When Felyn walked out of the hospital, it was already dark.
The evening breeze cleansed away the hospital smell from his body.
For some reason, lately every time he finished meeting with Olivia, he always felt something strange.
Like being soul-level voyeurized by someone.
But the entire room had only himself and Olivia.
Could it be...
Did this world also have things like hidden cameras?
But he hadn't intended to do anything to Olivia anyway, so what was there to fear?
Felyn walked along the street, then sat on a bench under a giant maple tree.
Before he knew it, late summer was almost over.
Felyn picked up a maple leaf from the bench, examining the shape of autumn.
Tonight was originally Adeline's service time, but she had to convene a communication meeting between the student council and merchant guild tonight, so she had switched her service time.
Recently, Felyn felt that Adeline seemed to have changed a lot.
Although she still cared about Viloti, her past obsession with having to win had decreased considerably.
It seemed his companionship was quite therapeutic.
Maybe in the future he could consider becoming a psychological counselor, doing psychological counseling.
He'd charge 1000 crowns per hour.
Felyn took out his schedule from his bag and spread it on his knees.
A few maple leaves floated down onto the notebook, landing right where a client's name was written.
Princess of the Siveshus Empire.
His clients were usually important people. From this perspective, Felyn had actually made it into the high-end market, only serving quality clients.
This princess really liked Zervanie lately. This recently explosive popular songstress had spread her charm into the royal capital.
The princess's bedroom was covered with Zervanie's posters and merchandise.
Every time, the princess would make Felyn listen to stories about Zervanie until late at night.
Thanks to his previous client being Zervanie herself, Felyn often had the latest firsthand news to tell the princess.
Of course, this news was also information that could be disclosed to the public. Felyn would never tell anyone about his clients' privacy.
Except for Daiyi—she had purely figured it out herself.
Since his contract with Zervanie ended, Felyn had found it difficult to keep track of Zervanie's information.
That Zervanie was really too busy every day, going everywhere to participate in activities and performances.
If you weren't careful for even a moment, there would be piles of news about her, and you couldn't tell which was real.
To cater to Her Highness's preferences, Felyn planned to go to Zervanie's merchandise store tonight to try his luck.
Felyn closed his notebook, shouldered his bag, and walked toward the nearby commercial street.
He didn't notice that a girl with ice-blue eyes wearing a hat had just walked past him, also heading toward the commercial street.
Night had already enveloped the entire commercial street. Like all commercial streets in the Siveshus Empire at this time, two giant support banners hung on either side of the entrance.
The light from the lamps made Zervanie on the posters even more captivating. She wore her stage dress, smiling at everyone who came here.
Everyone loved such an energetic, lively, cheerful beautiful girl.
If you only saw the side of Zervanie on stage, Felyn would also admit her charm.
But the Zervanie in front of him was really too terrible.
If it weren't for the contract, he would have run away long ago.
Accompanied by the wind chimes at the shop entrance, Felyn pushed open the door of the merchandise store.
"Welcome!"
Greeting Felyn was a shop clerk with a Zervanie badge on her chest and a life-size Zervanie standee.
Looking around, the store was filled with Zervanie merchandise and albums everywhere.
The place was packed with students in school uniforms. The lively conversation mixed with Zervanie's songs playing in the store, making it feel like another world—a world without worries.
This was Zervanie's merchandise store.
With Zervanie's explosive popularity, merchandise stores themed around her had quickly begun appearing in various places throughout Seiwa.
Her posters and badges and other merchandise were often in short supply.
Whenever Felyn saw these people frantically pulling out their wallets for Zervanie's merchandise, he would sigh that his character was really too noble, too professional.
During the contract period, he often had to clean up Zervanie's bedroom. Her bedroom was scattered with her carelessly thrown socks and underwear. If he'd taken some while cleaning, she definitely wouldn't have noticed.
If he'd stolen them to sell to fans, it would have started at at least 100,000 crowns.
I, Felyn, really have too much integrity—I never did such things.
"Young man, can I look at the badge on your chest?" The clerk's gaze fell on Felyn's chest.
Felyn still wore the high-grade badge with broken magic crystal that the academy support group had distributed when Zervanie came to Saint Andros Academy last time.
He'd sold most of them, leaving only this one.
"It even has a layer of magic crystal! This isn't available on the market—it must be a custom-made piece!"
"Yes, I'm a fanatical fan of Miss Zervanie!"
A trace of fanaticism flashed in Felyn's eyes.
"I can tell!"
This was Felyn's plan.
He had absolutely no time to filter content from Zervanie's massive amount of information that would satisfy Her Highness.
This was the first time Felyn missed a certain software with big eyes from his original world.
For efficiency, Felyn planned to disguise himself as a fanatical Zervanie fan, so he could casually chat with any fan and learn about Zervanie's recent news.
"Do you know if Miss Zervanie has any new news lately? I just got out of the hospital and feel like I don't know about so many things."
"There's so much!"
As expected, even the shop clerk couldn't contain herself when she saw a fellow fanatical Zervanie fan.
She began talking non-stop, as if she could never finish.
Felyn nodded while taking detailed notes in his notebook.
Soon several days' worth of news filled several pages.
He had to admit Zervanie was really working hard—she actually had so many things to do every single day.
And this clerk in front of him actually remembered it all. It seemed today was really lucky. If he had to search one by one, it would waste a lot of time.
Seeing that Felyn had even taken out a notebook to record everything, the clerk became even more convinced of his identity as a fanatical fan and told Felyn many insider rumors.
"Thank you so much!"
Felyn put away his pen and notebook. This intelligence gathering work had been completed so simply.
Now Her Highness would definitely be happy.
Then his wallet would be plump.
The clerk had just mentioned that several new Zervanie badges had recently come out. Felyn planned to buy them to give to Her Highness.
After all, with her special status, she usually couldn't buy these things.
Felyn walked to the shelf, carefully selecting.
He didn't notice that right across from the shelf, a girl wearing a hat was standing by the shelf watching him.
A strand of silver-white hair hung down from her hat, and the girl didn't bother to manage it.
Her ice-blue eyes sparkled with excitement, filled with Felyn's image.
Felyn was just asking about my things, right?
He wore my badge on his chest, talked excitedly with the clerk about my affairs, and now he was going to buy my merchandise.
See, see, Felyn really still loves me, right?!
(End of Chapter)