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Chapter 201 Crouching Dragon exerts his strength in secret, Phoenix has already closed the net
"Who spread this? Let Monaster investigate it thoroughly!"
"Yes."
Asna nodded calmly.
She knew in her heart that the source of this matter was probably that the president, Monaster, had inadvertently chatted with them about Dean Loren's past in the student union room, and was then caught by one of Lan Qi, Huberian, and Frey. One leaked the news.
And there is a high probability that it has fallen into the hands of a pretty bad person.
Oh, then she knew what was going on.
But Asina didn't say it.
The early morning sunlight shines in through the side window. Perhaps because it is the day after the rain, it seems particularly dazzling at this moment.
The light just happened to shine on the side of Loren's face, making his eyes look even deeper and harder.
"..."
His eyelids twitched slightly, the expression on his face changed from calm to serious, and his lips were tightly pursed into a line.
Asna also felt this change, her hands stuck to the folder, keeping silent.
The only sound in the office was the ticking of the wall clock. The steam from the coffee on the desk also slowly rose. In this atmosphere, time seemed to slow down and every moment seemed particularly long.
"No wonder our school's reputation has been getting worse in recent years."
It took Loren a while to calm down.
He always felt that the atmosphere of the school had become bad again recently.
Although there was a problem with the ethos of this school, even the dean of the Alchemy Institute was sent in.
"By the way, did Lanqi agree to compete with Adams? How did it go?"
Loren has always known that good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. At this time, he was particularly worried about what surprises Lanqi would bring him.
"..."
Asna was silent for a while.
Frey's side is making efforts in secret, and Lan Qi's side is directly closing the net.
Asna hesitated, thinking about how to organize the words to describe what happened to Loren.
In this brief moment of silence, suddenly, a melodious and loud bell rang into this closed space.
It is the communication terminal on Dean Loren’s desk.
It was a magical device with a sense of history. Its base was made of heavy black painted metal. The lines were thick and winding, connecting to the main communication terminal of Ikerit College and could be transferred to Dean Loren's office at any time.
Loren frowned in slight confusion, slowly raised his hand, picked up the receiver from the base, and gently placed it to his ear.
"Juliana? What do you want from me?"
He didn't know why Juliana contacted him so early in the morning.
"..."
There was silence on the other side of the microphone for a while, as if wondering why Loren asked this question.
"How did the duel between Lanci and Adams go?"
Juliana's voice was still as cold and arrogant, but it concealed a slight expectation, and she was particularly concerned about the result.
Loren looked up at Asna.
He saw the hesitant expression on Asna's face.
Loren felt very bad.
He knew that Adams was asking for trouble because he would not turn back until he hit Lanqi!
But Loren really didn't expect that Julianna cared more about this competition than he did.
"I just returned to school and I don't understand the situation yet."
Loren quickly explained to Julianna.
"..."
Juliana hesitated for a moment longer.
"Adams didn't report the battle situation to me all day."
Juliana's voice was slightly confused.
Logically speaking, in such a huge gambling fight, Adams should contact her as soon as possible regardless of winning or losing.
As a result, there was no news for a whole day, as if we had lost contact.
"..."
Cold sweat began to appear on Loren's forehead.
"Don't worry Juliana, I'll go see what's going on."
The information coming from the other end of the receiver was obviously not good news. As the conversation deepened, Loren's expression became increasingly heavy, his brows furrowed, and his originally leisurely eyes were now filled with worry and confusion.
"it is good."
Juliana replied in a crisp voice.
But soon, she added another sentence at the end of her voice,
“Whether we win or lose, I hope you can keep your promise.”
"What promise?"
Loren felt more and more that something was wrong and asked the question twice into the microphone. However, by the time he asked the question, Juliana had already hung up the phone.
"Where is Adams?"
The first thing Loren did after hanging up the receiver was to look at Asna and ask, with determination and deep fear in his eyes.
Asina hesitated when she spoke just now, and he no longer had time to listen to her slowly.
"Seventh floor atrium."
Without having the chance to ask Asna what happened in detail, Loren disappeared from the office, leaving behind only the slight humming sound of the quaint magic equipment in the office and the swaying shadows cast on the desk by the sunlight from the window.
……
Above Ikerit Academy, in the usually blue sky, one can often see the shadows of birds flying by as fast as a storm.
However, at this moment in the sky, the wind swirled around Loren, and his body seemed to turn into a feather in the wind, merging with the wind and soaring rapidly.
The college's buildings quickly shrank in Loren's sight. He flew over the red brick and green tile buildings, the ancient oak trees and the lake, and in an instant he saw the learning and education building.
Loren's black coat fluttered in the wind, and the corners of his coat danced in the wind like a ghost in the dark night.
His face was firm and his eyes were shining, as if he could see through everything in this world.
The wind from the high-speed flight rubbed against Loren's cheeks, causing a slight heat, but he didn't care about it. He had only one goal in mind, which was to get to the seventh floor of the atrium as soon as possible to see the situation clearly.
The current situation is actually not that bad.
His body is upright and he is not afraid of his shadow being crooked.
Although there is a bit of gossip.
But he would not go to the Kingdom of Alolan specifically to look for Juliana.
There is no business that requires him to go there personally, and the date is even more absurd.
Even if he took a step back and really met Juliana, there was no way the two of them would go on a date.
Such rumors will surely be proven wrong.
What he needed to figure out most right now was what on earth Lanqi had done.
Loren walked along the sky above the Icarite Academy and was about to go directly to the top floor of the Learning and Education Building when he suddenly caught two familiar figures in his sight.
Lanci and Hyperion were walking steadily on the broad stone path leading to the Sage's Courtyard, talking with a young student he was not very familiar with.
Loren's heart beat faster, he decided to stop the wind magic, gradually weakened its power, and let himself land gently.
As his feet touched the ground, the storm that emerged from beneath his feet began to slowly shrink and eventually turned into nothingness.
Loren landed lightly on the ground from mid-air, then looked directly at the three students in front of him.
Lanqi is still as calm as ever, and is at peace every day.
When Hyperion saw Dean Loren, there was a hint of alertness in her eyes, and she seemed a little guilty.
Next to the two of them, there was a student whom Loren didn't know. He looked very embarrassed, but he didn't seem to be from their school. He should be a student from the academic visiting team of the Royal College of Alolan, and he looked like an honest person.
Chapter 202 Loren: Huh?
On both sides of the avenue of Ikerite College, ancient oak trees spread out their dense crowns, and the light between the leaves sprinkled on the stone pavement, forming rays of light.
Not far away, the Learning and Education Building stands tall. It is one of the symbols of the college and is always bustling with activity.
Lanqi, Hyperion and their new classmates were walking on such a road when they saw Loren suddenly appear.
Dean Loren's leather shoes rubbed slightly against the ground as he approached the three of them. All he could hear were the laughter of other students and the rustling of leaves in the breeze.
"Lanqi, Hyperion."
Dean Loren spoke, his eyes fixed on the two of them.
"Lanqi, what's the matter with your competition with Adams?"
For the time being, he didn't care why Lanci and Hyperion were hanging out with a student from the Kingdom of Alolan.
This was not a big deal. As long as the two of them didn't send other people's students to jail, Loren thought it was no big deal.
Lanci and Hyperion looked at each other, obviously not expecting to meet the dean here.
"Dean Loren!"
Lanqi seemed to have been looking for him, and was very happy to see Dean Loren suddenly appear from nowhere.