Chapter 1381: 139. Found a Treasure

For now, we shall leave aside how dissatisfied Peles was with her disciple inside the ring space.

Outside, after an intense round of discussion, the question of who was more of a "perverted beast" had finally reached a conclusion.

Ariel the Small Fry ultimately still fell just a little short in bed.

"Still dare to slander your own husband after this, you little pervert?"

Muen caressed the soft, fragrant beauty in his arms. As his hand wandered, he suddenly took advantage of her lack of vigilance and gave that incredibly smooth, pert bottom a hard slap as punishment for her "perverted behavior."

Some sensations were simply too difficult to describe, yet always left one reluctant to stop.

Although a certain place remained as regrettable as ever, after so many rounds of "training," Muen suddenly realized that some of her other areas seemed to have become even more wonderful.

Like this particular spot.

The size was just right, and the elasticity was exceptional. Once he started playing with it, he simply could not resist giving it a good, hard teasing.

Truly amazing.

This little minx clearly still had not escaped her flat-chested character setting, yet somehow she was becoming more and more womanly.

Was this some kind of compensation mechanism?

Or was it because he always gave this area such special attention every single time?

"You bastard. All you know how to do is bully me."

With Ariel's fiery temper, there was naturally no way she would simply endure it. She immediately leaned over and bit down hard on Muen's shoulder.

Unfortunately, after the "punishment" just now, she did not have a shred of strength left in her entire body. Especially after having just experienced her jaw nearly being dislocated once, she barely even had enough strength left to bite him.

Rather than a retaliatory bite, it felt more like an affectionate kiss filled with intimacy.

"Who's bullying you? I'm expressing my devotion and love."

Muen's hand slid all the way from her pert bottom to the top of her head as he smoothed out her disheveled hair.

"All right, enough of that. Let's talk about something serious. Nothing major happened in the school while I was gone, right?"

"What major thing could possibly happen in this rundown school?"

Ariel buried her head against Muen's chest and muttered, whether from annoyance or comfort, "The only major thing was you beating up that Jerome before. From the information I've gathered over the last few days, that incident caused quite a stir throughout the entire Origin Tower......after all, Jerome really is extremely famous."

"I heard about that too."

Muen sighed.

For the Tower Master himself to personally step in and clean up the mess afterward, calling Jerome ordinary would have been nothing more than self-deception.

Although he had not reached the Truth Rank, he was still one of the people considered most likely to break through into it.

And Muen had instantly defeated him.

There was no way that would fail to attract attention.

"Still, thanks to that instant defeat of yours, after we came back, someone quickly delivered two pieces of news at once: you were being confined for three days, and the order to abolish the Enhancement School had been revoked," Ariel continued.

"Oh? The order to abolish the school has already been revoked?"

Muen's eyes lit up.

It seemed that Tower Master Douglas had not been fooling him after all.

If they could remove the Enhancement School's pending abolition status and preserve his position as school master, then causing this little bit of commotion had been worth it.

"Not only that. The Tower also distributed a huge batch of supplies, saying they were subsidies the Enhancement School hadn't collected over the years. Once I got the money, I used some of it to repair this place a little. This place of yours was so run-down that it didn't look like a school at all."

Ariel tossed Muen a magical storage device.

"It was quite a large sum. There's still some left after the repairs. It's all in here. You're the school master, so it's yours."

"You keep it."

Muen shook his head and tossed it back.

"Huh? You don't want it?"

"Other people might not know, but don't you? I may be called the master of this school, but in reality I'm just a decorative figurehead. I have absolutely no idea how to allocate this money, and I have no idea how to make the Enhancement School better."

"But you......I think you'd handle all of that much better than I ever could."

Muen looked seriously at Ariel.

Strictly speaking, the person in front of him was the truly legitimate successor of the Enhancement School.

It could even be said that she was the one who ought to be the current school master.

Leaving matters like this to her was perfectly reasonable......

It definitely was not because he wanted to be a hands-off boss.

"You bastard......it's really rare to hear something truthful come out of that mouth of yours."

Ariel curled her lips but did not say anything more. She calmly put the magical storage device away again.

She would have to pay more attention to the school from now on too.

After all, she had always felt an inexplicable natural closeness toward it, and her own teacher was also extremely skilled in Enhancement Magic......

It definitely was not because she had her eye on that money and wanted to skim some off the top.

"That's because you're the student Master Muen values more than anyone else."

Muen pulled Ariel tightly into his arms again and showered her with affection.

"Enough, enough. Get off me already. You still remember that my current character setting is supposed to be your student? What kind of teacher makes his own student unable to get out of bed?"

Ariel pushed Muen away in disgust, trying to create some distance, only to let her guard down for a single instant and get viciously ambushed by this beast in gentleman's clothing once again, collapsing limply back into his embrace.

"You're awful!"

Ariel weakly patted Muen's chest.

"Stop fooling around. I still have something serious to tell you."

"Something serious? What else is there?"

Muen, who had originally been planning another round of after-class tutoring, said indignantly, "What serious matter could possibly be more important right now than me checking your homework?"

"Did you forget?"

"Forget what?"

"Why did you work so hard before, first teaching those stupid pigs a lesson and then instantly defeating Jerome, stirring up the entire Origin Tower?"

"Obviously to preserve the Enhancement School. And now the school has been preserved, hasn't it?"

"What was the prerequisite? What was the condition for preserving the school back then?"

"Recruiting disciples and demonstrating its value, of course......huh?"

Muen suddenly reacted and looked seriously at Ariel.

"You mean......students?"

"Exactly."

Ariel made a face at Muen.

