Blooming Tower of the West Wind

Hipper smiled. "Erwin is almost finished high school, isn't he?" She was asking Diego's eldest son.Diego married Lilian shortly after graduating from the teacher, and gave birth to several children, which is quite an ordinary relationship experience, but her senior brothers and sisters, except Diego, are almost all single (probably the tradition of high-level mages) ), so it seems that Diego is special.

"Yes, yes, that's right, he is also in Star Song Castle, maybe the two little guys have met."

"Maybe."

Realizing that Hipper wasn't very interested in this topic, Diego carefully returned to the previous topic: "Well, you just said that you can't concentrate on research with her, and then?"

Hipper hesitated, and even started to walk up and down, "But I can't keep her out of my sight, but I... I can't always be like this, so I sent her to Star Song Castle. However, when she walked After that, I kept thinking about her, Diego, and every time I looked up, I expected her to still be in her seat."

She suddenly looked up at Diego, who looked at her suspiciously, "Oh, oh, are you done? I thought there was more. So, what are you worried about?"

"Diego, I... I know I shouldn't be thinking about her all the time."

"Oh, don't be like this, sweetheart, when Godwin also reached school age, Lilian and I were at home like this and didn't know what to do. The house was empty, just the two of us and a few stiff servants. . But actually, it’s quite normal.”

No, that's not normal, Hipper said to himself, "No teacher thinks so much about his students."

Diego put his hand on Hipper's shoulder, and the warm force quieted the sloshing elements around her, "But you are not only her teacher, you are also her family, you are more than... oh, more than eight Is it a year?"

"This year is the eighth year."

"It's nothing to worry about. It's always easy to be lonely when you're older."

No, Hipper knew very well in her heart that she could endure loneliness, just like she never expected to go back to her teacher and continue to live with her brothers and sisters during the ten years she lived alone in Ayme Cortes, but now she But he couldn't stand the days when he couldn't look up and see Theron.

"Besides, this semester is coming to an end, and you will see her again soon, right? Have you thought about what gift to give her? Children always like to ask for gifts. Even if they don't do well in the exam, you should still give it to her Some encouragement."

"... Oh, is it? Is there anything to give?"

"Well, like toys? When Erwin was in the first grade, I gave him a planetarium."

"But Aimee Cortes has a planetarium."

"How about sending stationery? Silver dip pens?"

"I gave her my old mithril one. Anything else?"

"What?! You use such a valuable thing for your child?! What if it is stolen?"

Hipper looked at him very innocently, "Diego...but I have already sent it."

"Then send toys, um, what does she like?"

Hipper thought for a while, "Maybe it's an element."

"There is a very popular set of elemental dolls..."

"I bought it for her."

"..." Diego looked a little frustrated, but he still asked kindly, "Hipper, what kind of child is she? She should be doing well in studies, right?"

When talking about her students, Hipper smiled, "She likes elements very much. As you said, she was actually very naughty when she was a child. She often stood on the top of Aime Cortes and used wind spells to dive, like A flying pixie. Awesome isn't it?"

Diego patted his chest: "Oh my God, it sounds scary. Fortunately, Aimecortes is a wasteland. If this happened to my family... probably I have to pay all my property to make up for the loss caused by it."

"One time she released a new spell, which caused a big storm. No one would believe it, but I saw it with my own eyes."

"Sounds like a real match for you."

"She was able to summon the water lord at the age of 12, which caused the flood." When she talked about Theron, her expression was much more vivid, "Virgil should have told you with embellishment? But he didn't see it himself, and now Ai There's a lot of beautiful plants growing around Mecotus, the kind that don't need much water."

"Sounds like a miracle! Well... Although it is two years later than you, it is also much earlier than the average person."

Hipper nodded and said, "That's right, it took me some time to get her to lay the groundwork. Probably because of her natural sensitivity to the elements, she's afraid of me."

"Oh," Diego patted her, "That's what it should be, as you can imagine, it's like when everyone else is kneeling, it's hard for you not to kneel."

"Maybe. She was afraid of me, surrendered to me, got rid of all the bad habits of being free and loose, and studied hard. She is very talented, and I... I cherish her very much."

"It seems that you have found a good student."

"So I……"

"Hey, little one," Diego said softly, "you just miss her, it's not something to be ashamed of, I know it's hard for an introvert like you to express similar emotions, but it's not weird. Now The exam is coming, and you will see her after the exam, will you pick her up?"

