The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

Under the influence of magic, the father swayed as he walked to Olina and knelt down.

"Olina, why didn't you save me? Why did you just watch me die?"

The mother also moved to the side, coldly looking down at young Olina.

“You’re so heartless, Olina. We love you so much, and all you can do is watch us die. You could have saved us.”

Blood and tears flowed from the empty sockets of her parents' eyes, and large amounts of foul-smelling blood gushed from their mouths, completely staining young Olina, who was dressed in white, red.

Parents: "Olina, why didn't you save us?! We could have lived if you had taken her in. Why...why! Tell me why!!!"

Young Orina's mental world was on the verge of collapse.

Her eyes began to glaze over, and the bloodshed seemed to be corroding her soul.

"me......."

The world before my eyes was gradually filled with blood red, and everything became blurred. Only the sharp screams of my parents and the soul-stirring laughter of Olina in black echoed in my ears.

"Accept me, Olina."

"Olina...you and I are one, stop resisting."

"Accept me, and I will make everything alright."

"Olina..."

Young Olina had completely given up resisting, letting her soul be eroded. She was tired and didn't want to suffer like this anymore.

Let everything be destroyed.

But just then, the crimson light overhead was blown away by a sudden gust of wind.

The gentle rain fell and extinguished the flames.

Bloodshed, slaughter, everything that drove her to despair was completely washed away by the rain.

The sky cleared, and sunlight streamed into the room through the windows.

The parents were scorched by the bright light, their bodies smoking, and they kept wailing in pain as they retreated.

The voice didn't sound like a human's; it sounded more like a monster driven to the brink of despair.

In the end, the parents could not withstand the intense light and turned into a cloud of dust, drifting away with the wind.

Birds are singing, flowers are blooming in the wind, and the whole world is as beautiful as a dream.

Olena, dressed in black, looked out the window with a terrified expression, gritting her teeth.

"Ryan!!!!"

"You bastard!!!!"

"Why! I'm about to succeed! Why did you have to appear at this moment!"

But all she received in response was scorching heat and endless pain.

"Ryan!!!"

"I must kill you!"

"Ryan!!!!!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

After a scream that echoed through the sky, the black-clad Orina turned into black smoke and vanished completely.

The tightly closed door was slowly pushed open, and the familiar young man walked towards young Olina in the bright sunlight.

He knelt down, took her small hands that were tightly covering her ears in his own, and slowly lowered them.

Then, he pulled her into his arms.

"Olina, I'm here."

"It must be very difficult for someone to be in this place all by themselves."

"But it's alright, because I'm here, I'll take you away from here."

With tears welling up in her eyes, young Olina finally broke down in a wail, venting her frustration, after being constantly comforted by Ryan.

She frantically tore at Ryan's clothes, ripping them to shreds and scratching bloody welts on his back, but Ryan offered no resistance, letting her vent her anger.

"Why did you take so long to get here... Why did you take so long to get here!"

"Ryan..."

"I miss you so much......."

"really miss you......"

Finally, young Olina returned to her original form in the light.

She collapsed into Ryan's arms, repeatedly telling him how much she missed him.

Ryan gently cupped her face and kissed her tenderly.

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The real world.

After Ryan called out to her repeatedly, Orina's eyes finally regained their light.

She slowly turned her head to look at Ryan, letting the sweat on his face drip onto her fair skin.

"Ryan..."

Orina slowly opened her arms, and Ryan noticed her movement.

After their eyes met, Ryan gently picked up Orina.

"Welcome back, Orina."

Chapter Fifty: Stay, My Love

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Chapter Fifty-One: Please note that this is, after all, an academy.

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Chapter 52 Heading to the Headquarters of the Radiant Moon Knights

Ryan is considered one of the older members of the magic academy.

But he never knew that there was a secret passage in the academy.

And coincidentally, the entrance to the secret passage was right in the dilapidated school building where Ryan was located.

Following the familiar corridor, I finally arrived at the end of the corridor on the third floor.

Here hangs a portrait of a once-renowned magician, along with his famous quote.

"To attain the highest truth, one must be willing to sacrifice one's life."

Felin gathered magic on her fingers, then gently smeared it over the last four words of the famous quote.

Immediately, the four characters "舍生之志" (willing to sacrifice one's life) emitted a faint light.

The mural before my eyes transformed into another person at a speed visible to the naked eye—a knight wearing armor whose face was obscured.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, the knight in the painting came to life and bowed slightly to Felin and Orina.

"Welcome back to the Knights of the Moonlit Night, Lady Orina and Lady Philin."

Then, the mural slowly opened like a door, revealing a passageway to the three of them.

Ryan stared wide-eyed at everything before him in disbelief, while Olena looked quite pleased with his expression.

"How about that? You didn't expect that, did you?"

"This dilapidated school building is actually the headquarters of the Radiant Moon Knights."

Yes, how could Ryan have thought of that?

However, Olena's words reminded Ryan of the rumors circulating among the students that the school building was haunted.

Ryan looked at Philin.

The Knights of the Moonlit Night are masters of stealth. They always move in and out of this place undetected, and you never know which student you might run into. No wonder the students were shouting that there were ghosts here.

But in the next instant, Ryan remembered what Tracy had said to him when he first came to the old teaching building.

Don't you think there's nowhere more suitable as our secret base than here?

Secret base...

An absurd idea popped into my head.

Could it be that Tracy knew from the beginning that this was actually the headquarters of the Moon Knights?

If it's true, then Tracy's observation and perception skills are just too strong.

Even he, a great mage with six circuits in both attributes, could not sense anything amiss.

How could Tracy, with five circuits, possess such perception?

I always felt that the drunkard was hiding some secrets that even Ryan didn't know.

"My lords, please."

Philine's voice interrupted Ryan's thoughts, and the two of them moved forward under the guidance of the female knight.

The path behind the mural is initially very narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through at a time.

But after walking several dozen steps, a sudden enlightenment dawned on me.

The scene before him shocked Ryan.

It was as if he had walked through a time tunnel and arrived in another space.

Before you is a circular, tower-shaped building.