Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 14 The bond of time

This...is this the legendary Lord Mallow of Earth?

Natalie blinked in disbelief, and finally, with the nod of the teacher beside her, she carefully shook Master Sage's hand, briefly introduced herself, and then retreated behind the teacher.

"Huh?" Blair, who was being avoided for the first time in his history, couldn't help but smile awkwardly. After a brief moment of embarrassment, he patiently knelt down, looked at the little girl who was hiding behind the teacher and looked at him curiously, and continued to do what he did. He explained, "I can be regarded as the brother who watched Alina grow up. So, as her student, you don't need to be so reserved. Moreover, you should know that Alina is actually the same as me. ,Too…"

"Research room?"

An unexpected word, accompanied by a half-smile expression on the speaker's face, quietly fell into Blair's ears, unexpectedly interrupting the truth that he had not yet had time to say.

Immediately afterwards, a very bad memory for him emerged as the expression on the other person's face gradually darkened...

"Brother Shitou... I've been staying in the administrative department. I'm so bored. Please take me somewhere else."

One bright afternoon many years ago, when he was concentrating on the research at hand, the figure of a little blond girl unexpectedly broke into his field of vision and kept pushing against his body.

"Stop making trouble, Alina, I'm very busy now. How about I wait until I'm done with my work and think of a way to convince Lord Todd to take you out to play?"

At first he didn't take it seriously, but later he got tired of being pushed around by the girl, and Blair had no choice but to put down the book in his hand impatiently, and began to put on a gentle smile to dismiss the little girl behind him.

"ok, I get it…"

The young Alina slightly raised the corners of her mouth, with a gloomy face. Although she still looked reluctant, she still obediently stepped aside and said nothing.

Of course, at that time, he was completely focused on research and did not realize the meaning of the little girl's gloomy expression. When he was distracted again by hearing a strange noise, what he saw was the miserable scene of his research room being messed up by wind magic...

……

In order to prevent the situation from happening again, Blair quickly pretended to be calm and coughed twice, adjusted his glasses, and changed his words: "Actually, like your teacher, I am a very gentle person, so little Natalie doesn't have to be so... I’m nervous.”

"Um…"

But the little girl in front of him still looked timid, hiding behind the teacher, clutching the teacher's clothes tightly, and cautiously peeking at what was going on around her.

"Alas..." Seeing the little girl who was still nervous despite such kind words and care, Blair couldn't help adjusting his glasses with a headache. After sighing softly, he stood up again in embarrassment and turned his gaze to the little girl's face. The teacher said, "Alina, you decide what to do next."

"Next..." Alina, who was called, thought thoughtfully for a while, and then responded cheerfully under the uneasy movements of the students, "Then please take us to visit Nome City!" "

"Yeah?" Blair couldn't help being surprised and said without thinking, "Isn't that what you planned before? Otherwise, what's the point of me taking a special break from work?"

"Of course, you should also pick one of the stones in your research room and give it to Natalie. It's best if you can take it to Ivan's place to process it and make it into some small ornament. I will be very grateful for it."

Alina smiled evilly, changed the subject, and at the same time locked eyes with Blair, who had become extremely wary after hearing about the research laboratory just now.

"Alina, please stop your jokes! I just thought that your personality would be more restrained after becoming a teacher, but it seems that I thought too much. Also, Alina, don't think that I dare not teach you a lesson. The reason why I I’m not going to teach you a lesson, it’s just that it’s inconvenient to do it in front of little Natalie.”

After saying that, Blair clenched his fists and made an angry expression, as if he was going to hit someone.

"Come on, it's impossible for Brother Shitou to hit someone." However, Alina in front of him remained unmoved at all and spread her hands helplessly, disapprovingly.

The memories overlapped again, and both of them seemed to have returned to the time when they were both still in the administrative department of East Wind District. At that time, the young Alina kept playing pranks and causing trouble to people around her. The slightly older Blair had no choice but to take on the responsibility of taking care of the young Alina at the request of the Wind Sage, while constantly giving Alina cleans up the mess.

Then, every time Blair pretended to hit someone after cleaning up the mess, Alina would always respond with this confident attitude.

Now, hearing this sentence again after so many years, both of them burst into laughter at the same time in perfect harmony.

After laughing, the two of them turned their attention to the confused Natalie, and then unanimously showed a gentle smile to the timid little girl.

Natalie half-understood the previous conversation between the two, but even if she couldn't understand the content, she knew that the relationship between Mr. Malvai and Teacher Alina was really very good, a very special kind of relationship. A warm, warm relationship that makes people admire and yearn for from the bottom of their hearts.

After contacting what the teacher said before, regarding everyone's evaluation of Lady Suzuran, Natalie let go of her nervousness a little, walked out from behind Alina extra carefully, looked straight ahead and actively carried her with her. Lu introduced Lord Mallow of the Earth, a man with customs and customs in Nome City.

Seeing that the little girl was finally willing to look directly into his eyes, Blair couldn't help turning his head, smiling and giving the little girl a thumbs up.

"Actually, Lord Sage is not as difficult to approach as the rumors say, right?"

Suddenly, Natalie heard the teacher's question.

"Um…"

So, Natalie looked at the Earth Mallow in front of her again, and then nodded vigorously while the other person was focusing on the things in front of her.

"So, Natalie, you don't have to be so cautious. You can be bolder whether it's with the sages or others. Of course, I know it's difficult for you to do this now, but you can Take your time, let’s start with Master Malkui and me, let’s slowly become more cheerful, okay?”

Alina patted the little girl's head and encouraged her.

"Um!"

Natalie nodded and showed a sweet smile to the teacher.

"Okay, let's catch up quickly. It would be terrible if Brother Shitou finds out that we've fallen behind."

Alina gently bent down and whispered into Natalie's ear.

Natalie nodded, but immediately couldn't suppress her curiosity. She also imitated the teacher's actions just now, gently stood on tiptoes, lowered her voice and whispered in the teacher's ear: "But Teacher Alina, why are you Do you want to call Master Mallow, Brother Shitou?"

"That's because when Mr. Malkui first came to Fengzhidong District, apart from his daily work, he studied stones all day long. He almost never participated in group activities and was unwilling to communicate with other people. Gradually, the seniors in the Fengzhidong District Administrative Department So I called the stubborn Mr. Malkui Shitou. And I was the youngest among the people who knew him at that time. In addition, due to the request of my elders, it was natural for me to call him Brother Shitou. "

After hearing this, Natalie couldn't help but feel unspeakable surprise. She tried to imagine it, but she couldn't put the two images together.

"Isn't it amazing? You will know the answer to this later. As for now, just enjoy the time with me that you can go out at any time. Also, what I asked Brother Shitou to give you a gift just now was not a joke. Take it Come down, let’s follow Brother Shitou to his research room to pick out gifts!”

After saying that, Alina couldn't help but smile, held Natalie's hand, and accelerated her walking pace...

(End of this chapter)