Chapter 93: Topic of Love

“Ugh…”

Via opened her eyes, looking at the ceiling of her room.

Feeling the warm sunlight spilling onto her body, she realized it was already morning.

“Ha~”

After yawning, she turned over and found that Stella wasn’t lying in bed.

“Has she woken up already?”

Via got out of bed, put on her slippers, and pushed open the door.

“Meow meow~ Meow meow~”

In the living room, the blue-haired girl was holding a cat teaser wand, waving it back and forth in front of the little yellow cat.

The little yellow cat kept bouncing and jumping, trying to catch the cat teaser.

“Good morning, Via,” Stella greeted Via.

“Good morning.”

Via raised her hand, responding to Stella.

She still felt a bit strange in her heart.

Could it be that she had temporarily accepted living with Stella for the time being?

“Stella, you… really don’t plan to move out?”

“I have no plans for the time being.”

Stella smiled slightly; she seemed determined to entangle Via.

“Besides, don’t you have to keep an eye on me to prevent me from saying something reckless? What if I accidentally reveal your identity? That would be bad.”

“Sigh!”

Via held her forehead and sighed.

She felt a bit of a headache.

Although she didn’t really want to become roommates with Stella, she also felt that she indeed needed to observe this imperial princess for a while.

“Via, from your tone, it seems like although you’re helpless, you’ve still accepted it?”

“Stella, I can consider becoming roommates with you, but I have some requirements that you must accept; otherwise, this matter is off the table.”

“What is it? Tell me.”

“How many people know about you moving into my dorm?”

“Probably only Teacher Anima and the dorm manager; no one else knows.”

“Hm?” Via blinked, “Doesn’t Lucy know either?”

“Yeah, I didn’t tell her.”

“…Oh.”

Via was surprised.

She had thought that the relationship between Stella and Lucy was very good, but thinking carefully, Lucy’s family was showing favor because of Stella’s identity; the two might not be genuine friends.

This was best, to avoid Lucy making it known to everyone after finding out.

“Alright then, Stella, you must not tell anyone else about us becoming roommates.”

“Why?”

“To avoid trouble.”

“That’s a bit hurtful.”

Stella appeared very hurt; her cat teaser was caught by the little yellow cat.

“I thought Via would be very happy, going around propagating that she had gotten on good terms with the imperial princess, and no one would dare bully her anymore.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to be too ostentatious; the fewer people who notice me, the better.”

“Mr. W is really low-key.”

“Whatever you say, anyway, in the future, even if we meet, we have to act completely unfamiliar, reduce conversations in front of others, got it?”

“Okay~”

“Also, the times we return to the dorm must be staggered; we can’t be seen by others. Even if others notice something, you have to say you moved to a nearby dorm, but don’t specify which one.”

“You’re really strict, Via.”

“For now, that’s all; if I think of more later, I’ll add them!”

“Via, have you noticed that if we do these things, it’s very much like a certain relationship.”

“What relationship?”

Via was a bit confused; what relationship could this be?

Stella smiled slightly, raised her finger, and said word by word: “Un-der-ground lov-ers.”

“You, what joke are you making!”

Via’s cheeks turned red, and she quickly turned her head away.

“We’re both girls; how can girls be lovers?!”

“Eh? Via, girls becoming lovers isn’t unheard of; there are quite a few same-sex couples in the academy.”

“Is there such a thing?”

Via really didn’t know much about other people’s relationships in the academy.

Anyway, in the Holy Land, clerics definitely couldn’t.

Same-sex couples were forbidden; it was outright heretical behavior.

“Are you playing dumb? The girls around Lucy change every day; you should know what she’s doing, right?”

Via saw it now.

The key was, Lucy seemed to really have interest in her.

“If you don’t like girls, then do you like boys, Via?” Stella asked a quite subtle question.

“Boys?”

Via was stunned.

She really hadn’t thought about it.

In her previous life, she was a man; even if her body was female, her heart was still thoroughly male.

Still with other guys—

Thinking here, the pink-haired girl covered her mouth, her eyes spinning in circles.

No, she really couldn’t even think about it; she almost made herself vomit.

“As expected, Via, you still like girls,” Stella saw Via’s reaction and drew a conclusion.

“Why must we talk about love?”

“At this age, it’s quite common behavior,” Stella seemed slightly puzzled, “Others are all doing it.”

“It has nothing to do with me; anyway, I won’t consider it!”

Via wouldn’t consider these things.

What could she get from dating besides wasting her precious time?

“Alright, I’m discussing serious matters with you; don’t lead the topic to such boring things! Remember what I said today!”

“Oh.”

Stella nodded; it seemed she had accepted it.

“Today I have to go to school; I’ve been absent too much recently. If I don’t show my face, Anima will call me to the office again.”

Before going to wash up, Via glanced at Stella.

She noticed that this princess wasn’t wearing the Avalon Academy uniform.

“What about you?”

“I probably won’t go to class today; I plan to go out.”

“To the black market?”

“Mm, to solve some problems.”

“What do you usually do at the black market?”

Via suddenly realized that Stella had never said what she did at the black market.

It couldn’t be just purely seeking excitement, right?

“Via, are you interested in me and want to start understanding me?” Stella laughed, “No problem, I can tell you some stories about myself.”

“…Forget I said anything.”

“Fine, I’ll tell you; I want to solve the problem about sleeping.”

Stella picked up the little yellow cat.

“I can tell you don’t really want to sleep together with me; naturally, I won’t force it. After all, if we’re not lovers, two people lying on the same bed every day will only make the relationship worse.”

“So you do have common sense in this area.”

“Via, wait for it; when I come back, I’ll bring you good news.”