"Felyn, this is great, there's no one in the lounge right now. We can do... that kind of thing, right?"

"Zervanie, what you're saying has gotten a bit weird!"

"But, wasn't it you who just asked me to do it, Felyn..."

Zervanie handed the uniform and hat to Felyn with an innocent look, then hopped onto the table and sat there, her legs swinging cheerfully.

To avoid Dorothy, Felyn had asked Zervanie to let him pretend to be a member of her work crew.

Dorothy's knight, Veronica, would surely be searching the school for him. If he hid in Zervanie's lounge, she would definitely not know.

Felyn placed the clothes on the table, preparing to take off his school uniform.

"Zervanie, don't you have a changing room here?"

"No, I always lock the door before changing. It's empty anyway. I can just turn around and not look at you. If I peek, I'm a puppy."

Zervanie turned around and watched Felyn slowly take off his clothes in a mirror.

I'm looking! I'm looking hard! I'm going to burn this into my brain and re-watch it over and over!

After changing, Felyn saw that there was a mirror behind him.

"Zervanie, you didn't peek just now, did you?"

Zervanie didn't dare to look Felyn in the eye. She turned her head away, her hands gripping the edge of the table tightly.

"You obviously peeked! Didn't you just say whoever peeks is a puppy?!"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Zervanie tilted her head up, her face full of girlish shyness.

She bit her lower lip and took a deep breath.

"Woof! Woof woof!"

Alright, alright, so we're playing it like that.

Zervanie covered her face with her hands, the skin visible between her fingers red enough to bleed.

"I didn't see it on purpose either. Who knew there was a mirror there... Besides, aren't we friends? It's nothing to look. If you want to look, Felyn, I can let you look too."

Felyn frowned, feeling that Zervanie's definition of a friend was too strange.

"That's not necessary. I just hope we can be normal friends with boundaries."

Afraid Felyn would overthink it, Zervanie hopped in front of him again and handed him a hat.

"I'll be going on stage to perform in a bit. You can just stay here during that time. By the way, you can eat all the snacks and drinks prepared for me here."

Zervanie typed a few words on the communication sigil, and soon the lounge door was pushed open.

"Lady Zervanie, what are your orders?"

"This is my friend. He's going to stay here for a while. Please help me take good care of him."

The assistant looked at Felyn, then at Zervanie.

A male... friend?

The assistant leaned close to Zervanie and whispered, "Lady Zervanie, you know you should maintain a distance from the opposite sex, right? Otherwise, it will affect you."

"Are you talking about a lover? We're not lovers yet."

"Yet?!"

The assistant, who was familiar with Zervanie, keenly noticed her dangerous choice of words.

This was a word Zervanie had never used with any other male. She would usually say, "Although he is an excellent person, I don't want to be in a relationship right now."

"Felyn, I'm going to get my makeup done first. Are you coming with me?"

"Besides cooking, I don't need to worry about other things."

"Felyn! You're really getting a bit annoying." She gently punched Felyn on the chair and huffed.

This scene left the assistant completely stunned.

What's with these two?

What's with Lady Zervanie?

How did the high and mighty, god-like Lady Zervanie turn into a girl who would act spoiled in front of this boy named Felyn?

No, not that!

"Let's go."

Zervanie waved her hand in front of the dazed assistant and pulled her out of the lounge.

Because St. Andros Academy often held such events, there were also rooms specially prepared for guests.

The view here was very good, offering a full view of the stage.

Outside the window, Zervanie's sky-blue support color had already filled the entire campus. Zervanie's crazy fans were everywhere.

They shouted slogans in unison, holding up banners.

Felyn often wondered, if he hadn't met Zervanie because of the contract, would he have become one of them?

Seeing Zervanie's perfectly practiced smile, he too would think, how could there be such a cute girl in the world.

And then he would join her fan club, crazily buy autographs and posters, and empty his savings to attend a handshake event to shake her hand.

Zervanie's charm on stage was invincible.

Felyn lay on the sofa, feeling a little sleepy after just finishing lunch.

I'll take a nap, and then wait until Dorothy finishes her charity performance, until she leaves the school, and then I'll be out of danger.

Felyn let his eyelids close, his body sinking into the soft sofa, and fell asleep to the soothing scent of aromatherapy in the room.

This time was different from usual.

Felyn had a dream.

And this dream made his brows furrow; it was not so pleasant.

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"Your Highness Dorothy, the performance is about to begin, you..."

"I'll be right back. Thank you for your trouble."

Dorothy had a dedicated lounge for royalty, not even in the same building as Zervanie's.

She shook off the staff, walked to a corner, put on a hat and a mask, and headed towards Felyn's location.

"Big Brother Felyn... are you playing hide-and-seek with Dorothy?"

Dorothy sniffed the air, searching for Felyn's scent.

"Big Brother Felyn is such a fool. I left my magical mark on you. I can find you wherever you go."

She slowly walked towards the floor where Felyn was.

"It's okay to play games, but the loser has to accept a punishment."

The color of Dorothy's exposed purple eyes deepened, seeming to be able to devour everything around them.

When she arrived on Felyn's floor, she found the staff at the door whispering about something.

"Did you see that just now? Lady Zervanie took a boy into the lounge."

"Really?!"

The staff member's voice was a bit loud. After attracting the attention of those around her, she quickly lowered her voice and calmed down.

"Really? Lady Zervanie actually... actually took a boy to the lounge?"

"It's true. Look, all these cakes, snacks, and drinks were ordered by Lady Zervanie. How could she possibly eat so much by herself? They must be for that boy."

"No! Lady Zervanie, don't fall in love! Don't fall for someone else!" The staff member had a look of utter despair.

The assistant who had just appeared in the lounge walked over and glared at them. "What are you talking about? Don't you know what you should and shouldn't say?"

Her gaze swept over the people around and found the figure of a strange girl.

"Excuse me, miss, this area is for staff only."

She walked up and blocked the petite figure.

"P-Princess?"

The assistant stood frozen, watching as Dorothy took off her mask and walked past her.

Having been accustomed to Dorothy's gentle smile at public events, this was the first time the assistant had seen such an angry expression on her face.

Dorothy ignored the group of people.

She was about to explode with anger.

That bad woman Zervanie was actually trying to snatch her Big Brother Felyn away.

And Big Brother Felyn was actually hiding in Zervanie's lounge.

Big Brother Felyn, have you been a little lonely from not seeing Dorothy for too long, so you went to find another woman?

It seems I really need to teach Big Brother Felyn a good lesson…

(End of Chapter)