Chapter 74
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Volume 3 + Chapter 74: Might As Well Skip Class
In the early morning, sunlight crept through the window’s edge, warming the blanket covering Xia Yi and stirring her from an unfinished sweet dream.
Ding ding ding ding ding!
It was that damned school time again.
Xia Yi woke up extremely unwillingly. She glanced at the clock by the bed, reached out her hand, and gave it a slap. Only then did that noisy thing finally shut up.
There just happened to be class this morning—Biden’s magic class—she couldn’t skip it.
So she had no choice but to stretch lazily and sit up.
Because she was a bit thirsty, Xia Yi opened the door and walked toward the living room to get some water.
At that moment, Yue Liu had already finished washing up and was fully dressed.
Her full figure filled out the Laurel Academy uniform, black thigh-high stockings wrapped around her slender legs, forming a tempting white “absolute territory” between the skirt and the stockings.
As usual, she had cast an illusion to hide her nine-tailed fox features. But her pink hair and pink eyes were still dazzlingly beautiful.
Today, she had even changed her hairstyle—her long hair was tied into a ponytail.
“Eh?”
Yue Liu was startled when she saw Xia Yi.
“Nemesis, you—!!”
“What? Why so dramatic?”
Xia Yi rubbed her eyes, filled a cup with water, and took a sip. The dryness on her lips was eased a bit, and her mind became clearer.
“The scent of vanilla is back! It’s vanilla milk ice cream!”
The little fox exclaimed in shock.
And she was saying things Xia Yi couldn’t make any sense of.
Vanilla milk ice cream?
“Fox-radish, eating something like that this early will upset your stomach.”
“I wasn’t talking about eating! Look at yourself!”
“Me?”
Xia Yi casually looked to the side and caught a glimpse of herself reflected in the window glass.
It was…
Silver?!
Although her appearance was still human, her hair had returned to its original silver color.
She quickly grabbed her hair for a closer look.
It seemed the effect of the transformation potion had worn off quite a bit.
So instead of a black-haired human girl, she had become a silver-haired one.
“Huh? That’s strange. Why did the potion wear off so soon? It shouldn’t have worn off yet…”
Xia Yi mumbled in confusion.
“Potion?” Yue Liu picked up on the strange word.
“…Nothing.”
“My nemesis, what method did you use to change from human to dragon?”
Yue Liu became increasingly curious.
“As far as I know, on this land there’s no method to change races. And if there were, it would only be something irreversible like what the undead do…”
“Not telling you.”
Xia Yi shut Yue Liu’s curiosity down with just five words.
After all, she had no obligation to explain things to a fox-radish.
“Hmph… Like I care that much! I’m not interested!”
Yue Liu refused to show weakness. After throwing out that line, she left the dorm and went to school.
Xia Yi returned to her room and stood in front of the mirror, examining herself carefully.
Only the color of her hair had changed. The other dragon features hadn’t emerged yet, but because the potion’s effect was fading, a faint dragon aura was starting to leak out.
However, since humans knew very little about dragons—barely anyone had even seen one—this tiny bit of aura wouldn’t be noticed.
All in all, it wasn’t a big problem.
“Still, I should probably take another dose of the transformation potion.”
Xia Yi took out the potion.
But when she opened the stash—
“There’s not much left…”
After counting, she realized that these remaining doses would only last for a short while in her human form. She’d have to refine more, or she wouldn’t have enough.
The most critical ingredient of the potion was Xia Lulu’s hair.
To prevent shortage of this core material, she had secretly stockpiled quite a bit of Xia Lulu’s hair.
Even the mouse had helped.
While Xia Lulu was at work, Xia Yi kept watch in front of her room, and the mouse would sneak in and steal the hair from the bed.
Now she just needed to gather the other materials, and she could make the potion herself.
“Xia Lulu’s hair isn’t a problem. The issue is the remaining ingredients… I don’t have much money left, and I’ve been supporting a fox-radish lately. There’s not enough to buy more.”
Xia Yi thought for a while. For now, there wasn’t much she could do except wait for the Lawrence family to send over her living expenses.
Then, she locked her room, drank the transformation potion, and lay down on her bed.
—
“Ugh…”
Xia Yi opened her eyes and saw the ceiling.
She touched her hair, lifted it to check—it had turned black again.
She sat up slowly and gradually shook off the grogginess. In front of the mirror, she confirmed—
She had returned to human form: black hair, black eyes, a human girl.
“Mm, that’ll do!”
Feeling relieved, Xia Yi began changing clothes to go to school.
But when she glanced at the clock, her expression froze.
It was almost noon.
“……”
Silence.
Biden’s magic class had started in the morning. Now that it was almost noon, it was already completely too late.
“Forget it. I’m late anyway, might as well just not go!”
Having thought that, Xia Yi was freed from her guilt.
“It’s not like I meant to skip on purpose. I couldn’t help it—it’s not my fault!”
She’d been very busy since the semester started. She had even bought manga but hadn’t had time to read it. She hadn’t kept up with the recent chapters, and they had piled up.
Book hoarding—a terrible habit.
Since she had time today, why not… take the chance to relax?
“Yay!! Manga time!!”
The little dragon successfully convinced herself. She pulled out her manga and snacks, hugged them all, jumped back onto bed, and began her wonderful day.
—
Evening.
Today was so delightful. She finished all her backlogged manga.
Xia Yi was in a great mood, humming to herself. It had been a long time since she had lived such a laid-back—oh no, “relaxed”—day.
“Nemesis, you… didn’t go to class today?”
Yue Liu asked upon returning to the dorm, puzzled.
“Ran into a little problem, didn’t go.”
“I heard that your magic instructor, Biden, was very angry.”
“It’s fine. People scarier than him have almost died of rage because of me—more than once.”
Xia Yi’s indifferent tone made it sound like something worth bragging about.
“What time are you sleeping?”
“Soon. I can’t be late for Hill’s class tomorrow—wait, why do you care so much?”
Xia Yi was confused.
“Didn’t you say this morning…”
“N-Nothing! Just ask casually, don’t overthink it!”
Yue Liu quickly looked away, dropping the topic.
—
Lights out.
Yue Liu quietly got out of bed, opened the door, walked to Xia Yi’s room, canceled her illusion, and pressed her fox ears to the door.
Good. Xia Yi was asleep. She could rest assured.
Then, Yue Liu returned to her room. Now, her plans could begin.
—
“…Mmph…ah…mm…Xia Yi…my nemesis…mmh… I must not let you…find out…”
In the middle of the night, from the room of the nine-tailed fox girl, came… some rather delicate breathing sounds.
sketchyqueen
can at wait for the inevitable potion ingredient run and someone catches her