Really? I'm fighting the Dark Emperor.

Free food always tastes great, especially when you're busy... watching others work hard all day makes the food taste even better.

On my way back to the dormitory, I passed through a small garden and encountered a very angry Ginny.

"Have you seen Lan Bao? I haven't seen him since we left today."

Upon seeing an acquaintance, Genny managed to control his emotions.

I was wrongly accused, and although I was angry, I didn't want to take it out on someone who had nothing to do with me.

"Lanbao, you should be in your dorm by now." Ruibusi rubbed her slightly full stomach, a little curious. "What's wrong? You don't look well."

"How can I possibly be feeling better right now?" he said angrily. "They have no evidence whatsoever, yet they claim I set the fire in the Potions classroom on my own. That's outrageous!"

Oh, that sounds a bit excessive.

In this situation, a good friend usually responds in one of two ways: comforting the friend who has been falsely accused, or asking if it was really him who did it.

Rui Bu Si expressed a third sentiment: "Has someone made your daydreams come true?"

He said he was going to set a fire during the day, and then it actually happened! Wow, what a prophetic thing to do! His words are so effective.

"I never had such a dream!" He now regretted saying that after Potions class.

Along the way, everyone who encountered him avoided him and looked at him with strange eyes. Rui Bu Si was the first person he met who chose to believe him.

"Hey, you just said 'someone did it for me.' So, you believe I didn't start the fire?"

Unexpectedly, besides Lamb, there was another person in this school willing to believe in him, and Ginny was instantly deeply moved:

"Friend, if you ever need anything in the future, just come to me. I'll help you through thick and thin!"

After a satisfying meal, she started to feel sleepy. As sleepiness crept in, she couldn't help but yawn. In the time it took to rub her eyes, Ruibusi noticed that Kenny's mood was starting to improve.

I'm a little confused. How come someone who seems to be this year's Flame Star has such a strong ability to regulate their emotions?

The need… ah, she has it now!

He stretched out his hand and slowly uttered two words: "I'm short of money."

One second he was saying I could contact him for anything, the next he ruthlessly spread his hands:

"I need it too."

...What a disappointing answer.

I almost forgot, this human is just as poor as she is.

"But don't worry, I'll definitely remember you when I have money!"

What a piece of junk! Tch, she won't eat it.

Instead of waiting for him to have money, we should wait for the system to have a change of heart.

"Don't worry, the truth will come out soon. With your poor magic skills, it's more likely that you managed to summon your classmates by shouting a spell than by setting the classroom on fire."

The fact that Princess Naya was put in danger and nearly died, and that such a serious matter was simply dismissed, clearly indicates that the school authorities, possessing the magical prophecy book, are certain that Kenny is very likely to become the Star of Flame.

Ah, with the current defenses of Moe Academy, the Dark Emperor should have already found out.

The school is highly likely to be infiltrated by dark forces, and the school administration probably wants to know the truth even more than Ginny himself.

"But Director Pa and Head Nurse Da Tiantian, like the students, all believe that I started the fire." If even one person were willing to believe him, he wouldn't be so angry.

"Huh?" Rui Bu Si's confident smile froze on her lips.

What happened in the short few hundred years she was gone?

So, does this mean her previous guesses were all wrong, and the school didn't hold it against her simply because of kindness?

She tried to guess in a roundabout way, but the other party went straight to the point.

So this is the route that Moe Academy is taking now... Aba aba, my head is so itchy, it feels like my brain is about to grow out.

"But as long as I find Lanbao, Ruirui, who was trapped in the classroom by the fire, will wake up and clear my name!" After her mood improved, she saw everything with optimism.

For a moment, Rui Bu Si was conflicted about whether or not to tell him the cruel truth—

There's a 50% chance that Sapphire won't have the energy to cast spells.

The other half is that, after returning from the excitement of the game to reality, they find themselves too exhausted to even move.

Torn between telling or not telling, he ultimately chose to feign being trapped, say goodbye, and leave the scene.

Dormitories—a haven of comfort for boarding students.

"I heard that the Potions classroom at school caught fire today." Before she knew it, it was already late at night. Ya Ya was holding Fu Fu, with Ya Ya nestled on her head. The chubby duck head was nodding little by little, looking very sleepy.

"Ah." Rui Bu Si, who had been struggling with the zero-based literacy tutorial for a long time, raised her head. Her turbid brain was invaded by holy knowledge, and she became mentally dazed.

—This is what happens when you don't quite understand something but have studied it for a long time.

She just hasn't touched it for a while! Is it really that hard to pick up something she's already learned?

When you encounter difficulties, you should learn to give up appropriately; you should leave today's tasks for tomorrow; and sufficient sleep is the foundation for long-term learning.

She solemnly closed the book, turned off the light, and lay down on the bed. As if she had reached a resurrection point, Rui Bu Si, full of energy, started gossiping with Ya Ya in the quilt.

"I ran into Kenny today. Principal Pa and the students all guessed that he started the fire." Guessing is already a euphemism; according to Kenny, they skipped the guessing and went straight to the conclusion.

"Wow, he set a fire right away. Kenny's execution is amazing."

Rui Bu Si remained strangely silent for a while. Just like Director Pa and her classmates, her roommate seemed to have skipped the guessing and made a direct assumption.

She shared her opinion:

“Although Genny possesses fire magic, his magic is so poor. He only said he wanted to burn down the Potions classroom, which doesn’t prove that he set the fire.”

"That's true. So who set the fire?"

His tone was full of doubt, as if he was really thinking about it very seriously.

After a long pause, Rui Bu Si tentatively asked:

"Setting fire doesn't necessarily require the magic of fire; you can use a match. Genny was penalized forty points, so it's quite possible that he set a fire in a fit of anger."

"Yeah, if I had that many points deducted, I would definitely let it go too."

"...Setting fires doesn't necessarily require the magic of fire. And during a fire, Kenny might not even be nearby; there might be someone else."

"That makes sense. Who could have started the fire? It's so unfair to frame Kenny like this!"

You could tell she was genuinely indignant. Rui Bu Si fell into an eerie silence again for a long time.

"My friend, don't you ever feel like you're a little bit like a weather vane?"

"Really? I don't think so... I'm just a fence-sitter, hehe."

The onomatopoeic word at the end is simply the finishing touch to the whole sentence.

"What's wrong, little radish?"

"...It's okay, go to sleep early."