Chapter 96
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Volume 3 + Chapter 96: Witch Express Delivery
To be honest, Xia Yi had never thought that someone would invite her to dance at the school social gathering.
After all, her reputation at Laurel Tree Academy had reached a rather strange level.
A tangy little green tea blend of orange and orange.
Someone who couldn’t quite be figured out in her relationships with several beautiful and popular girls.
Even though there was clearly nothing going on!
With such a reputation, no one would bother to come invite her.
However, unexpectedly, someone actually came to find Xia Yi and invited her to be a dance partner.
And it was a boy!
Judging by his demeanor and outfit, he should be a noble, an upperclassman—not a first-year—
Huh?!
Xia Yi’s eyes widened. The boy in front of her—she seemed to know him!
“Xia Yi, you don’t have a dance partner yet, right?” The boy from Laurel Tree Academy asked.
“No.”
“Then, would you be willing to accept my invitation?”
The boy smiled and made a rather gentlemanly invitation gesture.
She remembered. Xia Yi remembered who this voice belonged to.
It was Albert!
Back when they were at the coast of Golde, Hill—acting as a teacher of Laurel Tree Academy—led his students in researching the Black Tide. Among them was a male student named Albert.
Xia Yi had a deep impression of him.
Because Albert, like Hill, had faced the Black Tide directly. He had even been affected by it, acting a bit deranged at the time, shouting “Charge! Charge! Charge!” nonstop!
After the Black Tide was wiped out, Xia Yi had even dragged Hill and this guy along, using her true dragon form to fly them all back to Seaside City.
And now, they have met again at Laurel Tree Academy.
Judging by the looks of it, the influence of the Black Tide should’ve worn off—Albert now looked full of energy.
Next to Albert were a few other boys who seemed to be accompanying him in support.
“Handsome! Albert is so handsome!”
“Albert, charge! Charge!”
“As expected of Albert—pulling off something we wouldn’t even dare dream of. He actually went and directly invited Xia Yi!”
Other students also looked over curiously, joining in the gossip.
The only person to invite her ended up being Albert—Xia Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Was this something to be happy about?
She imagined briefly, if she were to dance with a boy—
Her soul was half male, after all—only her appearance was female—this… just didn’t feel right!
If it really came to that, the little princess would rather dance with a girl.
Albert… let’s not!
“Thank you for the invitation, but I can’t.” Xia Yi quickly refused.
“W-What?!”
Albert couldn’t understand.
“Xia Yi, you didn’t have any dance partner invitations, right? Accepting mine wouldn’t be a bad thing!”
Albert was fairly good-looking, from a noble family, had good grades, and had even completed a legendary-level research topic.
He certainly had many excellent potential partners to choose from, but being the “Charge Maniac” that he was, Albert wanted to stand out, so he went the opposite route and approached Xia Yi.
After all, if he could become dance partners with Xia Yi, nothing would be more buzzworthy. Albert also wanted to taste what it felt like to be the center of attention!
And what happened? He was directly turned down.
“Albert, you’re a little weird, but you’re barely a good guy! I’m not planning to attend the school social at all, and I won’t be having a dance partner!”
Leaving those words behind, Xia Yi gave a bow and left.
“I—I’m… weird?!”
Albert was dealt a heavy blow by this rejection and looked toward his companions.
His companions all gave him awkward but polite smiles, as if silently agreeing.
Albert was deeply shaken and dropped to his knees.
Now… he really couldn’t charge forward anymore!
But due to Albert’s actions, students at Laurel Tree Academy also became aware of Xia Yi’s stance.
Many felt a bit of regret—because if Xia Yi didn’t attend, it felt like the whole event would lose some of its fun.
…
Time quietly passed.
During this time, Xia Yi went to class as usual, enjoying student life at Laurel Tree Academy.
Ever since confirming with Hill about the inner demons and what happened between her and Biden’s soul, and now that she held that old guy’s weakness in her hand, she had become increasingly bold.
At first, she’d pretend to pay attention in class. Later, she couldn’t even be bothered to pretend.
Either she was sleeping during lectures, or she was reading manga.
This made Biden’s blood pressure skyrocket, but he was helpless.
As for Hill’s swordsmanship class, she still attended regularly—anyway, every day she secretly used Fox Radish’s swordsmanship and deliberately didn’t show her own.
This angered the little fox a lot, but hey, she had no money!
If Xia Yi quit, the little fox would have no money for food.
Days passed, and finally, it was the day of the school social.
“My destined rival, are you really not going to the school social?” Yue Liu asked Xia Yi.
“Not going.”
Xia Yi lay on the sofa, reading manga.
“Eh? You’re really not going? Is it because of the dance partner…” The little fox stammered. “I-I guess I have no choice! In that case, I, with great mercy, will reluctantly in—invite—”
“It has nothing to do with the dance partner. I just don’t want to go.”
Xia Yi flipped another page of her manga.
“Hmph!!”
This reply infuriated Yue Liu. She puffed out her cheeks, clearly upset.
“Hmph! Then you just stay alone in the dorm and keep wallowing in the dark! I’m going to the school social and feast on delicious food!”
Throwing out those words, Yue Liu left the dorm, and before she left, she slammed the door with a loud bang.
Xia Yi didn’t really understand why Yue Liu suddenly got mad at her. Whether she went or not—what did that have to do with Fox Radish?
She really couldn’t figure it out.
For a 30-year-old adult, this was still too puzzling.
Tonight, the party would be held at the Schubert family’s estate in Laurel City, which was also Lia’s home.
Apparently, many people were looking forward to it—after all, the venue was different. The Schuberts were one of the Four Great Houses of the Rhine Kingdom, so their influence didn’t even need to be explained. It was also a chance to connect with the Schubert family and leave a good impression.
As long as one had the Schubert family’s name, many people would go to great lengths to get close. Even during the era of the Human Sword Saint, Wright had experienced many such things…
Knock knock knock.
There was a knock at the door.
“Hi~ Xia Yi, your delivery has arrived. It’s express delivery,” said the person outside the door.
It was the food delivery she had ordered from the Laurel Tree Academy cafeteria.
This door-to-door delivery service was quite expensive, but she didn’t want to go to the cafeteria.
If she could avoid something, she would. That was one of the principles of the Silver Dragon Princess!
She got up, held the last few pages of her manga, walked to the door, opened it, took the delivery, said thank you, and closed the door.
Smooth and practiced—she was already used to it and didn’t even look at the delivery person.
But after taking a few steps, Xia Yi suddenly felt something was off. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw—
“…Wait!!”
The manga book in her hand fell to the floor. She suddenly turned around and reopened the door.
The person who had just delivered the food—was a witch!
