Chapter 1: The Awakening of the Young Boy! Thaumaturge...

  The evening of Sheng Li Ming College is extremely beautiful, and Houston likes to bring a lunch box and walk on the south slope of Yuzi District at this time.

  Lily Cottage is one of the girls' dormitories at St. Luminous College, and on the south-facing slope, it's planted with lavender.

  Huston liked to sit in the lavender field, watching the sunset and the beautiful girls with wet hair walking in and out of the dormitory area after taking a bath.

  What a wonderful scene it is, and how it brings back to Houston the memory of his own departed youth, those pretty girl classmates who have left school.

  As the sunset filled the sky, Houston walked up to the hill covered with lavender as usual with his lunchbox in hand. Just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly heard someone calling him from beside: "Mr. Houston!"

  "A ghost!"

  Houston's head turned around and he directly exploded in anger, letting out a mournful cry as he jumped up.

  The vast majority of people who are preparing to enjoy the scenery and dinner, suddenly see a ghost-like face approaching, will definitely react like Houston.

  "I'm not a ghost, Professor Houston."

  Suddenly appearing beside him, a person with a bruised nose and twisted face excitedly said to him: "I'm Ailin!"

  "Arin!"

  Houston couldn't believe it, saying "Don't come over" while asking "Are you really Ailing? How can you look like this?"

  "I've been training at the rebound ball hall in the gym for the past few days," Elin said enthusiastically, "I just got back from there, so that's why I'm like this."

  "You were training at the gym, what are you doing here all of a sudden?" Houston felt like he was about to go crazy again.

  Ailing said: "Because I just saw Teacher Houston, I think your guidance is very useful to me, so I came over to say hello."

  "...Hewston still couldn't believe it, looking into Ailing's eyes: "Then why are your eyes all green, emitting a faint green glow."

  "It's probably because I'm hungry, as I listened to the teacher's words and challenged myself to endure the most difficult thing. Now I only eat one meal a day, so that's why I reacted this way when I saw the teacher's lunchbox." Ailing said sincerely: "But still thank you, teacher, I feel like this really brings out my potential. Every tiny molecule in my body is desperately absorbing nutrients, and every time I eat something, I can feel a clear warmth spreading to every corner of my body. And if I'm too hungry, it also relieves pain. When I'm too hungry, I forget about the pain, so I can practice more."

  "Are you kidding me?"

  Houston wanted to say that with tears in his eyes, but looking at Ailing's green and dim eyes, he didn't dare to say so, and only subconsciously said a sentence, "Then you have to keep it up, keep working hard."

  I will try my best.

  Ailin clenched her fist and guaranteed it with a strong swing.

  It wasn't until Ailin's figure had disappeared from Houston's sight for a full minute that he finally came back to himself.

  "What kind of person is this guy?!"

  "Not even allowing me to have a good dinner!"

  Houston looked at the lunchbox in his hand, almost crying. As he glanced down at the beautiful girls with wet hair walking in and out of the dormitory area, he immediately thought of Ailin's mischievous face smiling at him earlier. Then, the faces of those girls seemed to turn into Ailin's mischievous face in his eyes.

  …….

  "It hurts so much!"

  "I am unbeatable, ah!"

  “……”

  Another morning, Ailing's painful cries kept echoing in the rebound ball hall.

  "Why is the gym so useful, yet it seems like there aren't many people coming to work out?"

  After a long time of screaming, Ailin lay on the ground at the entrance of the trampoline hall, with sweat seeping into the floor to form a human shape. Weakly opening her mouth, she looked at Berro and asked.

  "That's because not many people are like you, who aren't afraid of pain and can withstand a beating. It's a talent to be thick-skinned and resilient." Berro sneered, "But now it seems that being able to take a punch is also a skill. You're the kind of guy who reacts slowly and only realizes things after they've happened. It wasn't until today that you finally understood that in this place, you need to protect your face and vital areas first. And yet, just by relying on your thick skin, you were able to barely hold on for twenty minutes."

  "But it's still too slow! I can't even dodge that many dark orbs!" Ailin exclaimed in frustration.

  "Too slow?"

  Bailu pushed his glasses and let out a cold hum.

  As for Ailin's progress, it can't be described by normal human standards.

  These days of training, Ailin is almost entirely relying on brute force and hasn't carefully thought about some of the tricks involved. Often his face gets directly swollen, then he can't see even more clearly, and then he just relies on hard resistance. So in terms of dodging, compared to some excellent students, his progress isn't particularly fast.

  But just in these few days, he can clearly feel that Ailin's speed and strength have made tremendous progress. The reason why he couldn't dodge many black balls was largely because his striking power was too great, causing the black ball to crash into the wall and rebound with a speed and force even stronger than the initial serve.

