Before I could say anything, Lotte smiled at me and joined the conversation.
"Because Miss Ella is a demon, it would be inconvenient for her to move around in the outside world, right?"
"Yeah, it's true. As a demon, it's really inconvenient to move around outside. I'll be treated differently in every sense. Although the situation is better in the Holy Academy, I still have to be careful in the future."
With an expression that said, "I see," Yajie nodded as if she wanted to say something else. Lotte coughed lightly.
"Excuse me, are there any other formalities required? I may be a little rude, but it's getting late now. If there are no other formalities, Ms. Ella and I will go find a place to stay in the academy area first."
"Well, sorry, sorry, I've kept you talking for too long. There are no more procedures to complete. As for accommodation, there are free dormitories for students in the academy. If you need, I can go and help you with the procedures now."
Ruthie turned her gaze towards herself, probably thinking that she should make the decision on this matter. Although she didn't want to continue staying with Yajie for fear of being exposed, she had no choice but to continue like this considering the cost of accommodation.
*创世纪6185年11月26日 晚22:01分 至圣学院宿舍区
"Finally, I can rest. When I heard it was the academy's free dorm, I thought it would be a pretty awful place."
There were two beds placed in the corner of the neatly cleaned dormitory of about 20 square meters. With the curtains drawn, Ella lay on the bed in the right corner wearing pajamas prepared in advance, closing her eyes and enjoying the softness of the quilt.
"Well, academy life has finally begun. Is it okay for Nina to follow Miss Yajie?"
Lotte sat on the bed in the left corner, holding Hela on her knees to familiarize herself with the method.
As if she had thought of something, Ella opened her eyes.
"It's alright, right? Yajie doesn't seem like someone with malicious intentions, and Nina herself said she's willing to learn from her. Since she's taking the initiative, let Nina go. By the way, what was Lotte doing out there just now?"
Hearing Ella's words, Lotte paused while caressing Hela's hand, then smiled in Ella's direction as if nothing had happened.
"It's nothing serious. It's just something that bothers me. Miss Ella, don't worry about it."
"Huh? Really? If it's something Lotte wants to do, I won't ask. But if you run into any trouble, remember to tell me immediately."
"Yeah, okay."
Hearing that it was Lotte's own private matter, Ella closed her eyes again and stopped caring about it. Just like Nina agreeing to Yajie's invitation just now, Lotte also had her own ideas with great difficulty, so naturally she would not interfere if she could. She didn't want the people around her to become NPCs who would only follow her orders.
It seems that I am now just like a guardian. Thinking that I am not that old yet, I pulled the quilt over me - the autumn night is already starting to get chilly.
Banishing random thoughts from your mind, you feel the accumulated fatigue of the day wash over you, your consciousness gradually sinking into darkness.
Lotte gently placed Hela on the bed, stood up and took down the light stone hanging on the wall. The room suddenly fell into darkness. Then she walked to the window between the two beds and looked at Yeyue through the gap between the curtains. She stared at it for about ten minutes until she felt a chill invading her body. Then she slowly sat back on the bed and listened carefully to Ella's movements beside her - the sound of her steady breathing.
With a relieved expression, he didn't go back to sleep. Instead, he put on his coat, picked up Hela, and quietly left the room. The entire dormitory area was not a multi-story building, but rather a single-story stone house. Each dormitory was more than ten meters away, so even if you spoke loudly, it would not disturb the people living next door.
After sitting on the stairs outside for a full hour, she looked around as if to confirm something—there was nothing strange. If Ella were here at this moment, she would definitely think that Lotte was a different person.
Let out a light hum.
"I hope this is all just my imagination."
Luti turned and walked into the room, leaving only the low hum that disappeared into the air.
Chapter 16: The Beginning of Academy Life and the Approaching Demons
*创世纪6186年4月18日 下午16:58分 至圣学院学院区教室
“Chi—”
Something flying at high speed made a sharp sound as it cut through the air, but the people in the classroom continued to look ahead as if they hadn't noticed. Only a small number of people smiled helplessly, and then—
"Boom."
"pain."
The girl straightened her upper body, covered her long, silky golden hair with her hands, opened her purple eyes and looked around angrily. After noticing the expressions of those people with bitter smiles, she seemed to understand something. Her originally sleepy eyes froze instantly, her face gradually turned pale, and she mechanically turned her head to face forward.
"Uh...Teacher, please let me explain..."
"No need. After school, it's the same as before. I don't need to explain the consequences of running away, right?"
In the spacious tiered classroom, a scantily clad female teacher was standing on the podium. At this moment, the teacher was waving her hands constantly as if to drive away something. Her expression seemed to be saying: It's you again, there's nothing I can do.
“Ahahaha, ok, alright…”
Satisfied beyond measure with the result, the blonde girl nodded repeatedly, her purple eyes gleaming with gratitude.
Perhaps because he was already used to this kind of situation, the scantily clad teacher sighed and continued teaching.
"Miss Ella, I don't want to disturb your sleep... but if you keep going like this, there's no point in studying at the academy."
