Chapter 146

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Chapter 146

Sylas’s recent whereabouts have been a bit strange, Luna didn’t notice at first, but instead felt fortunate to have a chance to be alone with the twins.

"Hey, hey, what’s the deal with Sylas? What do they do in their family? Why is it so mysterious?"

Swis shrugged, "Honestly, we don’t know either."

"Doesn’t she live in Withered Leaf City?"

Not entirely, she doesn’t live within the city area. It’s possible she lives in the suburbs, like a noble, or maybe a magician who built a tower anywhere.

"They come from a family of magicians, which is pretty normal. Have you been to her house?"

"No, not at all."

"And do you know her address?"

"Her mailing address is a post office box. Hey, stop asking, if she doesn’t want to share."

"But aren’t you curious? Especially you, Swis, aren’t you curious?"

This is the crux of the matter, Swis stared into Luna’s beautiful blue eyes and stammered, "Of course, I’m curious. Well, Sylas is our friend, right?"

"Of course she is."

"No matter what happens to her, it won’t affect our relationship, right? Because our relationship is the result of all the known and unknown factors that existed at that time, isn’t it?"

Luna didn’t know why he suddenly became so serious, but the expressions on the twins’ faces became equally grave.

"Yes, but? What’s wrong with you guys?"

Swis lowered his voice and said, "Before Sylas came to Star Song Castle for pre-school, we were just pen pals, we had never met. In her letters, she often mentioned only one person, ‘the teacher’."

"We used to think she was raised from a young age… in seclusion."

Luna widened her bright blue eyes and suddenly got excited. "Wow, are you saying… there’s someone who claims to be her teacher and raised Sylas for… What kind of person is the ‘teacher’? Is he handsome and elegant, good-looking, and rich?"

Swis took a step back, feeling a bit scared by her. "Umm… I don’t know, I really don’t know. But he must be rich, right? Magicians are never poor, right?" His expression had become quite strange as he stared at Luna, who suddenly became enthusiastic. He exchanged a glance with Caroline, and ultimately decided to hold back some information from her.

"Oh…" The fiery glow in her eyes cooled down a bit, but soon revived. "Have you seen him? Have you seen the ‘teacher’?"

"Of course not!"

Luna was so excited that she knocked the table, asking eagerly, "Tell me more, what else? Why do you think Sylas is… ‘different’?"

"Sylas doesn’t have any common sense at all. She doesn’t even know how to use money. She doesn’t understand any of the tricks or sing any nursery rhymes that all the other kids know. Her childhood seems to be blank. The ‘teacher’ taught her some strange things…"

"What? What is it?"

Swis took a step back and said, "Spelling and Setis language syntax, things like that."

"Oh…" Luna sat back disappointedly, "That’s not strange at all… Is there more?"

"…In any case, it’s as if she was raised in an isolated place, with no one around except the teacher. The teacher was her whole world. But now she’s being sent to school."

"Did anyone ask her why?"

"No one dares to." Swis said provocatively, hinting at her not forgetting what Sylas did to her, lifting her up in the air.

"Oh… Is that all?"

"Gone, all the information has been shared with you."

Luna held her chest, frowned slightly, and Caroline and Swis thought she was going to say a line from a play or something, but she just sighed dramatically.

But just when everyone thought things were coming to an end, she suddenly said softly:

"Since it’s a fate that genuine lovers always suffer, let us practice patience, because this suffering, just like memories, illusions, sighs, hopes, and tears, is an unfortunate companion that love cannot do without."

Swis looked at Caroline with an expression of unbearable and incredulous, Caroline spread her hands, indicating "What can I do? It’s not like I’m daydreaming."

Luna suddenly snapped back to reality, "Hmm? Where has Sylas been lately? We haven’t seen her around much."

"Oh my goodness, I thought you knew? She didn’t tell us."

The alarm bells in the minds of the three of them rang loudly, fearing that the little fairy who wanted nothing to do with the world had been taken away by some bad person.

But just then, Sylas suddenly walked into the dorm room and asked, "Why are you all here?"

Swis trembled as if caught doing something wrong, quickly shaking his head and saying, "It’s nothing, silly sister. I need to go back and study."

"If you say it again, you will regret coming into this world! ‘Swift as the wind’!"

Just now, Swis gave himself a "light as a feather" feeling, but in the blink of an eye, he was swept away by his sister’s strong wind.

The day of the exam finally arrived. After finishing the test, Xerath could go home. Sylas told Xerath the exam schedule, but she didn’t write a letter to herself. Sylas wasn’t even sure if Xerath would come to pick her up.

This matter had troubled her for a whole semester. With each passing day, disappointment increased. Today, her frustration had reached its peak.

She wasn’t late for the exam, but she bumped into Sauran. Usually, they had no interaction, but this time Sauran stared at her like a crawling creature. A repulsive smirk appeared on his otherwise handsome face, "Isn’t this Xerath, the foolish and fanatic believer?"

