After meeting with the school leaders in the afternoon, Dorothy returned to the committee classroom.

She was very obedient and didn't continue to cling to Felyn.

The situation was stabilized, for now.

Felyn watched as Dorothy and Zervanie sat together, discussing something.

"I didn't expect the two of them to have such a good relationship. Well, Dorothy is very fond of Zervanie."

He had told Dorothy so many stories about Zervanie and given her countless posters and autographs.

Meeting her idol, she should be excited for a while.

"Miss Zervanie, you saw what Brother Felyn did to me at noon, right?"

"I didn't see anything!"

"You were clearly peeking. Brother Felyn is mine, you have no chance."

"I was looking at Felyn, not you. And how is he Brother Felyn..."

Zervanie was led astray by Dorothy, "How is Felyn yours? Your Highness, do you really understand the situation?"

"What situation? You're not going to say that Brother Felyn has a secret crush on you, but is afraid to confess because of your status, are you?"

Dorothy was not afraid at all.

Who else could snatch Brother Felyn away?

Soon, the princess's smile was not so sweet anymore.

Adeline and Viloti, who had been out for a long time, returned.

"I bought some gifts for everyone. Thank you all for your hard work."

Adeline, wearing a blue and white school uniform, had her rose-tea colored hair tied back with a red ribbon. The Lancher Academy brooch sparkled under the classroom lights.

She was carrying several bags, some desserts and souvenirs she had bought while passing through Homholt.

"There's one for everyone... eh, Your Highness?"

Adeline didn't expect the princess to still be here so late.

She raised an eyebrow, her gaze shifting back and forth between Dorothy and Felyn.

Did the princess come for Felyn?

Adeline felt that all pink-haired girls were quite scheming.

But the princess had pinkish-purple hair. Could it be that she had other traits?

"Miss Adeline, we meet again." Dorothy lifted her skirt and walked towards Adeline. Their gazes collided in mid-air with a thud.

Gazes don't make a sound. The "thud" was the sound of Felyn slamming his hand on the table.

"What a coincidence, hahaha."

You two, don't talk privately, and Adeline, don't you do anything special in front of Dorothy. Otherwise, she'll go into her dark mode.

Felyn's strategy was effective. Once Adeline's gaze fell on him, it couldn't move away.

Adeline took out a box of chocolates she had bought in Homholt and placed it gently on the table.

The textured, dark blue box was tied with a pink ribbon.

It was completely different from the ordinary cookies the other students received.

It was clearly a gift for a lover or someone you like.

Dorothy felt something was wrong and gently placed her hand on the gift box.

"This is so beautiful. Can you give it to me, Miss Adeline? I can trade something for it."

Adeline reached out with a smile and snatched the chocolate box back.

"If Your Highness likes it, I can buy it for you another day. But this box is for Felyn. Felyn likes this."

"Wh...!"

Felyn sensed that the atmosphere was starting to turn sour.

The question was, how to resolve it?

If he quickly said, "I don't like this, Dorothy, you can have it," it would have some effect, but it would be very mediocre.

What Dorothy cared about was that he was getting attention from other girls.

So, he just needed to dispel this doubt in front of Dorothy.

"Adeline knows I've been working hard lately, so she specially bought this for me."

Felyn attributed all of Adeline's actions to her just being concerned for a colleague and classmate.

"So that's how it is."

Dorothy's smile now felt as cloyingly sweet as holding chocolate in her mouth.

"That's not it, Felyn. I just wanted to see you happy, so I bought it for you." Adeline sat down, unwrapped the package for Felyn, and pushed one of the chocolate balls in front of him.

In her eyes, Dorothy no longer existed, and neither did anyone else in the classroom.

There was only her and Felyn.

"Felyn, try it. You should like it," Adeline said.

Felyn could feel Dorothy's gaze burning a hole in the top of his head without even looking up.

"After all, I'm Adeline's assistant, so she's giving me special treatment, right?" Felyn felt his neck start to sweat.

"I guess so... If you like it, I'll buy it for you every day from now on."

"Oh, oh."

Felyn couldn't find any more excuses.

Adeline had laid her cards on the table. How could he salvage this!

Felyn took a deep breath and looked up to observe Dorothy's expression.

The purple in her eyes was a little deeper, but it seemed to still be in a controllable stage.

Thank goodness, Adeline hadn't said anything to provoke Dorothy yet.

"Felyn."

Viloti, who was behind Adeline, arrived at the classroom door.

She was wearing the white and red uniform of Saint Andros Academy, her long pink hair styled in a princess braid. Paired with her cold expression, she looked like an ice princess living above the clouds.

"I brought you a bracelet. Do you like it?"

Viloti hadn't really intended to give Felyn anything; she knew he most likely wouldn't accept it.

But Adeline had given him something, so it wouldn't be right if she didn't.

Viloti walked past Dorothy, not even noticing the princess was in the classroom.

Her palms were a little sweaty as she took out a magic crystal bracelet from her bag.

"Viloti, why are you giving me something too?"

"Adeline gave you something, so I wanted to give Felyn something too."

Felyn let out a sigh of relief in his heart. Thank goodness, Viloti was still relatively restrained.

At least she wouldn't say anything that would make Dorothy go berserk.

"Thank you, but I can't accept such a valuable gift."

Viloti sighed softly, thinking that this was expected, and was about to put the bracelet back in her pocket.

She had secretly stolen this from her father's house. Lord Silafiel, after getting drunk once, had shown this bracelet to Viloti.

"This was the token of love your mother gave me. Not long after she gave it to me, we got married," the drunken Silafiel had said.

For Viloti, this bracelet held extraordinary meaning.

Since Felyn didn't want it now, Viloti would have to put it back later, otherwise her father would fly into a rage.

The few students sitting near Felyn saw the bracelet in Viloti's hand and knew it was a gift for him.

The rumors about Viloti and Felyn were known to everyone in this school.

Most people thought Viloti and Felyn were already together. After all, the two of them were always stuck together eating lunch, and Viloti often went to Felyn's class to find him.

"Miss Viloti is giving her boyfriend another gift. I'm so envious..."

"Boy? Friend?"

Those few students could feel three gazes about to burn them to a crisp.

"Felyn, are you already together with Miss Viloti?"

Felyn saw Dorothy's small hands appear on his desk.

She was leaning on the table with both hands, the purple in her eyes looking like it was about to swallow Felyn whole.

(End of Chapter)