"Sister Qianqian, why did we have to come here so early?" Wearing the student robes that Leticia had obtained through legal means, Bai Ya sat timidly in the clean and bright cafeteria, not daring to raise her head to look at the students coming and going around her.
If they were discovered, would they be attacked by everyone?
"To watch the show, and also to inspect the academy's food situation." Leticia speared a grilled sausage and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing while speaking unclearly, "The breakfast here is quite perfect except for being a bit greasy."
Uh, Bai Ya suppressed her urge to complain—this was clearly what Sister Qianqian had ordered herself.
There were plenty of light breakfast options at the counter, but Leticia specifically chose meat. When she carried her tray to the counter to pay, the lady there was completely dumbfounded.
She even repeatedly confirmed several times that Leticia really intended to have these things for breakfast before muttering and accepting the silver coins Leticia handed over.
"Don't young girls nowadays worry about losing their figure?"
To this, Leticia expressed that she really wasn't afraid—for a Demon King, controlling her figure was an incredibly simple matter.
Of course, this was limited to maintaining her current physique. Growing taller? That wasn't happening.
"Little Ya should eat some too. You need to eat your fill to have energy to watch the show." Leticia held a grilled sausage in front of Bai Ya. "Don't worry about it. I've looked into it—while transfer students aren't common here, they're not unheard of either. No one will pay attention to us."
Even if someone did notice, it wouldn't matter. Leticia had already greeted the academy's headmaster. She and Bai Ya were now ordinary students of the Magic Academy.
No matter which school official anyone asked, doubters would only get this answer.
"But I feel like many people are looking at us." Little Ya carefully observed her surroundings with the corner of her eye. She felt like the students around them were all intentionally or unintentionally watching them.
Could they have already been suspected?
"Trust your Sister Qianqian. When I handle things, you can relax." Leticia didn't waste words, using her fork to spear the sausage and bring it to Bai Ya's mouth. "Come on, open up, ahh—"
"Nom." The little girl bit into the fragrant sausage. "Delicious."
"Mm-hmm, my taste is quite good."
Under the temptation of delicious food and Leticia's repeated assurances, Bai Ya finally set aside her unease and began to wholeheartedly enjoy this obviously over-abundant breakfast.
Once she really let loose, the speed at which food disappeared immediately increased by a level. This girl was starting to show signs of her sister's style.
Of course, referring to the bad aspects.
When girls eat so quickly, it easily gives others a bad impression.
"Eh, it's you two?" While Bai Ya was trying to use food to hide her unease, the three girls from the Detective Club discovered these two girls who had already become the focus of everyone in the cafeteria.
The lively Aileen was naturally the one who had just spoken. She familiarly carried her tray over to Leticia and Bai Ling's side, sitting in the still-empty chair.
"Morning, you two." Carol sighed helplessly and followed Aileen to sit at the adjacent empty table.
"This is definitely our academy's uniform, but why are there no grade insignia?" Aileen began examining Leticia and Bai Ya's robes, looking up and down before asking somewhat puzzledly.
If they were transfer students, they would still be assigned to a grade.
"I got the clothes from a friend to avoid suspicion." Leticia explained quietly. "But they are real uniforms."
"However, you've completely become the center of attention now." Carol pointed this out mercilessly. "If you didn't have so many things in front of you, probably no one would really notice you."
But now? Who would ignore a girl eating so much during breakfast time?
"Don't mind these details. They won't pay attention to me soon enough." Leticia had an expression of 'this is all within my expectations.' "I'm waiting for Mo Zili."
The few members of the Detective Club only needed to think briefly to guess most of what this sentence meant.
After all, yesterday's drama had happened right before their eyes, and they had sat in the VIP seats to watch the entire process.
But why would this girl know about this?
She clearly wasn't present yesterday.
"If they really do come over, then indeed as you said, no one will pay attention to you, but how did you know about what happened yesterday?" Carol asked directly, completely ignoring Teresa's frantic signaling beside her.
Her personality was just like this—if she had questions, she would ask them outright. Whether it would anger people wasn't something she cared about.
Among the Detective Club trio, the only one with emotional intelligence was Teresa. Aileen was a hot-blooded fool, and Carol was a sheltered young lady who either didn't understand social cues or pretended not to.
Only she played the role of lubricant. Without her, this club would probably have been destroyed by these two people whose combined emotional intelligence didn't even reach positive numbers.
"It's a secret. Just consider that I have special sources of information." Leticia wasn't angry though. She found Carol's straightforward personality quite nice. "But I only know that Mo Zili had a conflict with some young master. As for the specifics, I'm completely in the dark too."
"And you still plan to wade into these muddy waters? That's the eldest son of the duke from the east." Carol seemed to want Leticia to back down, but unfortunately, her expression and mouth weren't coordinated.
That disdainful little expression made people feel that in her heart, that young master wasn't even worth a feather.
"To me, whether someone is nobility or not makes no essential difference. What I care about is Mo Zili." Leticia smiled as she explained. "Such a beautiful girl can't fall into the hands of that kind of scum."
"Actually, he's not really scum..."
"Wow, forcing a girl and still not counting as scum? I think that kind of person is pure scum." Leticia stared wide-eyed. "Rather than letting Mo Zili fall into that kind of person's hands, it would be better to let me have her."
"Eh? Eh?!" Upon hearing this, Bai Ya reacted faster than the three Detective Club girls. She looked at Leticia in surprise, not understanding whether Sister Qianqian was joking or being serious.
