Huh?!
Th-this guy is…actually trying to comfort me?
The silver-haired girl blinked her confused, wide eyes, momentarily falling into chaos, tears still streaming uncontrollably from her eyes as the cold night breeze made her little nose twitch again.
Lynn let out a helpless sigh, looking at the girl who was so wary of him.
After a long pause, he could only speak first: “You’ll definitely be able to change back, so please stop crying, okay? Otherwise, if you keep crying weirdly here all alone and I just stand by watching, passersby might call the guards…”
Keti bit her lip.
Even though she’d just been comforted, she still didn’t have a good impression of Lynn.
She continued crying as she sobbed and shouted:
“What’s weird about it! I-I-I…I’m just selling goods by the roadside, that’s all…Why isn’t anyone buying? Time is running out, and I’m stuck here shivering in the cold! What did I do wrong? I know! It must be you! You noticed me early and deliberately blocked all the customers just to mess with me! Ah, damn you, how can you be so mean, ugh—De…”
The corners of Lynn’s mouth twitched.
Is that really how terrible his image is in this little one’s mind?
Why did it sound so much like those students at the Magic Academy who don’t study and end up yelling,
“The school set me up!” when they can’t graduate?
But after a moment, Lynn managed to hold back his temper and helplessly explained:
“Are you sure someone’s targeting you? Actually, I wanted to ask you earlier—if you want to set up a stall, why pick this spot? It’s such a remote path, there aren’t many people passing by, so of course it’s hard to sell anything. There’s a Night Market in the Imperial Capital, and it’s always bustling with people.
If you set up there, you might sell out in one night…”
“Uh…ah, ah, ah, this…”
As soon as he questioned her, the white-haired loli awkwardly dug at the ground with her toes, sweat beading on her forehead.
Ah, uh, um…
Is…is there a Night Market today?
Wait, isn’t the Night Market only held on Rest Days?
Oh…right, today is Rest Day, I forgot, ahaha—gulp…
How could I forget something like that!
Realizing she’d brought this suffering on herself, Keti felt too embarrassed to admit it.
She just coughed frantically for a while, then lowered her head and muttered weakly:
“I…I know, but…there are too many people at the Night Market, I…I’m not used to it…”
“Yeah, that’s your second problem! I’ve been watching you from the side for a while now. There aren’t many people passing by here, and yet, even when someone does, you don’t even call out to them. You just stand here silently. How would anyone know you’re selling something? The potential customers just walk away because of that. This…”
Lynn continued analyzing the reasons for her business failure.
Upon hearing this, Keti was instantly petrified, her cheeks flushing red with embarrassment.
Stop talking already—!
Did she not know the reason?
Of course she did!
Even before she started playing with matches, she’d already been anxious when no customers showed up.
Come on!
She’d thought that as long as someone passed by, she’d immediately ask,
“Want to buy some materials? They’re top quality!”
She’d even rehearsed the lines in her head, but when someone actually did come by, as soon as Keti mustered the courage to stand up…
Her throat locked up…
Ahh, she couldn’t say a thing.
Her naturally shy personality, combined with an unfamiliar appearance and voice, meant that the moment she tried to speak, her cute, childish voice made her so embarrassed that all her words got stuck!
The passerby stared at her strangely the whole time, then…as if avoiding something, hurried away!
Ah—
And so, her very first attempt ended in failure!
One moment of outgoing effort, a lifetime of introversion.
Keti’s confidence took a heavy blow after such a disastrous start, and from then on…
“B…”
“I-I, um…”
Cow production
“I…ah…don’t go—!”
Every time a passerby saw Keti blushing and unable to speak, they all hurried away, wanting nothing to do with her.
Over time…
The silver-haired beauty’s spirit was crushed, which led to her cosplaying as the little match girl selling matches by the roadside…
Ahhh—!
This kind of embarrassing, black-history moment had only just happened, and she was hoping to forget it quickly, but Lynn had to bring it up right in front of her.
The silver-haired beauty nearly blacked out on the spot…
It’ll take a lifetime to recover from this, ugh—!
The silver-haired beauty wanted to cry even more.
Looking at Lynn with her big, adorable eyes, they were now filled with deep regret.
Realizing this, Lynn also seemed to notice—cough, cough—maybe he’d been a bit too blunt…
So he quickly waved his hand and said:
“It’s fine, it’s fine! Not selling anything can be a good thing too!”
“Good thing my foot! I don’t have a single coin left. If I can’t sell anything, I’ll starve to death on the street, ugh!”
The silver-haired girl protested to her rival, who only seemed to be enjoying the spectacle.
But Lynn didn’t get angry. Instead, he pondered for a moment, then grinned mischievously at her and suddenly reached out, gently lifting her chin.
“Actually, there’s another way. I’ve got some personal matters lately, so I can’t keep up with my Magic Academy classes. I’m planning to hire a Teaching Assistant. I wonder, Miss Keti, are you interested~?”
OP…
Te-Teaching Assistant?!
Keti fell silent, her mind blank for a moment as she tried to process her rival’s words. Then, she finally understood what he meant.
So, her rival—her rival, this guy…
Is willing to give her a job?
…That, that actually sounds pretty good.
She might not like the Magic Academy much, but it’s still the biggest Magic Academy in the entire Empire.
Even as a Teaching Assistant, the pay and benefits would be guaranteed.
At the very least, it would let her survive in the Imperial Capital.
But…
Soon, after the initial surprise, Keti noticed something odd.
She snapped back to her senses and stared as Lynn’s right hand lifted her chin, her pupils trembling in shock!
Hiss, w-wait, no, no, something’s wrong—!
Lynn would never be this nice to her; she’d almost been fooled!
There’s definitely a huge conspiracy behind this!!!!
I genuinely hope that MC isn’t a minor and the age gap isn’t much between these two isnt that much, considering that MC was a student with Lynn being his teacher.