Shiro watched the Damselette who was studying earnestly.
Although she looked like she was studying seriously, she actually was.
However, Shiro noted that if her earlobes weren’t slightly flushed, it would have been a perfect disguise.
It wasn’t as if she were studying physiological knowledge; besides, if it were Mei, such knowledge likely wouldn’t be enough to make her face change color.
Thus, once you eliminate all the impossibilities, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Could it be that Mei wants to fall in love?
As soon as this thought popped up, Shiro himself felt it was absurd.
Compared to the idea of Mei wanting to fall in love, Shiro would sooner believe that Finality was descending tomorrow.
After all, even someone as strong as Kevin Old Ancestor had to resort to persistent pestering, even following her all the way to the Flame-Chasers, before finally melting the iceberg that was Mei.
Of course, Shiro hadn’t refrained from secretly wondering if Mei wanted to be a Rebellious Disciple who fell for her master.
But he quickly tossed that thought to the back of his mind, because his experiences before Transmigration told him never to be a delusional guy.
Otherwise, when everything is finally revealed, it’s easy to be taken back to Gotham City by Batman.
But Shiro was truly curious; after all, this was the future leader of humanity.
What if she was influenced by some random blond kid from out of nowhere?
So Shiro prepared to take her by surprise, striking decisively while the girl was currently absent-minded.
If he guessed wrong, that would be fine.
If the worst-case scenario really occurred, Shiro wouldn’t mind using certain means to make the other party back off.
After all, this was the future leader of humanity; everything was for the sake of saving the world.
“Mei, you’re distracted while studying.
Is it because you have someone you like?”
Shiro asked warmly, looking like a very open-minded teacher regarding matters of love (not really).
“Huh?
No, I don’t!”
Mei seemed to be caught off guard by this question.
Looking at Mei’s reaction, which was far from her usual self.
On the surface, Shiro still looked as warm as a spring breeze, but in his heart, he was already thinking of maneuvers like time-stopping and ‘muda’ing for three pages.
And in order to coax the truth out, he deliberately said:
“If you truly like someone, you might as well say it.
Teacher can check them out for you (demon’s smile).”
“I don’t have anyone I like.
Teacher, please don’t misunderstand.”
Compared to talking about love, Mei was more inclined toward learning and absorbing new knowledge.
And because her father was a world-famous electromagnetic physicist, Mei had set becoming a scientist as her goal since childhood.
And now, she was gradually stepping onto this path.
The Damselette already intended to publish a paper on Quantum Mechanics.
If successfully published, it might garner quite a bit of fame.
Of course, none of this would be possible without Shiro’s help.
Were it not for the wholehearted teaching of this respected and admired teacher over the past two years, the girl could never have published her own paper so quickly.
Looking at the slightly nervous Mei before him, Shiro asked gently (uneasily) once more:
“You really don’t have someone you like?”
“I really don’t.”
Glancing at the young man, Mei affirmed with a rather lack of confidence.
Perhaps there was no one else who could capture the girl’s heart besides the person in front of her.
Having received the answer, Shiro couldn’t help but have a few flights of fancy.
After all, in this life, he had unexpectedly gained the love of Mobius and Elysia.
To the point where, facing Mei’s slightly off-kilter behavior, he even associated it with himself.
No, no.
Snapping back to his senses, Shiro abruptly cleared the cluttered thoughts from his mind.
He had promised he wouldn’t go back to Gotham City again.
To prevent himself from overthinking, Shiro simply began to guide Mei, providing help for her Quantum Mechanics paper.
By the time a small section reached a stopping point, five hours had already passed.
Looking at the progress of Mei’s paper, Shiro estimated she could publish it before reaching high school.
Thinking about it, it was truly a bit ridiculous; this progress was even faster than Mobius’s back then.
He hoped that when Mobius met Mei, she wouldn’t blame him for being too biased.
The truth was, when he first met Mobius, his own knowledge reserve was only that little.
If not for the Scholar’s Heart, whether he could even teach Mei now was debatable.
And now, as Mei progressively wrote that quantum paper, Shiro estimated in his heart that helping Mei publish it would be his current Peak.
After all, like Mobius, Mei progressed too quickly.
Preparing to go home, Mei saw Shiro suddenly clutching his forehead with a look of pain on his face and couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher, are you feeling unwell?”
“It’s nothing.
I was just thinking that once you finish publishing this paper, Mei, I’ll have nothing left to teach you.”
“And the knowledge required for high school and even university afterward, you’ve already learned it all.”
“So I was thinking, after you publish your paper, should I recommend you to the Flame-Chasers?”
Lowering his hand from his forehead, Shiro looked at Mei seriously.
Suddenly hearing that Teacher Shiro might not teach her anymore and was even recommending her to some organization.
After a moment of sudden panic, Mei quickly calmed down.
“That organization should be the one Dr.
Mobius is in, right?”
In the process of studying with Shiro, Mei had gradually come to realize that given Teacher Shiro’s level, it was impossible for him to teach her forever.
And through their time together, she also knew that the world-famous Dr.
Mobius was actually Teacher Shiro’s adopted daughter.
Furthermore, Dr.
Mobius had also joined a certain organization.
“That’s right.
Mobius has also joined the Flame-Chasers.
And from now on, the technological level within will become increasingly terrifying.”
“Of course, by joining, I mean having you join a research institute affiliated with the Flame-Chasers; you don’t need to worry about political matters.”
Hearing Teacher Shiro’s words, which spanned a huge gap, Mei, who didn’t understand why scientific research was linked to politics, couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
Seeing Mei’s confused expression, Shiro couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
It was just such a girl who, except for the period when she first joined the Flame-Chasers, was able to devote herself wholeheartedly to research.
During the Middle Stage, she acted as a mediator for conflicts between the Higher-ups of the Flame-Chasers and a group of Genius scientists like Mobius and Vill-V.
In the Late Stage, she even took over the mess of the entire human civilization as it approached extinction.
While pushing forward the rescue plan with various Genius scholars, she also had to manage the entire Flame-Chasers.
Ultimately, after putting Finality into a deadlock, she worked herself to death.
But it won’t be like that this time; after all, I have General Aponia.
If the Higher-ups of the Flame-Chasers are still unreasonable, then he could only use Discipline to make them proactively reasonable.
“Although I don’t understand what you said afterward, Teacher, I trust you.”
Mei smiled faintly and responded to Shiro.