After the group wear, I became the group darling of the big guys

Seeing Shi Ning spread his wings of wind, the descent speed instantly dropped from extremely fast to slow. Xia Yujie, who had used cursed power at the critical moment, breathed a sigh of relief.

He did not blame Shi Ning's calculations for what had just happened. He believed that he was very knowledgeable about human nature and had witnessed a lot of ugliness in human nature. Everyone's first thought when encountering danger was to protect themselves, and the sorcerer was no exception, so he would only think that the use of these wings was conditional.

Slowly landing on the ground, following the brightness of the screen, Shi Ning saw the scenery below the cliff.

There was no old grandfather or adventure like in the novels I had read before. There was only a dying black dragon, with its body pierced by dark chains and curled up on a stone pillar.

The black dragon's eyes were a chaotic and bright red. It looked at Shi Ning and Meiqiu quietly. Its tall figure was like a wall, making it difficult for people to resist.

[Mom - Mom... play, have fun -] The black dragon did not speak, but its voice appeared directly in Shi Ning and Xia Youjie's brains.

Xia Yujie couldn't help but think of the cursed spirit that called him "mother", and even his fox face showed some displeasure.

But the black dragon's eyes were always on Shi Ning, and the "mother" it mentioned seemed to be referring to Shi Ning.

Shi Ning clenched her fists. She was not married and didn't even have a boyfriend. When did a dragon son who was older than her jump out?

[Mom—Mom, Huahua is gone.] Heilong's voice was childish and well-behaved, like a child who had not yet grown up and could only repeat some extremely simple words.

So, when it said "Mom", it was not referring to Shi Ning, but to humans who looked similar to Shi Ning.

Is it one of her classmates? Shi Ning fell into thought, so, who is it?

"The flower is gone. Mommy will go outside to pick one for you, okay?" Shi Ning put this question behind her. Her primary goal now was to leave here, so it was okay to trick this "innocent and cute" black dragon.

[No, my brother said that mom will leave...so, no.] Unexpectedly, Hei Long, who seemed to be particularly obedient to "mom", chose to refuse.

[Mom, let Liangliang's dragon play with Du Lin, play together!] Du Lin seemed to be completely unaware of the chains that bound him, and he swayed his body to get closer to Shi Ning.

The chain tightened, and Du Lin roared in pain.

Xia Yujie looked at it with extreme caution. With his current size and strength, he probably wouldn't even be able to fill the black dragon's teeth.

But why would such a creature be suppressed in an academy? If calculated by level, this black dragon would already be rated as a special grade.

"That's right, we can't let her leave. You did a great job, brother." The young man's clear voice suddenly appeared, and Xia Youjie was startled. He didn't notice that there was someone behind him at all, let alone be alert.

"The person who led us here - it must be you." Shi Ning was not surprised at all. She had just guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes would only be revealed after seeing how the situation developed. This point was the earliest she had estimated.

I'm a little anxious, Du Lin's brother.

"Ah, it's my dear Miss Ningning. Nice to meet you. You can call me Albedo." The young man with short light blond hair was wearing an English-style knight outfit. He had an upright posture and handsome features. His every move was extremely humble and polite, but he gave people a sense of incongruity, as if he was imitating someone else's style.

"Huh? Are you going to replace Mr. Albedo?" Shi Ning raised her eyebrows. She was particularly rude to the imposter who wanted to replace her classmate. "Have you mastered all the knowledge of alchemy?"

"As a creation of Mr. Rhinedot, I have the same talent as him, and he became a success simply because he has humanity." The fake smiled with Albedo's face, "I can also have humanity."

"So, for my plan, I have no choice but to ask Miss Ningning and - your pet, to leave this world." Perhaps because he was about to succeed, the fake was somewhat relaxed and contented. "As long as everyone who knows that I am not him dies, I will become him."

[Brother—Brother, I left mom here...] Du Lin was flapping his wings beside him [Flower, bright dragon, and mom, together, stay here with Du Lin——]

Listening to Du Lin's joyful words, the fake showed a bit of impatience on his face.

He put his hands in his pockets and approached the locked black dragon step by step, leisurely. He approached the black dragon and touched the wound on the black dragon that was dripping with blood.

The bright red blood burned a hole in the counterfeit glove the moment it dripped onto it.

The counterfeit looked at the torn gloves for a while with an unclear expression. He raised his head and looked at Du Lin: "Du Lin, do you want freedom?"

【Freedom?】 Du Lin tilted his head and repeated the word in confusion.

"You can go out in the sun, play with the bright dragon, and see lots of flowers, so do you want to go out and play?"

"What do you want to do?" Shi Ning crossed her arms over her chest, frowning impatiently as she watched the counterfeit use Albedo's face to seduce Du Lin. She felt both psychological and physiological discomfort. Coal Ball seemed to feel the same way as her, baring her teeth in the direction of the counterfeit in a threatening manner.

"Perhaps, I want to recreate the Battle of Kanria?" The counterfeit said with a smile, "I just don't know if Durin is qualified to have seven gods appear together."

"Mad." Shi Ning rolled his eyes.

"Give me more compliments." He even saluted.

[No freedom, no freedom——!] Du Lin seemed to have thought of something extremely terrible, and his originally calm voice, which even carried a little joy, was stained with fear and sadness.

[Freedom is not good, it is bad! The sun will disappear, the bright dragon will fall, Huahua will die... Freedom is bad, Du Lin, don't go out to play! ]

[My little brother should not have freedom either. Freedom is bad. Durin protects my little brother.] The young black dragon did not know that he was called a disaster. He only knew that his playfulness would make everything he loved outside disappear.

It was unwilling to go out. It thought that its younger brother, who was of the same origin as it, would be in the same situation, so it tried to persuade his younger brother to stay with it in this place for a long time, enduring the torture of darkness and loneliness.

But how could a fake who had seen how wonderful the outside world was endure such a life?

Having seen the beauty, returning to darkness would be unbearable.

So he angrily rejected Du Lin. For the counterfeit, as long as he worked a little harder and killed Shi Ning, he could have everything he once envied.

"Do you really think so?" As a second almost identical voice sounded, the madness on the impostor's face froze.