After retiring, I became Loli’s magic mentor

"Weir, are you hiding something from me?"

Dorothy's red eyes stared straight at Octavier: "You've been acting weird since we came out of the Demon King's Castle. Your expression was even weirder when you faced Mentor Ryan."

Seeing that Dorothy seemed to have vaguely guessed the connection between Ryan and her conversation in the Demon King's City in just a few words, Octavia quickly raised her hand and interrupted Dorothy's thoughts:

"Miss, I'm not... Ugh!!"

Before she could finish her explanation, Octavia felt an incomparable pain spreading throughout her body. Countless surging energies were wildly stirring in her body, and it seemed that they were about to burst out of her body at any time!

This is... the magic power of the Demon King? !

When...

Octavia's fair forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat. The severe pain forced Octavia to grit her teeth, hunch over, and be unable to utter a word.

"Vir?!"

Dorothy was frightened by this scene. She quickly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Vir? Are you okay? Don't scare me!"

Octavia shook her head but remained silent.

The influx of the Demon King's magic power undoubtedly made Octavia even more powerful.

But these restless magics also brought Octavia unimaginable pain.

Perhaps the Demon King had already considered this step when Octavia picked up the dagger to hurt Ryan.

Giving Octavia magic power to make her stronger is to make it easier for Octavia to succeed.

And making the magic power extremely violent and causing Octavia to suffer unbearable pain is the punishment for Octavia's delay in taking action!

"Weir, I...I'll go find Teacher Ryan to help you! Teacher Ryan is so amazing, he will definitely be able to..."

As she spoke, Dorothy had already started walking back towards the direction of the Aki family residence.

But Octavia quickly grabbed Dorothy and said, "No... no..."

"But, Wei Er, you..."

Octavia's stubbornness made Dorothy very anxious.

Feeling the pain gradually fade away, Octavia took two deep breaths, straightened up, and her expression regained its calmness: "I'm fine, I just had a stomachache, Miss, let's go back."

"Don't pretend that nothing happened!"

Dorothy pushed Octavier relentlessly, "No, Octavier, you scared me to death just now! I have to take you to see Teacher Ryan!"

"Why do you have to look for that guy?"

"You are also aware of Teacher Ryan's abilities! Don't be shy in this situation, Wei'er. You obviously like Teacher Ryan, don't you?!"

"I will like him?!"

Octavia's eyes widened, and her voice suddenly rose several decibels: "I don't like him!"

"We can all see that you like Instructor Ryan, Weier! With your arrogant personality, it's no wonder that you are outshined by Sister Ivy!"

"Why should I compete with that elf!"

"Because Mr. Ryan obviously likes you very much!"

"I……"

Octavia's words suddenly stopped and she froze in place.

Dorothy continued to pull Octavier: "Vir, you looked so scary just now. I have to take you to see Teacher Ryan."

"……no."

Dorothy turned her head when she heard Octavier's whispered response: "Val...?"

Octavia lowered her head at this time, and her bangs on her forehead fluttered down, covering the expression on Octavia's face.

Octavia said in a low voice: "The only thing you can't tell him is this."

"Because this will cause a conflict between him and the Demon King."

Octavia squatted down and raised her hand to gently rub Dorothy's little head: "Actually, the Demon King assigned me a task. What happened just now was a punishment from the Demon King because the task was delayed."

"Why should she?"

Even when she heard the name of the Demon King, Dorothy's face was full of dissatisfaction: "Hasn't she already eliminated you from the Five Demon Generals? Now you are my guard, why does she assign you tasks for no reason! And she punishes you on her own initiative!"

Octavia’s action of rubbing Dorothy’s little head froze slightly: “…This should be the last task she assigned to me. This task is not difficult and will be completed soon.

Miss, trust me, okay?"

"……Um."

Dorothy pursed her lips in frustration, lowered her head and kicked the pebbles on the roadside to express her inner reluctance, but still agreed obediently.

Although Dorothy was playful and liked to play pranks, she still knew the importance of things. Octavier had things she had to do, and she couldn't help Octavier in any way, so all she could do was show her support.

Of course, if Dorothy knew that Octavia’s mission was to stab Ryan, then Dorothy might have thought differently.

After all, Dorothy really wanted to bring Octavia and Ryan together.

No matter what happens after this stab, it is inevitable that the relationship between Ryan and Octavia will be cracked again.

The matter was thus passed, and Octavia and Dorothy continued their journey home.

On the way, Octavia kept her head down, her mind in a mess.

Do I...really like that sword rack?

Octavia, who never paid attention to love affairs, had no idea what it felt like to like someone.

Octavia remained silent as she recalled her feelings for Ryan.

I don't know when it started, but I have been secretly paying attention to the sword rack's every move. Sometimes, even when I am sleeping at night, the image of the sword rack will flash through my mind.

Octavia has always comforted herself by saying, "My lady asked me to learn from Jianjiazi," but now when she thinks about it, is it really like that?

When that sword stand teased me, I would of course be angry, but if that sword stand suddenly stopped teasing me, I would feel a little... lost.

And this time, the task assigned to me by the Demon King was just to stab the sword rack with a knife, so why was I so hesitant to do it?

Did I really fall in love with that sword stand? When did it happen?

Octavia couldn't help but think of the earth-shattering sword strike when she duelled with Ryan.

That... was the sword that left him completely defeated.

If this is really the case, how can I confirm it?

If this is really the case, how should I complete the task?