"Sorry, sorry," Felyn hadn't expected to be caught in his act of peeking.
He quickly turned around and went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
The fried eggs sizzled in the frying pan.
"Bernice, do you have any friends who could participate in the seal competition with us?"
By now, Bernice had already put on her school uniform, as if she had become a completely different person—youth and pure desire bloomed on her again.
She looked at Felyn's back with some confusion.
"Didn't you already make arrangements with Viloti?"
"That was just for one match. I can't always trouble her." Felyn said, his hands never stopping their work.
Seal squad members were freely formed teams, not fixed ones. Anyone could participate and could also quit midway.
Only those who participated in the competition would receive points.
"I think she'd be very willing to help you."
"That's exactly the problem—I have nothing to repay her with." Felyn placed breakfast on the table.
This time, Viloti had proposed a date as the condition for participating.
What about next time? It couldn't be another date, could it?
"Bernice, breakfast is ready. Should we go to school after eating?"
......
Due to the seal competition, part of Saint Andros Academy's campus was open to the public.
Being able to see the noble young masters and ladies in embarrassing situations, plus that heavyweight mysterious guest, naturally attracted many people to watch.
At the school gate, Linda and student council members were doing their best to maintain order.
The Level 5 competition that Felyn was participating in used high-level seals, making it very entertaining to watch, so it was scheduled for the opening ceremony day.
"Is it really this lively?" Felyn muttered to himself.
Under the gaze of so many people, he would have to hide behind two beautiful girls.
Actually, Felyn's Lucky Draw was already quite a strong trump card, capable of randomly releasing multiple high-level seals.
It's just that such behavior was considered an absolute taboo of blasphemy against the gods in this world, so Felyn didn't dare use it in front of everyone.
"Felyn, you know the rules, right?"
"Mm-hmm. We lose if we forfeit or if all three of us can't fight, right?"
"Yes, so if you see me and Viloti fall, surrender quickly."
"Understood." Felyn scratched his head.
"I infiltrated Seiwa—who can guarantee that people from other divine churches won't infiltrate Seiwa too?" Bernice added.
Except for the Royal Capital district, other districts in Seiwa strictly prohibited long-term stays by outsiders.
Bernice must have used some special means to obtain the identity to live here.
Walking into the campus, the noisy sounds from outside gradually faded away.
Felyn and Bernice walked side by side, and a blue butterfly caught Bernice's attention.
Felyn looked at Bernice turning her head to follow the butterfly with her gaze. She had been wearing bloodstained armor this morning, but now she was wearing a school uniform, transformed into a beautiful girl walking to school.
This contrast made him momentarily unable to distinguish the boundary between reality and illusion.
"Felyn!"
A voice as clear as cherry blossoms came from behind.
Viloti walked over from behind. Today she hadn't left her wavy hair loose but had neatly tied it into a high ponytail.
"Felyn, are you hurt anywhere?"
Viloti carefully searched Felyn's body for any signs of injury.
Seeing that Felyn wasn't hurt, she breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed her premonition had been wrong—Felyn hadn't encountered any danger last night.
That was good.
"Me? I'm not injured anywhere."
What both Felyn and Viloti didn't know was that if Adeline hadn't changed her mind last night, today's Felyn might not have been the complete and pristine Felyn anymore.
"Let's go," Felyn said.
The three walked toward Saint Andros Academy's seal competition arena, while in the shadows around the corner, a pair of eyes watched their departing figures.
"Viloti, I've finally found you." From the shadows came a completely unfamiliar female voice.
At the entrance to the seal competition arena.
After showing their student IDs, the guards at the entrance led the three to a waiting room where Felyn's group would make their final preparations before going on stage.
In the corridor, Felyn saw that all the teams scheduled to appear today were nervously discussing something.
"Let's do a final check of our seals."
Arriving at the waiting room, Bernice closed the door and discussed with Viloti.
Today, both Bernice and Viloti had brought an incredibly large number of seals, all fourth-order and above.
As for Felyn, he had brought four third-order seals and a dozen first and second-order seals—these were all his savings.
For Felyn, high-level seals had no meaning at all.
His low-level seals could be randomly converted to high-level seals through Lucky Draw. Though unstable, it was very cost-effective.
Naturally, he hadn't stockpiled many high-level seals.
Looking at Felyn's first-order seals, Bernice suddenly thought of something unlikely to happen.
Demon Hubert's origin transfer magic could only destroy third-order and above seals.
If they wanted to defeat the demon, then Felyn could only use the low-level seals in his hands.
But these low-level seals couldn't have any effect on Demon Hubert at all.
Could there be some evil art that could convert low-level seals to high-level ones?
Bernice squinted as she examined Felyn's seals, trying to see if there were any special patterns on them.
If that were really the case, the Truth Divine Church would probably be the first church to assassinate Felyn.
But could such evil arts really exist? It was too... hard to accept.
"Bernice?"
"Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something. Back to business—the plan is the same as before, right? I'll handle destroying seals, and Felyn will stay by Viloti's side."
"Got it." Felyn made a gesture.
Just as the three were discussing, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Excuse me, since you're among the first contestants going on stage today, our mysterious guest will personally come to cheer you on! I can reveal a little—it's that super cute, recently super popular songstress!"
The excited scene the student council member had envisioned from the three didn't occur. On the contrary, Viloti remained expressionless, Bernice remained indifferent, and Felyn slowly closed his eyes.
What was wrong with these three? Why weren't any of them excited at all?
After knowing who that person was, I was so excited I couldn't even drink water—my hands kept shaking!
The student council member couldn't understand.
Felyn sighed. Speaking of mysterious guests, it couldn't be Zervanie, could it?
"Hello everyone! I'm this event's special guest, Zervanie Einzbern!"
Just as Felyn had predicted, Zervanie stood in the doorway wearing a light blue athletic uniform, showing a sweet smile.
But her smile fell into this small waiting room like falling into an abyss, receiving no response whatsoever.
"Who is this person?" Bernice asked Felyn.
"I don't know her."
(End of Chapter)