Chapter 859

"Dong dong dong"

Crisp knocking sounds broke the office's quiet, the wooden door panel lightly knocked three times, rhythm regular.

"Come in."

A steady voice carrying a hint of fatigue came from inside; Rin Tohsaka raised her hand, pushed the door open, and walked in with measured steps.

Behind the office desk, Waver Velvet looked up at her, fingertips lightly tapping the leather sofa opposite: "Sit."

Rin Tohsaka sat as told, fingertips resting casually on her knees, quietly waiting for the other party to speak.

Waver looked at her, brows furrowing imperceptibly: "Tohsaka, you should be clear on why I called you here, right?"

"On this, I truly am not clear."

Rin Tohsaka blinked, her face showing a perfectly measured blankness, but her heart had long since understood.

Seeing this, Waver's tone grew heavier: "The matter on the training ground just now, I saw it all with my own eyes. Tell me, what exactly happened."

"Is Teacher referring to Luvia?"

"Not her."

Waver interrupted directly, gaze sharpening.

"I'm asking about Gray. Why would she be that close to your husband?"

Rin Tohsaka smiled faintly, tone as natural as could be: "So Teacher means this. Isn't this the coursework assignment you personally gave Gray?"

"Coursework assignment?"

Waver froze for a moment, not reacting for a beat.

"That's right." Rin Tohsaka nodded. "On my wedding day, didn't you personally assign her coursework — telling her to find a man she truly likes, date normally, and when she reaches my current age, marry him. Teacher wouldn't have forgotten that, would you?"

Word by word, clear to the ear.

Waver stiffened instantly, memory surging up; he had indeed assigned that coursework, but mostly as a joke.

"But what does this have to do with your husband?"

"Gray was troubled over this coursework. It just so happens my Broly personally told me he likes Gray, so I introduced them. What's the problem?"

Her tone was too calm, her expression too matter-of-fact, leaving Waver dumbfounded, mouth opening and closing, unable to form a complete sentence for a long while.

After a long time, he finally found his voice: "But you clearly know, Svin Glascheit has always liked Gray!"

"? Is there such a thing?" Rin Tohsaka feigned surprise, then shrugged. "Even if there is, he never confessed to Gray.

Moreover, before introducing them, I specifically asked Gray. She clearly said there is no one she likes from an opposite-sex perspective.

And regarding me introducing someone to her, she also did not reject it."

Speaking here, Rin Tohsaka leaned forward slightly, looked at Waver, tone carrying a hint of puzzlement: "Come to think of it, Teacher Waver, when you assigned Gray this coursework, did you specify a required opposite-sex partner?"

"————That, I didn't."

Waver answered subconsciously.

"Then that settles it."

Rin Tohsaka straightened, tone relaxed.

Waver's chest tightened uncomfortably; suppressing his emotions, he spoke in a low voice: "But that's your husband. Introducing your own husband to Gray — isn't that too unreasonable?"

"I don't mind."

Rin Tohsaka answered crisply, without a shred of hesitation.

【But I mind!】

Gray was brought out from a small village by him, and he took her as an inner disciple. Waver has a strong sense of responsibility and considers himself that child's guardian.

And the current situation is that, without this guardian's knowledge, the disciple was abducted by his student, and is now in a relationship with a married man.

He took a deep breath, softened his tone, and tried to persuade tactfully: "Tohsaka, Gray's nature is too simple. She hasn't experienced worldly affairs, doesn't understand the complexity of human hearts. As her teacher, I truly don't want to see her get hurt in a relationship later. Can you understand?"

"Teacher thinks my Broly would hurt Gray?"

The smile on Rin Tohsaka's face faded a few degrees.

Waver didn't speak, but his silent attitude already explained everything.

"Teacher Waver, I can guarantee to you, Broly would never hurt anyone he likes.

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Waver remained silent, brows knitted tighter, clearly unconvinced.

Seeing he was immovable, Rin Tohsaka simply stopped explaining further, shrugged. "Fine, even if you don't believe, what can you do?"

"There's an Eastern saying: one day as teacher, lifetime as father."

Waver looked up, gaze firm on her.

"I may not be able to change anything, but as long as I'm still Gray's teacher, I will try my best to protect her from harm."

Four eyes met. Rin Tohsaka suddenly laughed lightly, tone carrying genuine praise: "Teacher Waver, no wonder you're the most beloved teacher in the entire Clock Tower. Just this teacher's virtue and sense of responsibility — no one can compare."

Waver thought she had finally relented, just about to continue persuading, then heard her tone shift.

"But what does this have to do with me?"

