"You seem to be having a good time," he said.

Aya's body stiffened, her heart pounding, and she felt a sense of panic. Wait, why am I panicking? It's clearly this guy who abandoned me to play by himself, and what exactly is he trying to achieve with this "caught cheating" vibe?

"Hey, who are you? Why are you grabbing Aya's shoulder?" Coco noticed Tiran, who was holding Aya's shoulder, and asked curiously.

"Just looking for my maid," Tiran replied affectionately, leaning down to embrace Aya's shoulder and whispering in her ear with a smile, "You, my dear, better accept your punishment when we get back."

"Why?" Aya instinctively wanted to resist, but seeing Tiran's ambiguous expression, she immediately backed down.

"Oh, you're the friend Aya mentioned who abandoned her!" the elf girl exclaimed, clenching her fists in realization. She then displeasingly pushed Tiran away from Aya and brought her closer to herself. "Aren't you being unreasonable? It was clearly you who abandoned Aya first, and now you come to blame her. You irresponsible jerk!"

Aya's heart cheered for Coco, feeling deeply touched, even though they had only just met. Of course, the more important reason was that she fell into the elf girl's embrace, her head resting on the girl's soft chest, surrounded by warmth and fragrance. Aya was overwhelmed with happiness.

"You!" Tiran almost twisted her nose in anger. She didn't really care about the elf girl's attitude, but what mattered most was that, the asshole Aya was lying blissfully in the arms of this elf girl who suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

Before she could explode, a voice came from beside them.

"Miss over there, please return to your seat. The performance is about to begin!" The staff member in charge of maintaining order stood behind a row of seats filled with people and shouted at Tiran.

Looking around, Tiran realized she was the only one standing and the lights on the main stage were gradually illuminating. It was obviously inappropriate to continue standing at this moment.

"Ugh, you! Just wait for me, I'll settle the score with you after the performance!"

"La la la la!" The elf girl made a disdainful face at Tiran.

Returning to her seat, Tiran sat down heavily and took a grilled squid from Xiaomo's hand, biting into it. She crushed and swallowed a large squid as long as an adult's forearm, making everyone feel sorry for the squid.

"What's wrong with you? You look angry," Xiaomo raised her hand and looked at Tiran hesitantly.

"What do you want to say?" Tiran finished a string of grilled squid as a way to vent her frustrations. She lifted her leg and glanced at Xiaomo.

"Well...the grilled squid you just ate was what I had taken a bite out of," Xiaomo said weakly.

(Tiran: F*ck!)

Tiran glanced briefly, but didn't pay any more attention. Although her focus was on the stage, her mind was still occupied by the recent events. Irresponsible? When did that asshole have the right to point fingers at Aya, my precious sister-in-arms, whom I have known for less than half a day?

Ah, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. And that dumb dragon seems to be on the side of that elf girl. Can't she see what's really going on? Who exactly is her maid!

"Hey, hey, don't be angry. It's embarrassing to cry in a place like this," Xiaomo wanted to touch Tiran's head, but despairingly realized that, with her loli body, even if she was sitting, she would have to stand up from her chair to reach Tiran's head. She could only give up disappointedly.

"I won't cry!" The princess, who inexplicably became excited, acted like a little girl who had her lollipop taken away.

Wow, unexpectedly, there's a strange sense of cuteness. It would be great if it can be maintained like this forever. Xiaomo silently thought.

"Alright, don't be angry. Look, the performance is starting," Xiaomo said as the sound of fast-paced music began playing from the magical amplification devices set around the stage. The lively and playful music finally shifted Tiran's attention away from the recent events.

Colorful spotlights converged from the circular stage towards the center, and in the shining light, the members of Mid-night Cat made a dazzling appearance.

With such a huge reputation, this team was obviously very talented. At the moment they appeared on stage, the whole audience erupted in excitement. The glow sticks, used to show support, were swaying in the main color of the girl's costumes, creating a mesmerizing sea of flickering lights in the darkness.

"Oh, she's really a cute girl. Well-deserved reputation, well-deserved." Xiao Mo nodded repeatedly. Although she was an Orc, she was different from those burly Orc warriors. The Cat Dolls and Red-Tailed Foxes were all quite adorable races.

