In truth, Li somewhat regretted being in this body right now—no, he should say he regretted it immensely. He had already realized why he felt so restrained!
His sensory abilities had been greatly enhanced, yet his consciousness had somehow been bound by magical energy. If he had been using his original body, he definitely would not have been suppressed so completely without any ability to resist!
Meanwhile, Zeref was speaking to Ankhseram with great seriousness about having Ankhseram take Li as a student.
"Little Zeref, you want me to take him as my student. Aren't you planning to offer anything in return?" Ankhseram's voice was not as cold as Li had imagined. Instead, it possessed an inexplicably magnetic quality. Zeref slowly replied, "On account of our past relationship."
"Our past relationship?" Ankhseram frowned. "It seems I still haven't collected your tuition fees!"
Zeref's mouth twitched. "I never asked you to teach me. You were the one who forcibly crammed all that knowledge into my head!"
Ankhseram yawned. "Is that so? Why don't I remember? Fine, since you say so, we'll do as you wish. But I remember that when you were building that R System, you borrowed quite a few materials from me!"
"I remember paying everything back."
Ankhseram asked meaningfully, "Oh? And how did you calculate the interest?"
Zeref slowly closed his eyes. "That was your mathematical trap. The three repayment formulas you gave me back then all made it impossible to ever pay the debt off."
"Oh? You actually saw through that? Looks like your mathematics has improved quite a bit. But you're dreaming if you think dying would let you escape repayment. You didn't expect that I had placed a protection on your body, did you?"
Anger rose on Zeref's face, but he soon sighed. "Enough nonsense.