A Pointless Interception (Continued)

There was killing intent!

Black hurriedly said, "Ahem... how can you call it pointless?"

He handed the Parchment back to Professor Babbling.

"I told you before: if you helped me as my assistant, your Ancient Rune skills would definitely improve."

"See? Didn't I make you carefully review every Ancient Rune you'd learned?"

"Can you honestly say you gained nothing during this time?"

Professor Babbling froze slightly.

"I did gain something..."

Anyone who thoroughly reviewed their lessons like this would gain something.

During this round of sorting things out, Professor Babbling had indeed discovered quite a few new combinations she had never noticed before.

Combinations with other uses.

Strictly speaking, Black's words were not wrong.

"Then isn't that enough?! Didn't I fulfill my promise?" Black spread his hands.

Professor Babbling was nearly angered into laughter.

"There's no necessary connection between those two things..."

"Why did you have to involve me in an experiment you could have completed yourself?"

"Could it be that you were simply taking the opportunity to sharpen my Ancient Rune skills?"

Black smiled. "Why not? Didn't you say you wanted to promote a new theory of Ancient Runes?"

"If your Ancient Rune proficiency doesn't improve, how are you going to promote it?"

Professor Babbling murmured, "Your skills are far better than mine. With you around, why would I need to do so much..."

Black fell silent for a moment.

"You still have to do this yourself. I have other things I need to do."

The journey through time was extraordinarily dangerous.

Even Black himself did not know what the outcome would be.

No matter how capable he was, he was only one person. He could not do so many things.

Professor Babbling's intuition was sharp as well.

She noticed Black's brief silence.

So she knew it was not