Didn't Sister Qianqian like her sister?
Why would she say something like this?
"I've already said I'm not ready to spend my life with a stranger. Could you please stop pestering me?" While the girls in the cafeteria were happily eating breakfast, Mo Zili, who was blocked outside the cafeteria, didn't look so happy.
She stared somewhat weakly at the red-haired youth blocking her path, not understanding what she had done to provoke this guy who wouldn't listen to reason.
Why was he pestering her and even saying he wanted her to be his wife?
But they didn't even know each other. No matter what, Mo Zili couldn't possibly marry a man she didn't know.
Besides, given this redhead's attitude, Mo Zili's impression of him had already hit rock bottom. She now only felt disgust toward this redhead.
"I'm just pursuing you now. We didn't know each other before, but we can deepen our understanding of each other afterward." The red-haired youth crossed his arms with an expression of 'I'm the best in the world,' making passing students frown.
"Frank, how did you also start forcing little girls?" Some bold student even began teasing the red-haired youth.
Frank's gaze moved to the student who spoke, then he frowned: "What, is Young Master Lune planning to play hero?"
The male student who spoke laughed, "Who would dare make a move on a girl that Young Master Frank has his eye on? It's just that your arrogant and domineering attitude, when seen by certain people, might provoke displeasure from certain adults."
Everyone knew that Her Majesty the Demon King most detested those nobles who looked down on others and bullied people with their power. If the Demon King heard wind of this situation, perhaps...
Frank's expression stiffened for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his expression: "I'm just pursuing a girl I like. What's wrong with that?"
"Just? If you could make those lackeys behind you leave, I might acknowledge your 'just,' but unfortunately, some people can't stand up without their lackeys."
"Lune, are you looking for a fight?"
"What? You challenged me to a duel just a month ago. Let me think, who was it that was lying on the ground like a dead dog that day?" Lune showed a disdainful smile, slowly speaking that name under Frank's murderous gaze. "It seems it was called Frank?"
"Heh, if you hadn't used those underhanded methods, I wouldn't have lost." Frank's face showed bulging veins, but he still controlled his emotions. "So, you're planning to muddy the waters?"
Although his raw strength couldn't match Lune's, Frank had an advantage that Lune couldn't ignore—Frank's father.
A great noble with fiefs outside the capital. For Lune's family, this wasn't someone to offend lightly.
"Of course not. Although this young lady is indeed beautiful, I am a gentleman and wouldn't force this young lady to do things she doesn't want to do." Lune smiled. "Miss, do you need my help?"
Mo Zili frowned. Her intuition told her that if she accepted help, what awaited her would be another big trouble.
"No need." She said coldly.
At worst, she'd just keep dragging it out with this disgusting man. As long as she waited for her teacher to return, she'd be free.
If they 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 fellow tribesmen, and no magic knowledge complex enough to make her head explode.
"Alright, since you've made this choice, I won't force you, miss." Lune shrugged indifferently, but he didn't leave either, instead planning to see how today's drama would end.
The standoff at the cafeteria entrance naturally attracted the students' attention. Some students who had eaten their fill and had no morning classes lingered, planning to watch a good show.
Time passed minute by minute, and Frank was still blocking Mo Zili, not letting her advance or retreat.
This almost rogue-like behavior had already started whispered discussions among the watching students. After all, Frank was somewhat of a celebrity in the academy, and his club was notorious.
They weren't involved in good deeds, but bad deeds definitely had their shadow. Everyone in that club, without exception, could earn the title of scum.
But they were indeed very rule-abiding. All the bad things they did were allowed by the rules or exploited loopholes in the rules.
Then, Frank's father's reputation was so prominent that face had to be given. The academy's teachers also 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 it wasn't necessary to conflict with this person.
In short, no one managed him.
But today was a bit different, after all, among the watching crowd was a girl who came specifically for this matter.
"I think it's time for me to make my heroic entrance." Leticia began flexing her muscles.
"Sister Qianqian, are you really going to fight?" Bai Ya grabbed Leticia's skirt hem. She didn't really want Leticia to help that troubled-looking girl.
Although she sympathized with that girl, this was about her sister's lifelong happiness. In this matter, Bai Ya was one hundred percent on her sister's side.
If heroic rescue led to some spark of love between Sister Qianqian and Mo Zili, Bai Ya would really regret it to death.
The only thing that could defeat a love rival was another love rival, and Mo Zili was exactly that other love rival!
Beautiful, also a demon like Sister Qianqian, with a seemingly mysterious background and many secrets—this type of character was definitely her sister's greatest enemy.
As her sister's younger sister, Bai Ya felt obligated to help her sister eliminate this competitor.
"Fight? Why wouldn't I fight?" Leticia said eagerly. "I came here specifically to play hero this time."
"You couldn't really have fallen for her, could you?" This time it was Carol speaking. She frowned as she looked at the black-haired girl surrounded by the crowd, her mood seemingly not too good. "But as long as it makes that red gorilla eat crow, I support you."
She also disliked this redhead, but her family told her to avoid causing trouble, so she had no choice but to comply.
Besides, she couldn't beat Frank either.
This redhead's combat ability was quite strong.
"Hmph, trust in my strength." Leticia showed a confident smile. "Little Ya, watch your Sister Qianqian's performance."
"Wait!"
But Bai Ya's words didn't stop Leticia. The black-haired girl had already rushed into the crowd like lightning, kicking Frank in the face.