Chapter: Chapter 156
“Qianqian Jie, why are we here so early?” Bai Ya, wearing the student robe that Leticia had obtained through legal means, sat timidly in the clean and bright main cafeteria, not daring to look up at the students coming and going around her.
If they were discovered, would they be attacked by everyone?
“To watch the show, and to check the academy’s food situation,” Leticia said vaguely as she speared a sausage and put it into her mouth. “The breakfast here is quite perfect, except for being a bit greasy.”
Uh, Bai Ya suppressed the urge to complain. This was clearly what Qianqian Jie had ordered herself.
There was plenty of light breakfast at the window, but Leticia had specifically chosen the meat. When she took her plate to the cashier, the auntie there was dumbfounded.
She even repeatedly confirmed that Leticia really intended to have these items for breakfast before grudgingly accepting the silver coins that Leticia handed over.
“Are young girls nowadays not afraid of their figures going out of shape?”
Leticia responded that she indeed wasn’t afraid. For a demon lord, controlling one’s figure was an extremely simple matter.
Of course, this was limited to maintaining her current body shape. If she wanted to grow taller? That was impossible.
“Xiao Ya, eat some too. You’ll only have the strength to watch the show on an empty stomach,” Leticia said, handing a grilled sausage to Bai Ya. “Don’t worry, I’ve checked. Although there aren’t many students who transfer in mid-year, it’s not that uncommon. No one will pay attention to us.”
Even if they did, it wouldn’t matter. Leticia had already spoken to the academy’s dean. She and Bai Ya were now ordinary students of the magic academy.
No matter who they asked among the school leadership, doubters would only receive this answer.
“But I feel like a lot of people are looking at us.” Xiao Ya cautiously observed her surroundings with the corner of her eyes. She felt like the students around them were intentionally or unintentionally looking at her.
Could it be that they had already become suspicious?
“Trust your Qianqian Jie. I’ve got this under control, don’t worry.” Leticia didn’t waste any more words. She speared a sausage with her fork and brought it to Bai Ya’s mouth. “Come on, open your mouth, ah—”
“Munch.” The young girl bit into the fragrant and juicy sausage. “So tasty.”
“Mm-hmm, my taste is excellent.”
With the temptation of food and Leticia’s repeated assurances, Bai Ya finally put down her unease and began to fully enjoy the obviously over-the-top breakfast.
Once she truly let loose, the food disappeared at an accelerated pace. This girl was already showing some of her sister’s demeanor.
Of course, in the negative aspect.
Girls who eat too quickly can easily give others a bad impression.
“Hey, is that you?” Just as Bai Ya was trying to mask her unease with food, the three girls from the detective agency spotted the two girls who had already become the focus of attention in the cafeteria.
Active Ailian was naturally the one who spoke first. Very familiarly, she carried her plate and ran to Leticia and Bai Ling, sitting on the empty chairs beside them.
“Good morning, ladies,” Xiao Luo sighed helplessly and followed Ailian to the empty table next to them.
“This is our academy’s school uniform, isn’t it? But why are there no year markings?” Ailian began to examine Leticia and Bai Ya’s robes, looking them over from top to bottom. She asked with some confusion.
If they were transfer students, they would still be assigned a year level, wouldn’t they?
“I borrowed clothes from a friend to avoid attracting attention,” Leticia explained quietly. “But they are indeed real school uniforms.”
“But you’ve completely become the center of attention now,” Xiao Luo pointed out unreservedly. “If you didn’t have so much food in front of you, perhaps no one would have paid attention to you.”
But now, who could ignore a girl eating so much during breakfast time?
“Don’t mind the details. They won’t care about me later,” Leticia said with an expression that suggested everything was within her expectations. “I’m waiting for Mo Zili.”
The members of the detective agency quickly guessed the meaning of this statement after a moment of thought.
After all, the farce yesterday had happened right before their eyes, and they had sat in the VIP seats watching the entire spectacle.
But how did this girl know about this?
She wasn’t even present yesterday.
“If they really come over, then as you said, no one will care about you. But how do you know what happened yesterday?” Xiao Luo asked, completely disregarding Teresa’s frantic signals.
Her personality was such that if she had a question, she would ask it. Whether it would upset someone was not something she cared about.
Among the three members of the detective agency, the only one with emotional intelligence was Teresa. Ailian was a passionate idiot, and Xiao Luo was a lady who feigned ignorance or was actually ignorant of the world.
Only she acted as a lubricant. Without her, the club would probably have been destroyed by these two individuals whose combined emotional intelligence was less than positive.
“It’s a secret. Just assume I have a special source of information,” Leticia replied, not offended. She thought Xiao Luo’s direct personality was quite good. “However, I only know that Mo Zili had a conflict with some young master. As for the specifics, I’m completely in the dark.”
“Then you still plan to get involved in this mess? That’s the eldest son of the Duke from the East,” Xiao Luo seemed to want to deter Leticia, but unfortunately, her expression and mouth didn’t cooperate.
That look of disdain suggested that in her heart, that young master wasn’t even worth a feather.
“For me, there’s no essential difference between nobles and commoners. What I care about is Mo Zili,” Leticia explained with a smile. “Such a beautiful girl cannot fall into the hands of scum like that.”
“Actually, he’s not exactly scum…”
“Wow, forcing a girl isn’t scum? I think that kind of person is pure scum, okay?” Leticia said, her eyes glaring. “It would be better for me to have Mo Zili than for her to fall into the hands of someone like that.”
“Eh? Eh?!” Hearing this, Bai Ya reacted faster than the three girls from the detective agency. She looked at Leticia in surprise, not understanding if Qianqian Jie was joking or serious.
Didn’t Qianqian Jie like her sister?
Why would she say something like that?
