Chapter 85: Rudy is Grateful to Have Lived Another Day

After teaching magic, Roa turned his attention back to Rudy and Eris, cleared his throat lightly, and said to them, "Now, it's time for the reading and writing session."

At this point, Eris, who had been smiling, suddenly became agitated and dashed toward the door.

Roa took a few steps forward and blocked her path, expressionless, saying, "Where do you think you're going?"

Eris looked at the tall figure blocking her way, her gaze evasive, and stammered, "I… I forgot to grab my things."

Roa sneered. Did she think such a childish lie could fool him? He pointed at Rudy and said, "Rudy, go get the things I left on the table."

Rudy was delighted; this was the first time he was allowed to enter his brother's room alone.

He felt a strange excitement, but then he wondered why he was excited about going into a boy's room.

Rudy nodded seriously, patting his chest as if to assure that he would complete the task.

Roa didn't notice the slightly strange expression on Rudy's face. If he had seen Rudy's expression, he definitely wouldn't have been so nonchalant about letting him into his room.

Thus, Roa fixed his gaze on Eris, while Rudy happily headed toward Roa's room.

Of course, he was just a bit curious; Roa always seemed mysterious and never let him in.

The room didn't need much description; it was decorated similarly to Rudy's, with nothing particularly special. Following Roa's instructions, he found the first book on the table. Rudy curiously looked around and noticed the statue of Roxy at the top.

The craftsmanship was exquisite, made to a one-to-one scale of the real person, but it still paled in comparison to his future Sylphie.

Although Roxy was very cute, she was still too small, both in height and other aspects.

After examining the Roxy statue with a judgmental gaze, he rolled up the book and walked back toward Roa.

He didn't dare linger too long.

Before long, Rudy approached Roa with a strange expression, holding a book, and handed it to him.

Roa ignored Rudy and began teaching Eris.

He started with the simplest numbers, first ensuring she understood their meanings, then began teaching her how to perform simple arithmetic.

The content wasn't difficult, but the process was somewhat challenging.

Teaching children was never an easy task.

Looking at Eris's somewhat confused eyes, Roa fell into thought.

Glancing at Rudy, who was doing nothing, Roa said lightly, "Let's do this together."

Thus, with the two of them taking turns, Eris finally exploded.

Eris slammed her hands on the table, stood up from her chair, and glared fiercely at Rudy, grabbing him by the collar, her fists cracking ominously as she displayed a terrifying expression, saying, "You! I don't want to learn anymore!"

Rudy swallowed hard, forcing a smile that looked worse than crying, and said, "Um, Eris, it's not me teaching you; it's Roa!"

Eris ignored him and shouted again, "I don't want to learn anymore!"

Rudy understood; she was expressing her dissatisfaction with Roa through him.

But why did she have to scare him like this?

Roa looked at Eris, who was also glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

Roa knew this, but he felt the situation was a bit strange. Wasn't Eris supposed to be the kind of person who didn't think too much?

How did she learn to play mind games with him?

Roa twitched his mouth and sighed helplessly, "Alright, Eris, let go of Rudy."

Eris didn't hear a definitive answer and was somewhat reluctant, her fists still hovering in front of Rudy's face, but under Roa's imposing presence, she eventually lowered her fists.

Rudy let out a long breath, grateful to have lived another day.

Eris, holding her head with a look of despair, was hard to imagine as someone who could show such an expression.

She couldn't fight back or run away; that was her current situation.

In the end, Roa let Eris run away.

Watching her dash out like an arrow, Roa fell into thought.

Well, judging by her attitude, it seemed unlikely she would come back to continue studying today.

In the afternoon, Ghislaine appeared before the three of them with a wooden sword, ready to guide them in practice.

Of course, Ghislaine spent most of her time teaching Eris and Rudy.

In the training ground, she pointed out the shortcomings of the two as they sparred.

Both were novices, full of flaws, but because they were all flaws, teaching them was actually more challenging.

Ghislaine continuously pointed out areas for improvement, from footwork to sword techniques. Eris clearly benefited greatly, but as for Rudy, it was evident from how he was being pressured by Eris that even if he had some skills, he couldn't fully utilize them under her aggressive demeanor.

With nothing else to do, Roa continuously consumed his magical power.

He poured all his magic into the ground and then spread it out.

The dark magic transformed into threads, burrowing into the ground and continuously spreading outward.

This was somewhat similar to a domain, but compared to the tangible magical tides of a domain, this quantity of magic seemed very thin.

The magic began to spread, and at this moment, Roa felt something extraordinary; it felt a bit like thermal imaging.

The magic reflected the total amount of magical power within various living beings. Powerful beings had a vast amount of magic, forming a large dark spot.

Weaker beings had only a small white dot, and for those even weaker, like ordinary people, there was nothing at all.

Well, they couldn't sense the magic at all.

Of course, others could also perceive this kind of probing; they just needed to shatter the magic lurking underground.

At this moment, Roa was trying to continuously expand his range of perception.

Although this didn't consume much magic, as the range increased, both the magic needed to maintain it and the magic released would be astronomical.

This was also a way for Roa to consume his magical power.

Ghislaine naturally noticed the boy's little actions. She frowned slightly, glancing in Roa's direction, but didn't say anything, continuing to guide the two in their sword practice.

By the time Ghislaine finished teaching the two, two hours had passed.

His range of perception had now enveloped the entire Fitoa territory, and of course, Ghislaine was the only one capable of handling the entire Fitoa territory.