The girl next to her, wearing a light green school uniform and very thin purple twintails, sighed like the teacher before her, and then placed one of the two notebooks she was writing in front of Ella.
Ella picked up the notes skillfully and glanced at them briefly.
"But, but, I don't want to sleep either. Working every day is just too tiring. Meanwhile, Lotte is working just like me, but she doesn't seem to want to sleep at all."
"So just let me go alone."
As if some special switch was pressed, Ella, who was about to say something, suddenly shut her mouth awkwardly, supported her head with one hand, and looked at the scenery outside the window with lack of interest.
I registered as a student of the Holy College last November. However, because the college does not start until April, even though it has only been a few weeks since the start of the school year, I have actually been in the college for six months.
In order to make up for the financial shortage, Ruthie and I found a job working in a bakery inside the college. For this reason, I had to go to the bakery every day after school, which resulted in less time to sleep in the dormitory. In addition, I had not learned the basic theories and could not keep up with the progress of the course, so I had to use the class time every day to make up for the sleep.
Although Ruthie always said that it would be fine if she worked alone, he could not tolerate the fact that a young girl had to support him, so he could not agree to Ruthie even if he forced himself.
"Because magic itself has no attributes, it's only your spells that give it preferences. So even a class like a healer can cast offensive magic. Although their attributes will gradually lean towards healing over time, the possibility of them using offensive magic still exists. So, even when facing a lone healer, you must not be careless—"
"Ding--"
The bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class. The teacher, who had not yet finished his lecture, immediately stopped, packed up his textbooks, and prepared to leave the classroom.
"Ella, don't forget to come to my place after school."
"Okay, okay."
After responding loudly, the teacher nodded in satisfaction and walked out of the classroom.
"Ah~ah, I have to ask Yajie for help again. The punishment from the theory teacher is really uncomfortable."
Unlike the students around him who gathered together immediately after class, he stretched out his body and slumped weakly on the table, his golden hair still scattered like a waterfall. After a few seconds, he spoke the next sentence.
"I really envy Lotte... She hasn't taken many magic classes, but she's the theory teacher's favorite, and she has so many friends."
"That's because Miss Ella never listens, and besides, Miss Ella doesn't want to have friends at all."
After organizing her notes, Lotte took out the book she was about to use from her backpack. As if she saw something glaring, Ella narrowed her eyes and twisted her head, keeping her chin resting on the table.
"Lotte probably already knows why I have no friends."
Because his current race is the demon race, and the demon race is the culprit that triggered the Demon God War, all the demons in the academy, including himself, are kept at a distance from other races. Although there were other demons who wanted to get close to him, he deliberately stayed away from them because he was afraid of exposing the fact that he actually didn't understand the situation of the demon race at all. This resulted in the situation that he now has no other friends in the entire academy except for Luty, Nina and Yajie at the beginning.
"Yeah, it's very troublesome."
As if she was also troubled by this matter, Lotte stopped organizing her notes.
"How about I take Miss Ella with me to meet some friends? Miss Ella is definitely going to be very popular right now. In fact, I've heard many people want to meet Miss Ella, but Miss Ella even refuses invitations from her fellow demons, so everyone is afraid of her bad temper and dares not approach her."
"Eh? Well, I don't have any intention of staying away from people. Friendships are not something you can force. Anyway, school should be over after the next period. I should go find Yajie in advance to help convince that teacher not to keep me."
He stood up, and the other students around him immediately quieted down and focused their eyes on him, as if they were looking at something dangerous. He had never understood why this happened before, but when he thought about what Luti had just said, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart - it seems that he should consider whether he really wants to do something that is in line with his current settings in the future. He pretended to be indifferent and walked out of the classroom.
It wasn't until a few seconds after Ella walked out of the classroom that the spacious tiered classroom gradually became noisy again. Luty smiled at the change in the surrounding environment and stretched a little.
"Oh my, Miss Ella looks like a demon king."
It was time for school to end. The sun was slowly setting in the west, painting the place with an orange-red hue. The two girls were walking among a crowd of people with different clothing, hair colors, and even races.
Wearing the white uniform that symbolizes a healer, Ella confided in Lotte how her theory teacher had troubled her before.
"That teacher dressed like a sergeant actually asked me a theory question right in front of Yajie! He knew I didn't know the answer! Even if he's a teacher, he should have considered my feelings!"
"Well, I think I might have some of the reasons, like I'm afraid that Miss Ella will lead me astray..."
Lotte wiped the sweat from her forehead. Since she was not wearing the elf-like clothing that Ella had given her that could maintain a normal temperature, sweating was inevitable when walking among the crowds in spring. However, even in this situation, Lotte still maintained a gentle smile and patiently listened to Ella's complaints.
Perhaps noticing Lotte's actions, Ella awkwardly stopped pouring out her troubles unilaterally.
"Huh? Did I say too much? Speaking of which, Lotte, don't you think there seem to be more demons around lately? I remember there weren't so many when I first came to the academy."
