"Really, what's taking Felyn so long?"

Adeline was a little worried, so she came out of the classroom to look for Felyn.

She knew that the princess's feelings for Felyn were not ordinary, so she was afraid that Dorothy might do something to him.

She searched the floor but couldn't find any sign of Felyn.

She then asked a male student to check the restroom, but still no Felyn.

Where could he have gone?

He couldn't have been kidnapped, right?

Would Dorothy kidnap Felyn? She was a princess, after all, so it should be impossible.

Adeline left the building, searching for Felyn's figure.

Whether by luck or misfortune, she quickly found Felyn at the school's main gate.

"Felyn...?"

The Felyn before her was holding a seemingly asleep girl in his arms.

Adeline looked closely and saw that it was Her Highness Dorothy, who had just been in the classroom.

At this moment, Dorothy's head was resting on Felyn's chest, her arms wrapped tightly around his neck, looking very intimate.

"What are you two..."

Both Felyn's and Dorothy's clothes were stained with blood, and Felyn's collar was also a bit messy.

It was hard to guess what had just happened between them.

"Lady Adeline, we are on official business. Please keep your distance," Viloti said, stepping between the two and blocking Adeline.

"O-okay." Adeline didn't press forward. She watched as Felyn carried Dorothy to the car, and saw Dorothy lean in and whisper something in Felyn's ear.

Viloti got into the car as well, and the grand motorcade quickly drove away.

"Surprised?"

Felyn saw that Adeline was still standing there, waiting for him.

The night wind was a bit strong. Adeline held down her skirt with one hand and pressed her hair against her ear with the other to keep it from being blown away.

Even without seeing Adeline's face, one would know that this was a noble young lady.

"Is Her Highness... also your client?"

"Trade secret."

Although Felyn said this, Adeline had already guessed it in her heart.

She finally understood why Dorothy was so obsessed with Felyn.

She is the me of the past.

Like Zervanie, Adeline saw a shadow of her past self in Dorothy.

"I won't tell anyone. Besides, no one would believe me even if I did," Adeline forced a smile, pretending to be relaxed.

Whether she was a client or not, seeing a girl lying in Felyn's arms made Adeline's heart feel a little uncomfortable.

"The blood on you..."

"It's nothing, it's all over."

Felyn sat on the steps, his face in his hands.

The once lively campus was now quiet, with only the moonlight remaining.

The streetlight cast a long shadow of the "Do Not Step on the Grass" sign, which merged into the pile of fallen leaves by the street.

Only a few classrooms were still lit, creating several warm yellow cracks in the thick darkness.

No evening self-study, no intense competition. The schools in this world were really nice.

Felyn was a little tired.

He had just absorbed most of Dorothy's magical power, and the adverse reactions were beginning to appear.

He not only felt a tightness in his chest and a headache, but his body also began to heat up, and his throat was extremely dry, as if he had swallowed sand.

"Want some water?"

Adeline sat down, holding her skirt. Her legs, clad in black stockings, were pressed tightly together, her knees pointing towards Felyn's side.

She turned and took a bottle of water from her bag, twisted it open, and handed it to Felyn.

"Thanks."

Felyn didn't stand on ceremony; he was very uncomfortable right now.

He gulped down the entire bottle in one go and finally felt a little better.

He propped himself up with his hands on the ground and let out a long sigh.

If he hadn't handled it well just now, what would have awaited him was Dorothy's bedroom.

Dorothy had hidden it so well usually; he hadn't seen it at all.

Adeline took out a handkerchief and moved closer to Felyn.

"What's wrong?" Felyn instinctively wanted to move away from Adeline but was gently held by the collar by her hand.

"You still have the princess's lipstick mark on your mouth. I'll wipe it clean for you."

"I can do it myself."

"There's no mirror here, you can't see it. If someone else sees it, it will cause a misunderstanding."

Seeing that Felyn didn't object, Adeline gently wiped the corner of his mouth with the handkerchief.

The scent of the handkerchief was very similar to her perfume, a faint rose scent.

Felyn could feel Adeline wiping his mouth very carefully and gently.

"Take off your clothes," she said, pointing to the bloodstains on Felyn's arm. "I have a cleaning sigil. I'll help you wash it, otherwise people will think you got into a fight somewhere."

"Eh? But I'm not wearing anything underneath."

Adeline bit her lip, forcing back her shyness, but still reached out her hand.

"It's not like I haven't seen it before. I don't think it's a big deal."

Felyn also felt that his current appearance was a bit scary. If the dean or director saw him, they would definitely question him endlessly.

He took off his shirt and handed it to Adeline.

"Please, Adeline. I'll pay you."

"Just consider it as me covering the princess's tracks. It can also be considered a contribution to the country."

Adeline held Felyn's clothes in both hands. Seeing the bloodstains on them, she looked at Felyn's arm with some distress.

Although no wound could be seen on it anymore, the amount of bleeding was enough to prove that the wound was very deep.

"Did you fight with the princess?"

"Who would dare to fight with the princess?"

Adeline carefully spread out Felyn's clothes and looked at them, then took out a cleaning sigil.

A point of light formed by patterns appeared at her fingertips. Wherever her hand went, the bloodstains on the clothes disappeared.

After a short while, his clothes were as good as new.

"It's inevitable to bleed in the dungeon, so I keep some sigils specifically for cleaning bloodstains," Adeline said as she watched Felyn get dressed.

Then she turned slightly, leaned in front of Felyn, and reached out her hands to gently straighten his collar, like a wife seeing her husband off.

"There, now no one will be able to tell."

Felyn saw Adeline's gaze move from his collar to his face, then look away again.

"I feel a little strange," Felyn said.

"What's strange?"

"It's like a husband who went out to have an affair was discovered by his wife, but not only is she not angry, she even helps him clean up afterwards. That kind of weird feeling."

Adeline smiled faintly and gently tapped Felyn's knee with her hand.

"Then are you my husband?"

"No."

"That's right, so there's nothing unethical about it. And you said something wrong just now."

"What was it?"

Adeline turned her head to the side, not looking at Felyn, and muttered in a low voice, "Although I wouldn't say I'm angry, my heart always feels a little uncomfortable..."

Felyn naturally did not hear.

"Felyn, you're so good to the princess," Adeline changed the subject.

"It's my duty."

Adeline shook her head. "You could have handed her over to the guards, to the knight, but you still held her because she relies on you, and you know she relies on you. I like this about you. Even if the other person is unconscious, you still think of her."

Faced with Adeline's sudden confession, Felyn was at a loss for words for a moment.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke, "Don't make me sound like some gentle male protagonist. I'm not that kind of person."

Adeline did not refute Felyn. She hugged her knees, her long rose-colored hair silently climbing onto Felyn's shoulder with the wind.

"But what do you plan to do? The princess's contract is not that easy to terminate. If you want to disappear, you won't be able to."

Adeline was right.

Dorothy's level was very high. As long as Felyn was still in the Siveshus Empire, she would definitely find him.

If it were just that, Felyn wouldn't be too worried.

But that was Dorothy!

Knowing that he was going to end the contract, knowing that he had lied to her, knowing that he would never be with her, what would she do?

Felyn couldn't imagine what kind of Dorothy he would face, but he knew it would be very terrifying and very troublesome.

"I have a way to help you," Adeline said, looking at Felyn with some embarrassment, her body quietly moving closer to him.