Wizard: The exploration panel keeps me pure.

Chapter 201 Playing Dumb

[Abnormal magical energy has invaded the body, increasing the level of mental contamination —]

Ron stared at the crimson panel flashing before his eyes, a look of surprise and uncertainty crossing his eyes: "Is this guy planning to attack me?"

However, the moment the thought arose in his mind, he suppressed it again.

He discovered that the other party had only lightly touched his finger before immediately disconnecting. After the connection was broken, the information on the panel in front of him disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.

However, he knew that this was not his illusion; everything that had just happened was real.

The woman in front of you keenly caught the fleeting glimpse of curiosity in his eyes.

The moment he saw the expression on the other person's face, Ron quickly lowered his head, afraid that the woman opposite him would notice his unusual behavior.

Fortunately, Laura was engrossed in her own world and didn't notice Ron's strange behavior.

"Judging from your expression, you don't want to stay here with your sister any longer. I'll go get your things, and you can leave after we pay the bill."

After thinking for a long time without getting an answer, Laura simply gave up her guesses and turned her attention back to Ron.

After sensing the other person's timid and hesitant attitude, the woman immediately broke into a bright smile.

However, the meaning behind the words seemed rather incomprehensible.

Ron didn't want to talk to her either, so he just nodded, pretending to be a little scared. Then he stood there without moving, afraid that the woman was a bit confused and would leave him there.

Laura stared at the boy standing in front of her for a moment, smiled, and then walked briskly towards the warehouse behind her, swaying her slender waist and pert buttocks.

Even after the other person left, Ron remained the same as before.

Even if the other party leaves, they know that with their immense mental power, they can still observe them secretly without anyone noticing.

He didn't want to gamble; rather than guessing, he'd rather do nothing and just stay the same as before.

Doing it this way at least won't go wrong.

Laura, who had already moved into the shadows, was actually just as Ron had thought. She kept using her mental power to probe the boy standing in front of the counter, her eyes fixed on his movements, as if she would rush forward and pull the boy into doing something unspeakable if he made the slightest move.

Unfortunately, the result disappointed him; the boy did not show the relaxed expression she had expected.

Instead, they maintained their previous timid and submissive demeanor, as if that was simply their nature.

Although she knew Ron couldn't possibly be that kind of person, she didn't have any good ways to deal with him right now. A mid-level wizard apprentice, or even a wizard apprentice on the path of a bloodline wizard, couldn't force someone to reveal their inner secrets, no matter how powerful she was.

Laura understood this perfectly, so after keeping a close watch on the boy in the shadows, she ran to the warehouse to find the supplies he needed.

A short while later, the woman walked gracefully back to the counter.

He placed the crystal ball on the counter and pushed it in front of the boy who had been standing there, saying somewhat boredly, "Everything is inside. Take a look and see if anything is missing. It cost a total of eighty-three magic stones."

After saying this, the woman, somewhat bored, sat back down in the chair behind the counter. She then crossed her fair, jade-like legs, no longer glancing at the young man, but instead focusing her gaze back on her soft, boneless hands.

Ron also glanced at the woman opposite him, and when he saw that she was no longer looking at him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, it still looked the same as before, and the crystal ball on the counter, when probed with spiritual power, corresponded to the items I had just purchased.

Only after realizing that everything was complete did he take out the storage ring from his pocket. Then, magic surged in his hand, and eighty-three identical blue-purple gems appeared on the counter.

"Sir, everything is complete, including the magic stones. Please check them. If there are no problems, I'll be leaving now."

The woman merely raised her eyes and glanced indifferently at the magic stones on the table, her gaze remaining completely unmoved.

It's as if the pile of things in front of me is just ordinary stones.

He then turned his gaze back to his fingers and said casually, "The numbers are all correct, let's go."

Upon hearing this, Ron nodded slightly and then walked steadily toward the door.

Only after leaving the trading post and walking on the academy's main road paved with bluestone slabs did the young man finally let out a heavy sigh of relief. He turned back to look in the direction he had come from, his eyes flashing with an uncertain light: "I wonder what that old woman discovered about me, and what she wants to get from me—"

However, he had no way of knowing any of this. He was already lucky to have escaped from the other party's clutches. Ron didn't think he was stupid enough to go back and ask the other party those questions again.

As if granted a pardon, Ron left the trading post and ran heavily back to his dormitory.

However, after he left, Laura was already standing at the entrance of the trading post, watching the boy's departing figure. His red pupils reflected a crazed light, and he even stuck out his tongue to lick his scarlet lips, as if savoring some delicious treat: "Little guy, trying to play dumb with me? Let's see who can outdo whom!"

These slightly ambiguous words lingered in the air before vanishing without a trace on the wind.

Meanwhile, after Ron completed his identity registration in the morning, countless messages flowed from the office to every corner of the academy.

Like a pebble dropped into a lake, ripples spread across the calm surface of the post office, which expanded outwards in all directions.

"What? This guy actually became Lord Latour's student? How come I didn't hear about this before? Is it true or false?"

In a brightly lit laboratory, a blond young man listened to the news his subordinate had just delivered, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He never expected that the boy who was ridiculed by them back then would now become someone who was even more prominent than him.