Hearing Ella's somewhat puzzled voice, Lotte's expression became a little serious, and she leaned close to Ella's ear and explained softly.
"Hmm? Miss Ella has noticed it too, right? There weren't that many demons when we first came to the academy, but ever since Miss Ella changed her race, there have been more demons around us. And if I'm alone, there aren't that many demons, but whenever Miss Ella and I go out together, there are more demons."
Ruthie's words made Ella alert. She had only had this feeling before, and because there were always many demons around her, she did not notice this abnormality. The reason why she was curious just now was because there were more demons today than usual. She wanted to say something, but Ruthie seemed to have not finished speaking yet.
"At first, I suspected there might be some ulterior motive, but I've been on guard until now, and nothing's happened. So, I've always been puzzled by this. If they were simply trying to be friends, then following them around like this without saying anything would be completely inexplicable. As a result, I still don't know why this happened."
Subconsciously glancing at the people around him, he discovered that whenever he looked at the demons, most of them would immediately look away. This feeling—it was like being followed.
I always feel a little scared... Pulling Lotte, I turned at the intersection ahead and walked into the alley without leaving any trace. After walking to the deep end of the alley where almost no one usually comes, I used the terrain search to confirm that there was no one else around, and put on a serious expression that I rarely used normally.
"Lotte, please try to go out with me from now on. If these demons really have any plans for us, I can definitely handle it with my strength. So don't go out alone until you become stronger. If they use you as a threat, it will be difficult for me to deal with you."
Lotte tightened the dimensional backpack containing Hela on her back, her orange-red eyes flashing with determination.
"I will never hold Miss Ella back. I will become Miss Ella's strongest offensive magic."
I felt a little touched by Ruthie's words, but also a little speechless. If I were taller than Ruthie, I would probably reach out and touch her head.
"So, before you develop your strongest offensive magic, please join me."
"Yes, definitely."
Lotte nodded and assured Ella.
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*The faint candlelight outlined the perfect curves wrapped in the black dress. The woman was sitting on a soft seat that was obviously extremely luxurious. She held a book in one hand and her long legs were lazily folded together, but this made her infinite feminine charm even more prominent.
After a long time, the woman spoke to the person who was waiting for his fate behind a curtain.
"Have you confirmed the princess's whereabouts?"
The cold voice showed the majesty of being a king for a long time, but this majesty could not hide the queen's allure as a woman.
The person waiting outside the curtain did not show any dissatisfaction with having been waiting for so long. Instead, his voice was trembling slightly, and his eyes showed endless admiration and loyalty.
"It can be almost confirmed that she is the princess."
These words froze the woman's lazy posture for a moment, and she gently put down the book in her hand and stood up.
"Is that so? Then let's get started."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The person waiting said this and then left the room excitedly.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and for the first time, the queen, who had always been calm, felt nervous.
"When was the last time this happened... Princess-sama, you finally appeared."
Only the flickering candlelight remained in the room.
Chapter 17: Wow Dong Pastry Shop and the Elegant Girl with Silver Hair
"Then let's go. As long as we stay among the crowd, those demons won't dare to do anything. Well, it would be great if we could just drive them away, but I don't know if they have good intentions or not, so for now, we'll just have to leave them alone."
As if to vent her frustration, Ella sighed deeply and walked to the alley's exit. Glancing around, she saw that some of the demons had vanished, but a few remained. After confirming that Lotte was following her, she pretended not to notice the demons and headed straight for the dessert shop where she worked part-time.
In front of her was a small, elegant shop with a glass display. The brightly polished glass stood out prominently on this street, and through it, she could see a variety of desserts neatly arranged inside. Ella expertly pushed the revolving glass door open and entered the shop.
It was a luxurious little shop. In the center of the shop stood several large, sturdy wooden tables, upon which sat steaming coffee pots and a variety of colorful pastries. The room was filled with the aroma of honey and a faint hint of black tea. The magic lights on the ceiling shone relentlessly. The sofas lining the walls and the handmade rugs on the floor were meticulously prepared for the guests. The place was ready for a tea party—the whole room conveyed that sentiment.
Since it is not yet the peak period after school, there is no one in the store at the moment.
"No matter how many times I see it, I feel like this kind of decoration has absolutely no intention of making money."
He smacked his lips and let out a sound of not only resentment but also admiration. This luxurious decoration could be said to be a tea party for the nobility. Even the decoration in his mansion in Kmir could not compare with this exquisiteness.
The sound of wind chimes being plucked by the revolving door was heard, and a tall man with a shaved head walked out of the store. Although he was wearing an apron around his waist and a pure white uniform, it was unable to hide the muscles all over his body that seemed ready to explode at any time.
The man with the shaved head grinned when he saw Ella and Lotte coming in.
"Oh, we're finally here! It's almost time for the customers to gather, so get dressed and get ready."
With his ferocious smile and rough tone, he looks like an adventurer. If he had a scar on his face, people would probably avoid him whenever he walked out the door.
But Ella didn't look scared at all. She answered the man who looked like an adventurer but was actually the owner of the entire dessert shop in an unbearable tone.
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