Chapter 118
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Volume 3 + Chapter 118: By What Right?
Xia Yi initially thought the visitor was Hill.
But it wasn’t.
When she saw the girl standing outside her dorm room, she froze.
You are…
Who…
Who are you?!
Xia Yi didn’t recognize this girl at all.
Though wearing the Laurel Institute uniform, she had no memory of ever seeing this student before.
“Good evening, Xia Yi,” the girl said nervously. “I didn’t want to disturb you so late, but it’s important!”
“What’s the matter?”
“Actually, it’s not me looking for you, it’s Lia. I’m just delivering a message.”
The girl handed Xia Yi a letter.
“She instructed me to deliver this personally and have you open it immediately.”
“Lia?”
Xia Yi was even more confused.
What was this Lia up to?
After taking the letter and reading it, her expression changed.
「I know your Lawrence family identity is fake. Come to my manor now, or else—」
“What does this mean?!” Xia Yi demanded.
“Xia Yi, I don’t know anything! Lia just gave me this task. I’m really sorry to bother you! But… she paid me too well, and I’m short on funds right now…”
Xia Yi frowned.
The girl seemed genuinely ignorant, telling the truth.
She hadn’t anticipated Lia uncovering this secret. Did she know even more?
This made her extremely uneasy.
After some thought, she realized the secret was already exposed. She could avoid it tonight, but not tomorrow. Better to meet Lia and see what this strange younger sister wanted.
“I understand.”
“Then Xia Yi, if there’s no problem, we should go now,” the girl suggested.
……
“Is Xia Yi really Teacher… or not?”
“If not Teacher, why would she know Teacher’s swordsmanship at Sword Saint level?”
“But if she is Teacher… could Teacher’s personality really be this… adorable loli?!”
In the moonlit academy grounds,
Hill wandered alone, utterly distracted.
No matter how determined she’d been to teach normally today,
when actually facing Xia Yi, she’d instinctively kept her distance.
It was like escaping reality.
Especially when seeing Xia Yi’s cute appearance, her mind would go blank, shocked into speechlessness, only to realize she’d already fled.
Of course she wanted her teacher to be alive.
But returning as a silly moe loli was just…
At this thought, her mind became a tangled mess again.
“Huh? Who’s that?”
Hill suddenly spotted Xia Yi leaving the academy with another girl, heading in her direction.
“Mm…!”
Like before, she nervously hid herself to avoid them.
The two passed by without noticing Hill.
Watching Xia Yi’s retreating figure, Hill’s feelings grew even more complicated.
……
“We’re here. This is Lia’s manor.”
The girl brought Xia Yi to the Schubert family’s estate in Laurel City.
“You didn’t need to escort me. I know the way,” Xia Yi said.
“Sorry, Xia Yi. I had to ensure you arrived, or I wouldn’t get paid… Now that you’re here, my job’s done! Excuse me!” The girl quickly departed.
“Miss Xia Yi, our young lady has been expecting you. Please follow me.”
The manor gates opened as servants emerged to receive her.
Being summoned here so late at night…
Despite her discomfort, Xia Yi followed the servant deep into the manor, entering Lia’s residence.
“Miss Xia Yi, our lady awaits you upstairs.” The servants respectfully withdrew.
Inside the luxurious building, brightly lit yet empty,
Xia Yi ascended the grand staircase.
Along the way, elegant piano music reached her ears.
The performance was quite skilled.
Following the melody, she found a slightly ajar door.
Inside, a girl in a red gown sat at the piano, immersed in playing.
Music conveys the performer’s emotions, this piece carries strong undertones of possessiveness and impulse.
It was Lia.
Her younger sister, waiting for her.
Only when the final note faded and Lia’s hands left the keys did Xia Yi enter.
“Good evening, Lia,” Xia Yi greeted first.
“Good evening… that’s your first words upon seeing me?” Lia seemed deeply disappointed. “After all my anticipation for what you might say.”
“My piano skills must be too poor to even warrant comment?”
“Your playing is excellent.”
“How perfunctory. Your expression says it’s just polite talk, not genuine appreciation at all…”
Lia’s face darkened.
“Quite different from how you looked accepting someone else’s invitation.”
“Lia, I came because of this letter.” Xia Yi produced the message. “What exactly do you mean by this?”
“So without this letter, you’d never have come to see me, is that it?”
“That’s not the same thing.”
“Just answer yes or no.”
“……”
Xia Yi fell silent.
Because she truly had been avoiding this sister all along.
“A silent admission then, Xia Yi.”
Lia stood, her tone turning cold.
In the spacious room, the two stood at opposite ends.
“Xia Yi, tell me – at the freshman social’s dance, why didn’t you accept my invitation?”
“That was…”
Xia Yi felt a headache coming.
There was simply no way to explain this to Lia.
Why was she just like the little fox!
“Lia, if you’re upset about this, I can invite you right now to—”
“Silence!! Xia Yi, I need no charity or pity from you! I am of the Schubert family, having surpassed all other heirs in competition!”
Lia cut her off, trembling slightly as if Xia Yi’s words were trampling her underfoot.
“That’s not what bothers me.”
“You…”
“Answer my question, Xia Yi.” Lia stared straight at her. “By what right did you dare refuse my invitation?”
