With the information about the flying monster, Rogge did not immediately lead the team to Holk City.
Their consumption is only higher than the heavy armored knights of the Viper Knights, and it takes time to recover.
Ofina's belly was "gurgling" loudly, and she wanted to tell everyone that she was hungry. The little girl covered her hands with an embarrassed look on her face.
Instead of worrying about Holk City, Rogge did what he should do most at the moment - cooking.
As soon as he started cooking for Ophina, Roger's physical fatigue and slight anxiety caused by various worries disappeared, like a singing food-making machine.
"I'll stir-fry it and add some chili pepper. It'll satisfy your appetite."
"I'll lower it and I'll raise it, stir-fry and stir-fry again."
"I know best what's going on in the pot..."
Ofina looked helplessly at Rogge, who was dancing the big iron pot as if he was fighting, and said feebly: "Brother, hurry up, I can't even lift my hands, I'm going to starve to death."
With lightning speed, Philiya stuffed a piece of dried meat into the little girl's mouth.
Ofina swallowed it without even chewing. Suddenly her neck stiffened and she mumbled: "Water, water..."
Filia quickly patted her on the back, "Cough it up!"
"No, no, I don't have the energy to cough, and I don't want to spit out the meat. I want to drink water."
Filia didn't have any water, so she just took a bottle of potion and poured it into Ofina's mouth without looking at it.
Ofina finally smoothed down the dried meat, but suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly summoned Xiaoguang.
The small light from the light element spirit dissipated the holy light and shone on Ofina, suppressing the little girl's somewhat green face.
"Bad sister, do you want to monopolize your brother? You actually fed me poison!" Ofina lay on her side with her hands on her hips, her little face looking pale from exhaustion.
Filia picked up the empty potion bottle and looked at it, and found a green skull on it.
"Nana...Nana, I'm sorry." Filia knew that she had done something bad, so she didn't know how to coax her, so she just hugged her.
"Then help me find what Canxing wants to eat. He must have collected a lot of the most delicious monster meat. Maybe his belly will be full after eating it!"
"Okay!" Filia agreed simply, asked Rogge about the location of Canxing, and directly summoned the crimson flame to ride to find it.
Rogge took the opportunity to say some kind words to Filia, "Nana, Filia was worried because you were choking. Don't blame her."
"I've been poisoned and you don't care about me!"
"You are a light magician..."
"I don't have any magic power now!"
"..." Rogge wisely closed his mouth and sped up the spoon.
By the time they finished serving the little girl's meal, more than half a day had passed. Rogge and Filia leaned together tiredly, feeling even more tired than after killing a beast king-level monster.
The backlash from the angel's arrival was actually not much weaker than the Soul of the Sun, but Rogge happened to be able to handle it very well.
If Ofina does not eat in time to replenish her energy, not only will her vitality be compromised, but her own strength will also decline, and the consequences will be endless.
Ofina regained her energy, and used the blessing spell to revive the two of them.
"Nana, save some strength in the future." Rogge asked.
"Yes." Ofina agreed softly, but Rogge knew that if a similar situation happened again, she would still take action with all her strength.
So the best way to deal with it is that if you encounter this kind of thing in the future, you must be by her side.
"Roger, when are we leaving?" Madeline, who was in relatively good condition, asked.
During the meal, Rogge informed the team about the flying monster. Holk City was their second home, and they would definitely go there to support them.
Rogge said: "Have a good rest today and set off early tomorrow morning."
"Brother, is it too late?" Ophina said, her little face that had just recovered its crystal clear face was filled with worry and... self-blame.
She blamed herself for not arriving at Garin City in time and failing to save Teacher William.
If the road was faster, would it be possible to arrive a few minutes earlier and save William?
Rogge, who grew up with Ofina, understood what the girl was thinking. He rubbed the girl's head and said: "It won't be too late. We have tried our best, haven't we? The situation in Holk City is unknown. We must do something Be prepared and be in good shape to face the challenge.”
"Yeah." Ofina closed her eyes and enjoyed Rogge's head-touching.
Karin, who was sitting next to everyone, saw the lost look of her favorite student and said loudly: "Nana, don't blame yourself, William... He died to protect me, and it's actually me who should blame himself. "
"Dean Karin..."
"No need to say anything, just accompany me to see William off for the last time."
Outside Garin City.
Everyone held a simple funeral and cremation for William.
William lay quietly on the bed made of branches, his face pale, and the smile that comforted Karin in the last moments of his life was still hanging on the corner of his mouth.
The smile is affectionate and full of reluctance.
Karin cried again, and she realized deeply that the phrase "tears run dry" in those extremely touching tragic scenes in the storybook was wrong.
She is now the heroine of the tragedy.
Karin finally tidied William's clothes, which were already flat enough, kissed him deeply on the forehead, stood up, and took the torch in Rogge's hand.
"Goodbye, my love."
Karin set the wooden bed on fire.
The flames gradually ignited, spread, and enveloped William. The "crackling" sound of burning hurt Karin's heart.
Karin's shoulders twitched and she pursed her lips tightly, trying not to cry in front of her students.
Rogge stared at William in the flames silently.
