Loran Academy

Teacher's office.

"You really launched a duel to Lin Xiao?" The white-haired teacher Woods depressedly wisped his beard, with a reproachful tone.

He called Cesar to come to his office after class, intending to discuss another important matter with Cesar, but instead he heard the news that Cesar had initiated a duel with Lin Xiao, which really startled him.

Both Cesar and Lin Xiao are his good students, and he has no intention to favor either of them. Although he was curious about the strength of Cesar and Lin Xiao after the last magic test incident, he definitely did not want them to use a duel to show their strengths and weaknesses!

The duel, unlike the actual battle drills organized by the school, has no protection, only two magicians standing on the dueling field, they will fight for their respective honor and glory, displaying their lifelong knowledge, just to completely crush their opponents!

Injury in a duel is not the most terrible thing, what is terrible is defeat!

There have been several instances where a student has been seriously injured in a duel and had to drop out of school, and if he suffers an incurable injury that leads to disability, his future is ruined!

Even if there is no injury, the one who loses the duel will be devastated, lose his reputation, lose his dignity, be ridiculed by his classmates, be despised by everyone, and be reduced to an unmotivated loser, and his life will be ruined!

Cesar and Lin Xiao were supposed to be two teenagers with a great future, and both of them were flesh on the back of Woods’s hands, so Mr. Woods did not want to see either of them lose their great future because they lost the duel.

"Mr Woods......" Cesar stood in front of Woods and bowed his head sincerely, but his gaze remained firm.

Woods was one of the teachers he respected greatly, but he clearly wasn't going to give in here. The duel, there was no way it would be revoked again!

"What the hell is going on?" Unwillingly, Woods could not resist asking after him.

He heard from the other students that at first Lin Xiao was calm and unhurried in the face of Cesar's invitation to the duel, and had been pushing back nicely.

In order to avoid this meaningless duel, Lin Xiao first admitted his weakness in a condescending manner, causing Cesar to lose his only goal of the duel, and then began to preach with the great truths of right and wrong, making Cesar recognize his dream and clearly identify his enemy, thus calming Cesar's anger.

With such maturity of mind and eloquence, even Woods couldn't help but give Lin Xiao a thumbs up.

In terms of magical talent, Lin Xiao is no match for Cesar, but in terms of understanding and broad-mindedness, I am afraid that even ten Cesar cannot match one Lin Xiao.

More often than not, Woods could not believe that Lin Xiao was just a 15-year-old child, and the way he handled this incident was a testament to Lin Xiao's temperament.

But why did Cesar, who should have given up the duel, change his mind in the end? The back story is unclear to Woods.

"It's Lin Xiao's maid, Airea." Cesar did not hide anything and told the whole story.

Airea's final sarcasm and ridicule to him cut off all his retreats. In that situation, but any man with backbone and bloodiness could not possibly retreat any more.

Only by winning the duel could he defend his dignity!

"What? That maid said that you and Lin Xiao are not the same level of magician? Are you sure you heard it right?" Woods was astonished.

"That's right!" Cesar replied with a black face, "If not for her provocation, I would have given up this duel long ago."

"That's strange ......," Woods scratched his head painfully, his head of white hair fluffed up by him.

Talking about Lin Xiao's maid, Woods had a pang of headache.

First of all, the identity of the girl called Airea was simply a mystery, with silver hair and red pupils and stunning beauty. In most of his life, Woods had never seen any family with a bloodline of silver hair and red pupils. He only knew that her name was Airea, Lin Xiao's slave, or maid, or servant.

What was strange was that a mere slave and subordinate dared to speak out and mock Prince Cesar in public, and said that Cesar and Lin Xiao were not the same level of magicians?

To avoid this duel, Lin Xiao even willingly conceded in public and lost his face, but Lin Xiao's maid actually dared to be the opposite to his master and deliberately spoke wildly to stimulate Cesar, causing all of Lin Xiao's efforts to go down the drain.

Why?

Why did she do this?

"Not a magician of the same level?" Woods suddenly thought of a possibility.

As a maid, Airea would not have lied and would not have deliberately done something to embarrass her master, so there was only one reasonable explanation left - the girl named Airea was not lying! She merely told the truth to defend her master's reputation!

That is to say - Lin Xiao and Cesar, the two of them were indeed not magicians of the same level!

"How is that possible? Last month's magic test he was still only at the beginning of level two, breaking through to level three within a month is already a miracle!" Hearing the speculation of Teacher Woods, Cesar was instantly not calm, "I am also a third level, and he is also a third level, how come he is not the same level?"

"Cesar, have you ever thought of another possibility." Woods said faintly, "Lin Xiao, perhaps hiding his real strength."

"What!?" Cesar's eyes widened.

Although it was a more than simple guess, it was like a thunderstorm for Cesar.

In his opinion, it was a matter of course for him to show his full strength in the magic test, and he had never thought that there were people who were willing to hide their strength.

"Although some people suspected that Lin Xiao had cheated in the test, I was the chief examiner that day and can confirm that Lin Xiao did not cheat." Woods explained, "Without cheating, Lin Xiao's breakthrough from the early second level to the third level in just a month's time is almost impossible, unless he deliberately hid his strength before, hence, the amazing breakthrough later."

"Impossible!" Cesar shook his head to deny it.

"It's just a guess, if that little girl didn't lie." Woods smiled lightly and didn't argue with him.

In fact, there was another point of speculation that Mr. Woods did not say. Lin Xiao was from the DongXia clan, and Woods guessed that the DongXia clan might have special cultivation methods, so Lin Xiao's strength could soar.

Of course, no matter what cultivation secret method Lin Xiao hid and how exactly he had improved his magic power, Woods, as a teacher, would not interfere excessively, let alone covet the secret method and do something detrimental to Lin Xiao, he just wanted to protect these lovely students as much as possible.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has an intention. What Woods did not know was that after hearing this speculation from him, Cesar's fighting spirit became even stronger!

Did Lin Xiao really hide his strength? Could it be that he was really stronger than himself? Cesar secretly clenched his fists and made up his mind that he would prove himself in the duel!

"Ahem, in any case, I have said everything that should be said, and I will no longer stop you if you insist on dueling."

Woods knew that he could not stop the duel anyway. Although he was Cesar's teacher, but Cesar was the prince, he had no right to interfere in Cesar's decision, for the duel, he could only silently as a bystander.

"Many thanks to you, Teacher Woods." Seeing that his teacher agreed, Cesar also put away his arrogance and asked politely, "Teacher Woods, you haven't said what you want to see me about?"

"Uh ...... I am old, I almost forgot." Woods smiled awkwardly, "Next week the school organizes a practical exercise to take you outside to break in and grow some real-world experience. Originally I was going to let you lead the team and take them out, but ......"

"But?"

"Alas, never mind ...... I'd better run with you guys personally, in case something goes wrong."

"By the way, what day is the duel between you and Lin Xiao scheduled for?"

"After the actual battle rehearsal, the academy dueling ground. Please don't worry, Mr. Woods, I will never delay the actual battle rehearsal because of personal matters!" Cesar patted his chest and promised.

"Alas, you youngsters ......"

The duel is scheduled after the actual battle rehearsal, about half a month or so, in the meantime, maybe things still have a chance to turn around?