At Saint Andros Academy, the changing spaces prepared for students were nothing short of luxurious.

Rather than a simple changing room, it was more like an exquisite lounge suite.

In the center of the suite was a set of sofas and a coffee table, and there were even paintings hanging on the surrounding walls.

The actual changing area was behind an arched doorway deeper inside the room.

Due to the school festival, this changing suite was unoccupied; currently, only Adeline and Felyn were here.

Felyn had just taken off his trousers, preparing to dry them with a heating sigil, when he heard a knock on the door again.

"Felyn, do you want to use my heating sigil? It might be a little faster."

"No need to trouble yourself, Adeline."

Adeline leaned against the door, feeling an inexplicable panic in her heart.

And when she looked out of the changing room door, she knew the reason for her panic.

She saw Viloti and Zervanie walking this way!

Adeline quickly retreated back into the room, leaning against the wall.

(No, I absolutely cannot let them find me and Felyn here, or my plan to secretly sign a partner contract with Felyn will be ruined.)

Adeline didn't yet know that Viloti and Zervanie had already discovered them; she simply thought the two young ladies just happened to be coming here to change.

"Fe-Felyn, could you open the door for a moment..."

"Why?"

"I have something urgent... so, so can you let me in?"

Of the entire suite, only the room Felyn was in had a lock.

"But I'm not dressed yet."

The heating sigil was already on Felyn's trousers. Felyn wasn't using a high-grade one like Adeline's; if he forcibly removed it before the heating process was finished, there was a risk of explosion.

The temperature of the heating sigil was also very high, so Felyn couldn't put his pants on directly. He could only wait for the heating sigil to finish.

"Felyn, hurry and open the door."

"Adeline, the heating sigil isn't finished yet. Just wait a bit longer."

"Please, Felyn, they're coming over," Adeline pleaded, still leaning on the door and patting it continuously.

"They?" Felyn was still squatting on the ground checking his trousers, not paying much mind to Adeline's words.

‘No matter how urgent it is, she wouldn't just barge in, right?’

Adeline could already hear the hurried footsteps outside the door. She could almost picture the scene that might follow: Viloti and Zervanie might find Felyn, and then both would want to take him away.

At that point, Adeline could only watch helplessly as Felyn was split into three, his time divided among three young ladies.

(No, not tonight.)

Adeline shut her eyes tightly, regulating her breathing.

Then, her eyelashes lifted slightly, her grayish-blue eyes staring intently at the door.

(As long as I hide inside, Viloti and Zervanie probably won't find out.)

(Then I'll just say the changing room is occupied and tell them to find another place.)

Adeline walked to the changing room door and fumbled in her bag for a master key.

This was a master key that only members of the school festival preparatory committee possessed.

It could open functional rooms like changing rooms, bathrooms, and restrooms.

Click.

Squatting on the floor, Felyn suddenly heard the lock move.

He then looked up in a daze and saw the lock he had secured properly begin to turn on its own.

Before he could react to what was happening, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Rose-tea colored hair burst in first, followed by Adeline's somewhat flustered face appearing before Felyn.

"Adeline?!"

Adeline, who had walked into the changing room, immediately closed and locked the door from the inside, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

But when she turned to look at Felyn, who was squatting on the ground in a daze, she instantly blushed from her toes to the tips of her ears.

Felyn was only wearing boxer briefs on his lower half, squatting on the ground and staring at Adeline.

Felyn hadn't expected Adeline to actually barge in; she wasn't usually like this.

"Adeline, you'd better... Mmph!"

Adeline covered Felyn's mouth with her hand, silencing him.

At this moment, Adeline was kneeling on the ground, her grayish-blue eyes, as if soaked in water, appearing before Felyn.

"Fe-Felyn, Viloti and the others are about to come in..." she whispered into Felyn's ear.

"Viloti? Let them come in then. Why are we hiding from her?"

Adeline let out a whimper, not knowing how to explain it to Felyn.

But for now, no explanation was needed. Felyn couldn't possibly let Adeline go out again.

Because the sound of two people's footsteps could already be heard from outside the door.

No matter who it was, if they saw him and Adeline together at this moment, especially with him not fully clothed, staying with Adeline in this private changing room where they could be doing anything...

It would be an absolute disaster!

The footsteps outside seemed to pause briefly at the doorway, then resounded inside the suite again.

Adeline's heartbeat was so loud that even Felyn could hear it.

She was currently nestled against Felyn, her long, rose-tea colored hair hanging limply to the floor.

Both Felyn and Adeline held their breath, staring at the door, afraid it would suddenly make a sound.

A moment later, the footsteps outside stopped, as if the two had walked away.

"Fe-Felyn..."

Adeline curled up in Felyn's arms. The rose scent from her body and her soft form enveloped him.

Her gaze shifted from the door to Felyn, and then her vision went dark.

Felyn had covered Adeline's eyes.

"Adeline, are you still peeking at a time like this?"

"I-I wasn't..."

Felyn could clearly feel the temperature of Adeline's skin in his palm rising rapidly.

This girl's temperature was rising almost as fast as a heating sigil!

"I just saw it by accident..."

Adeline felt that she was very lucky tonight.

Not only could she continue to stay by Felyn's side, but she also got to see the real Felyn.

This scene right now should be quite real.

Just as the two were talking softly, the sound Felyn and Adeline least wanted to hear suddenly came from outside the door.

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone was knocking on the changing room door.

Adeline forced herself to calm down, lowered her voice, and tried her best to prevent Viloti and Zervanie from recognizing who was speaking.

"Excuse me, student, this room is occupied."

If Felyn weren't right beside Adeline, he would never have imagined that this voice belonged to her.

He never thought this young lady could even put on such a perfect disguise.

‘Now Viloti and the others should leave, right?’

Felyn breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It would be terrible if anyone saw this scene.

"Is that so?"

Viloti's cold voice came from outside the door.

"Miss Adeline, you're quite the actress."

(End of Chapter)