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Chapter 532: The Motto Left by the Mother Goddess

"There you go again, Lilith."

Teacher Colin was humming a song and preparing to make tea when he turned around and saw a female student peeking at the office door. His gray eyebrows immediately became tangled. Poor old man, he really doesn't even have time to enjoy afternoon tea recently.

"Teacher..." Lilith squeezed into the office a little embarrassedly, "My sister hasn't come back yet. After all this time, shouldn't the school be looking for her? When the twins went missing, you at least contacted the High Court."

"Didn't I take you to see the instructor in charge of Layla Taylor the last time you came? Instructor Aggie already said that it was your father who personally arranged for her leave. In this case, the school has no right to interfere."

Colin was also helpless. He had also heard about the girl from the Taylor family. She was said to be one of the most outstanding guardians in recent years. She suddenly left like this, and her instructor was in a bad mood for several days.

"But……"

"After all, we're still on the land of Gaia, Lilith. Parents are ultimately responsible for their children. Have you forgotten Angie? If I could have helped myself, I would never have let her drop out of school. Life is full of frustrations. Of course, he's still your father. Perhaps you could write to him more often to persuade him?"

"...Haha." Lilith smiled awkwardly. Was she going to persuade that old man? What a joke! It would probably only backfire.

"Don't worry too much. At least she's safe, isn't she? And think optimistically. Maybe Taylor has already started her journey back to school. She left in a hurry. Without the slug flower, it would take more than a few days to get from Tanding County to Gladia. Be patient, kid."

There is always a small kettle heated by magic in Teacher Colin's office. When the water boiled, he began to add tea leaves and honey into the cup skillfully. When he looked up, he saw Lilith still standing at the door.

"-Uh, would you like a cup?" the old man asked hesitantly, but his hand was tightly holding the tea can, obviously reluctant to give it up.

"I'll bring you something better next time." Lilith waved her hand weakly and said goodbye to Teacher Colin.

It was still early for the afternoon classes and it was still lunchtime, but Lilith looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and was too lazy to walk across most of the campus to return to the dormitory. She wandered around the castle meaninglessly, wondering whether to find an empty classroom to read a book to kill time, when she saw a familiar figure.

"Catherine?"

They met at the corner of the stairs, one going down and the other going up, and they bumped into each other head-on. Catherine looked much better these past two days, and had returned to her former energetic self. Just by looking at her appearance, you could tell that Lady Cynthia should be fine.

"You're not taking a nap." Lilith said first. Seeing that she was carrying a lot of things, she took them and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Lyriel's awake. I'm going to check on him."

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Larry was placed in a separate ward. Ever since word spread in the school that the infirmary had taken in an elf, there were always brave students who came and tried to cut some of his hair or something else to collect. By the time Phoebe found out, almost all the hair on his forehead had been pulled out.

"Lilith, why was your hair cut too?" Lyriel laughed as soon as he saw Lilith's hair. Of course, he himself was not much better.

"It's getting hot, it's cool like this." Lilith grabbed a handful of hair and smiled. She cut her hair in order to escape during the duel. One of her female classmates couldn't bear to see it and took the initiative to help her trim it. Now her hair is as short as Leila's, which makes her neck look longer and her figure taller, like a green bamboo.

"I brought you some food." Catherine opened the lunch box. "After a few days of eating in the cafeteria, you could use a change of pace. The stew at the Red Maple Leaf Tavern is famous..."

"Thank you, Catherine. Madam Cynthia also brought me various foods, oh, and gifts!" Lariel touched his stomach contentedly and pointed to the empty plate beside him.

"I'm so sorry, Lyrael." Catherine put the food aside and apologized to Lyrael solemnly, "If it weren't for Canion, you wouldn't be hurt..."

"Mrs. Cynthia has already said all this." Lyrael waved his hands. "I should be the one apologizing. It's my fault for not taking good care of him."

Lilith and Catherine were both a little surprised when they heard this. Catherine even suspected that she had misheard, "But... if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have gone to Highgarden, nor would you..."

"I was the one who brought him out of the Elf Forest." Lyriel shook his head. He was much thinner than before. Although he had recovered a little in the past two days, his cheeks were still sunken. But his eyes were still bright and sincere. "He is a child, but I am an adult. It is my responsibility to take good care of him."

...child? Lilith's features twisted for a moment, then she realized that in Lariel's cognition, Canion, who was in his early twenties, might really be an elementary school student.

She couldn't help but interrupt, "In Gaia, he could have children at his age—"

"What?!" Lyrael was horrified, his worldview shattered. He even imagined a dramatic event in his mind: "Could it be that he really already has a child, and that's why he's clamoring to go back to Highgarden?!"

"...That's not the case." Catherine's desire to sincerely apologize was disturbed by the two people's shocking conversation.

Lariel finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lilith again. "I heard that I caused you trouble, Lilith. I'm so sorry. Under the circumstances at that time, I had no other choice. I just wanted him to be alive."

The young man fiddled with his fingers in embarrassment. He didn't want to see Canion die in front of him, so he begged the old man in white robe to attack him. Later he learned that Lilith was facing a life-and-death duel at that time and was almost killed by the contract between them.

"It's a piece of cake." Lilith grinned, "And I won!"

"Lariel, you..." Catherine was even puzzled. That was a matter of cutting flesh and drawing blood, a matter of life and death, yet he stood in front of Canion so calmly. It was obvious that the two of them were not familiar with each other at all, yet they had no grudges afterward. The stories of saints that those people in the church praised and boasted about were nothing more than this.

"Your character is so noble that it makes me feel ashamed. Kanyon led you into a trap, and you, you still have mercy on him..."

"Don't say that." Lyrael's face flushed red as he waved his hands frantically.

"No matter who it was at the time, I would have made the same choice. Moreover, Canion was still so young. Protecting the weak and children should never be done out of pity or charity, but should be a rigid obligation of a civilized society."

“——That’s so well said!!!”

Lilith stood up and applauded. She was moved by Lariel's words. Even though she couldn't enter the Elf Forest, she could foresee that the Elf Kingdom had already entered the next stage. Compared with the ignorance and blind obedience of the people in Highgarden, she seemed to finally catch a glimpse of the brilliance of a civilized society.

"This is also the motto left by our Mother Goddess." Lariel scratched his head shyly.

Lilith sat back down.