"No, I shouldn't have accepted your request in the first place. Not only did you stop from saving the kids to test your students, but you even created trouble for them."
The more Hena spoke, the angrier she beca. Especially when she saw Olivia standing there, silent.
"…"
"Don't you have anything to say about this?"
"…"
To Hena's questions, Olivia didn't say a word in response. Instead, she turned her head to look out of the office window and uttered in a daze.
"… Hena, can you please take them to get their rewards? I want to be left alone for so ti."
"What?! Don't evade the topic, Olivia! This ti you went too far!"
Olivia brought her gaze back to Hena and pleaded in an emotionless voice. "Hena… Please."
Hena wanted to continue, but when she saw Olivia state at this mont, she knew that the mories of her past must have resurfaced in her mind. This had happened a lot of tis before, so Hena was aware of it. However, this ti, she felt very displeased with Olivia and didn't intend to let this matter go.
"All right! But this isn't over yet!"
"…" Olivia nodded with a blank expression.
Hena glanced at Luis and the others, and her expression beca complicated. "Follow ." With those words, she pushed open the office door and headed out.
Luis took back the projection device, and without even giving a glance at Olivia, he followed behind Hena. So did Alicia and Diana.
Now the only person left inside the office was Olivia, who was gazing at the door with a lost expression and then shifted her gaze to the photo fra on her work desk.
***
On the other side, after coming out of Olivia's office, followed by the trio. Hena was silent for a few seconds, then took a deep breath to calm herself down.
When she controlled Muse's body before, she was the one who contacted the agents on the order of the traffickers' leader. When they couldn't reach them, it beca a distress signal, and the ship sailed early because of it.
Hena, who was working undercover, had sent back that news to Olivia and had thought that she would have shared it with Luis and the others. Otherwise, how could they have caught up on ti?
However, only now did she understand that what she had thought didn't happen. Rather, her willful friend hid that information from her students. If it weren't for Luis taking precautions, they would have never known about it.
She turned back to face the three students behind her and said with so embarrassnt.
"I'm sorry about that. I had no idea she did such a thing."
Luis shook his head and said with a faint smile. "You don't have to apologize, Professor Hena. When you aren't even the one at fault."
"Yeah, Professor Hena. You are not to be blad for her mistake." Alicia, beside Luis, also added with a soft smile on her face.
Unlike the egoist Professor Olivia. For this, Professor Hena, who was even willing to apologize on behalf of others. Alicia had quite a favourable opinion.
"What they said," Diana also nodded alongside them.
After hearing their words, Hena exhaled a sigh and tried to defend Olivia a bit so that they wouldn't end up hating her. She didn't want their relationship to beco tense because of this incident. After all, they are going to see each other at least until graduation.
"Actually, Olivia wasn't always like that. So terrible things happened in the past that affected her quite a bit. I hope you all understand."
"…"
Her words only received silence as a response. Which made her feel quite wrong. 'Did I say sothing bad?'
Upon seeing the confused expression on Hena's face, Luis sighed.
"Professor, every one of us here has had our fair share of terrible experiences," he said with an emotionless expression.
He had experienced death twice. Once as Ethan, who died of terminal illness and the other from the last mory of the previous Luis. If being hacked to death is not a terrible experience. Then he can only doubt the aning of the word' terrible.
Alicia had witnessed her mother being killed along with all the workers at their mansion. The experience of the sole survivor in a massacre. The trauma and horror felt by that little girl. Isn't that terrible?
Since her birth, her clan has ostracized Diana. After oppressing her for more than a decade, they kicked her out of the clan once her mother died. Then she lived in nearby towns, scrounging for food and fighting with the people of the slums, who wanted to force her.
Later, an old martial artist took pity on her, and after witnessing her talent for fighting, he decided to teach her. He gave her knowledge about various things and trained her foundation. After he died, Diana left her country and ca to Oracle Academy. If not for that old martial artist, Diana would never have qualified to enter the number one academy of Alnaur.
Is her experience not terrible? However, she is still naively looking for opponents to fight with a cheerful grin.
He stared at Hena and continued. "No matter our experiences, it doesn't an that we are going to let it affect the people unrelated to it."
"…" Hena pressed her lips and drooped her eyelashes. Though she had no idea what kind of terrible things, the students in front of her had experienced. From their expressions, she had a feeling it must be quite serious.
Her voice wavered, and she said with little confidence. "Maybe she just needs a little more ti to co out of it."
Luis didn't care about her unsure words and said with seriousness.
"If she can't co out of an incident from her past. Then she shouldn't take on tasks that affect the safety of hundreds of people. Besides, whatever experience she had, isn't an excuse for what she did. She just wanted to fulfill her ego and make us beg for her help. Though, I'm not sure why, that is. You should know it better professor, after all, you are her friend. Right?"
After hearing his words, Hena could only lower her head with a bitter expression. Because she knows what Luis said was right and no matter what she says, what Olivia did was indeed wrong, and she can't do anything about it.
"Let's put this matter aside for now and go get your rewards." She said, to which everyone agreed with a nod.
Seeing their indifferent expressions, Hena sighed.
'I just hope everything works out well. Sigh… Why did you have to do that Olivia? If you keep being like this, then you are going to ruin everything?'
She shook her head to stop thinking about it and increased her pace, moving towards the exchange centre. Though fast, her pace wasn't too fast, as Luis and the others could easily keep up with her.
***
"Welco!"
Upon entering the exchange centre, a loud voice greeted them. When Luis heard the familiar voice, he glanced at the familiar old man walking in their direction with a businessman-like smile on his face, as his long-braided beard swung like a pendulum. Once again, catching Luis' attention.
Not only Luis, but Alicia and Diana also stared at his unique beard with interest.
"Hello! Mr. Zeth!" Hena greeted him with a polite smile. After all, Zeth was her elder and her senior at work.
"Oh, it's you, little Hena. What a pleasant surprise?" Zeth said with a smile.
Hina pouted, feeling embarrassed being called like that in front of students.
"I have told you many tis before. Please don't call that. I am not a kid anymore. I am already a mature woman."
"Yeah, yeah, you have grown up. Anyway, what are you here for?" Zeth said, waving his hands, expressing that he understood.
When she saw his actions, Hena knew he ignored her complaints once again. Though depressed, she could only let it be and explain the purpose of her visit.
"I ca here to get so rewards for these students." She said while gesturing her hand behind.
Zeth had already noticed the three students following Hena. However, since he was conversing with Hena, he didn't observe them carefully. Now that he did, it turns out there was a familiar figure among them.
"Huh? Kid! You are here too!" Zeth said with a surprised expression and a wide smile hung up on his face.
"Hello! Uncle Zeth!" Luis greeted him with a smile while giving him a curt bow.
"Hahaha, so you did fulfil your promise to co here often. At that ti, I thought you were just being perfunctory." Zeth let out a joyous laugh, looking very pleased by Luis' arrival.
The others looked at the two of them with surprised expressions. Alicia knew that Luis had visited the exchange centre before, but she had no idea that he had such a good relationship with Mr. Zeth. Whoever he is.
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