"The school festival will begin in half a month, which will also be everyone's graduation ceremony. I hope you all cherish your final days on campus."

After the teacher on the podium left the classroom, the room immediately became chaotic.

It was time for the lunch break.

Because Felyn had no friends, he enjoyed a moment of peace.

His current status was that of a commoner, so naturally, he wasn't in the same circle as the young masters and ladies of the nobility.

Felyn didn't care. He was already busy enough as it was, so how could he have the energy to consider his relationships with his classmates?

It was the same in any world; after graduation, everyone would go their separate ways, never to see each other again.

Just as Felyn was about to take out his lunchbox and go to his secret base to eat, the communication sigil in his pocket vibrated.

"Mr. Felyn, there's been progress on the matter you asked me about." The person on the line was Lucia, the receptionist from the Adventurers' Association.

"Today, an adventurer complained that all the monsters on the 23rd floor have disappeared, which is very strange. I thought you might need this information, so I'm letting you know."

"Thank you, Lucia. You've been a great help."

As the receptionist of the Adventurers' Association, Lucia often learned a lot of gossip from the adventurers' idle chatter.

Felyn had asked her to keep an eye out for anyone complaining about not encountering monsters in the dungeon recently. He hadn't expected to get news so quickly.

The disappearance of the monsters was very likely because that Demon King's daughter, Miss Eitani, had snuck out again for a bath or an outing.

Felyn wanted to find her and sign a contract with her.

"Um... Mr. Felyn, are you free anytime soon?" Lucia's somewhat shy voice came from the other end of the sigil.

"Hm? I've been preparing for exams recently, so I basically don't have any free time."

"Is that so... Then for this trip to the dungeon, will you be going with your teammate? If she's not going, I can go with you. After all, the 23rd floor is quite dangerous."

Felyn's registered teammate at the Adventurers' Association was Zervanie.

Their teammate relationship had not yet been dissolved; they were still part of the same team.

"She's probably been very busy recently and doesn't have time. I'll be going alone."

Felyn looked at Zervanie's name in the communication sigil, thinking of her unexpected confession that day.

Since that day, Zervanie had not come to school again.

Felyn didn't know if she didn't want to come, or if her schedule was simply too full.

Recently, Felyn often found himself thinking about past memories related to Zervanie.

Those actions that might have seemed normal at the time, or actions he thought were out of friendly concern, actually all contained her hidden feelings.

Felyn felt that from the very beginning, Zervanie had never given up on liking him.

She had been acting in front of him all along, pretending to be indifferent.

Felyn had to admit that he had been perfectly deceived by her.

If it weren't for Eitani's dream, he might never have discovered Zervanie's feelings.

Felyn, just like Viloti, had a very messy mind right now.

Past memories of Zervanie flooded his mind, leaving Felyn unable to figure out how to face her.

Fortunately, Daiyi and Zervanie were not close. She wouldn't call Zervanie to the house and have her corner him in the bathroom.

Just as Felyn was currently avoiding Zervanie, Viloti was also avoiding Felyn.

Standing in the hallway, Viloti saw Felyn walk towards the back of the school building, but she didn't follow him.

Viloti just wanted to take a look at Felyn, to see if he had lost weight recently, to see if he was doing well.

Seeing him was enough. There was no need to get too close; she might be discovered by Felyn.

"Miss Viloti Silafiel~"

Viloti's shoulder was lightly touched, and a young girl's voice came from behind. She slowly turned her head and found a girl she didn't recognize at all.

"May I call you Miss Viloti?" she said, moving closer to Viloti on her own accord, appearing a bit overly familiar.

Seeing that Viloti still had the same expressionless face, the girl realized Viloti might not know her.

"I'm Anise, Anise Noke. You might not know me well, but you should have heard of the Noke family, right? The Noke family is also a titled noble family and was recently granted an audience with the king."

"Oh." Viloti clearly didn't understand the subtext of Anise showing off her family.

The Noke family had only started gaining power in recent years; they were originally just a second-rate noble family.

But because of Noke's relationship with the Divine Church, coupled with the king's intention to support a family to counterbalance the Claude family, the Noke family's fortunes had soared, becoming a major family capable of rivaling the Claudes in just a few years.

And Anise, naturally, had also experienced the feeling of being carried along for the ride.

Originally, she had only studied at an ordinary school, but in recent years she had transferred to Saint Andros Academy for nobles.

After gaining wealth and power, her attitude had changed. Anise naturally no longer contacted her old friends. She now loved to be around young ladies from prominent noble families like Viloti.

"Miss Viloti, I don't mean anything by it. I just want to be friends with you. We're both noble young ladies, so we must have a lot to talk about."

"Friends?"

Viloti tilted her head. Speaking of which, Felyn had told her to make more friends.

But the people around her didn't dare to get close to Viloti, and Viloti was even less likely to take the initiative to make friends.

"Mhm!"

Anise moved closer to Viloti, wanting to take her arm.

But Viloti took a step back and pulled her hand away, preventing her from succeeding.

This action made Anise's brow furrow quickly. Then she squeezed out a smile and asked as if nothing had happened, "Miss Viloti, what were you looking at just now?"

"Looking at Felyn."

Viloti didn't dislike Anise; she just wasn't used to contact with others, especially with people she had just met.

"Felyn?"

Anise's eyes lit up when she heard the name.

"Miss Viloti, have you felt that Felyn has been a bit strange recently? I don't mean anything by it, I just heard some bad rumors."

"Become strange?" Viloti frowned and thought for a moment. Felyn hadn't been strange recently. He was, however, strangely good-looking.

"No." She shook her head.

"Then Felyn..."

Before Anise could speak, Viloti interrupted her. "Wait a moment, Miss Anise."

Viloti was already scared.

Another beautiful girl had appeared, and the first thing she talked about was Felyn this and Felyn that. It was too similar.

Too similar to her rivals!

"Miss Anise, do you like Felyn too?"

(End of Chapter)