Chapter 37: That's Because of the Sunset!
Lan Xingyu arrived at the training ground; this was the mandatory path to the Ancient One's location.
"Hi! Good morning, Yin Sen, long time no see," Lan Xingyu said upon seeing Yin Sen, who had been up early practicing Spell.
"Hi! Xingyu, long time no see! I thought you and Tony had both forgotten about me." Yin Sen, who was practicing, heard the voice, turned around in surprise, and greeted Lan Xingyu happily.
"How could I forget you? By the way, I summoned a Divine Beast partner named Amber. I'll bring her to show you next time; Amber is very cute." Lan Xingyu excitedly shared about his new partner with Yin Sen.
"I'm looking forward to it. By the way, Xingyu, you need to remember to remind Tony about his reactor…" Yin Sen hesitated a bit.
"You mean the palladium poisoning, right! Don't worry, the self-created Spell 'recovery' can resolve the symptoms of palladium poisoning. (As long as it doesn't exist in this world, what's wrong with me saying I created it?) But the matter of creating a new element still needs to be accelerated!" Lan Xingyu said.
"Self-created Spell! Lan Xingyu, you truly are the most talented student of the Ancient One." Yin Sen sighed with emotion.
Hearing the Ancient One, Lan Xingyu suddenly remembered that he had returned to Kamar-Taj this time to find his teacher. He had been so happy to see Yin Sen that he had forgotten.
"That's right! I still have something to discuss with my teacher. I forgot because I was so happy to see you. I'm going to find my teacher now; I'll come back to hang out with you next time." Lan Xingyu waved at Yin Sen and once again turned into light, flying toward the Ancient One's Mages Hall.
"Hahaha, Xingyu is still as energetic as ever, hahaha." Yin Sen said with a mix of emotion and relief.
He arrived at the Ancient One's Mages Hall and knocked on the door.
"Come in." The Ancient One's voice came from inside, and Lan Xingyu opened the door and ran in.
"Teacher, I'm back!" Lan Xingyu instantly transformed into light and rushed in front of the Ancient One, launching himself at the Ancient One with a flying tackle.
After all, in this life, the Ancient One held a status in Lan Xingyu's heart akin to a mother. For Xingyu, who had never had the chance to roll around in his mother's embrace in either of his two lives, the Ancient One undoubtedly filled a void of emotional sustenance in his heart. Therefore, even though his mental age was already over twenty, he still liked to act spoiled in the Ancient One's arms.
The Ancient One caught the child, who had grown quite a bit in the few months they hadn't seen each other, and was very happy. Holding Lan Xingyu in her arms, she stroked his head and asked dotingly, "What's wrong? Why did you return suddenly today? Did you encounter a problem again?"
"Mhm, Teacher, do you know about Vampires?" Lan Xingyu asked.
"Vampires? I know of them. Are they starting to cause trouble? I remember they have a half-Vampire who is quite extreme. Why, Xingyu, do you want to go deal with them?"
"Yes, some of them have started kidnapping young people to use as their food. I cannot stand idly by," Lan Xingyu said firmly.
"Mhm, okay, you do this and that! …" The Ancient One said easily.
"It's that simple?" Lan Xingyu was a bit confused. If it were that simple, I wouldn't have needed to come back! Is my brain muddled from sleeping too much…
"You know now how abnormal those self-created Spells of yours are, right?" The Ancient One sighed. If it weren't for the fact that Lan Xingyu's self-created Spells couldn't be taught, the Ancient One would have wanted to learn all of Lan Xingyu's magic.
But it was very strange; Lan Xingyu's magic seemed to be from another system entirely, and even she couldn't cast many of them.
Lan Xingyu played at Kamar-Taj for a while longer, then used a Teleportation Gate to return to Tony's house.
"Oh! Our little hero is back. Why are you so late today?" Tony, who had just come out of the laboratory to have a late-night snack, saw Lan Xingyu return and greeted him.
