Peter smiled and looked at the apprentice who bowed to him. The action revealed a respectful gesture, but it was only an objective description.

But in fact... Those Obsidian eyes hidden under his messy hair are far more profound than his appearance, perfectly hiding all his feelings and heart, as if he were really just an ordinary apprentice.

Peter still remembers the first time he saw Lauren in Dalton\'s study. When he talked, he was completely an adult. He could clearly understand his position and not lose in front of Dalton. His humble and polite model could not make people imagine that he was just a servant before him.

"We\'ve met before. Maybe you don\'t remember."

"That\'s my pleasure," Lauren replied with a smile, and then quickly recalled any scene where the old man might appear, but it didn\'t seem to be. There was still a frightened smile on his face.

"The day you first came to vimpal, I was in Dalton\'s room." Peter said kindly, "I have to admit that I am really curious about you."

So the Dean was in that room that day? I see... So the reason why I didn\'t let myself in at the beginning was to discuss what to do with myself?

He was not surprised at this. Obviously, Dalton has great authority in the college, but it would be beyond his right to accept himself as a stranger and become an apprentice. Without the consent of the Dean, I\'m afraid he won\'t even see himself.

"Don\'t be too restrained, I\'m very casual," said Peter in an indisputable tone as he sat down with a smile. A simple hovering spell also "pressed" Loren on the chair: "sorry, it took so long to really meet you, and it\'s still at this time."

"It\'s very kind of you. I..."

"No, I\'m serious. I agree with Dalton\'s arrangement, but it doesn\'t mean that I will turn a blind eye to your efforts." the old man sighed and said in a slightly helpless tone: "you\'re just an apprentice, but we\'ve made you bear too much burden, whether it\'s wild dog village or ancient wood town."

What exactly is the Dean going to say? Pondering the hint in the other party\'s statement, Loren was somewhat confused. But judging from the tone of the other party, it seems that he wants to win his trust.

"And it\'s also my decision to hand you over to Dalton - a very selfish decision, because from the bottom of my heart, I don\'t want an outsider to break the existing peace and order of the college, even if you have done a lot for the college." Peter\'s tone was a little regretful: "I don\'t want you to hate the college."

"You\'re completely worried, Dean." Lauren also tried to let the other party relax his vigilance, blinking and smiling. "It\'s my honor to be an apprentice of mentor Dalton. And I know my position very well. I\'ll try my best to complete all the tasks assigned to me by the college."

Peter sighed slightly. The more Loren showed indifference, the more he could detect that the other party was deliberately perfunctory to himself, so that Peter felt that he was facing another completely different Dalton kand.

"You seem to have a problem." Peter turned the subject aside. "Let me guess, what on the blackboard should be written by Isaac Grantham?"

Loren nodded slightly and gave up his position to the old man: "we are going to design a weapon like a magic wand, but after testing, we found..."

"It\'s far beyond your level." the old man blinked. "Isaac is really gifted. It\'s enough to prove his qualification that he can deduce to this step."

"What you need is just some advice and guidance." without help, Peter added two strokes on the blackboard: "I hope you don\'t think my old thing is meddling, because this idea is really interesting. I can\'t help but want to see what the final result is!"

"Besides, don\'t tell Isaac about it. The child is too conceited. If he knows that I helped him, it will be a great blow to him." Peter winked at Loren: "this is a secret between us, don\'t you think?"

"Of course." Lauren nodded comprehensively. "I\'ll tell him that he made it before he left yesterday, but he didn\'t find it himself."

With Isaac\'s self righteous degree, he certainly won\'t doubt it. I\'m afraid it will be taken for granted.

"But speaking of Isaac, he was actually the first to take the initiative to go to vimpal college and want to become a wizard apprentice." the old man\'s eyes showed the lines of memory. "He came from a village south of the college and was penniless when he came to the college."

"His parents are both farmers and devout believers of the Holy Cross. What\'s more, he has no money to support his studies." the old man suddenly smiled: "but Dalton gave him a chance to be a part-time librarian and spend a month remembering all the books in the library."

"So it is..." Lauren nodded thoughtfully, "I guess he didn\'t spend a month at all, did he?"

"It took him only three days, two days before he was still literate. Then Dalton and I realized that perhaps the highest achievement of vimpal in the future was the highest achievement that Isaac Grantham could achieve."

"In order to protect him, I didn\'t hand him over to any other tutor, but let Dalton take charge, so that Isaac can be separated from the other apprentices without criticism or interference."

This point can be understood more or less - this era is different from the world they used to be, and birth often determines everything. Even Isaac himself never talked about his family, which is enough to illustrate the problem.

However, Loren found another thing. Both himself and Isaac had to become Dalton\'s apprentice for some special reason. What was the reason for the little wizard ain Rand?

Loren felt more and more curious.

"Whether it\'s you, Isaac or ain, you all have some secrets that can\'t be known, but these things shouldn\'t be your burden." Peter pushed his ridiculous single eye: "the more lonely people are, the more they should trust their friends rather than guard against them. Try and see, you won\'t be disappointed."

"Thank you for your instruction." Lauren bowed his head "solemnly." I won\'t forget it. "

"I hope you can really find a friend you can absolutely trust." the old man smiled and prepared to get up and leave, but suddenly stopped: "ah... I heard you\'re trying to study mystics and emptiness, aren\'t you?"

"Just a little curious." Lauren smiled: "so far, none of the contents I have seen about the void has described its existence in detail, so it is inevitable to have some doubts."

"No one can really understand it, and you can\'t \'understand\' it." Peter suddenly said a meaningful sentence: "emptiness is never simple enough to describe, let alone be explained."

Can\'t "understand", let alone be explained? The old man\'s words made Lauren think. What I have seen before also mentioned that the void "exists because it does not exist", which is like what it implies.

Are you reminding yourself that emptiness is not a real existence with shape to describe, but a completely abstract concept?

When he recovered, the old man had already left. After a little silence, he seemed to understand why the other party had to see himself.

Loren couldn\'t help laughing and looked down on him.

Trust others wholeheartedly, trust another individual who can never be fully sure of himself, believe that the other party will take himself rather than themselves as the first when considering problems, and will not betray himself under absolutely favorable conditions?

Well... That\'s against humanity, isn\'t it?