Lastelise held the teaching materials under her arm, looking Rosetta up and down.
She seemed to sense that the other party hadn’t come with goodwill, so she simply smiled and asked directly,
“May I ask why the Captain is looking for me?”
“Professor, what did you say to Your Highness in private just now?”
Rosetta blocked her way relentlessly, questioning without the slightest courtesy.
Although both women were white-haired beauties, they gave off completely different impressions.
Lastelise was like a soft snowflake, while Rosetta was more like the sharp edge of a sword.
Very quickly, the confrontation between the two drew the attention of the surrounding girls.
They… were fighting.
This surprised the girls who hadn’t managed to leave yet.
They knew that although their Captain’s status in the Holy Light Church was second to none, she was rarely arrogant, and even less likely to trouble others proactively.
If she did seek someone out, it could only mean that person had crossed the Captain’s bottom line.
So, did the Professor provoke the Captain?
That made them even more curious.
After all, they knew it was no easy feat to truly upset the Captain.
At this moment, facing Rosetta’s question, Lastelise flicked the snow-white hair draping over her chest and smiled lightly.
“I merely expressed some concern to Your Highness, asking if he was satisfied with the lesson.”
“Is that not allowed?”
“Correct.”
Rosetta replied bluntly.
“Your Highness is not permitted excessive private contact with you.”
Hearing Rosetta’s rather unreasonable words, Lastelise couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, her temper flaring as she asked coldly,
“Is it just me?”
“Of course, not just you.”
“But among those I pay attention to, you certainly rank near the top.”
Rosetta said.
“Are you… guarding your food?”
Once again sizing up Rosetta, Lastelise feigned confusion.
Guarding food…
The girls nearby couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
Guarding food was an action unique to animals.
This Professor had directly compared the Captain to an animal?
At the same time, she’d also made Your Highness into a delicacy in the Captain’s mouth.
Once those words were spoken, the implications became so dangerous that no one dared to guess further, afraid of drawing the Captain’s ire.
“Compared to such a crude term, I prefer to call it ‘protection.'”
Ignoring Lastelise’s sarcastic provocation, Rosetta answered earnestly.
“Pro…tection?”
Hearing the word, Lastelise slowly stepped forward, gazing straight into Rosetta’s clear amber eyes.
After a long silence, she spoke coldly.
“If you wish to protect Your Highness so badly, rushing in to interrupt me, why not choose a more efficient method?”
“That way, I wouldn’t need to talk to him at all to receive your warning.”
“What method?”
Though certain that whatever Lastelise would say next wouldn’t be pleasant, Rosetta couldn’t help but ask.
“Do you know how the legendary Dragonkind express possession and dominance over each other?”
When she heard the unpleasant words ‘possession’ and ‘dominance,’ Rosetta frowned slightly.
“You, a Domain Transcendent, a Legendary Knight, a figure most trusted and relied upon by the Holy Throne, fully deserve the title of ‘giant dragon.'”
“So, as a female dragon, you could entirely follow the records of Dragonkind and mark Your Highness with your unique symbol.”
At this point, Lastelise’s lips curled up slightly, her tone leisurely.
“After all this, let me ask you—since you’re so intent on guarding ‘Your Highness,’ why don’t you just take a crap on him?”
Silence… a vast, heavy silence, long and oppressive.
Not only Rosetta, but the surrounding girls—and even Roman, who had just stepped out the door—were rendered speechless by Lastelise’s vulgar words.
Her statement was not only crude, but downright obscene.
Legends did claim that female dragons would defecate on their mates, and that certain bastard dragons would even sneak a taste.
Imagining Rosetta and Roman in such a context only deepened the malice.
Was this Professor secretly hinting at something between the two, or rather, blatantly suggesting a suspicious relationship?
Or perhaps she was asking Rosetta whether she intended to bring Your Highness straight to her own bed.
As for the possible implications, people’s imaginations ran wild.
Watching Rosetta’s formerly icy and stoic face turn red with shame and anger, Lastelise finally smiled with satisfaction.
She laughed joyfully, as if venting all the previous frustrations from her chest.
Finishing, she ignored whether Rosetta would stop her, clamped her teaching materials under her arm, and strode past Rosetta with loud footsteps.
Her white coat billowed in the wind.
Rosetta stood still for a long while before shaking her head and returning to her usual composure.
At that moment, Roman walked over to Rosetta’s side.
“Don’t mind her nonsense.”
He thought for a moment, then tried to comfort her.
For a moment, Rosetta felt both amused and helpless.
Clearly, even Your Highness had been shamed by association, yet he was the one comforting her?
No matter what, Roman’s gesture warmed her heart.
She clasped Roman’s hand in return, shaking her head indifferently.
“That Professor counts as an old acquaintance of mine.”
“I’ve long been used to her ways, and I’m not surprised anymore.”
That’s what she said, but Lastelise’s metaphor still stung, nearly breaking through Rosetta’s defenses.
“You know her?”
Roman walked alongside Rosetta, blinking in curiosity.
“Yes.”
Rosetta nodded.
“This Professor wasn’t originally a member of the Holy Light Church, but part of the Hermit Society of the Aingloran Empire, specializing in the History Department.”
“Of course, that’s only her public record.”
“In reality, she worked behind the scenes on research into Extraordinary potential, aiding the Aingloran Empire in overcoming many technical barriers and creating numerous ‘artificial’ Upper Transcendents.”
“She must be an incredible lady.”
Roman said.
“Mm…”
Rosetta hesitated, then continued.
“You probably know the saying that ‘the tallest tree catches the wind.’ Though her research achievements were outstanding, she wasn’t a particularly powerful Extraordinary herself.”
“So, she quickly became a target for unsavory forces.”
“And then?”
“That period of history I don’t know too well.”
“I remember she once had a perfect family—a husband and children…”
“But it was all destroyed in an accident.”
“Later, she was brought to the Holy Light Church for treatment, and after recovering, she refused to return to the Aingloran Empire, the place that had brought her so much sorrow.”
“In the end, she stayed here as an honorary Professor, and just like that, several years passed.”