This teacher who always smiles and likes to look like a master when teaching will soon turn into a handful of dust. As long as the wind is stronger, it will be blown away.
For the first time, Roger experienced what it was like to have someone familiar die, and he hated this feeling.
Rogge looked at Ophina next to him. Tears were shining in the girl's eyes, her fists were clenched, and her nails painted with sky blue nail polish were embedded in her flesh, which hurt Rogge's heart.
Rogge held Ophina's little hand that had started to bleed. His hand instantly relaxed and intertwined with Rogge's hand gently.
The relaxed and cheerful atmosphere at the dinner table had long been replaced by sadness. At the moment when the flame was about to go out, everyone bowed together and prayed for this respectable teacher.
Among the ashes, a shiny object caught Karin's attention.
Karin walked closer and picked it up. When she saw what it was, she suddenly stopped. Then she wiped it frantically with her clothes, not minding that the ashes on it stained her clothes.
When the ashes completely receded, an extremely exquisite ring appeared in front of Karin's eyes. The huge aqua blue gem reflected soft light, just like William's eyes when he stared at her affectionately.
On the inside of the ring, her name and William's name were wrapped in a big heart.
The idea was tacky, but Karin loved it.
Karin slowly put the ring on the ring finger of her left hand, looked at it for a moment facing the sun, smiled first, then put the ring against her heart and cried.
Rogge couldn't bear to look at her anymore, so he closed his eyes and raised his head.
Karin had cried enough for the time being, so she slowly stood up, collected William's ashes, put them into an ordinary wooden box, and put them away.
She started with Rogge and ended with Lunt, looking at them one by one, looking at them carefully.
"You...have all grown up." Karin's eyes glowed.
The appearance of everyone has not changed much, but the temperament they have tempered after experiencing many battles is no longer the same.
Karin thought of Lunt falling from the sky to help her block the deadly tail hammer of the star-tailed beast, of Orfina standing alone in the gap of the city wall, blocking the surging beast tide, of Rogge riding a giant dragon and carrying a colorful phoenix soaring into the sky. Go, it all feels so unreal.
How wonderful would it be if it were a dream? But Karin knew that this was not a dream at all, this was reality, a bloody and hopeful reality.
"You've all grown up," Karin repeated, with a mixture of joy and concern in her voice.
She was delighted that her students' strength had improved so much, surpassing hers, that they were able to save the crisis.
She was worried about how much hard work and sweat, how much fighting and... blood behind this rapid improvement.
If possible, Karin hopes they can take their time, stay away from all dangers, and grow up happily.
But she knew that this was just her selfish wish. These children will never stop, and the road ahead may be even more dangerous.
"Roger, Nana, and everyone, I don't know how you got here during this time. You must have suffered a lot, right? I don't expect anything else, I just hope that you can live a safe life."
"Dean Karin, don't worry." Seeing that everyone was still immersed in a sad atmosphere, Filia said first, "Rogge is being careful. As long as he is here, nothing will happen to us."
Karin's eyes were fixed on Filia, and the more she looked at her, the more she fell in love with her, as if she was looking at her own daughter-in-law.
"Filia, huh? So beautiful!"
Filia smiled generously.
Karin continued to look at Filia for a few seconds, then remembered how intimate she and Rogge were while eating, looked at Rogge again, and then her eyes flickered between the two.
"You and Rogge..."
"Um."
"Okay, that's great!" Karin laughed for the first time since their reunion. Suddenly she thought of something and secretly looked at Ofina.
The little girl was very calm. She held Rogge's hand and looked at the scorched black marks in a daze. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Karin bit her lip, her heart aching again, this time for the group of young people in front of her.
Originally, at their age, they should enjoy the wonderful college life, and elders like her and William should shield them from the storm outside the college.
But now, it's the other way around.
She calls them "children," but they are no longer children, but "big men" with the power to stir up trouble.
Karin retracted her thoughts and looked at Filia again, a smile involuntarily hanging on her face, "It seems that you have experienced a lot. Are you interested in telling me your wonderful stories?"
Karin stretched out her hand to Filia, and Filia took it and agreed: "Okay. Rogge has a very powerful book called..."
Karin and Filia walked into the city first, and Filia's voice telling stories became farther and farther away.
Rogge gently squeezed Ofina's tender little hand and said softly: "Nana, go back."
"Stand with me a little longer."
"OK."
"elder brother."
"Um?"
"I want to become a supreme light magician as soon as possible."
It is said that the supreme level light magician can master the method of resurrecting the dead, but there is no way to verify it, because in all the books and records of the Nalan Empire, there is no mention of any light magician reaching the supreme level.
Ofina said, "become as soon as possible", although there are only two more words than "become", it has so much more confidence.
She said this on the premise that she could become a supreme light magician, but it was just a matter of speed.
When other people hear this, they may think that Ofina is joking, or even think that the little girl is ignorant.
No matter how talented you are, how can you ensure that others will come after you do something that has never been done before? Maybe the light magician is different from other departments, and the ultimate is the great magician?
But Rogge was different. He firmly believed that Ofina could do it.
"Well, don't be too tired." Rogge rubbed the girl's little head lovingly.