"Huh?

"

Waver didn't react for a moment.

"It's Gray and Broly who are in a relationship. If you don't approve of this relationship, you should go persuade the parties involved. What's the use of coming to me?"

"Wrong!" Waver hurriedly spoke. "I hope you can control your own husband, persuade him to stay away from Gray————"

"That I cannot do." Rin Tohsaka shook her head, gaze gentle yet firm. "I love Broly, but my love has never been a rope binding him, much less an iron chain imprisoning him. Whatever he wants to do, I won't stop him."

Waver: "————"

He was actually rendered speechless by a single sentence.

Watching his gloomy expression, Rin Tohsaka suddenly changed the subject: "However, I do have a proposal. Would Professor Waver like to hear it?"

"What proposal?"

Waver asked in a deep voice.

"If you truly feel from the bottom of your heart that Gray and Broly are unsuitable, then go persuade Gray yourself."

Rin Tohsaka stood up, smoothing her hem.

"Broly would never force someone he likes to do something they are unwilling to do. As long as Gray says with her own mouth that she doesn't want to get along with him anymore, he absolutely will not force Gray in the slightest."

Finishing speaking, Rin Tohsaka gave a slight nod: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first. I still have classes to attend afterwards."

Not waiting for Waver to say anything further, Rin Tohsaka turned and pushed the door to leave, leaving him alone sitting in the office, his heart full of irritation and helplessness.

"Sigh, letting you mess up the curriculum and quests, no wonder recently Gray has been a bit absent-minded————"

In the office, Waver looked at himself in the mirror, blaming himself and reflecting for a moment.

"No, I have to go talk to Gray."

He stood up, walked quickly out of the office, and headed straight for the place where the girl usually stayed, but searched everywhere and did not see the girl's figure.

He asked several students in succession, and the answers he got were all "don't know" "haven't seen"————

"Professor Waver, are you looking for Gray?"

Suddenly, a fluffy head poked out from the eaves outside the window, the boy's tone light and quick, shouting loudly towards him in the corridor.

Waver looked up, recognized his student Flat, and immediately walked quickly to the window: "Flat, do you know where Gray is?"

"I just ran into her!" Flat climbed in through the window, "I asked her where she was going, she said she was going to the amusement park, but didn't say specifically which amusement park.

"She went alone?"

"No, it was two people. There was someone with her. I heard it's the new combat class teacher. Professor, do you know the other party? I want to ask him for advice on combat jutsu."

"That's not a teacher."

"? Not a teacher, then is it a student?"

"Also not a student."

"Neither a teacher nor a student, then who exactly is it?"

Flat scratched his hair, suddenly his eyes brightened, he leaned in and lowered his voice, "I saw the two of them walking together very intimately. Could it be Gray's relative?"

"These matters are unrelated to you." Waver didn't want to say more, his tone suddenly stern, "Right, aren't you supposed to be in class right now? Did you skip class again?"

Flat's face changed: "Ah! Terrible! I suddenly remembered I still have urgent business to do. Professor, goodbye!"

Before his voice fell, he nimbly jumped out the window with hands and feet, and ran off in a puff of smoke without a trace.

"Truly one more worrying than the next."

Waver rubbed his swollen temples, his heart full of exhaustion.

Pondering for a moment, he ultimately did not chase after them to the amusement park.

"Forget it. Wait for Gray to come back, then properly talk with her."

Finishing speaking, he turned and returned to the office.

At the same time, in the amusement park in the London suburbs.

Broly held the amusement park tickets Luvia gave, and smoothly brought the Gravekeeper girl beside him inside.

The colorful amusement facilities and the rising and falling laughter were unfamiliar things to Gray.

She followed at Broly's side, her head slightly lowered, the brim of her hat covering most of her face, her eyes carrying a few points of loss and bewilderment.

"Gray, what do you want to play first?"

Broly turned his head, softly asking for her opinion.

Gray clutched her hem, answering in a small voice: "I don't know. I have never come to a place like this before."

She grew up from childhood in a village isolated from the world, accompanied by a cemetery. Such a lively amusement park was, to her, a completely unfamiliar other world.

And Broly was also not familiar with this kind of place. He simply looked up towards the not far distance, where couples were walking together towards the roller coaster, and immediately said: "Then let's go take a look over there first."

"Mm.

""

Gray did not hesitate in the slightest, gently nodding.

The two walked to the attraction entrance, queued quietly, and happened to catch the last row of the roller coaster that was about to activate.

The facility slowly started, the rollers emitting a dull "clack" sound, carrying the coaster slowly climbing to the highest point.