Since the failed attempt to catch her during that class, Sauran seemed to constantly be in a hostile state towards her. Just now, as their eyes met, Sauran couldn’t help but mock, "What’s the matter, top student? Are you going to attack me in today’s exam too?"

Indeed, Sylas really wanted to. She didn’t know how to peacefully get along with her enemy (obviously, since he attacked the archmage first, Sylas already considered him an enemy). In her limited memory, she believed that anyone she disliked had to be killed, or else they would keep attacking her over and over again.

But clearly, she couldn’t. It was already enough to bother her. Sylas turned around and walked out of the exam hall.

"Why isn’t she coming for the exam?" However, news of Sylas’s absence reached Dean Eilan’s ears about two hourglasses after the start of the exam.

"Um… I don’t know, ma’am," the young inspector reported truthfully.

Inspector Eilan was extremely angry and summoned a succubus to accompany her to Snowfall Yard.

Sylas sat defiantly at the edge of the bed, feeling uneasy inside. She knew that according to the school’s strict discipline, someone might find her in the dormitory soon and drag her to the exam hall. Then she wouldn’t even be able to write a single word.

Restless, she grabbed a book from her roommate Luna’s bedside, wrapped in a cheap colorful cover that girls liked, and it said "World History" on it. She remembered Luna always reading World History. Is World History really that interesting?

She randomly flipped open a page, expecting to see maps or illustrations of characters like merchants, soldiers, and cities, but there was none. Only an anonymous figure in a robe with an outstretched hand, facing a shy and beautiful girl.

This doesn’t seem like world history. Then she started reading the words, "…Lusono grabbed Marianne’s wrist, and the ignorant girl looked at him with confusion, making him feel a bit of pity, causing him to loosen his grip on her hand.

Surprisingly, Marianne gripped his wrist in return and leaned against his shoulder, softly saying, ‘Teacher, I’m going upstairs to get my art supplies. Oh, leaving you even for a moment feels so difficult.’"

Lusono chuckled softly, released his hand, and lightly pushed the girl’s bottom. The amazing elasticity excited his desire for a moment, then he calmly said, ‘Go quickly and come back quickly, don’t even think about skipping class like this.’ But there was a voice in his mind that said disdainfully: Soon, you will fear me…"

She closed the book with a loud "snap".

Indescribable feelings filled her heart, even though she didn’t understand the meaning of some words, like why "desire" would throb, or why a girl’s ignorance would "move his sympathetic heart," or why the girl would quickly "fear" … She still sensed an unusual tension and … another kind of hidden tension.

This unknown hidden tension scratched at her heart, and to understand what all of this meant, she opened the book again. She felt nervous for some reason, constantly looking back, maybe afraid that Luna would suddenly come back and see her flipping through her normally off-limits "World History," maybe just afraid someone would discover her reading this … not-so-good thing.

Yes, she instinctively knew that this was something "not-so-good, something she shouldn’t let others catch her reading."

Suddenly, there was noise outside the door, and she hastily hid inside the wardrobe.

Someone came in, it was the stern Dean Eilan, her meticulously styled golden bun reminding her of Xerath, and behind her, a seductive succubus with a provocative figure looked around, then disappointedly said to Eilan, "My mistress, it seems I’m not needed here."

Disappointment aside, her voice was extremely charming, soft and alluring, like she was being playful, yet also flirting.

Eilan chuckled softly, glancing at the succubus and saying, "Being with me is your purpose all along, let’s go."

The succubus didn’t move her body, but her heart-shaped, long black tail curled around Eilan’s waist. When Eilan turned around, the succubus suddenly placed both hands on her shoulders and asked with a flirtatious smile, "My mistress, won’t you give your little succubus any sweet treats?"

With sparkling eyes and an enchanting appearance, she might bewilder 90% of men and 50% of women, but Eilan remained unfazed. She pushed her glasses up and said, "Kuowa, we’re in the dormitory."

"But there’s no one around, so give me a little kiss, okay?" She happily extended half of her face.

However, the owner of the succubus still spoke coldly, "Just this once, don’t do it again, Kuowa."

"Alright, alright, my owner!" The succubus excitedly bounced up and down, her tail tip swaying back and forth. Her whole tail wriggling around Eilan’s waist, it would appear quite adorable to someone who isn’t afraid of snakes.

Eilan used the tip of her pinky finger to gently brush aside the black strands of hair on Kuowa’s face and pecked her cheek lightly, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The succubus laughed with joy, could this light and airy kiss make her so happy? Sylas, however, watched with a heart full of bitterness, envious that the succubus could get a kiss just by acting cute…

–I want one too. But Xerath would push me away, maybe get angry, maybe order me not to come close to her…

She thought despondently.

With her hands behind her back and her tail swaying, the succubus hopped and skipped along with Eilan as they walked out.

Sylas sighed deeply, snapped her fingers, and lit up the entire wardrobe with a glowing ball. She opened the "World History" book and began to read.