Via became tense.
She was worried—had the other party seen through who she was?
If the other party exposed her identity, that would be big trouble.
After all, as a saintess candidate, if she was caught trading in the black market, the Holy Land definitely wouldn’t let her off.
Moreover, in others’ eyes, for someone like her with poor magical talent to secretly develop mana bombs, the Holy Land would absolutely suspect her.
If they investigated further, her purchase of the abyssal aura-infected magic core from Goren would also be discovered.
“Is there something?”
From under Via’s mask came a male voice.
On the surface, she tried to maintain her composure, keeping her voice without too much fluctuation.
“Mr. W, your robe is too long—it’s dragging on the ground. You could switch to a shorter one; otherwise, it’s too easy to get dirty.”
Stella made a baffling statement.
Lucy couldn’t understand why her best friend suddenly said something like that to a stranger.
Ole was completely puzzled too.
“… Thanks for the reminder.”
Via couldn’t guess what Stella meant.
But seeing that the other party didn’t make any further moves, she seized the opportunity.
“Count Favi, see you later.”
After tossing out those words, she quickened her pace, left the manor, and got into the carriage.
“Mr. W, wait for me!”
Boss Goren also chased after her.
Once the carriage door closed, the coachman drove off.
Via sat in the carriage, looking through the window as Stella’s figure gradually disappeared into the manor, frowning.
This girl was really too strange—completely incomprehensible. What exactly was going on in Stella’s head?
“Mr. W, do you know that girl from earlier?” Goren asked curiously.
“No, I don’t. This is my first time meeting her.”
“Alright.”
“Why, Boss Goren—have you seen her?”
“I have seen her, though only once.”
“Oh, what kind of situation was it?”
Via was somewhat curious.
As a student of Avalon Academy, was Stella actually hanging around the underground black market?
“Actually, it wasn’t anything major—just one day, a pretty common conflict broke out in the underground black market, happening right outside my shop. I was worried those guys making a fuss would affect my business, so I went out to take a look.”
Goren recalled the scene from that day.
“As soon as I stepped out, I saw several wanted criminals knocked down on the ground by that blue-haired girl. Those criminals weren’t pushovers—that girl handling them alone shows she has some skills.”
“So that’s how it was.”
Via pondered thoughtfully.
In the future, she should try to be more careful and keep her distance from this Stella.
“Stella, why were you staring at that strange black-robed masked person earlier?”
After returning home, Lucy was somewhat puzzled.
“Well, no particular reason—I just thought his voice was pretty nice.”
Stella replied.
“You’re interested in him?” Lucy blinked. “From the voice, he does sound quite young.”
“I’m just wondering if under that mask is a cute face.”
“Cute? Why use that word to describe a man? You’re so weird.”
Lucy couldn’t help but laugh.
Then, thinking about it, she realized Stella seemed to have never been in a relationship—could it be that she finally couldn’t hold back?
After all, it was adolescence.
It seemed that compared to girls, Stella was still interested in men.
Thinking this, she felt a bit relieved.
At least she wouldn’t make a move on Via.
“He’s my father’s business partner. Need me to have my father introduce you?”
“I think it’s unnecessary. He and I will have chances to meet later.”
“You’re still so strange. You don’t even know him—how do you have such weird ideas?” Lucy shook her head, dismissive.
“… Princess Stella, this letter—I’ll trouble you with it.”
The room door opened, and Ole walked in.
He brought a letter and handed it to Stella, hoping this princess of the empire’s imperial family would take this letter back to the royal family.
The private connections between the Favi family and the royal family really could only rely entirely on Stella to climb.
“Duke Favi, if I have time, I’ll help deliver it to my father emperor, but whether he reads it or not, I can’t guarantee.”
Stella replied.
She actually wasn’t too concerned about the Favi family’s matters—her mind was still on that Mr. W from earlier.
“Meow meow?”
“The dried fish is in the small bowl in the corner of the living room—go eat it yourself. I’m busy and don’t have time to play with you.”
In the Magic Workshop, Via heard the little yellow cat meowing behind her and didn’t even turn her head.
“Meow!”
The little yellow cat butted its head against Via, quite unhappy, and ran off.
“Finally got them!!”
Via looked at the colorful mountain-like pile of magic stones in the Magic Workshop, very happy.
This Ole was really generous—she asked for five hundred magic stones, and he really sent them over.
She only needed to use one hundred magic stones to make the mana bombs—the remaining four hundred magic stones were all hers, completely usable to replenish energy for the Demon King Armament.
Key point: after she finished making the one hundred mana bombs, Ole still needed to pay her one hundred gold coins as remuneration.
Profit—big profit!
“Alright, let’s start right away. The mana bombs and such can be done slowly later. Right now, the most important thing is to charge the Demon King Armament!”
To improve the charging efficiency of the Demon King Armament, Via tried setting up a dedicated charging magic array.
Somewhat regrettably, the magic she had mastered in the past was mostly combat-oriented—functional magic like this wasn’t her specialty.
It could only be said to be barely usable.
“Demon King Armament, activate!”
Like before, Via activated the Demon King Armament and turned on charging mode.
The mana in the Magic Workshop flowed, stimulating the mana from the magic stones through the dedicated charging magic array and injecting it into the Demon King Armament.
“Once these four hundred magic stones are all consumed, it should be enough for me to use the Demon King Armament for a while.”
Watching the Demon King Armament charging steadily, Via felt at ease.
She couldn’t help but yawn.
In recent days, there had been too many things, keeping her nerves constantly taut. Now that she relaxed a bit, her eyelids started fighting.
“I want… to rest a while…”
…
“Meow?”
Under the dorm building, while the little yellow cat was searching for mice in the grass, it discovered a blue-haired girl carrying a suitcase, walking toward the dorm.
It ran up and circled in front of the girl twice.
“Little kitty, do you want to go up with me too?”
The blue-haired girl smiled, picked up the little yellow cat, and placed it on the suitcase.
“Then let’s head out together.”