"Yes."

"Of course, of course, how can you rest assured that the child is traveling through the desert! Why don't you think about how to spend the holiday first, um, do you have any plans to take her to play?"

Hipper shook her head, then nodded again, "I actually planned a summer practice project, and took her to investigate the leylines."

"It's also possible that I made new friends at school. I want to hang out with my friends during the holidays. I don't care about my old father at home and look forward to them going back. Alas..."

After hearing this, Hipper was obviously depressed, and Diego hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, don't worry, there will always be time for you."

"I didn't..."

"The holiday is very fast, and soon the little devils will go back to school, and the house will be empty."

"Uh……"

Diego sighed in relief as he observed her up and down reactions, "I really didn't expect that."

Hipper looked up in surprise.

"Well, since none of you are married, I don't have anyone to share these experiences with... I didn't expect it to be you."

Hipper didn't know what to say.

But Diego ignored it, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "You are right to choose Starsong Castle. In fact, I will transfer Luna to Starsong Castle next semester."

"Luna is your... second daughter, right? Where does she go to school?"

"It was originally in Blue Star Castle."

Hipper was slightly puzzled, "Don't you let the children go to the same school?"

"Hey! I know my kids so well that the three of them together are going to bankrupt me."

"Oh, then why did you transfer Luna to another school? Didn't you run into Erwin?"

Diego looked around, and whispered in Hipper's ear, "There was a scandal in Blue Star. Although it was suppressed, the fire couldn't be covered with paper."

"What is it?"

"Blue Star has a teacher who has a...personal relationship with a student."

Hipper frowned in confusion, "Personal relationship?"

"Yes, that is to say, in addition to teachers and students, they also have...personal and personal lover relationships."

"This...isn't that good?"

"Yes, it's not simple, violent, you know, that kind of illegal infringement, but a lover's relationship that the two of them jointly declared."

"Oh, it's terrible." Hipper's expression was complicated, and he said something that didn't match his heart.

"Of course! God, think about what kind of person would even lie to a child!"

"Diego...wait a minute, how did you know it was a 'cheat'?"

Diego said: "Okay, let's talk about the rationale: First, my dear Hipper, how can you be sure that this is not a 'cheating'?"

"Well... how do we determine who will prove it first?" Hipper frowned slightly.

"It's very simple. Due to the difference in life experience, it is difficult for students to detect when the teacher is lying. Also due to the difference in life experience, students will think that the teacher is very powerful, and their evaluation will be higher than objectively. Do you think it is Is that so, Hipper?"

"That makes sense. So we have no way of proving there's no deception. What about testimony?" Hipper nodded slowly.

Diego raised his voice slightly, "First of all, let's assume that the teacher is not lying. He sincerely believes that he loves his students, and the students are indeed cute."

Hipper took up the conversation naturally, "However, we, bystanders, have no way of judging from the student's testimony whether she really loves her teacher, or just fell in love with an exaggerated observation."

"Uh...if what you mean by 'exaggerated observations' is 'love obsession', yes, we have no way of judging."

When they were studying in Master Emerson's mage tower, they studied the poetry of Gu Gaobolun for a while. The word "love madness" probably refers to the state of imagining that the other party is much better than the real one in love.

"Take off the identity of 'teacher', and the accompanying charm disappears. What is left? As a teacher, you also have no way to judge whether the students like the phantom or you."

"Yes, don't mention how great the teacher is in the hearts of the students! Especially the good-looking ones and the humorous lectures. Oh, I have seen a lot. But when you grow up and look back, you will find that the teacher you admired back then may be just a teacher. An ordinary person with a very average academic level. I think you should have a lot of experience, right?"

"Yes." Hipper nodded indifferently, "Then, the second hypothesis, let's assume that the teacher lied. He didn't really love his students, but..." She suddenly raised her head and asked in confusion, " Then he... Then what kind of intentions does he have? Uh, don't look at me like that, I'm not that pure, physical relationship? Money relationship? Or just a sense of superiority over low? What else did I miss? "

Diego thought for a moment, "I guess there is at least one more: enjoying a sense of admiration."

Hipper agreed. "The immorality of the first hypothesis is that..."

Diego interjects: "The teacher takes advantage of the student's...what shall we call it?"

"I guess...'magnification effect'? Let's just say it." Hipper casually brought up a similar concept.

"Okay, anyway, this is a deception, because we have no way to prove that it doesn't exist, so we can only assume that it does exist."