The next second, the car body suddenly dove down, the wild wind whistling into their ears.

The screams of the front-row tourists instantly exploded, excited and fearful sounds rising and falling.

Broly sat sprawled in the last row with an indifferent face, completely unable to understand why the passengers in front would scream and shout.

Turning his head, he looked at the girl beside him, only to see Gray gripping the safety bar with both hands, her shoulders slightly tense, clearly a bit nervous.

"Don't be afraid." His voice was low and steady, transmitted steadily into Gray's ears, "Even if this car loses control, I can bring you to break free unscathed."

Gray looked up, looking at the boy beside her with a determined expression. The panic in her heart inexplicably dissipated by more than half. She lightly replied "Mm."

Immediately after, Broly began to calmly call out the upcoming travel trajectory: "Imminent left turn. Three seconds later a right turn. Then three consecutive rolls and dives————"

Every prediction was not off by a hair. Gray listened to his clear prompts. Her originally tense body gradually relaxed. The nervous expression on her face also faded, leaving only calm.

On the roller coaster, the front-row tourists howled and screamed continuously. Only the two in the last row had calm expressions, looking extremely like safety inspectors patrolling with the car.

The attraction ended. The coaster slowly stabilized. Passengers stumbled down. Many had pale faces, leaning on the iron bars retching non-stop.

Broly led Gray by the hand off the car, and asked her: "This attraction, how did you find it?"

Gray thought seriously for a moment, answering truthfully: "Very strong sense of security."

Not far away, tourists who had just recovered from the extreme weightlessness heard this and suddenly turned their heads to look over, their eyes full of shock and doubt.

【People were almost thrown off, and this gives a sense of security?!】

Seeing the two of them looking as usual, showing no signs of fatigue, and even walking down from the last row where the weightlessness was strongest, these people forcibly swallowed the retorts they had been about to voice.

"If you two feel this isn't exciting enough, the giant pendulum and the drop tower next to them are more thrilling; you can go try them."

A tourist couldn't help but suggest.

Broly looked at Gray: "Do you want to try?"

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"I can try."

Gray did not refuse.

Soon, the two experienced both projects; Broly felt it was just average. The giant pendulum and the drop tower spun and dropped, but they weren't as fast in spinning or as hard in dropping as when his false self grabbed his foot. After all, he hadn't even flown over ten li and smashed into a rock bed.

However, Gray's face was somewhat red, and she looked like she really felt something. Seeing this, Broly spoke seriously: "If you like this feeling, another day I'll take you to experience something more exciting."

Gray, who had just calmed her heartbeat, heard this and her breath hitched. She hurriedly waved her hands to refuse: "No need, no need. Actually, I don't really like overly intense projects. Compared to that, I prefer something quieter and gentler."

"Then let's go ride that one."

Broly raised his hand and pointed to the giant Ferris wheel not far away.

This Ferris wheel is the landmark of the amusement park, extremely large in scale. It takes nearly half an hour to complete one rotation. When it reaches the highest point, it can take in the entire scenery of London at a glance. Even though it isn't dusk or night right now, it is still a favorite check-in spot for couples.

The two entered an independent viewing cabin, and the cabin door slowly closed, isolating the noise of the outside world.

As the Ferris wheel slowly rose, Gray's attention was completely attracted by the city scenery gradually unfolding outside the window. In her originally cold eyes, a glimmer of light rarely appeared, carrying a hint of barely perceptible joy.

Broly had no interest in the high-altitude scenery. From beginning to end, his gaze fell on the girl before him.

She looked at the scenery; he looked at her.

His eyes were full of gentleness. In the corner of his vision, on the Crystal Palace Panel, Gray's Happiness Value was steadily rising bit by bit.

Afterward, the two also rode the merry-go-round and played bumper cars—

After a round of playing, even Gray, who always had a blank expression, had a faint smile on her face.

But when playing the mirror labyrinth, the smile on the girl's face faded away.

Subconsciously lowering her head, she reached out and pulled down the brim of her hat.

"What's wrong?"

Broly noticed her abnormality, stopped his steps, and asked.

"I—I don't really like mirrors."

Gray's voice was small, carrying a hint of indescribable resistance.

"Why?"

Broly was confused.

"My face resembles the legendary King of Knights." Gray clutched the corner of her clothes, her tone low-spirited. "Every time I look in the mirror, looking at myself in the mirror makes me feel that my body no longer belongs to me, as if I'm about to be occupied and taken away by an ancient hero."