"Do you really think everything in this world works like some scumbag who puts his pants back on afterward and refuses to take responsibility? You caused such a huge commotion before precisely to recruit students. Now the students have come......aren't you happy?"

"Having students......is obviously a good thing, but......"

Muen smiled bitterly.

To tell the truth, every idea he had regarding recruitment so far had been built entirely around the premise of preserving the Enhancement School.

As for what he was supposed to do once students actually came, he had never thought about it at all.

Strictly speaking, he was not even a member of the Enhancement School himself.

He was merely borrowing someone else's identity.

He had absolutely no idea how he was supposed to act as a "Master Mage" and guide other people.

Unless they were willing to learn illumination magic from him.

"Hmph. Look at that pathetic face of yours. I really don't know what you would've done if I hadn't come this time."

After studying Muen's troubled expression for a moment, Ariel suddenly burst out laughing. Then, taking advantage of the instant he became distracted, she viciously pinched his waist.

"I already handled everything for you. Hurry up and say, 'Thank you, Lady Ariel.'"

"Really?"

Muen's eyes lit up. Completely ignoring the pain in his side, he leaned forward and gave her a loud kiss.

"I love you so much, Lady Ariel! You're practically my savior!"

"Enough, enough. I only helped because I felt sorry for this school."

Ariel turned her head away in disgust again.

"And don't get happy too soon. When I say I handled it, I don't mean I recruited no students at all."

"Eh?"

"Even though the message from that Tower Master named Douglas said the Enhancement School no longer needed to be abolished, who knows whether he'd change his mind about something that's only been said verbally? So, at the very least, to make sure there were no procedural problems, I still chose to recruit a student......just one."

"One?"

Muen rubbed his chin.

"Sounds like this student isn't simple. Otherwise, our worldly and experienced Lady Ariel wouldn't be talking about them like this."

"Hmph, at least you're smart. Thanks to your 'glorious achievements,' there were actually quite a few people who wanted to apply to the Enhancement School at the time. Several dozen, in fact. And from among those dozens, I carefully selected and selected until I finally chose that child."

Ariel paused, then continued mysteriously, in a tone as though she were introducing some peerless treasure.

"You should know that even Teacher said that child's talent is exceptional. If they joined any other school, the school master himself would definitely fight to recruit them!"

"A genius? That incredible?"

Muen sucked in a sharp breath.

"Exactly."

Ariel licked her lips and said smugly:

"This time, our Enhancement School really found a treasure!"

......

......

Enhancement School, inside one of its classrooms.

At the center of the classroom, a slender figure sat cross-legged, floating in midair.

Her eyes were tightly closed. A simple-looking wand that nevertheless flowed with extraordinary magical power rested horizontally across her legs. The magic within it pulsed together with her own, and every flicker released an exceptionally dazzling radiance.

The classroom doors and windows were tightly shut, without the slightest breeze, yet her hair continuously whipped around like that of a banshee from some old story.

As time passed, her delicate brows drew tighter and tighter together. Beads of fragrant sweat continuously appeared on her forehead, while the frequency of those magical flashes grew faster and faster, as though about to break through some kind of limit.

"Haah......"

But in the end, her efforts still failed.

The girl slowly exhaled, her expression falling.

"I still......couldn't sense it?"

"I'm already within the Origin Tower's range, and the magic here is far purer than outside. Why......"

"Could it be because I'm still not......"

"Junior."

"......"

The girl jolted violently and suddenly opened her eyes.

At some point, her hand had already closed around her wand, ready to strike.

But the only thing that appeared before her was a scruffy, deranged-looking face.

"Junior, you're awake? Were you sleeping? You can't sleep here, you'll catch a cold......"

"So it was you, Mr. Ide."

The girl sighed in relief and calmed the surging magic within her body again.

"Mr. Ide, what are you doing here? Didn't we agree that unless something important happened, you shouldn't disturb me?"

"Agreed? Mm, of course we agreed."

Old Ide nodded vigorously.

"But something extremely important has happened now......yes, that matter is very important. Extremely important!"

"Really?"

Although she had already known in advance that the man was insane, the girl could not help feeling somewhat curious.

"You mean......"

"Master Enmu is back! Master Enmu has returned to his loyal Enhancement School! The Enhancement School will surely become great again!"

Old Ide looked incredibly excited.

"And......and Master Enmu asked me to pass along a message. He wants to see you! He wants to see you!"

"Master Enmu......"

The girl's small face immediately became solemn as well, and she slowly floated down to the floor.

"He's finally back. He really was only confined for three days, and......he's finally going to see me?"

Wonderful.

The girl's heart leapt with incomparable joy.

At this point in time, the recruitment periods for most schools in the Origin Tower had actually already ended.

She had originally thought she would only be able to choose one of those low-level classrooms that existed merely to make up the numbers.

But unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, Master Enmu had suddenly appeared and begun recruiting students.

Not only had he effortlessly defeated those students from Jerome's classroom......

Even the normally arrogant and domineering Jerome himself had been unable to withstand a single move from him!

Most importantly, after beating Jerome into that state in public, Master Enmu had received nothing more than three days of confinement as punishment.

That meant even the Tower Master of the Origin Tower thought extremely highly of him!

"Master Enmu is an exceptionally outstanding Master Mage. I saw it with my own eyes!"

"He'll definitely be able to help me fulfill my wish!"

"All the effort I put into squeezing my way in really was worth it......"

The girl clenched her small fists.

For the first time, she felt as though a faint ray of light had finally fallen upon the future that had once seemed completely dark.

"This time......I've found a treasure!"