Since we’re already at this point, the atmosphere finally turned serious.
The silver-haired beauty who had successfully changed the subject got up and turned on the room light.
Then she sat back on the bed, sulking as she vented her frustrations to her mortal enemy: “Making me guarantee the safety of all the students in that Nation of Beasts Instance dungeon?”
“That’s practically impossible, right? Such a demand is just absurd…I don’t even know what I did to get on Director Richard’s bad side. Lynn, you have to have a good solution, don’t you?”
Keti looked up, hope shining brightly in her eyes as she gazed at Lynn.
After a moment…the mortal enemy seemed to ponder briefly, then shrugged helplessly and said on the spot: “Seems like, there really isn’t a good solution~”
“Eh?!”
Keti, who had pinned all her hopes on her mortal enemy, twitched at the corner of her mouth and suddenly felt her vision darken…
Poor thing, she was about to burst into tears…
“Can’t you at least try to think of something? This test is just a task Director Richard assigned privately, right? It’s not an official school requirement or anything. Lynn, can’t you plead for me? If it really comes down to it, maybe bribe him a little, or report him to the school!”
“Ah…I’m afraid it’s not as simple as you think, little kitty. Richard’s got the guts to be stubborn because… behind him is…”
As he spoke, the Councilor glanced around exaggeratedly, as if afraid someone might overhear.
After a moment, he leaned close to the girl’s ear and whispered softly: “His backer is the Mage Executive, the Great Elf!”
“Hiss…Executive?!”
“Yeah, yeah, one of the five Consuls of the Magic Tower Council who control all affairs in the Empire and hold the power over life and death!”
“Someone we absolutely can’t mess with! That’s why Richard’s so brazen. Sigh, after this, I might be…”
“Ahh…how did it come to this…”
Keti trembled with fear.
She never expected Richard to have such a powerful backing.
No wonder all the assistant teachers in the school feared him.
She just got on his bad side, and now she’s dragging Lynn into this mess too…
Though she disliked Lynn and thought he was a perverted weirdo…
That feeling of dragging others down was awful—just like when she was in the Hero Party before.
After a while, the girl was already thinking about backing out.
She had quite a bit of money now, so if things got bad, she could just run.
The Magic Tower and all that…for someone like her, maybe it was better to give up after all…
“Hmm…but actually, there is one way~! It’s just…”
Seeing the girl’s despondent face, Lynn suddenly smirked mischievously.
He scanned the messy dorm room, then glanced at the wardrobe where several clothes he’d bought for her were hanging.
He shook his head slightly.
Ah…little kitty’s dorm environment really reflects this guy’s male pride, but…this won’t do~
“Eh eh eh, what way?”
“Simple. Pass the test! Then not only will you avoid losing your job, you might even earn Richard’s approval, and you’ll get 500 Teaching Points.”
“That’s not your everyday points, but extremely valuable Special Teaching Points~ Isn’t that a great opportunity?”
“Ka… no, no, you make it sound easy! How can I possibly protect all the students from so many monsters in various instances? Am I supposed to kill all the monsters myself? Aren’t you overestimating me a bit too much?!”
“Pfft, of course I have a way. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t say it. But…this method definitely won’t be free for little kitty. Plus, with the 100,000 allowance I already gave you, I’ve got to…get something in return~”
“Eh? You…”
“Tomorrow night, right after work, wait for me at the Garden of the Imperial Capital. I’ll tell you the method then~ little kitty~!”
Seeing her mortal enemy’s mischievous grin, the silver-haired beauty’s antennae shot straight up in alarm.
Her internal radar was blaring—she started to suspect that the practical test was actually a conspiracy between Lynn and Richard…
So dangerous.
There was no way she could go!
But…
She…didn’t really have a choice, did she? Auu~
The silver-haired beauty suddenly remembered: all the money she had on hand was from Lynn, so running away wasn’t easy.
Besides…she didn’t really want to give up halfway.
She’d just started, and had only just solved the class discipline problem…
She was going to go, but before that, Keti suddenly recalled something very important!
Her mortal enemy still had her Projection Stone with private contents in it!
“Grr, I’ll go, but you have to delete everything from that Projection Stone, delete it, meow—!”
Keti lunged to snatch it back, but Lynn dodged smoothly and pinned her down on the bed.
After a moment, the silver-haired beauty raised her head with a wronged look and began to cry:
“Wah, what are you doing? I already agreed! That’s in the past! Delete it, delete it for me, auuu—”
Seeing her start to throw a tantrum, Lynn, who had planned to secretly enjoy little kitty’s cute side, gave an exasperated wave and softened his tone:
“Don’t cry, don’t cry. As long as you show up on time tomorrow, I’ll give you the Projection Stone as a gift, okay? Hmm…but I’m a little worried you might stand me up. If you can’t make it… hehehe~”
Lynn grinned mischievously, then suddenly stood up and waved at the girl.
“Alright, it’s late. Get some rest. Tomorrow, don’t be late~”
On the bed.
With the sound of the dorm door closing, Keti hurried to the door to peek out.
Seeing her mortal enemy really walk away, she finally felt at ease and lay back down.
Only…after that visit, Keti couldn’t fall asleep at all!
The anxiety had vanished without a trace, but…whenever she closed her eyes, all she could see was that awkward scene from before!
Ugh…especially when she thought about the fact that her mortal enemy still held her leverage.
What did he mean by that last thing before he left?
If she stood him up…then…then…
“Hehehe~ Little kitty, you don’t want the whole school to see you freak out when you take off, do you~”
Keti already pictured him grinning wickedly as he said this to her!
Grr…what should she do?
This was pure blackmail!
What exactly did he want from their meeting tomorrow?
She…she didn’t even dare to think about it…
It felt like it would be even more humiliating than the scenarios she had imagined earlier…
No, she really shouldn’t think anymore.
Why did she suddenly want to reward herself?
Forget it—!
FIR…
The next day, in the back corner of the classroom of Class 25, Year 1 at the Magic Academy, two sneaky girls nervously watched everyone entering the classroom.
“Hey, Layla…are you sure we won’t get caught sneaking in like this?”
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