The students crowded at the entrance of the Arcane Hall looked at the scene in front of them and could not help feeling dazed.
They were like broken rocks standing between mountain cracks, not daring to move.
Their mouths were wide open, their jaws almost about to hit the ground.
The scene in front of them, no matter when it happened, was extremely explosive.
'Grand Knight Gwen actually went straight up and kissed professor Viktor on the lips!'
'Oh, wait?'
It did not seem that explosive.
Because Gwen was originally Professor Viktor's fiancee.
This kind of thing actually seemed quite normal.
But what shocked them was not this.
As the former commander of the Royal Knights, Gwen always gave people a calm feeling no matter when.
Yet today, they saw another side of Gwen.
It was a scene that was almost impossible to appear on Gwen.
Grand Knight Gwen actually, in front of everyone... Showed off her love?
Grand Knight Gwen actually showed affection in public.
She came to the academy, fought with the top freshmen of two different years, and then even showed affection with Chief Professor Viktor.
The whole development of the matter made all the students watching feel completely confused.
They really could not understand it.
'No, wait a second!'
The students suddenly thought of something. The top freshmen of the previous and current year.
Whether it was Erica or Princess Aurelian, both of them had a close relationship with Viktor.
And on top of that, there was Professor Viktor's reputation of liking underage girls.
"Grand Knight Gwen, could she be here to… catch him cheating?"
As soon as those words came out, countless students' eyes lit up.
'Now this makes much more sense!'
After all, thinking about what Erica said at the beginning, and Gwen's reaction when she appeared just now.
It was obvious that Grand Knight Gwen was jealous.
Viktor heard the students' discussion.
Seeing that public opinion was about to head in a very bad direction, he could not care about anything else for now.
So he reached out and grabbed Gwen's wrist.
He slowly moved her hand away from his face.
Then he stretched out another hand and wrapped it around Gwen's waist.
Although she was wearing armor and it felt a bit cold, the action still looked too intimate.
He did not turn back to look at Erica and Aurelian behind him. With a tone that carried a warning, he said lightly to the two of them, "You two."
"What happened today, don't take it to heart."
When his words fell, Erica and Aurelian were both stunned.
At that moment, the crow on Viktor's shoulder began to flap its wings.
In its single eye, a pitch black color flashed.
Its gaze swept across countless things, as if taking everyone present into its sight.
In an instant, the students present only felt their vision go dark.
Their minds felt dazed, their brains heavy.
They looked at the familiar Arcane Hall in front of them and felt a bit lost.
At some unknown time, Viktor's figure disappeared from where he stood.
On the ground, there was only a pitch black crow tail feather left behind.
'What just happened?'
The students looked at each other, confusion rising in their hearts.
Just now, it seemed like they saw Grand Knight Gwen come?
At the Royal Magic Academy, except for the new students, most of them were very familiar with Gwen.
After all, she was Professor Viktor's fiancee.
As Viktor's fiancee, Gwen also received a lot of attention.
'Grand Knight Gwen seemed to have come to look for Professor Viktor?'
In their minds, it seemed that this was the only thing they remembered.
As for everything else before that, it was as if they were forced to forget it all. They had no idea.
'Oh right, there's one more thing!'
After Grand Knight Gwen arrived, she kissed Professor Viktor on the mouth in front of everyone.
'Damn it, why him!'
Some students were filled with righteous anger at this public display of affection.
At this time, Vladimir also came back to his senses.
Just now, he felt an extremely strange power.
This power was very bizarre. It did not feel like magic, had no elements, and did not harm the students present in the slightest.
But he could feel it.
The students present looked at each other, curiously asking what exactly had happened just now.
Part of their memories had been deleted.
Goosebumps rose slightly on Vladimir's body.
Magic that can… delete group memories on a large scale?
This kind of unnoticed magic was truly terrifying.
"Was it to reduce the impact?"
His memory had not been deleted. Maybe because his strength was not weak, so it was hard to use memory deletion on him.
