The Headmistress's methods were still so profound and unfathomable. Even with mental probing at the Elder Mage level, Mora could not find any trace of that child.

  Mora sighed inwardly. As expected, even if the Headmistress had not yet advanced to Grand Magus, her means were far beyond what elders like them could see through.

  In her view, matters had already reached this point. Since the child had already been born, further disputes were meaningless. It would be better to return to the academy as soon as possible and discuss the follow up arrangements.

  Moreover, both Evelyn and Ryan were top tier geniuses with the potential to reach Grand Magus. The offspring they produced could not possibly have ordinary aptitude and might even become another major pillar of the academy in the future.

  "Grand Elder, we really do not have a child. Why will you not believe us? If you do not believe it, search however you like." Ryan explained with a helpless expression.

  There was no panic in his heart at all. With the protection of the Grimoire's power, as long as Lyra stayed within the totem on his chest, she would absolutely not be discovered by mental probing.

  The reason Ryan insisted on concealing Lyra's whereabouts and refused to explain was that once Lyra's identity as a true dragon was exposed, everything would change.

  For the sake of the academy's interests, the three Grand Elders would definitely force Lyra to stay and would never return her to him.

  Lyra would very likely have her freedom restricted, reduced to a guardian magical beast of the academy, or even be forced into an unequal magical contract, completely losing her right to choose for herself.

  Mora cast Ryan a cold glance, clearly not taking his explanation to heart.

  She forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and turned her gaze toward Evelyn, waiting for her instructions.

  "Let us return to the academy," Evelyn said, looking at Ryan. She already understood his concerns and did not expose them.

  She knew better than anyone the personalities of the three Grand Elders. For the development of Glacial Arcana Academy, they would never let go of the existence of a top tier magical beast like a Celestial Drake.

  Mora said no more. She raised her hand and tossed the teleportation array disk in her grasp above her head.

  The disk hovered in midair and stabilized, instantly unfolding into a circular magic array several meters in diameter. The engraved runes began to flicker with a dim blue magical glow.

  The three stepped into the center of the array one after another. A translucent crystalline curtain slowly rose from the edge of the formation, enveloping all three.

  The teleportation array disk above their heads spun faster and faster, and the dim blue light grew increasingly intense.

  After a soft sound, the light suddenly withdrew. The teleportation array disk and the figures of the three vanished together, leaving behind only a patch of disturbed snow.

  Inside the teleportation hall of Glacial Arcana Academy.

  Elara and Maelira were waiting quietly beside the teleportation array. When they saw ripples appear in the air before them and begin to waver, both instantly stood up, their faces filled with excitement and anticipation. The Headmistress had finally returned.

  The next moment, a dazzling dim blue light flared within the teleportation array. As the light faded, the figures of Ryan, Evelyn, and Mora appeared before them.

  However, as soon as Elara and Maelira saw Mora's flushed face and disordered aura, they immediately sensed that something was wrong.

  Even so, they did not rashly ask any questions. Instead, they stepped forward respectfully and said to Evelyn,"Welcome back, Headmistress."

  "Headmistress, when you left the academy last time, you did not discuss it with us at all. That truly made us extremely worried."

  "Fortunately, nothing went wrong on this trip. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable." Elara spoke with a hint of complaint in her tone.

  After Evelyn suddenly left the academy last time, although they verbally agreed to set the matter aside and focus on handling academy affairs, they had in fact been continuously monitoring the surrounding regions of Glacial Arcana Academy with their mental power.

  It was precisely because of this that Mora was able to detect Evelyn's presence at the first possible moment and set out to meet her.

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  After voicing her complaint, Elara's gaze fell on Mora. Noticing her abnormal state, she asked,"Mora, what is wrong with you? Since you came back, you have been sulking and not saying a single word."

  Elara's question instantly became an outlet for Mora's pent up emotions.

  She suddenly raised her head and said anxiously,"The Headmistress, she… sigh."

  The words reached her lips but were forcibly swallowed back, turning into a heavy and helpless sigh.

  Elara and Maelira were already full of doubts. Seeing Mora hesitate to speak made them so anxious that they almost wanted to step forward and slap her.

  Maelira took half a step forward, staring intently at Mora, her voice filled with urgency."What exactly happened?"

  Mora took a deep breath, as if she had made an enormous decision. She paused briefly, then blurted out at lightning speed,"The Headmistress, she… she even has a child with this brat!"

  "What?"

  Elara and Maelira's pupils shrank instantly, as if they had been struck hard. Their hearts clenched tightly, and they were completely thrown into panic.

  They exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.

  "Absolutely impossible!" the two refuted in unison, their gazes immediately sweeping over Ryan and Evelyn.

  At the same time, they released their mental power without hesitation, like two invisible nets that completely enveloped the entire teleportation hall, carefully searching for any trace of a child.

