2. Companions
Those who are engulfed in the illusions of the Old Era are pitiful—how laughable it is to shrink one's head into the covers and imagine warmth in a world where primordial darkness shrouds the surface, anomalies occupy the land, and evil spirits patrol.
The Giant Tree Academy does not wish for students to become such people, though just hours ago a student pleaded with Lu Li to take him back to the safe and warm canopy layer—this incident, for unknown reasons, was discovered by Vice Dean Chris, who decided to bring low-grade students to the senior year's New Year gathering. Senior professor Helmut invited Lu Li to talk in a secluded place. This Twin Soul, whose body harbors the soul of his father, seemed to benevolently inform Lu Li of the urgent knowledge he sought and the forbidden wisdom other professors dared not speak. Vice Dean Chris arrived soon after to drive him away—"We will meet again in the future," Helmut said as he left.