Or maybe Viktor simply trusted that he would not spread it, so he did not use it on him at all.
But no matter which it was, Vladimir at least understood one thing.
"…that knight girl."
"There's something wrong with her."
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A gentle breeze swept across a green field, lifting waves of green across the land.
Black feathers slowly fell from the sky. Two strands of dark aura landed on the grass along with the drifting feathers.
The scattered feathers gathered on the ground, and the aura began to swirl until it formed the outlines of two human figures.
The moment the aura dispersed, Viktor and Gwen stood on the grass.
Feeling the cool spring breeze, Viktor looked at Gwen.
She was still as elegant and beautiful as ever, wearing beast-faced armor.
The breeze blew her fine silver hair, making it sway in the air.
Her face was like frost, like a cold and charming knight in wind and snow.
Looking at Gwen like this now, Viktor fell silent.
That was right.
He could clearly feel that this Gwen right now was like the one he had once seen, the real Gwen.
That cold and emotionless Gwen.
That one who was so stubborn in her own sense of justice, a killing machine without feelings.
Once she decided something, the will in her heart would never change again.
In that instant, she had even wanted to kill Erica and Aurelian.
So, with a cold tone, he asked lightly, "Gwen."
"Do you know what you just did?"
Hearing Viktor's words, Gwen's expression was calm, but her eyes lowered slightly.
As if she had lost control of her emotions, her voice sounded without any feeling.
"I know."
"It's because I know that I had to do it."
Her voice carried absolute firmness, as if in her mind, killing those two was absolutely correct.
Yes, exactly the same as the Valkyrie Viktor once knew.
Viktor looked at her, feeling extremely troubled.
Gwen turning into this state again left him helpless.
He could not even bring himself to hit her or warn her.
Why did Gwen become like this again?
He had clearly tried his best to control everything and had already done all he could.
'Was it because of that goddess and those damned believers?'
For the first time, Viktor felt this powerless.
If this continued, would he still have to face that future ending?
'Or maybe, right now, here…'
Viktor looked at his palm. Magic flowed slightly within it.
At this moment, an impulse rose in his heart.
An impulse that, once acted on, would definitely make him regret it for the rest of his life.
Suddenly, Viktor's eyes widened slightly.
A cool and pale hand grabbed his large palm.
Even though she often needed to train with a sword, he did not feel any calluses on her palm.
Gwen held Viktor's hand like this and gently placed it on her cheek.
The same coldness.
Her other hand moved along Viktor's shoulder and touched his face.
Viktor lowered his head and looked at Gwen.
Letting her cold hand keep moving across his face.
At the same time, Gwen's emotionless voice slowly sounded.
"I had a dream."
"In the dream, I forgot you, forgot everything about you."
Like a piece of deep winter ice, slowly melting.
The emotionless voice carried words that did not belong to such coldness.
"In the dream, I was very afraid."
"So the cowardly me chose to escape."
"So cowardly that I avoided reality and even gave up on myself."
"Beyond saving."
Her cold gaze carried deep seriousness.
"I don't want to struggle anymore."
She let go of the hand that was holding Viktor's palm, and also moved her other hand away from his face.
After that, she took the initiative to open her arms.
And took the initiative to hug Viktor's broad body.
"I don't want to lose you again."
"And I don't want to only follow behind you, looking at your back."
"So…"
In a daze, Viktor froze.
Dark clouds gathered, and the sky gradually began to drizzle.
Gwen buried her head in his chest, as if wanting to completely merge his body with hers.
Carried by the sound of the wind.
Her final words echoed in Viktor's ear.
"Please, on your path, wait for me."
The light rain kept pattering on the fine grass, scattered droplets splashing again and again on the blades.
Whoosh!
A faint disturbance, like countless nature spirits stepping across the crisp grass.
Only the rain slid down from the blades and fell into the soil in silence.
Within this quiet, there was Viktor's long silence... gradually buried in the sound of rain.
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