Global Awakening: Eavesdropping on the SSS-level School Beauty's Inner
Chapter 218 - 216: The Holy Cross Assessment Begins! The Three Great Goddesses Gather! Light, Darkness and Machinery!

Chapter 218: Chapter 216: The Holy Cross Assessment Begins! The Three Great Goddesses Gather! Light, Darkness and Machinery!

Learning from Alice what he wanted to know, Lin Tianming naturally wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could cool down the Mechanical Goddess who bore a grudge against him and not hate him so much.

His brain working at lightning speed, Lin Tianming soon had a pretty good idea.

"Alice, when I think about our adventure together in the Mechanical Secret Realm, I feel nostalgic. I can’t believe it’s been months since then. I’ve really missed you during this time!"

[Have the nerve to bring up the Mechanical Secret Realm? I miss you too, so much I wish I could just kill you!]

Faced with Lin Tianming’s attempt to cozy up, Alice was seething inside.

But she still politely said to Lin Tianming, "I guess we got to know each other through fighting. Tianming, you’re quite an interesting person!"

Hearing her say one thing but mean another, Lin Tianming was secretly delighted.

He continued, "I still remember when we had a big fight because you misunderstood me. You looked so downcast after I defeated you, like you were really scared I would harm you."

Mentioned by Lin Tianming, Alice shuddered: "Why... why would you bring that up?"

The reason she was so frightened after losing to Lin Tianming, like a helpless little girl, was because of what happened in her past life.

There was no one else in the Secret Realm to help her. If Lin Tianming bullied her like in the previous life, using her as a tool to scout ahead, she would be completely powerless.

However, thankfully, Lin Tianming of this life did not trample her underfoot or humiliate her after defeating her...

Nor did he throw her into a dangerous gravity zone to suffer as his pathfinder...

Thinking of these things, Alice’s hard-won mental state after several months was disturbed once again.

[This guy... he really is different from the him in the last life...]

Listening to Alice’s thoughts change under his guidance, Lin Tianming also continued with his strategy.

"Alice, I remember saying I would share the Divine Artifact with you. You didn’t believe me then and thought I was trying to trap you. You were even crying."

"You, you, you... Don’t mention that day in the Mechanical Secret Realm again!"

Ashamed by Lin Tianming bringing up a moment that embarrassed her, Alice completely lost the poise of a sunny-haired elf, her face full of panic and confusion.

She was even a bit flustered.

To Lin Tianming, she looked even cuter like this!

[Damn Tianming! Why do you keep bringing up that day! Are you trying to humiliate me on purpose?]

Lin Tianming certainly wasn’t trying to humiliate Alice; this was just a necessary part of his plan to win her over!

Having come this far, he began the next step of his plan.

"However, contrary to your fears, I did not persecute you after you lost your power. I truly gave you one of the Red Flame Boxing Gloves and the God-beating Whip.

We evenly split the Divine Artifacts from the last area, and I personally escorted you back to the Imperial Academy, never once going back on my word to take back the Divine Artifacts I gave you.

When we parted ways, I remember you were still nervous, afraid of being tricked, reluctant to accept the Red Flame and the God-beating Whip."

As Lin Tianming recounted bit by bit, Alice couldn’t help but relive her encounter with him in the Mechanical Secret Realm.

These detailed memories also greatly reduced her hatred for Lin Tianming.

[Yes! He didn’t persecute me in the Mechanical Secret Realm this life like he did in the last. While I was powerless and at his mercy, despite my complaints and suspicions about him doing evil, he didn’t get angry at my misunderstanding of him this life...]

[He even took care of me when I lost my power, sharing the Divine Artifacts from the Secret Realm with me and, worried that I had no strength on my own, personally escorted me back to the Imperial Academy...]

[Why can’t the butterfly effect from my rebirth change Tianming’s personality, if it could change so many other things?]

[Maybe this time around... he really is a good-natured person... If not, why didn’t he bully me when I lost my power and even treated me so well?]

[What happened in the past life stays in the past life; this is a new life. Why should I trouble this Tianming who hasn’t wronged me in any way and has even treated me well in the Mechanical Secret Realm?]

[The grudges between him and me are from the past life in the Mechanical Secret Realm, and in this life, those things haven’t happened. Letting go of the grudges from the past life might be the best choice...]

[Letting go of all the obsessions from the past life, perhaps only then can I ascend to godhood in this life without nurturing a Heart Demon...]

Under the assault of Lin Tianming’s ability to hear heart voices, Alice’s resolve for revenge this time wavered tremendously.

Lin Tianming himself was somewhat surprised; he had not anticipated that bringing up their time together in the Mechanical Secret Realm would affect Alice so profoundly.

"I remember I still have something to do, I... I have to go! See you at the Holy Cross Assessment tomorrow!"

[I can’t stay here any longer, I need to go back and cool off!]

Afraid she could no longer hold out and might completely forgive Lin Tianming on the spot, Alice stood up with panicked eyes and fled from Lin Tianming.

Watching Alice’s frantic escape, Lin Tianming did not pursue her.

Having made decent progress in striving against the heart voices of the two Goddess Reincarnators, Lin Tianming was already quite satisfied.

He believed that after a few more encounters, he would definitely make them submit.

It was also time for him to rest and prepare for the Holy Cross Assessment tomorrow!

With that thought, Lin Tianming also got up from the bench and left.

Little did he know that shortly after he left, Saintess Sofia from the Bright Holy Sect at the Holy Light Cathedral he had encountered earlier slowly emerged.

Glancing at the bench where Lin Tianming and Alice had been sitting, she, emanating an aura akin to the Light Goddess, revealed a slight trace of anger in her beautiful eyes.

"Still the same as in the previous life, a flirt. This reassures me that you haven’t changed, and I can take my revenge with a clear conscience!"

...

The next morning, Lin Tianming was dragged out of his bed by his teacher, Teacher Jiang Han.

"Teacher Jiang Han, what’s the matter? It’s not time for class yet, is it?"

Lin Tianming yawned sleepily and got out of bed reluctantly.

"Silly boy, you must be muddled from sleep; we’re at the Holy Cross Academy in Xiluo Domain’s Shenwu City, not the Imperial Academy!"

[This little blockhead probably hasn’t adjusted to the time difference yet, that’s why he’s so sleepy, but no matter how sleepy, it’s time to get up now!]

Teacher Jiang Han’s words and heart voice reminded Lin Tianming that they were at the Holy Cross Academy.

"Heh heh, Teacher Jiang Han, it’s my first time here and I’m still not used to it!"

Listening to Lin Tianming trying to pull a fast one, Teacher Jiang Han rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don’t waste time, hurry up and wash up. Let’s grab something to eat together, and then I’ll take you to the Holy Cross Assessment. I forgot to tell you before, but you are to participate in the Holy Cross Assessment today!"

After being reminded by Teacher Jiang Han, Lin Tianming remembered what Alice had mentioned about the Holy Cross Assessment, and he immediately perked up.

Quickly washing up and having breakfast with Teacher Jiang Han at the Holy Cross Academy’s dining hall, Lin Tianming headed to the Holy Cross Assessment site under her guidance.

Upon arrival, Lin Tianming saw Alice, Lilith, and Sofia.

And almost at the same time he arrived, he also heard heart voices filled with resentment toward him from the Three Great Goddesses