"Principal, what is your purpose in knowing so much?"

"Huh?" I abruptly asked a discordant question, startling the principal.

"What will you do once you know?" she replied.

"Your eyes, your low rank and low skill, it's all because of the seal in your eyes!" I said.

"What seal?"

The principal picked up a mirror and placed it in front of me, saying, "My purpose is simple, it's for the sake of an old friend watching over you."

Although the principal seemed to be in a sweet mood, I didn't have the heart to care about her. I held the mirror tightly against my face, my pupils embedded with a crimson Magic circle, in the shape of a cross. I had broken free from the principal's mind control Magic precisely because of it.

"What is this?"

Fire, I faintly saw fire; shouting, it seemed like someone was shouting; blood, the scent of blood filled the air. Was it all just an illusion?

What are you saying? It's a girl's voice, no, it sounds like a woman's voice. What are you saying...

"Don't, that's your mother!"

"Mom!"

"Huh?"

"Huh!" Reality returned before me, the principal's elegant face suddenly appeared, startling me.

"I'm not your mom! I don't have a son that big!" she said.

"Cough! If there's nothing else, I'll, I'll go back now!"

"There is something else."

Just as I was about to stand up from the sofa and turn to leave, the principal said this.

"Your seal, if I'm correct, is unbreakable by anyone but yourself. Without the courage to overcome yourself, you won't be able to break it."

"Overcome myself?"

An another me had said the same thing!

I took a deep breath, calming myself, and said, "I know, then I'll go first."

"And also, someone will help cover up what happened before, so no need to worry. Your research won't be known by anyone else either!"

"Is there anything else?"

"No!"

I bowed to the principal, calmly left, but my heart couldn't calm down.

"You really resemble your father!" The principal said softly, her back facing the door I had just walked through.

2

When I left the principal's office, it was already the end of class.

"What happened exactly?"

Because the Magic circle in my eyes never dissipated, I used Magic on my glasses after class to conceal the Magic circle in my eyes.

Should I go ask the club president? But how do I ask? Where do I start?

"So troublesome!"

"What's troublesome?"

"Ah! You scared me, Qin Yin!"

"It's just that you're overly absorbed in your thoughts, don't blame me!"

"That's right, that's right! I was wrong!"

"Of course you were!"

"Oh! Do you need something?"

"Huh? Didn't you ask me to have lunch with you?"

"Ah! That's right, that's right, hahaha, I accidentally forgot!"

"How could you possibly forget! Less than an hour and you already forgot, what do you think our date is?"

"Huh?"

"Forget what I said! I'm leaving now." He turned his back to me like a sulking wife, eh, he is a man.

"Alright, don't be angry, let's go to the rooftop!" I walked towards the rooftop with my arm hooked around his shoulder, but unfortunately, because of the height difference, I couldn't hold him under my armpit!

3

"Lord Qin Yang!"

"Nephyses? Aren't you having lunch with the others?"

"I'm Lord Qin Yang's familiar, how can I abandon Lord Qin Yang?"

"Haha! It's not like you're abandoning me, I have my own friends too! Why not make more friends and enjoy life happily?"

"But my enjoyment comes from serving Lord Qin Yang!"

"Serve, serving? I'm not some nobleman who needs people to serve him!"

"But! But! Without serving you, my existence has no meaning!"

"Alright! Don't put on such a crying face, I'm just making a suggestion! Don't take it seriously, and your existence is very meaningful! Don't cry!"

I placed my hand on Nephyses' head, caressing it back and forth, like how I would caress my little sister! Well, when was the last time I did this, I guess it was about one or two years ago, with Wenxin, right?"Well! Then eat the bento I made!"

"Huh?"

By the way, I am now in front of the rooftop gate!

"Hey! Yang should be eating what I made, it's always been like this before!" Qin Yin, this guy, has been silent before, seemingly enduring something.

"Eating the same style bento all the time can get boring! It's time for adults to try something different!"

"Are you saying my bento is monotonous? I research recipes every day and make different styles!"

"So what! Serving the adult is my responsibility as Nophis, it has nothing to do with you, an outsider!"

"Outsider? Me, am I an outsider?"

"That's right, I have a contract with the adult!" Nophis took off her right shoe, revealing the faint glow of the Magic contract array through her black stockings.

Looking at Nophis's slender and slender legs, I inexplicably felt a little moved. No, I'm not into black stockings or bare feet. What a jerk.

"Contract!" Qin Yin lightly touched his left hand with his right hand.

"Hehe, I won!" Seeing Qin Yin starting to feel defeated, Nophis pulled my right hand and declared victory!

"Just, just haven't lost!" Qin Yin also pulled my left hand and held it close to his chest. Ding, it's soft? Just an illusion, right? Maybe he's just hungry?

"Yo! You demons are really playing a polygamy game here in broad daylight!"

"Lily? Are you here on the rooftop too?"

"It was Yang who invited me!"

"Aren't you two supposed to be enemies? When did you become so friendly?"

"Tch, do you, as a brute, have the qualification to know girls' secrets?"

"Alright! I'm hungry, let's eat!"

"Eat mine!" "Eat mine!"

"I'm starving! Eat both, eat both! Haha!"

"Mmm!!!"