Tony knew that Lan Xingyu was working as a street vigilante outside, so sometimes he didn't mind when Lan Xingyu returned late.
"I went to look into the recent missing persons cases. Tony, do you know about Vampires?" Lan Xingyu said.
"Uh… don't tell me these missing persons cases are because of Vampires. That stuff is a bit Xuanhuan!" Tony said with some surprise.
"Yes, that's right, it's the work of Vampires. But my teacher said there is a half-Vampire causing trouble, which led to these missing persons cases."
"And these Vampires also have some political background, which is quite troublesome. But it's only troublesome; I can still handle it," Lan Xingyu said confidently.
"You even went to find the Ancient One? It seems you take this matter very seriously. Do you need help?" Tony asked with some concern.
"It's fine, no need. You just focus on dealing with the military. I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. I'm tired. Good night, Tony, you should get some rest early too," Lan Xingyu said, sounding a bit exhausted.
"Mhm, alright, good night."
Lan Xingyu returned to his own room. Nothing happened throughout the night.
————— I am a separator —————
The next afternoon, during the last class, Lan Xingyu didn't sleep. As for why…
Because it was gym class, and even Lan Xingyu couldn't exercise while sleeping.
"Gwen, what are you looking at?" Seeing Gwen standing by the gym stage thinking about something, Lan Xingyu took Peter along to approach and ask.
"Oh! It's nothing, let's go!" Gwen only snapped out of it when she saw Lan Xingyu walking toward her.
"By the way, Xingyu, today Jane and the others plan to hang around the school a bit before going back. You don't have to wait for me," Gwen said.
"Mhm, alright, but when you go back, be quick. Don't loiter on the way, you know?" Lan Xingyu said with concern.
"Alright, alright, do you know you're more long-winded than Mom now? Hurry up and exercise. Look at you sleeping every day without exercising. If something happens, how will you protect me? Hurry up and exercise," Gwen said, acting a bit spoiled toward Lan Xingyu.
Peter on the side: Damn it… This dog food came out of nowhere.
Just as ten thousand alpacas were trampling our little Spider-Man into the ground, the teacher arrived at his side.
"Peter, hurry up. Look, even Xingyu is doing it faster than you!" the teacher said sternly.
"Pfft!" This was undoubtedly another knife stuck in Peter's heart.
Seeing the little Spider-Man with a look of utter hopelessness, Lan Xingyu laughed, being a very good brother.
The class ended amidst Lan Xingyu's laughter. Lan Xingyu cast a perception Spell at the school entrance; if Gwen or Jane and the others left the school, he would be able to sense it.
After setting up the barrier, Lan Xingyu found a bench at the school and lay down to sleep. Lan Xingyu wasn't comfortable letting Gwen go back alone right now. So he planned to wait until Gwen left the school before going to find her; otherwise, if Gwen knew Lan Xingyu was waiting for her, she definitely wouldn't have fun. Of course, Lan Xingyu also sent a message to Mr. and Mrs. Stacy via his phone that he would be back later today, so they wouldn't worry.
After a while, Lan Xingyu sensed Jane and the others leaving and woke up. But when he sensed carefully, he didn't sense Gwen, and Lan Xingyu became a bit worried. He turned invisible and instantly appeared behind the girls Jane was with, just in time to hear Jane complaining.
"Gwen is too mean; she must have snuck home. She made us look for her at school for half a day; she's not a good sister at all. Tomorrow, I'm going to find her and ask her clearly," Mary Jane said angrily.
"Mhm, exactly, exactly. Tomorrow, if she doesn't explain it clearly to us, we'll all tickle her together," another girl said.
Hearing this, Lan Xingyu frowned because he hadn't sensed Gwen leaving the school, so why couldn't Jane and the others find her?
Lan Xingyu was anxious. Without a word, he instantly appeared in the sky above the school. A magic circle appeared in his hand, and he used "Search" to look for Gwen Stacy.