  "There really is no child. Do not listen to her nonsense!" Ryan hurriedly defended himself, waving his hands repeatedly, his face full of innocence and grievance.

  Elara and Maelira's mental power swept back and forth several times, and their eyes scanned every corner of the hall, yet they still did not discover any sign of a child.

  Hearing Ryan's firm denial, the tension in their hearts finally eased a little, and they quietly let out a sigh of relief.

  "Mora, stop speaking nonsense!" Elara turned and scolded her sharply.

  She then quickly glanced at Evelyn's expression. Seeing that her face was calm, with no sign of anger, she finally felt completely at ease.

  Mora still wanted to argue and tell them about the little girl she had seen with her own eyes, but when her gaze met Evelyn's cold eyes, the words at the tip of her tongue were forcibly swallowed back once again.

  Everyone present noticed Mora's hesitation and understood that she had been intimidated by Evelyn's presence.

  Those present all noticed this and tacitly fell silent, clearly intending to discuss the matter privately after Evelyn and Ryan had left.

  Ryan took everything in at a glance and knew very well that he could not stop their subsequent discussion.

  All he could do was helplessly give up on further arguments, thinking to himself that delaying things for even a little while was better than nothing. At least for now, Lyra's identity had not yet been exposed.

  Ryan knew very well that he could not exactly sew Mora's mouth shut, nor could he possibly lay a hand on her.

  More importantly, he was simply no match for an Elder Mage at the moment. Rather than wasting effort, it was better to wait and observe how things developed.

  Elara was the first to break the silence, gesturing for everyone to take their seats.

  After that, she exchanged a few brief pleasantries with Ryan and Evelyn, asking about the general circumstances of their recent outing and training. Her tone was calm, clearly trying to ease the slightly heavy atmosphere in the room.

  "Restore his arm," Evelyn said, her gaze sweeping over Ryan's metallic left arm that gleamed with a cold sheen, as she instructed Elara.

  The three Grand Elders present had long noticed Ryan's metal arm. With a little thought, they could guess that he had most likely lost his left arm during the training.

  When Elara saw it for the first time, she had already considered helping him recover it. Now that Evelyn spoke up herself, it suited her intentions perfectly.

  The three Grand Elders had never been stingy toward members of the academy. It was just that toward a male mage like Ryan, who was so close to the Headmistress, they carried an instinctive trace of bias.

  Of course, that was under the premise that Elara and Maelira had not personally witnessed the scene of Ryan kissing Evelyn.

  Elara gestured for Ryan to remove the metal arm first and sit properly to prepare for the treatment.

  However, the moment her words fell, Ryan's metal arm vanished without a trace, leaving only an empty left shoulder. The three Grand Elders could not help but freeze, surprise flashing in their eyes.

  They truly could not understand how Ryan had managed to make the metal arm disappear so silently.

  Facing the questioning looks of the elders, Ryan hurriedly explained that it was merely a minor trick from an unorthodox path, nothing worth mentioning.

  Hearing this, Elara did not pursue the matter further and simply nodded.

  She then took several pieces of top grade magic crystals radiating dense magical fluctuations from her storage pouch and slowly released her pure Elder Mage level magic power.

  When she saw that only a small amount of new flesh had grown at Ryan's severed arm, Elara frowned slightly.

  If the severed arm had been intact, it would only require reconnecting it with magic power, which was not particularly difficult.

  However, to recreate an arm from nothing, even with her strength as a Ninth tier Elder Mage, would require a fair amount of effort. Still, for her, it was far from an impossible task.

  Elara wrapped her gentle magic power around the top grade magic crystals, then took out a bottle of high level regeneration potion.

  She gestured for Ryan to open his mouth. With a light flick of her finger, the potion flew accurately into his mouth.

  Ryan cooperated and swallowed it, only feeling that the potion had no particularly distinctive taste.

  Immediately afterward, Elara stepped in front of Ryan and gently pressed both hands against his severed arm, beginning to guide the potion's energy within his body as it slowly surged toward the injured area.

  Elder Mage level magic power possessed extremely high vitality. Combined with the assistance of the high level regeneration potion and top grade magic crystals, reconstructing an arm was more than sufficient.

  Once the magic power reached Ryan's left shoulder, Elara focused entirely on controlling it, shaping the initial form of the left arm bit by bit according to the continuity of his bones and meridians.

  As time passed, the new flesh at Ryan's severed arm began to grow and extend rapidly, gradually outlining the shape of an arm. Meridians and bones also slowly took form under the nourishment of magic power.

  In the end, his entire left arm was completely restored, symmetrical and coordinated with his right arm, with not the slightest trace of its former severance.

  "Try moving it and see if there is any discomfort," Elara said.