While Zhao began to familiarize himself with his new beast, Ren mentally reviewed his upcoming projects. Lin's egg was close to completion, then would come Liu's, and shortly before the end of the semester, those for the noble cousins.
The annotation work with Wei was progressing exceptionally well, recording the first phase of the project at a good pace... The professor seemed renewed, as if he truly cared more about knowledge than ego since Ren had defeated him. The pride that had once clouded his judgment had given way to genuine scientific curiosity.
But not all projects were advancing; one of them encountered a pause for the first time.
One that seemed like a distant dream.
"Rest," Lin declared firmly, crossing her arms while observing Ren with an inflexible expression.
The silence that followed this simple word was so profound that one could have heard a pin drop. In the room, four faces looked at her with varying degrees of disbelief.
"Pardon?" Taro was the first to recover his voice. "Did you just say 'rest'?"
"Exactly," Lin nodded. "Ren will take a break from morning training sessions too, not just the nightly ones... for the remainder of the semester."
Min let out a laugh that he quickly suppressed when he saw that Lin's expression didn't change. "Wait, are you serious? Ren? Rest?"
"I think you've confused your student," Liu interjected from his desk, without looking up from the book he was reading. "Ren no longer knows that word. It's not in his vocabulary anymore."
Lin ignored the comments, keeping her attention on Ren, whose mushrooms pulsed with what appeared to be confusion. The soft light fluctuated in an irregular pattern, betraying his internal surprise. freeweɓnovel.cøm
"The medicine has reached its limit of effectiveness," she explained. "Forcing more growth at this point could cause damage."
"But I feel fine," Ren protested, touching his arms as if to demonstrate his point. "Better than ever, in fact."
"Yes, I've noticed," Lin responded, and something in her tone suggested she had noticed much more than she was saying. "Your body seems to regenerate in... unusual ways since the underground incident with the seed."
A tense silence followed this observation. Lin's suspicions were evident, though she didn't fully verbalize them.
"Listen," she continued, her voice softening slightly. "I'm not interested in theories about how you acquired that accelerated regeneration. I don't believe you stole the relic out of selfishness, and frankly, it's not my job to investigate that matter."
Ren maintained his neutral expression, but his mushrooms briefly pulsed with what could be interpreted as relief. The light dimmed momentarily before returning to its normal intensity.
"But," Lin raised a finger to emphasize, "as your instructor, it's my responsibility to ensure your development is healthy and sustainable. Since I don't know what that regeneration increase is about or how it works, I'm not going to take it into account... And rest is also part of growth. We will allow the medicine and your body to stabilize as if normal."
Min pretended to faint onto his bed. "It's the end of the world. Lin is recommending rest. Next news: the Goldcrests open a flower shop with Jin at the counter!"
Taro threw a pillow toward Min, though he couldn't contain his own smile. "Shut up or she'll make us train twice as much while Ren enjoys his vacation."
Lin ignored the antics again, keeping her gaze fixed on Ren. "We'll begin next semester with a completely new level of training and more advanced medicine. For now, you need to allow your body to assimilate everything it has learned."
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