"If she is a student from P.E.T.S Academy, then yes." Tiran nodded.

Located at the intersection of the Human, Elf, and Orc territories, the academy was one of the most famous combat schools in the world. However, its fame did not lie in its combat power, but... it only accepted female students, and only beautiful ones at that.

"What do you think? Are you envious? Why don't you ask your royal father for a way to get you into that academy? Maybe you can become an idol too?" Xiao Mo nudged Tiran with his elbow.

"Forget it, I have no intention of saving the school, and I can't gather nine people." Tiran rolled her eyes and waved her hand dismissively.

Hmm, but it's an academy full of girls. If that stupid dragon Aya manages to sneak in there, he'll probably have a good laugh, right? Hmph, why am I even thinking about that heartless bastard again?

Then again, why do I care so much about him lying in that Elf's embrace? Could it be that I actually care about him? No, no, no, that's impossible. I'm just a humble servant bound by a master-servant contract. How could I possibly care about him?

But, but what is this unexplainable feeling of anger?

...

"Alright, the trade fair is over now, so hurry up and get away from my maid."

After about an hour of performance, the trade fair was coming to an end. However, most people didn't intend to leave immediately because the idol girls were still chatting with their fans on stage.

But for some of the audience members who had something to attend to, it was a different story.

Just as they left the venue, in a hidden alley on the street, Tiran clenched her fist and coldly stared at the Elf girl who was still protecting Aya.

"It's impossible! I will never let Aya stay by the side of a master who casually discards her own servant. Because of your convenience during your playtime, you threw away Aya, and next time when danger comes, you will definitely abandon her without hesitation. Instead of that, Aya would be better off coming back to the Elf Kingdom with me!"

The Elf girl, who had always appeared a bit airheaded to Aya, unexpectedly showed inexplicable courage and stubbornly stood in front of Tiran, refusing to move.

"By the way... have you considered my opinion? It's impossible for me to suddenly go to the Elf Kingdom with you, right?" Aya shook her head and patted Coco's shoulder. "It's alright, there's no problem. She didn't mean it."

"But..."

"Don't make assumptions, you two." Tiran crossed her arms, looking displeased. "You act as if I've done something wrong. Besides, understand the situation. Who does that guy really belong to? We've only just met for less than five hours, but you already intend to snatch away someone's servant. Are all Elves such despicable creatures?"

"Don't insult the Elf race!"

"I'm just telling the truth. And Aya, are you really that weak-willed? Can't withstand a little temptation?"

"Who are you calling weak-willed... wait, no, nothing has ever tempted me! We were just strolling together, how did it become that in your mouth?" Aya was speechless.

"Hmph, is that so? Just a jealous loser who has nothing, staring at those disgusting lumps of fat? It's not even worth mentioning." The Elf girl raised her chin and sneered.

Huh, remember your character settings, weren't you supposed to be naive? Why did you suddenly become so sharp-tongued? Or is it that all naive people are secretly wicked?

Aya felt powerless to stop the two of them, so she simply huddled in the corner with Xiao Mo, trembling and waiting for the drama to unfold.

"Aya, Miss, don't you want to try stopping them?"

"Well, I would like to, but as you can see, did my words have any effect just now?"

"What a sinful man... no, woman. To think that you could easily provoke the White Knight and the mysterious girl from the Elf Kingdom to fight for you." Xiao Mo sighed, looking worldly-wise.

Hmm, how many times have I told you not to make that expression with a loli face!

"I think you should come up with a solution quickly. Let me tell you, a long time ago, there was someone who ended up in pieces because they tried to have multiple relationships. Their head was even cut off. Hmm, where did I read about it? Oh, it was in a novel called 'XX School.'"

"I already told you it has nothing to do with me! Also, don't bring that kind of thing into reality!"

It was already around 5 or 6 in the morning. The distant horizon was faintly turning fish-belly white, and the sky went from deep black to dark blue. However, the thick layer of clouds in the low sky remained.

After a while, Aya felt a cold sensation on her face. She opened her palm, and a light, white snowflake fell, quickly melting into tiny water droplets.

"Huh? It's snowing? At this time?"

"Hehe, it's the season for the XX photo album again."