The taciturn Miss Elf actually felt a bit secretly pleased inside.
As expected, her love for Keti was the deepest! That much was definitely true.
Layla, this masochistic obsessive woman, if Keti didn’t have little Keti, she probably wouldn’t be satisfied.
After being repressed for so many years as a priestess, what she truly wanted was for Keti to fiercely take her to the extreme!
In the end, it was only conditional love—nothing too serious. So… although the person in front of her was her love rival, the elf lady was certain she absolutely would not lose!
“In that case, hmm… since we’ve confirmed each other’s feelings, I can start speaking! Since we both want to win over Keti, then… why don’t we continue to cooperate temporarily? The immediate priority now is to find a way to get Keti back into the Hero’s party, right?”
“Yes… that’s right. If Keti doesn’t return to the Hero’s party, then our chances to interact with her are far too few.”
“We have no idea what she’s experienced recently, how she’s feeling, or what she wants to do. It’s all too passive! Moreover, with fewer and fewer interactions, our standing in her heart will only get lower, sob…”
The Jellyfish-Jellyfish-Headed Lady bit her lip nervously, then saw Sylvia nodding in agreement, before continuing:
“That’s exactly what I want to say. The reason Keti is unwilling to return to the Hero’s party now is that she’s currently working as an assistant teacher at the Magic Academy.”
“In other words, she has a fallback option. They provide food and lodging, pay a salary, and I heard there’s even a chance to enter the Magic Tower… Most likely, Keti doesn’t want to return to our team because of these guarantees.”
“Hmm… that’s true. If I had such good conditions, I’d have to think it over too, ha…”
The priestess rubbed her head, seeming to realize what Sylvia was aiming for, while the elf girl took a deep breath and solemnly continued:
“Not to mention, there’s also the biggest threat to us right now! That’s Lynn from the Magic Academy! That… that guy definitely has designs on our Keti-chan!”
“And he’s really good at charming girls! If we keep delaying, Keti might… might really end up being taken by that man! So we must hurry and get her away from the Magic Academy!”
“Tsk… yes, yes, the situation is too urgent! But… but is there any way to make Keti leave the Magic Academy? I think she wouldn’t leave voluntarily, right?”
The Jellyfish-Jellyfish-Headed Lady shook her head, then immediately fell into a troubled silence, unable to think of a solution…
Just then, the green-haired elf shook her head and straightforwardly said:
“There is a way. Didn’t Keti just tell us? She said the head instructor at the Magic Academy will require her to take her class on a real combat test to the Beast Kingdom tomorrow.”
“If she doesn’t protect the students well, she’ll be fired! That obviously isn’t a normal academic requirement, right? After all, that’s a high-level dungeon!”
“Tsk… when you put it that way, that head instructor is probably deliberately making things difficult for our Keti.”
“I bet if even one student gets slightly injured, it counts as a test failure! Ugh… damn it, but how could anyone guarantee that not a single person gets hurt?!”
The Jellyfish-Headed Lady started indignantly defending her beloved once again. Sylvia listened in silence for a moment before coldly speaking:
“But that head instructor could actually help us. If we make Keti fail the real combat test, then she’ll have no choice but to leave the Magic Academy.”
“At that point, we can find her and ask her to rejoin the Hero’s party, promising that from now on, we’ll take care of her. Keti will definitely come back! Once she’s back, she won’t have any contact with Lynn anymore, so there’s no need to worry!”
“Then after that, we can slowly reconnect with Keti—of course, each of us in our own way, competing fairly on our own merits.”
“But… for now, the priority is to get Keti back into the team! Otherwise, we won’t even have a chance to interact with her…”
Sylvia painted a big picture for Layla, who listened with satisfaction. Hmph… When it comes to seducing little Keti later, Layla was still very confident.
No way around it, a proud figure was right there after all~!
But right now, being able to cooperate with Sylvia was exactly what Layla wanted. To quickly pull Keti back into the team, she’d even be willing to involve Alice!
After all, the priestess’s confidence was really only limited to the three teammates. If a man got involved… ugh… that was a completely unimagined opponent, and Layla wasn’t so sure about that!
“The plan sounds good… but Keti also said that Lynn gave her a summon with a ton of HP to tank monsters, right? With that, maybe she really can get the students through unharmed! This…”
“Hmph… Layla, you don’t really intend to just wait for Keti-chan to screw up this crucial thing for her career, do you? That’s impossible! So… we absolutely cannot sit back and do nothing. We have to take the initiative and find a way to make Keti fail the student protection task!”
“Remember, the place Keti is going to is the dungeon we’re most familiar with recently, the Beast Kingdom! Do you remember that boss who gave us such a hard time, Augujadel?”
“Tsk… you mean…?”
Layla’s eyes immediately widened, a little nervous inside. This… this could cause even bigger trouble, right? After all, it was a very dangerous mission.
“Don’t worry, I know my limits. We’ll act from the shadows, and then… like this and that, and so on and so forth…”
Tsk—
After a moment, having listened to Sylvia’s plan, Layla’s eyes lit up, and she happily grabbed the elf lady’s hand, saying:
“Aw, amazing, Sylvia, you’re really clever! Let’s do exactly as you said! Heh, we’ll definitely make Keti leave the Magic Academy and come back to us!”
“Mm… definitely!”
After leaving the teacher’s dormitory, Keti yawned, shaking off all the emotions from earlier.
Then, as usual, she first went to the office to pick up the lesson plan for the day.
Walking along as usual, suddenly…
Keti saw a suspicious figure lingering by her office door…
They seemed a bit uneasy standing there.
Keti thought maybe it was someone who’d just stolen something and was nervous, so she was about to call the guards, but when she looked closely…
Good grief, it was none other than young Master Simon?
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