After retiring, I became Loli’s magic mentor

[PS: Thanks to the boss "My Concubine Nanxian" for the gift of 1 King of Gifts + 1 Great God Certification! ! Happy New Year, boss! The fox's paws were trembling as he typed this line. He was so excited! Thank you so much! I really love you to death (Fox kowtows)]

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"Mr. Lane, are you here...looking for me?"

Trotting up to Ryan, Noelle twirled the corners of her uniform cautiously, and raised her head nervously and expectantly to look at Ryan.

Ryan nodded: "You seemed to have something to say to me in the morning?"

"what……"

Hearing this, Noelle showed an expression that looked like she was flattered, and said quickly: "If it's just for such a trivial matter, don't bother Mr. Lane!"

"It's ok."

Ryan smiled lightly and shook his head: "I have nothing to do at noon anyway, so let's go have lunch. Where do you usually have lunch?"

"Well……"

Noelle pursed her lips for a moment, as if she wanted to politely refuse Ryan, but when it came to her mouth, she changed her words: "Please... please come with me..."

Ryan nodded with a smile and followed Noelle out of the teaching building.

Arriving outside the teaching building, Noelle was first shivered by the cold wind outside. After looking around, she came to a nearby secluded corner.

This corner is just under the shadow of the teaching building. Not only is there no snow, but there is no cold wind coming in.

As Ryan sat down next to her, Noelle carefully moved out and whispered: "I...I usually eat lunch here."

“Very nice place.”

Ryan smiled lightly and said: "It's very quiet, I quite like it."

"You...just like it..."

After timidly saying this, Noelle breathed a sigh of relief and opened her lunch box.

The lunch boxes for civilian students are all provided by the academy. Although they are not comparable to the lunches of nobles, they are still much better than those of ordinary civilians.

At the same time, Ryan also opened his lunch box and ate lunch with Noelle.

Looking at the exquisite lunch in Ryan's lunch box, Noelle couldn't help but swallow, but then she shook her head and ate her lunch in silence.

Just after taking two bites, Noelle suddenly found a meatball sandwiched into her lunch box.

Noelle blinked, looked up at Ryan, and saw Ryan smiling and said: "I don't have much appetite, you can eat."

The lunch provided by the college is quite good, but Noelle still looks malnourished, and she probably gets bullied a lot.

"Um……"

Noelle nodded stiffly, and then continued to eat.

After finishing their lunch in silence, Ryan and Noelle sat together without saying a word.

After a while, Noelle whispered: "Mr. Lane, I...my name is Noelle."

"Ah."

Ryan nodded: "I know."

"Well... I was assigned to a new classroom today. I feel... very happy."

Noelle continued in a low voice: "The students in the new classroom are all very good, and the tutor is also very good..."

"..."

"...By the way, I heard that the magic class this semester will be a bit difficult, although I always feel that the things taught by the instructor are easy to learn..."

"Also, this morning, I saw a bird jumping on the branches. I didn't expect that there would be birds in such weather..."

"Mr. Lane, do you like reading books? I have read a book that I like very much..."

"..."

After saying the first sentence, Noelle seemed to have opened a chat box and kept telling Ryan about the trivial things in life.

Perhaps because she was too lonely on weekdays, Noelle seldom communicated with others, so she kept talking to Ryan to vent her accumulated emotions.

Gradually, Noelle became less cautious.

Ryan kept looking at Noelle silently, acting as a loyal listener.

"Moreover, Mr. Lane, do you know? I ranked fourteenth in the school in the magic test at the end of last semester. I failed in the swordsmanship test..."

"The fourteenth place in the magic test alone is already very impressive."

Ryan smiled and raised his hand to rub Noelle's head: "Eat more in the future to make your body stronger, and you will definitely be able to do well in the swordsmanship test."

When Ryan's palm touched the top of her head, Noelle seemed to be suddenly shocked and froze in place.

The smiling figure of Ryan in front of him seemed to overlap with the figures of his relatives whom he thought about day and night at this moment.

A line of clear tears slowly slipped from the corners of Noelle's eyes, gathered under her tender cheeks, and turned into teardrops and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Ryan was stunned: "What's wrong with you?"

"Me? I didn't do much..."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Noelle realized that her voice was a little hoarse and she was choked with sobs that it was difficult to speak.

"Ah...I...did I cry again..."

Noelle came back to her senses and quickly wiped the tears on her face with her little hands:

"Mr. Lane... I'm sorry for saying so much to you suddenly, woo... but... but it's okay. I'm so happy this time, really... I'm really happy, woo... thank you , Mr. Lane..."

Everything that happened in the past two days was really like a dream to Noelle.

Just like the "Little Red Riding Hood" written by the black butler, when he was freezing to death, he lit his own match and brought himself the last ray of warmth in the world.

However, what Noelle saw was not her parents, but a "Mr. Lane" who had no impression at all in her memory.

And, she saw the shadow of her father in Ryan countless times.

If all this is really a dream, then it is best not to wake up...

After calming down for a while, Noelle's mood finally returned to stability. She stood up and bowed to Ryan: "Mr. Ryan, it's time for me to go back. I really... thank you very much for today!"

"By the way, this is for you."

Suddenly, Ryan thought of something, took out a little rabbit made of elf rattan, and handed it to Noelle.

When he went to the Whispering Forest before, Ryan got a lot of elf rattan. Just considering that the amulets he made were disposable items, he simply made a lot of them.

"Mr. Lane, what is this?"

After taking the little rabbit, Noelle couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"It's an amulet."

Ryan smiled and said: "This is a reward for good children who work hard. Congratulations on reaching the fourteenth place in the magic assessment, Noelle."

Hearing this, Noelle suddenly felt her nose was a little sore again.

After carefully putting away the amulet, Noelle bowed deeply to Ryan again, and then trotted back to the teaching building without saying a word, as if to let Ryan see her losing her composure again.

After watching Noelle disappear, Ryan lowered his head, suddenly sighed, and murmured to himself:

"I still haven't seen her... smile."