What did she mean, tricking her? Li Qiuzhi felt that this teacher, Faruzan, must have misunderstood him. After all, from an outsider's perspective, if someone heard that a person could take them to see the stars...
Their first reaction would probably be that it was a lie. There was nothing wrong with that, really; she simply did not understand the situation yet.
Li Qiuzhi naturally had plenty of patience for clearing up misunderstandings. Just as he was about to explain a little...
Layla, standing opposite him, beat him to it, hurriedly waving her hands at Faruzan as she explained:
"No, Professor Faruzan, Mr. Adventurer and Senior Mona are both very good friends of mine. They wouldn't trick me."
Senior Faruzan was a professor at the Haravatat Darshan, famous throughout the Akademiya. Layla had dealt with her a few times as well.
She knew Faruzan was a professor who took good care of her students, so she hurried to explain to avoid a misunderstanding.
"Exactly. We're very close friends with Layla. You needn't concern yourself with whether we're tricking her... Hmph!"
Mona folded her arms across her half-exposed, snow-white chest, quite displeased that Faruzan suspected her of being a fraud.
Hearing Mona's blunt words, Faruzan's temper flared as well, and she retorted:
"There have been cases of people luring away their own friends!"
"You!"
Mona glared angrily at Faruzan, who glared right back.
Fortunately, the moment Li Qiuzhi sensed an argument brewing, he had released a little psychic power to keep the people around them from noticing what was happening here.
He rubbed his cheek and said:
"Professor Faruzan probably only came over to ask out of concern for a scholar of the Akademiya."
Li Qiuzhi paused briefly, then continued with a smile:
"If you're worried, you can just come along