Of course, Winona didn’t want Teacher Victoria to waste her precious time teaching first-year freshmen. But it was Teacher Victoria’s wish, so she couldn’t say much. Or rather, she quickly came to terms with it. Indeed, the current era was peaceful, there was no need to be too tense, every mage could live the life they wanted according to their own ideas. Teacher Victoria had already contributed too much to humanity and the magical world. She should now take a good rest and experience the modern world.

Except for Adele, the other students didn’t know Victoria’s identity, so they only showed the usual curiosity towards a new teacher. Especially since the new magic training instructor was such a great beauty, it made these young students even more excited.

And during this time, Victoria only gave extra attention to Adele, who seemed to be in a daze. The two made eye contact, and Victoria, with her blue hair, winked at Adele. The girl instantly blushed. Undeniably, even Adele found it hard to resist a true onee-san.

This was also a rare class that Adele took extremely seriously, not only because she knew the importance of learning magic, but also because Victoria’s lectures were truly engaging. It was obvious that she wasn’t on the same level as other teachers who just read from textbooks.

If other magic teachers only taught the basics, enough to pass the exams, then Victoria presented the wonders of magic before you, letting you understand not only the how, but also the why, deeply captivating you and making you spontaneously explore the mysteries of magic.

In comparison, First Snow seemed too inexperienced in teaching. But that didn’t mean First Snow was a bad teacher. She was also a great teacher, and in front of Adele, she had no authority at all. You could hug and rub the teacher while learning, and First Snow would even indulge in it, purring like a cat.

You couldn’t do that to Teacher Victoria. Instead, she intentionally or unintentionally ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) got close to Adele, using the excuse of adjusting Adele’s wand-holding posture to gently hold her shoulder and arm. “...” Victoria’s mind wandered for a moment, wanting to hug the girl before her and never let go. She wanted to know all her secrets, to devour, to consume...

“Teacher?” It wasn’t until Adele’s puzzled voice reached her that Victoria returned to reality. She blinked rapidly, noticing that someone was looking at them, and patted Adele’s shoulder, trying to maintain a calm expression.

“Good, very standard.”

“Th-Thank you, Teacher Victoria,” Adele replied politely. The harmonious scene between them aroused the dissatisfaction and jealousy of their classmates.

“I feel like the teacher is a bit biased towards Adele.”

“So what if she’s cute!”

“Maybe being cute is a big deal...” Besides, Adele wasn’t just cute.

When the class was about to end, Victoria gathered everyone in the magic training ground. She wanted everyone to demonstrate the magic she had just taught, grading them based on their performance. The best one would receive extra credit for the final exam. Many were eager to try.

What Victoria had just taught was a marking spell, a light beacon. In short, it was a marking spell that could leave a long-lasting mark on an enemy when it hit them, often used to track elusive foreign races. The target was in front of them, and Victoria would grade each student based on their accuracy and the brightness of the mark left after hitting the target.

The order of demonstration was based on student ID numbers. Adele’s ID number was near the bottom of the class, and Tang Linlang’s was much earlier. So Adele just waited quietly, watching Linlang’s performance first. Tang Linlang did well. Her accuracy was high, but the brightness of the mark was slightly lacking, so she received a B. Adele saw a classmate receive an A from Teacher Victoria, and most of the others received Bs or Cs.

Finally, it was her turn. Adele licked her lips and stepped forward. The next moment, she concentrated, recalling the details Victoria had taught, and cast the “Light Beacon” spell towards the distant target.

Direct hit! And the mark left behind didn’t fade quickly. Perfect!

Victoria was the first to applaud with a smile.

“Very good, Adele gets an A~”.

“Thank you, Teacher Victoria!” If Adele had a tail, she would definitely be wagging it happily.

There were other students after Adele who needed to be tested, but unfortunately, in the end, only Adele and the other girl from before received an A for the class quiz.

Just like that, Victoria’s first class ended. Everyone felt a bit unsatisfied, but the most unsatisfied person was probably Victoria herself. Even after the bell rang, Victoria couldn’t recover, her gaze still fixed on the direction Adele and Tang Linlang left, or rather, she was only looking at one person. But Adele’s figure still disappeared. Victoria suppressed her desire, followed by a long period of wistful disappointment.

After a long time, she clenched her fists and murmured, “What’s...wrong with me?”

“Is it right or wrong to want to understand someone?” No one knew Victoria’s current state of mind, and no one could answer her question. Perhaps the desire to understand someone wasn’t wrong in itself, but it depended on what methods were used. If it was just through communication to understand a person’s past and preferences, then there was no problem. But if it involved peeking, stalking, even kidnapping...doing a series of perverted or even terrifying things to understand someone, then it was chilling.

But what Victoria wanted to do was probably far more serious than these. What she really wanted to do...was to “dissect” Adele, to study every strand of her hair, every inch of her skin, even down to the cellular level...

If Winona heard this description, she might be reminded of the darkest day in the magical world, the day Victoria disappeared, when a Vampire True Ancestor sacrificed himself to summon a monster from another world with a strong desire to study this world. What it did was to explore everything in this world through crude methods, such as laser dissection. Under the monster’s laser, the library of the magical world was almost completely destroyed, countless precious books turned to ashes. But they didn’t actually disappear, but transformed into knowledge and flowed into the monster’s mind.

What was even more terrifying was that...Victoria’s mind now had almost the same thoughts as this monster. Dissect...and then understand!

Victoria clutched her head in pain.

I’m going crazy... How could I think of doing this to my own student? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Victoria hadn’t made up her mind yet. But if one day she found that she could no longer suppress the “monster” within her, with her personality, she would probably choose to end her own life.

But what Victoria should really do was to tell Winona, to tell everyone in the magical world. They would definitely find a way to help their senior. Regardless of whether Victoria was influenced by that monster or not, reliving an era was a difficult thing. It was unknown when Victoria would understand this and stop pretending to be strong and bearing it all alone.