For Your Safety, Come With Me Up the Mountain!

Richard did not have time to comfort Christine.

After pulling her up, he began to pack his things in a hurry.

"Clea, take a long leave starting tomorrow!"

"Ah?" Christine looked at Richard with a dazed expression.

"Once the enemies realize they can't handle me, they might turn their attention to you."

"Why?" Christine asked in confusion.

"Because you are my only weakness."

"Richard..." Christine whispered softly, looking at her boyfriend with emotion.

Richard did not notice her strangeness; he pulled open the wardrobe door, took out a pile of his girlfriend's clothes from inside, and stuffed them into a suitcase.

"I'll find a safe place for you to hide for a few days."

"Don't worry, I'll deal with the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as possible."

Richard closed the suitcase, knelt halfway on the bed, cupped the girl's plain and fair face, and gently kissed her smooth forehead.

"Don't be afraid, darling, trust me."

Christine was already moved to tears, and she suddenly reached out to hook her arms around his neck, passionately kissing him.

After the deep kiss, Christine's mind had settled. She suddenly patted her forehead and exclaimed.

"I just thought of something, Richard!"

"The target of that group of people might not be you!"

"Ah?" Richard tilted his head with a look of utter bewilderment.

Christine began to recall, "About three days ago, the emergency department sent in a burned little girl."

"When that little girl was first brought in, she had severe burns all over her body, and her life was hanging by a thread..."

"The hospital opened an emergency channel for this and urgently summoned several dermatology experts."

"But just as we were treating her..."

"That little girl suddenly woke up!"

As she spoke, Christine knitted her brows tightly.

"When she saw us, her expression was extremely terrified!"

"At that time, I noticed the burns on her body recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye."

"Then the girl pushed us away, jumped off the operating bed, and fled."

"By the time we chased after her, she was already gone."

Hearing this, Richard's first reaction was all kinds of human experiments in the Marvel world.

"After the hospital's upper management learned the news, they immediately issued a gag order."

"The matter was thus brushed aside."

"But that little girl's reaction, I still remember it very clearly!"

"Terror, fear, hatred..."

Richard fell silent; that little girl was one hundred percent a runaway from some human laboratory.

"If the assassin's target this time is you, Clea..."

He pressed Christine's shoulders and looked into her eyes, "The person behind this definitely won't give up easily."

"The previous hiding place is no longer safe either."

What Richard had considered before was the small villa in New York Long Island that stored thirty million dollars.

But now...

"I'm sending you to Kamar-Taj!" Richard decided decisively.

"Kamar-Taj?!" Christine's eyes lit up. "Is that the place where you study magic?"

"Right." Richard nodded. With a wave of his hand, the magic book on the coffee table flew into his hand.

"Let's go to the airport right now!" Christine excitedly hooked her arm through his, picked up the suitcase, and prepared to leave.

"Wait..." Richard quickly pulled his girlfriend back. "We aren't taking a plane!"

"Ah? Then how are we getting there?" Christine wore a blank expression.

"Like this..." Richard smiled and traced a circle in the void. Gold-red energy sparks splashed in the air, and a portal quickly appeared.

Christine opened her mouth wide and stammered, unable to speak, "This, this..."

Richard took her hand and walked into the portal.

Kamar-Taj dormitory.

Christine looked at the quaint single dormitory with eyes full of curiosity.

"When you were studying magic, you lived here?"

"Right." Richard put the luggage under the bed and pulled back the quilt on the bed.

"You can stay here with me today. When dawn comes, I'll report to The Ancient One and arrange your room then."

Christine blinked in confusion, "Why do we need to arrange another room?"

"Aren't we a couple? We can live in the same room!"

"Uh~" Richard's expression was hesitant. "I'm not sure what Kamar-Taj's rules are regarding accommodations for couples or married pairs."

"Fine~" Christine pouted unhappily, putting her hands behind her back as she wandered around the dormitory.

Suddenly seeming to think of something, she turned back abruptly.

"Richard~ I remember now!"

"Once before when I was in the middle of a surgery, Nurse Lina suddenly screamed and said she saw you..."

Richard's expression became somewhat awkward, and he smiled honestly, attempting to muddle through.

"As for that, hehehehe..."

Christine kicked his leg lightly with mild annoyance.

"How old are you and you're still pulling pranks? You almost scared Lina into thinking she was losing her mind~"

"Alright, alright, my bad." Afraid the girl would seize upon his other misdeeds, Richard quickly urged, "It's very late, go to sleep quickly."

Christine rolled her eyes at him, turned around, and began to undress.

The next day, Richard went to seek an audience with The Ancient One and reported Christine's situation.

"...That's how it is. It will be very unsafe for Clea to stay in New York."

The Ancient One nodded and agreed, "Miss Palmer can rest easy staying here; she will like it here."

"Uhm..." Richard hesitated. "Do we still need to arrange another dormitory for her?"

The Ancient One waved her fan and chuckled, "If you want, another dormitory can be arranged for Miss Palmer."

"No need for that!" Richard said decisively.

"Heh~" The Ancient One was amused by his thick-skinned attitude.

"Right." Richard thought of Kaecilius. "About Kaecilius..."

The Ancient One shook her head and interrupted him, "It's not time yet, we cannot be overly hasty..."

"Alright then, you have the final say on everything." Richard nodded.

Leaving the main hall, Richard found Mordo and brought him to meet with Christine.

"Clea, this is Master Mordo, my senior brother."

"Mordo, this is my girlfriend Christine Palmer, a wonderful surgeon."

"Hello, Master Mordo (Miss Palmer)." The two shook hands and greeted each other at the same time.

Richard put his arm around Mordo's shoulder and whispered, "I'll leave my wife in your care, Senior Brother Mordo~"

Mordo rolled his eyes speechlessly, thinking:

Now you know to call me senior brother~

Yet honest and taciturn as he was, Mordo still patted his chest and agreed.

Having settled Christine, Richard returned to New York once more.

He opened a portal leading to the Pacific Ocean and threw the bodies of the intruders straight in.

Then he pulled out his mobile phone and dialed Dean Elwin's number.

"Dean Elwin, it's me, Richard."

"Dr. Richard, long time no see. How have you been lately?" Dean Elwin was very happy to receive his call.

"Not bad~" Richard replied with a smile.

"By the way, Dean Elwin, yesterday Clea was attacked by unknown individuals..."

Before his voice had even faded, Dean Elwin's exclamation immediately came through the phone.

"What, Dr. Palmer was attacked too?!"