“How do we test it?” Su Nian’s throat felt dry, and she asked the question subconsciously.
“By recreating the scene from last night, of course, to see if Little Nian’er really blushes.”
“Besides, I know exactly when you won’t be able to lie.” The man leaned down, his hot breath brushing against her ear.
“You… not here.”
Su Nian’s reason let out a final, faint cry.
“It’s alright. No one will know, and no one would ever imagine our Miss Su Nian doing this kind of thing in her office…”
Chu Tian finished speaking and did not give her another chance to speak, completely enveloping her.
***
“Ding! Humiliation Value +110,000”
“Ding! Annoyance Value +110,000”
***
“Ding! Humiliation Value +100,000”
“Ding! Annoyance Value +100,000”
***
“Ding! Affability +1”
“Mental Affability: -86”
“Physical Affability: 88 (An unknown status will be triggered once Physical Affability reaches 90)”
“Current Overall Affability: 2”
***
A long time later.
Inside the largest public lecture hall of the Red Maple Magic Academy, every seat was already taken.
The aisles and doorways were packed with people, and the air was thick with the faint glow of magic from young apprentices and the scent of ink on parchment.
Young faces were filled with fanaticism and expectation.
The entire classroom hummed with the sound of countless voices intertwined, all discussing the same name.
Today was the public lecture of the legendary “Star-Moon Saintess,” Teacher Su Nian.
Originally, this magical idol girl was a celebrity at the Magic Academy, the most popular mentor in the hearts of all apprentices, bar none.
Now.
After the battle of the Floating Fortress, her prestige had climbed to a new, almost mythical height.
Every student felt that being able to attend Teacher Su Nian’s class was an incredibly glorious thing, enough to boast to their peers for an entire year!
In a corner of the crowd, Amy and Lise huddled together excitedly.
They had just finished their enrollment procedures today and officially became freshmen at the Magic Academy.
They hadn’t expected to catch such a high-profile course on their first day.
Of course, they held an even bigger secret in their hearts.
That high-and-mighty Saintess, revered by tens of thousands like a deity walking among mortals, was actually their close friend in private.
She was the kind of friend who would play tower defense games on a Magic Phone with them, sit together to gossip and complain, go shopping together, and joke around!
‘Heehee.’
At the thought of this, the two couldn’t help but glance at each other, seeing a shared sense of pride and secret joy in each other’s eyes.
Just then, outside the massive lecture hall, a slender and striking figure approached.
The originally noisy and boiling classroom fell silent, as if a silencing magic rune had been pressed.
The entire hall instantly went quiet.
Thousands of gazes converged on the doorway in unison.
A black magic mentor’s robe embroidered with complex silver runes enveloped the girl’s slender and tall frame.
She walked slowly onto the podium.
Compared to the magic mentors in the academy who were generally older with gray hair, this exceptionally young girl was none other than Su Nian.
After a brief, almost breathless silence.
Thunderous cheers and applause erupted within the classroom.
The students hadn’t expected that after becoming the hero who saved the entire Academy City, Teacher Su Nian would still keep her promise to come and teach ordinary apprentices like them.
During this class.
They listened exceptionally carefully, unwilling to miss a single word.
After all, the girl before them was a living legend who had personally repelled the Demon Race and saved countless lives with a miracle.
If they listened well, perhaps one day, they could also become such a great hero.
However, on the podium, the center of attention, Su Nian, had grievances she couldn’t voice.
At this moment, her face still had an unnatural, slight flush, but her expression had returned to its usual saintly and cold demeanor.
Her steps were as steady as if measured by a ruler, showing no signs of anything unusual.
Only she knew what the situation was like under that solemn mentor’s robe.
Not long ago, in her independent Magic Tower not far away—in that Magic Tower that symbolized her honor and status, on that very office desk she used to grade homework and research magic—such a ridiculous thing had happened.
Before leaving, he even used her magic pen to write on her thigh.
Fortunately, her magic robe was a long skirt.
‘Horned Demon bastard!’
The announcement of the end of the lesson was drowned out by a mountain-like roar of applause.
Su Nian stood on the podium, maintaining that saintly and distant mask, and nodded slightly.
Below her, over a thousand young faces were flushed with fanaticism, and countless eyes burned with the fire of worship.
Two hours later.
Having finished her teaching, Su Nian turned with a smooth and elegant movement, her steps steady.
After leaving the Magic Academy.
She found an open space and summoned her mount.
A magic circle expanded beneath her feet, and azure light flowed.
Accompanied by a clear, high-pitched Dragon Roar, the vigorous Little Green, appeared before her.
She flipped onto the dragon’s back without the slightest hesitation.
“Go.” A single word, raspy and dry.
Little Green flapped its wings and rose, its massive body breaking through the academy’s barrier and soaring into the clouds.
The chilling high-altitude airflow rushed toward her, making her dark blue robe rustle loudly.
The icy wind slashed at her face, attempting to strip away that humiliating heat.
Below her, the Academy City shrunk rapidly—the chessboard-like streets, the ant-like crowds.
She sat high above, looking down on all living things but her heart was in a mess.
Although she could obtain Humiliation Value during the day.
But…
Doing it in the place where she worked was truly too much.
Moreover.
Regarding her affability, it had actually reached a positive number, which meant her goodwill toward the Horned Demon was already slightly higher than that for a stranger.
“Mental Affability: -86”
“Physical Affability: 88”
“Current Overall Affability: 2”
It meant her favor for that Horned Demon bastard had exceeded the level of a random passerby.
If this affability wasn’t restrained and continued to rise like this.
An image exploded in her mind without warning.
In the image was herself.
With a smile that felt foreign even to her—a smile so soft and feminine it reached her very bones—she was intimately clinging to that man’s arm.
Her head rested gently on his shoulder, her eyes full of dependence and adoration, looking completely like… a doting wife.
“Ugh…”
Thinking of this, Su Nian almost fell from the sky.
Little Green let out a worried, low cry, stabilizing its body in the air.
‘No…’
‘No.’
‘It absolutely cannot become like that!’
‘The woman in that image isn’t me!’
‘To hell with the “Wife Project”! It must be terminated immediately!’
‘I must find a way to suppress this damn affability, or even… drive it back down!’
First, she had to reduce the time spent with that bastard.
Except for the mandatory task of returning to Shadowmoon Manor every midnight, she would stay as far away from the Horned Demon as possible for the rest of the time.
Second, she absolutely could not give him any more opportunities to show his “good” side to her.
Su Nian remembered clearly that her affability had spiraled out of control starting from when she was injured at the Floating Fortress and that Horned Demon bastard had personally looked after and fed her.
As for the night…
What should she do about that unavoidable time after returning to Shadowmoon Manor?
Su Nian’s gaze fell upon her Magic Phone.
Just today, the Magic Phone’s system had undergone an update.
The originally simple tower defense game had been named “Demons Must Die.”
That name…
The corners of Su Nian’s mouth twitched.
This game was one hundred percent developed by someone that the Horned Demon bastard had found.
A member of the Demon Race developing a game called “Demons Must Die.”
‘What on earth was going on in his head?’
‘A game… Eh!’
She seemed to have thought of an effective way to lower affability.
The “Distraction Method.”
Her affability was currently concentrated in her Physical Affability.
If she could play games during those times, perhaps she could reduce the influence that aspect had on her?