“I’ve already said, I’m not ready to spend my life with a stranger. Can you please stop bothering me?” While the girls in the cafeteria were happily eating breakfast, Mo Zili, who was blocked outside the cafeteria, was not so happy.
She glared weakly at the red-haired young man blocking her way, wondering where she had provoked this disobedient guy.
Why was he bothering her, and what was this talk about wanting her to be his wife?
But they didn’t know each other at all. No matter what, Mo Zili couldn’t marry a stranger of the opposite sex.
Furthermore, with this red-haired guy’s attitude, Mo Zili’s impression of him had already hit rock bottom. She now only felt disgust towards him.
“I’m just pursuing you. We didn’t know each other before, but we can deepen our understanding of each other later,” the red-haired young man said, crossing his arms with an expression that implied he was the best in the world, causing passing students to frown.
“Frank, why are you also forcing young girls now?” A bold student even taunted the red-haired young man.
Frank’s gaze shifted to the student who spoke. He frowned immediately. “What, young Master Lenn, are you planning to play the hero and save the damsel?”
The speaking boy smiled. “Who would dare to lay hands on a girl that Frank, young master, has taken a liking to? It’s just that your arrogant and overbearing demeanor might displease some elders if seen by the right people.”
As everyone knew, His Majesty the Demon Lord detested arrogant nobles who liked to bully others. If the Demon Lord heard about this situation, perhaps…
Frank’s expression stiffened for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his expression. “I’m just pursuing the girl I like. Is there anything wrong with that?”
“Just? If you could get rid of these lackeys behind you, I might agree with your ‘just.’ Unfortunately, some people can’t stand without their lackeys.” Light Novel Base 286⑨ 5⑨307
“Lenn, are you looking for a fight?”
“What? You challenged me to a duel just a month ago. Let me recall, who was it that was lying on the ground like a dead dog that day?” Lenn showed a disdainful smile. Under Frank’s murderous gaze, he slowly uttered the name, “It seems to be Frank, right?”
“Heh, if you hadn’t used those despicable tactics, I wouldn’t have lost.” Veins bulged on Frank’s forehead, but he still restrained his emotions. “So, are you planning to get involved in the mess?”
Although he couldn’t match Lenn in terms of raw strength, Frank had an advantage that Lenn couldn’t ignore: Frank’s father.
A great noble enfeoffed in the provinces was not someone easy for Lenn’s family to offend.
“Of course not. Although this lady is indeed beautiful, I am a gentleman and will not force her to do anything she does not wish to do,” Lenn said with a smile. “Miss, do you require my assistance?”
Mo Zili frowned. Her intuition told her that if she accepted his help, she would be facing another big problem.
“No, thank you,” she said coldly.
At worst, she would just stall this disgusting man. Anyway, as long as her teacher returned, she would be free.
If she couldn’t find her biological parents, her teacher would take her back to the human world. Mo Zili was already starting to miss that pure land.
No annoying kin, and no complicated magic knowledge that made her head explode.
“Alright, since you’ve made that choice, I won’t force you, Miss.” Lenn smiled indifferently, but he didn’t leave. Instead, he intended to watch how today’s farce would unfold.
The confrontation at the cafeteria entrance naturally attracted the attention of the students. Some students who had finished eating and had no morning classes stopped to watch a good show.
Time ticked by, and Frank continued to block Mo Zili, preventing her from moving forward or backward.
This almost rascally behavior had already caused the onlookers to start whispering. After all, Frank was a celebrity in the academy, and his club was infamous.
They were never involved in good deeds, but their presence was always felt in bad deeds. Every single member of that club could be considered scum.
But they were indeed quite law-abiding. All their bad deeds were either permitted by the rules or exploited loopholes in the rules.
And then, Frank’s father was so renowned that they always had to give him face. The academy teachers therefore turned a blind eye to this scum’s actions.
As for the students, those who disliked him couldn’t beat him, and those who could beat him felt there was no need to conflict with him.
In short, no one managed him.
However, today was slightly different, as one of the girls among the onlookers had specifically come for this matter.
“I think it’s my cue to play the hero and save the damsel,” Leticia said, rubbing her hands together.
“Is Qianqian Jie really going to make a move?” Bai Ya tugged at Leticia’s skirt. She didn’t really want Leticia to help the girl who looked so troubled.
Although she sympathized with the girl, this was a matter of her sister’s lifelong happiness. Bai Ya was 100% on her sister’s side in this matter.
If saving the day caused some romantic spark to ignite between Qianqian Jie and Mo Zili, Bai Ya would truly regret it to death.
Only another unexpected visitor could defeat an unexpected visitor, and Mo Zili was another unexpected visitor!
She was beautiful, was also a demon a like Qianqian Jie, her background seemed quite mysterious, and she had many secrets. Such a character was definitely a major opponent for her sister.
As her sister’s sister, Bai Ya felt it was her duty to help her sister eliminate this competitor.
“Make a move? Why shouldn’t I?” Leticia said eagerly. “I came here precisely to play the hero and save the damsel.”
“You don’t possibly mean you’ve taken a liking to her?” This time it was Xiao Luo who spoke. Frowning, she looked at the black-haired girl surrounded by the crowd, seemingly in a not-so-good mood. “However, as long as it can make that red-haired gorilla awkward, I’ll support you.”
She also disliked the red-haired guy, but her family had told her to try to cause as little trouble as possible, so she couldn’t disobey them.
Besides, she couldn’t beat Frank.
This red-haired guy’s combat power was quite strong.
“Hmph, trust my skills,” Leticia said with a confident smile. “Xiao Ya, watch your Qianqian Jie perform.”
“Wait a minute!”
But Bai Ya’s words didn’t stop Leticia. The black-haired girl had already rushed into the crowd like lightning and kicked Frank in the face.
