Teacher and Student

"Nothing serious, right?"

Bronya wasn't surprised by the result. Other than a brain scan, Seele had undergone every examination, and with the power of her stigmata, she hadn't suffered any harm. It was all within Bronya's expectations.

"Seele, are you blushing?"

"N-No."

During the CT scan, she had been lucky enough to watch Sister Bronya remove her anti-gravity system and see her... bare feet.

She was excited now—very excited.

During the examination, Seele's heartbeat had been much faster than usual, nearly enough to alarm the medical staff. Fortunately, she gradually calmed herself with breathing techniques and avoided further tests.

Seele felt that something was wrong with her.

Perhaps because she had only just emerged from the Sea of Quanta, she had been feeling unusually buoyant these past few days.

She had to take action.

After returning to her room aboard the Hyperion, the blue flames on her butterfly hair clip suddenly flared higher. Seele pressed her back against the door and slowly slid down, wrapping her arms around her knees.

Bronya, meanwhile, silently arrived outside Teacher Himeko's office.

She didn't want to go in.

She knew of Teacher Himeko's formidable reputation. Although Bronya had never taken any of her classes, she still knew that Teacher Himeko "liked to have heart-to-heart talks."

Judging by the time, it should have been over by now.

Bronya timed a nonexistent stopwatch in her mind. When its second hand passed the one-thousand-seven-hundred-and-sixty-second mark, the oak door was pushed open, and Zhao Bai walked out with a thoughtful expression.

"Did Teacher Himeko say anything to you?"

"..."

Zhao Bai fell silent for a moment before pulling Bronya somewhere Himeko couldn't hear them.

"She talked about youth and growing up. I'm still too young. The life experience of an elder is quite useful."

Chapter 275: Teacher and