.” Hamreign gave a cold snort.

“Oh? You are already driving me away?”

Mela’s gaze moved back and forth between Hamreign and Muen. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something, and a sharp light flashed in her eyes: “I understand. I interrupted the two of you, right? Sigh, you should have said so earlier. I only revealed myself because it looked like nothing would happen between the two of you next. So it turns out......this was merely your little romantic game. I was the one who failed to understand. I......”

Boom!

Scarlet lightning flashed again. This time, it was even closer, almost brushing directly across Mela’s face.

Hamreign still maintained the posture of having raised her hand and thrown the spear. Her golden eyes burned fiercely, but her gaze was as cold as an ice field that had not thawed for a thousand years.

“Domir, stop using those filthy thoughts of yours to speculate about us. Muen and I are fellow travelers who accompany one another in pursuit of the same goal. We are true companions whose bond was established through an eternal contract, not a relationship that can be described using that filthy human emotion!”

“Oh my? Is that so?”

Mela looked curiously toward Muen: “Is the relationship between the two of you truly that pure?”

“Dragon Lady is correct. The relationship between us is extremely sacred!”

Muen did not glance sideways, looking as serious as an old gentleman: “Teacher Mela, you also know that I am publicly acknowledged as Belrand’s number one good man. Since I have already made a promise with Dragon Lady and become a partner who supports her mutually, then we are merely partners. I would absolutely never have any improper thoughts!”

“......”

Mela’s expression was filled with disgust.

Even someone as trashy as her was shocked by Muen’s shamelessness at a time like this.

“Do you not disgust yourself when you say that?”

“How could speaking the complete truth be disgusting?”

“......Spend less time with that brat Pink Bear in the future. The Empire only needs one city wall.”

“Do not worry.”

Muen patted his chest: “I have always disdained associating with that kind of shameless fellow!”

“......”

Mela fell silent, while Hamreign nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing that both of them had quieted down, Muen hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, twisted his body, and wedged himself between them.

“Wonderful. It looks like......the two of you should not start fighting again, right?”

“Start fighting? Oh my, since when could the mighty calamity ‘start fighting’ with a mere projection?” Mela smiled ambiguously.

“If you feel that you have not been beaten for a thousand years, you can bring your true body here.” Hamreign confronted her tit for tat, not yielding in the slightest.

“Why should I come here? Can you not come to my academy?”

“That kind of tiny place? I am afraid I would smash your nest apart, and when the time came, you would not even have a place to cry.”

“I think you are not......”

“Enough, enough!”

Seeing that the two of them were about to start arguing again, Muen hurriedly stopped them: “Can you have a little less of this meaningless war of words?”

He could no longer tell whether the relationship between these two fellows was good or bad.

If it was bad......the matter in the Abyss before, including this survivor incident, clearly showed traces of cooperation between the two of them.

If it was good......the moment they met, they started bickering. They were both old things whose ages had four digits, yet when they came together, it was as though their intelligence and life experience canceled each other out, leaving them only able to quarrel and fight like children.

What a headache.

“Oh my......”

Mela’s gaze became deep: “I keep feeling that my adorable disciple is secretly speaking ill of me......”

......Another gaze also sharpened.

Fuck......he had forgotten that both of them possessed the ability to read a person’s surface thoughts!

Muen was startled and hurriedly suppressed his thoughts, not daring to think any further.

“Cough......let us return to the main topic.”

Before he received punishment, Muen hurriedly gave two dry coughs and shifted the topic back to the matter he cared about:

“Teacher Mela, what did the sentence you said just now mean? What do you mean by, someone like me still wants to become Crowned?”

“It means exactly what it says.”

Mela somehow took out another strawberry-flavored lollipop. Her small fragrant tongue slid back and forth as she slurped and licked it.

“According to the normal progression, you should have been unable to become a Crowned one for your entire life.”