Cyril's gaze lingered on Lidona's face.
What was the relationship between this upperclassman and He Xi?
He muttered to himself in puzzlement.
"She seems inexplicably aloof... but she also seems very concerned about He Xi..."
Though there was a hint of lecturing in her words, Cyril did not get angry.
He had never been good at socializing.
To him, women were both complicated and troublesome.
Their thoughts were as hard to sort through as interwoven magical nodes, yet lacked the clear, visible feedback of spells.
Bugs were much more interesting... Too bad He Xi apparently had yet to understand that.
At that thought, Cyril silently sighed, nodded, and said nothing more.
He did not want to waste energy on such a meaningless argument.
However, Reese beside him could not hold back any longer.
"Taking Upperclassman into the illusion challenge?"
"I think you want Upperclassman to carry you, don't you?"
Though Anya and Lexi immediately glared at him, and Lidona shot him a cold look as well, he was utterly unafraid. Sneering at Lidona, he said, "You're from the Evocation School, right?"
"Upperclassman has already maxed out every core course your school has this semester! Does he need you to teach him how to cast spells?"
"Dream on! Rather than bring deadweight like you, he'd be better off bringing me! I can cast [Longstrider] on him."
"Core courses... maxed out?" Lidona did not understand what he meant at first.
Anya immediately came to her friend's defense, snapping back without a trace of politeness. "What? The 'Fastest Legend'—looks like the money you spent this time worked out pretty well. You're talking awfully big now, aren't you?"
Lidona frowned slightly and looked at Reese. "By core course, do you mean Lightning Bolt?"
Ignoring Anya's mockery, Reese continued to meet Lidona's eyes. "I saw