With this Search, Lan Xingyu laughed. Gwen was fine; she was just hiding under the stage in the indoor gymnasium used for gym class. The door to get under the stage had been locked by the teacher organizing equipment, and then the door to the indoor gymnasium was locked. That was why Jane and the others couldn't find Gwen.
However, Lan Xingyu was very curious: why didn't Gwen call out to the teacher or come out when the teacher was about to close the door? It was so close that it was impossible not to hear the sound of the teacher closing the door. Now she was crying under the stage.
"What a little fool," Lan Xingyu smiled helplessly. He flashed to the security room, got the key, and went back to open the door for Gwen.
Just as Gwen was crying because she was afraid of being alone in this place with no light, a beam of light shone in from outside the door. A small figure stood in the pale red light of the sunset.
"What's wrong? Still not coming out? You little fool."
Hearing this voice, Gwen immediately got up, intending to pounce on the owner of the voice…
"Bang!"
Then, Gwen's forehead made intimate contact with the iron bar of the stage.
This time, Gwen was in so much pain that she squatted on the ground, unable to even stand up. Lan Xingyu felt even more heartache seeing this. He also squatted down, placed his hand on Gwen's forehead, and slowly used magic to heal his little fool.
Gwen felt her forehead wasn't as painful anymore and looked up, her big, cute eyes filled with tears. This made Lan Xingyu feel both heartache and amusement.
"Alright, it doesn't hurt anymore! Let's go, I'll take you home!" Lan Xingyu helped Gwen up and walked outside.
As for the door, he was too lazy to close it, and he didn't care if the equipment teacher would be scolded for this. Hmph! Daring to lock up my future wife, it's already good enough that I didn't give you a Light Speed Kick; what else did he want?
And so, the old man Li, who was in charge of our school equipment, was called to the principal's office…
"Xingyu, how did you find me?" Gwen was very curious. You have to know that none of her friends had found her.
"Heehee, guess!" Lan Xingyu, of course, wouldn't tell Gwen that he used magic.
"You just need to know that no matter where you are, no matter what place you're in, I will find you," Lan Xingyu said while stroking the Little Loli's hair.
"Who… who wanted you to find me," little Gwen said, a bit shyly.
"Oh? Is that so? Little Gwen, your face seems to be red!" Lan Xingyu said, sounding a bit teasing.
"Don't talk nonsense, that's because of the sunset!" (Is there any book friend who wants to guess where Erha learned this sentence?)
After saying this, Gwen ran forward, and Lan Xingyu smiled dotingly and followed. Their shadows were stretched very long by the sunset.
Because Lan Xingyu and Gwen returned quite late today, this was the first time Mrs. Stacy had regained control of the kitchen since Lan Xingyu started making dinner at Gwen's house.
It must be said that Gwen's mother's Comprehension Ability was actually quite good; seeing the family eating happily made her very satisfied as well.
Just as Mrs. Stacy left the dining table and returned to the kitchen to start tidying up, George Stacy and Gwen Stacy both looked at Lan Xingyu with fierce expressions.
"Um… don't worry, I'll take back ownership of the kitchen tomorrow. Um, stay calm, stay calm," Lan Xingyu said, looking embarrassed under their gaze.
That's right, Mrs. Stacy's cooking had indeed improved, but it was still quite a distance from Lan Xingyu's. And now, the stacy family's stomachs had been spoiled by Lan Xingyu.
You ask why Mrs. Stacy didn't feel it herself? Look at Weiwei's mother, isn't it the same? Her cooking skills were even worse, yet she couldn't taste the difference between what she and her husband made.
After finishing the meal, Lan Xingyu said goodbye to the stacy family under the resentful gazes of the two Stacys.
He arrived above New York, looking at the night view of this city known as the Sin City. Tonight, he was going to thoroughly deal with that half-Vampire named Fis.
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