"Adeline, do you need something?"

Felyn watched as Adeline kept circling around him, worried that if people saw them, it would spark some strange new rumors.

Because Viloti had been avoiding him recently, some gossips had already started spreading rumors.

If he was seen getting too close to Adeline at this time, he would definitely be seen as two-timing, which would be the reason Viloti was angry and avoiding him.

If it were just ordinary two-timing, most people wouldn't think much of it. Such things were common in the Sivishus Empire; as long as all three parties were willing, there was no problem.

But if those two "boats" were luxurious cruise ships like Viloti and Adeline, Felyn was afraid some intensely jealous classmates might put glue on his bench.

"Yes, there is actually something I wanted to talk to you about."

Adeline understood Felyn's look, but she didn't leave his side.

"Next week, I need to go to Serafina to look at a sample. I previously asked them to design a sculpture specifically for the emblems of Lancher Academy and St. Andros Academy, which will be placed in the center of the venue during the school festival. Unfortunately, everyone else is busy, so could I trouble you..."

"Unfortunately?"

That's too much of a coincidence.

"Mhm, so I can only ask you, Felyn." Adeline gently tugged on Felyn's clothes, her body swaying slightly from side to side, like a young girl in love acting coquettishly towards her boyfriend.

"Sorry, Adeline, I don't really want to go. Because I don't like the brand Serafina."

"Eh? Why?"

Because its owner is my client.

The founder of Serafina, Miss Serafina herself, that white-haired dragon girl, was the client he wanted to have the least contact with.

She, along with Dorothy, was one of the clients he most wanted to avoid.

With Dorothy, he only needed to be wary of external threats from her.

But with Serafina, it was more about controlling the emotions within his own body.

"But Felyn... if I go alone, I'm a little scared..." Adeline, not expecting Felyn to refuse so decisively, casually found an excuse to persuade him.

"Adeline, you don't have to come up with an excuse like that, do you?"

That excuse was just too lame.

Adeline, you're the eldest daughter of the empire's military-industrial family, the beautiful warrior princess who kicked down an iron door with three kicks.

No matter how you look at it, you have no reason to be scared.

"Felyn, please come... just accompany me, please. I can give you extra points, I can give you money."

"Not going."

In the midst of this back-and-forth, Adeline failed to get a response from Felyn, but instead felt a gaze with a strange emotion coming from behind her.

Adeline was very familiar with this kind of look; it was the look the girls around Felyn often had.

Viloti and Zervanie had both shown it before.

But this time, it wasn't either of them, but a new character Adeline hadn't expected at all.

"Miss... Miss Daiyi? You came to see the charity performance today too?"

Only then did Adeline realize Daiyi was still by Felyn's side. She hadn't noticed her at all just now.

All her attention had been on Felyn.

"Mhm, Felyn asked me to come with him. He said he wanted to show me his school."

"So that's how it is. You two have a really good relationship."

Adeline had previously suspected this "sister" by Felyn's side. She seemed to have a special relationship with Felyn.

Large families were capable of anything. Never mind distant relatives, there were even cases of marrying one's own sister!

Adeline was worried. This sister of Felyn's had been living with him for a long time. What if she fell in love with Felyn?

If that were the case, it would be troublesome.

From now on, whenever Felyn took leave from school, Adeline would be afraid that he and Daiyi were doing something inappropriate at home.

"Miss Daiyi, would you like to take a walk around the school with me?"

"Adeline?" Felyn thought Adeline just wanted to get on good terms with Daiyi, so that Daiyi would say good things about her to him.

After all, Felyn often used this trick himself.

"Daiyi, she..." However, before Felyn could finish, Daiyi cut him off.

"Of course, Miss Adeline. If you could, please show me around the school. I would be very happy."

Felyn's hand subconsciously grabbed Daiyi's, stopping her from going with Adeline.

I'm not happy!

I don't want Adeline to become weird after spending time with you!

Please, my lady, can't you just behave for once!

Daiyi's gaze fell on Felyn's hand, seeing him tightly gripping her arm.

Her lips parted as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn't.

Only, her dark green eyes were no longer covered by that rational film as they usually were.

Daiyi turned and came to Felyn's side, stood on her tiptoes, her breath brushing against his earlobe.

"Don't worry, my dear, I won't get jealous. I just want to see what kind of people your girls are. What's that saying again? Right, it's to help you vet them. Aren't she and I going to be sisters in the future anyway?"

"No, that's exactly what I'm worried about. Can you not say things like that? Nothing has happened between me and Adeline."

Daiyi's words made Felyn even more uneasy. She would definitely stir up trouble.

"Nothing has happened now, but you can't say for sure about the future. Just like when I first met you, I was still a pure and innocent girl, but now..."

"But you're still a pure and innocent girl now, right? You make it sound like something happened between us."

Daiyi smiled at Felyn without explaining.

My body is pure, of course, but my heart might not be.

She walked away from Felyn's side, shoulder to shoulder with Adeline.

Felyn watched their figures, feeling as if Daiyi's shadow would swallow Adeline whole.

These two, they're not thinking anything strange, are they?

"Buzz, buzz."

The communication sigil in his pocket vibrated.

[Felyn, Felyn, it's halftime now. Do you want to come over and hang out for a bit? The little cakes here are super delicious.]

[Hehe, there's no one backstage now, so you don't have to worry about being discovered.]

It was Zervanie.

Felyn had thought Zervanie would quiet down for a little while, but he didn't expect her to become active again so soon.

Zervanie had just done him a huge favor, blocking Dorothy's wrath and making Dorothy forget that he had lied to her. Therefore, Felyn chose not to say anything too harsh, just planning to ignore her.

But Zervanie's messages didn't stop at all.

[Felyn, Felyn, when are you going home? I have another performance in the second half. There will be a lottery draw then. If you're here, I can secretly…]

The message stopped there. Zervanie didn't send the part about breaking the rules.

asdfghjkl;';lkjhgfdsdfghjkl￥￥%￥*(...*%*)

[What's this?]

Felyn frowned, looking at the string of meaningless characters Zervanie had sent.

[Felyn, this is Zervanie. Although you're very nice, I don't like you anymore. Please delete all my contact information and don't harass me again, thank you.]

This was definitely sent by Dorothy, right?!

Why would Dorothy have Zervanie's communication sigil!

Felyn could almost see the scene of two beautiful girls fighting over the sigil backstage. Right now, Zervanie's sigil was probably being snatched back and forth between two pairs of hands.

"Sigh."

On one side, there was Adeline and Daiyi. On the other, Zervanie and Dorothy. He had to worry about both sides.

This scene perfectly matched that saying:

My friends are few,

But my clients are many.

(End of Chapter)