  Not knowing how to protect her own weak spots, not knowing how to control the force of her blows, Ailin's brute strength was equivalent to self-torture!

  No matter what kind of practice it is, the pursuit is only substantial effect. Although Ailin's performance in dodging black balls seems poor, the actual progress has been surprisingly large.

  "If you still think it's too slow, then you can ask Chris if she has any tips or tricks."

  Bailu glanced at Ailin, who was lying flat on the ground. "Didn't you tell me that Teacher Jialan allowed you to visit Kries, and two days ago you said you were going to see Kries? Any rapidly advancing formidable character will have their own unique cultivation techniques and insights. Compared to a teacher like Huston, even some elite teachers' experiences are more useful."

  "Right!"

  Ailin suddenly sat up from the ground, "I actually forgot to go see her, I'll go right away!"

  "Are you leaving now?" Beru gazed at Ailin with disdain: "Your current face is unrecognizable even to me, and you're still going?"

  Ailing said: "It doesn't matter, she also has severe face blindness."

  "It doesn't matter if she has face blindness or not, what's important is that Miss Jielan wants to get to know you." Bello said with a cold smile.

  "Really." Elington was taken aback for a moment and said dejectedly: "Then we can only go tomorrow."

  ……

  The next evening, when Ailin walked into Cress's ward with the swelling on her face almost gone, there was another person in Cress's ward, who was the short-haired female technician who had arrived first that day and pushed Ailin against the wall.

  "Is it you?"

  As soon as she saw Ailin walk in, this short-haired female martial artist was somewhat surprised.

  "I've come to see Kris. This time it's with Master Jiraiya's permission." Erina also recognized the short-haired female ninja and replied obediently.

  "Who is he?"

  "Kris asked."

  The short-haired female mage made a faint expression and said, "Kurisu, your face blindness is really severe. This is your little boyfriend Eren, who sneaked in last night to bring you your favorite green-packaged chocolate-filled cookies."

  "I know, but don't cheat on me, teacher. He's my junior, not my little boyfriend." Kriss smiled and stuck out her tongue at Ailin in embarrassment.

  "Since you remember clearly, I won't disturb your conversation." The short-haired female mage didn't seem as tense as last time and smiled slightly. However, when she walked out of the room, she seriously instructed Elin: "Although Galan agreed to let you see her, you still need to be careful with her body. Don't feed her random things again."

  Ailin immediately said okay obediently again.

  "Quick." The short-haired female technician's footsteps had just faded away in the corridor when Chris excitedly called out to Ailing: "The chocolate sandwich cookies you brought last time are on the windowsill cabinet, hurry up and get me two to eat."

  "Ah?" Ailin said: "That teacher just specifically told me not to give you anything to eat."

  "Eating chocolate is not eating randomly, besides, I know that eating two pieces won't be a problem."

  "Alright."

  Ailin opened the cabinet and took out two, peeled them one by one, and stuffed them into Kris's mouth. "How come you still can't move?"

  "One half of the body can already move, but in order to recover a bit more, it will take at least three days to be able to move." Chris pouted and said with an unusually satisfied tone: "The other half should also be able to move in about ten days or so."

  "That's really quick." Ailing was suddenly delighted, "But your facial blindness is really severe, will you remember me next time I come?"

  "I'll try my best." Chris looked at Elin's face: "Huh? Your face looks like it was hit by someone, were you bullied or did Mr. Houston punish you again? Tell me, I'll go help you get revenge."

  "It's nothing, I just got hit by a ball at the rebound hall." Ailin said with embarrassment: "Actually, this time I came to see you, originally wanted to ask you, doing those exercises, including wanting to condense the yuan particles as soon as possible, is there any trick?"

  "Ah." Chris opened her mouth and stared at Elin.

  "What's wrong?" Elin looked at Chris strangely.

  "Give me another piece of chocolate and I'll tell you." Kris said with a triumphant smile.

  "Okay." Elin could only go get another chocolate truffle and peel it back to stuff into Chris's mouth.

  "I don't really have any special secrets, I just use all the time that can be used for practice to practice until I'm completely exhausted. If there's one secret... you can set small rewards for yourself."

  "A certain reward?"

  "Yes, the reward after achieving the goal." Chris nodded seriously, "For example, I especially like to eat this chocolate candy, so during training, I'll put some aside. As long as I reach my set score, I can eat these chocolates. That way, motivation will definitely be stronger. I used to use this method a lot, new clothes I wanted, favorite chocolate candies... Ah, do you have anything you especially like to eat? You can try it out."

  Ailin's green eyes sparkled as she said, "I don't dislike eating anything."