Hearing this, Broly didn't say anything. He just stepped forward, bent over, and gently picked her up horizontally, letting her lean steadily in his arms. He said in a low voice: "Alright, close your eyes. I'll take you out."

Gray obediently closed her eyes, shrinking into his embrace. A sense of security born of dependence arose spontaneously.

Broly held her and walked steadily through the complex mirror labyrinth. Throughout the entire process, he didn't let her see even half a mirror surface again.

After walking out of the labyrinth, Broly put her down. Looking at the only remaining project in the amusement park, he proposed: "You're a Gravekeeper, a professional match. How about we go to the haunted house?"

Gray's cheeks turned slightly red. She didn't refuse and lightly nodded: "Mm."

Stepping into the haunted house, the lighting was dim and cold.

The surroundings were gloomy dungeon-like sets. Cold wind carried deliberately created eerie sound effects, making people shudder.

"The lighting here is too dark."

Broly casually evaluated it, his expression showing no ripples.

"Crack—"

Suddenly, a slight movement came from above their heads. The next second, several hanged corpses wrapped in white cloth suddenly dropped down, standing straight in front of the two of them.

Broly subconsciously protected Gray behind him, turned his head to look at her: "Weren't you scared?"

"No."

Gray shook her head.

"Although these corpses look very real, they don't have the corpse smell of real corpses."

The Gravekeeper girl shook her head. She could tell at a glance that these hanged corpses were fake.

The haunted house environment was actually scary, but for neither Gray nor Broly could it achieve a frightening effect.

Just as Broly thought the haunted house project would pass so plainly, Gray, walking beside him, suddenly stopped and grabbed his sleeve.

"What's wrong?"

Broly turned his head in confusion.

"In this haunted house, all the undead scenery is fake, but... it seems a real one has mixed in."

Gray lowered her voice, looking vigilantly toward the ghost doll room ahead.

As soon as she finished speaking, slight "crack, crack" sounds came from the room ahead. A ghost doll sitting on a wooden chair, its originally dull glass eyeballs slowly turned, its scarlet pupils staring fixedly at the two of them.

"Even if it's real, it doesn't matter, right."

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"Whether the undead is real or fake, there's nothing scary about it."

Broly walked straight into the ghost doll room, his gaze precisely locking onto the doll entwined with cold energy.

"Careful!"

Seeing that he was about to touch that doll, Gray quickly spoke up to remind him.

The ghost doll locked onto by Broly's gaze suddenly leapt up, grabbed the wooden puppet beside it, and smashed it fiercely at him.

Broly merely raised his hand and flicked his fingertip lightly.

"Pa—"

"

A crisp sound rang out, and the leaping ghost doll was flicked away, slamming heavily back into the pile of dolls.

The cold energy swirling around it was then dispersed by another invisible force, without a trace remaining.

"Ah, so the exorcism succeeded just like that?"

Gray, who had run over ready to help with the exorcism, stared in stunned silence.

"I suppose so."

"How did you do it?"

"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"

As the sun slanted westward, the two left the amusement park and walked side by side toward the Clock Tower.

Along the way, Broly taught Gray the method of using Qi to eliminate dead souls.

Of course, this method was easier to use for those with more Qi.

So he also taught Gray the Qi Refining Fist Method shared among everyone in the Crystal Palace Group Chat, which he had optimized himself to version 3.0.

"This fist technique makes you very hungry when cultivating it; if you practice it, be sure to prepare plenty of energy-replenishing food."

"Mm, I understand."

Gray nodded obediently.

Just as the two reached the front door of the Clock Tower, they saw Rin Tohsaka waiting there.

She quickened her pace to meet them, smiling gently: "Gray, did you have fun today?"

"Mm, Senior Sister Tohsaka, I had a great time today."

Gray nodded vigorously.

"Glad to hear it, but from now on, Broly's time belongs to me and the others; we'll see you tomorrow."

Rin Tohsaka smiled and stepped forward, naturally taking Broly's hand from Gray's.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Gray watched their clasped hands, a faint sense of emptiness rising in her heart, but she showed none of it, merely waving lightly to say goodbye.

"Gray, you're back; Teacher Waver seems to have something for you."

Walking into the Clock Tower, Gray met Flat, whose eyes lit up upon seeing her, and he ran over to say.

"Dong dong dong~"

The office door was knocked on again.

"Teacher Waver, Flat says you have something for me."

Gray walked into the office and said to the youth sitting on the sofa.

"Yes, there's something, and it's a very serious matter—"

After Waver had his disciple sit in the seat Rin Tohsaka had sat in at noon, he directly got to the point and asked.

"Are you dating Tohsaka's husband?"