Adeline's disguise was useless.

Viloti and Zervanie had seen Adeline and Felyn enter this room.

After searching everywhere and not finding Felyn, Viloti and Zervanie had to admit one fact.

Adeline and Felyn were hiding in this changing room!

The two of them were in this private room, watching each other's sweat trickle down their necks and soak their clothes.

And then...

The two of them didn't dare to think any further.

"Miss Adeline, it's not good to lie."

Felyn heard Zervanie's voice from outside the door as well.

"I-I'm not lying."

"Is that so? But we heard everything you said to Felyn about the partnership."

Adeline clearly hadn't expected her plan to end before it even began.

She froze for a moment, but still refused to admit it in front of Felyn.

"I didn't lie. I never needed Felyn to do anything with me in the first place."

"Then did you tell him that at the end of the school festival, the painter will create portraits for the nobles and commoners participating in this partner event, and will also gift a custom-made ring from Serafinia engraved with both their names?"

Besides wanting to appear in public with Felyn, Adeline's most important goal was to have a portrait made of the two of them.

A portrait painted by a painter of the church was rumored to be imbued with divine power, allowing it to last for all eternity.

To have an eternal item with Felyn was Adeline's wish.

Of course, she was unwilling to have the figures of other young ladies appear in their portrait.

"Miss Adeline, don't tell me you're trying to... get a head start?"

Listening to the knocking on the door, Adeline glanced at the bewildered Felyn beside her.

She had originally been hiding from Viloti and Zervanie because she was afraid of getting entangled, afraid that Felyn might be snatched away by someone else.

But now, there was no point in being secretive anymore; the two young ladies outside the door knew everything.

Since they were already cornered at the door, to keep retreating would be a disgrace to the Claude family name.

"That's right. I just want to be with Felyn."

Adeline said towards the door, as if she could see the expressions on Viloti's and Zervanie's faces freeze for an instant.

"I just want to be with Felyn. I want to take him to meet my parents, to meet the nobles, to meet the king. I want to show them in advance, to show them who my, Adeline's, future husband is."

"I also want to watch the moment the starlight crystal dust scatters down with Felyn, watch the fireworks fill the sky with Felyn, and have a portrait made with Felyn that will never fade, never be damaged."

"Miss Viloti, Miss Zervanie, I have been preparing for tonight for a very long time. I planned the school festival single-handedly, so I'm the one who most wants to show Felyn every single part of it. Just for tonight, none of you are allowed to take my Felyn away from me."

(My... Felyn.)

Adeline had finally said the words buried deep in her heart.

Her legs felt a little weak, her little finger trembling slightly in the air.

Tonight's words counted as her second confession.

It wasn't Adeline's style to keep her feelings buried in her heart.

Not to mention, she already knew that even after the contract ended, she could still stay by Felyn's side.

So, this time, she would not back down.

She would face all the beautiful young ladies who might try to snatch Felyn away, fair and square.

Adeline, who was usually shy about these matters, was now in a world of absolute silence.

The young ladies outside the door fell silent, and Felyn, inside the door, didn't know what to say for a moment.

She pursed her lips, slowly took two steps back, and reached out her hand to confirm if Felyn was still by her side.

The changing room wasn't very large. Adeline, not turning her head, had no idea what part of Felyn she had just touched.

It just felt soft.

But also a little hard.

"Hey, Adeline!"

Following Felyn's low cry, Adeline thought of Felyn's current posture and the part of him she might have touched.

(I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I touched Felyn's…)

"Ah!" Adeline let out a soft gasp subconsciously.

Felyn quickly pushed Adeline's hand away, causing some unnatural sounds in the changing room.

Adeline now had her eyes shut, her hands covering her face.

It was as if a bucket of red paint had been poured over her; she was visibly turning red-hot.

(Felyn's... I touched it…)

She didn't know what to say at this moment. She just squatted on the ground, buried her head in her arms, and curled up into a ball.

"Fe-Felyn, I... I didn't do it on purpose... I just touched it by accident..."

Adeline's intermittent voice came from the other side of the door.

Zervanie's lips slowly parted, and then her whole body pressed against the door.

Adeline's powerful declaration just now had stunned both her and Viloti, even making them feel a little... soft-hearted towards her.

As expected, nothing good comes from being soft-hearted!

First, it was Viloti being soft-hearted, letting Adeline and Felyn be alone, and as a result, Adeline tried to take the opportunity to get a head start.

Now, it was both Viloti and Zervanie being soft-hearted, allowing Adeline, who was alone with Felyn in the changing room, to let out that kind of... gasp!

"Ade-Ade-Adeline?! What did you touch? What did you touch!"

"Open the door, Adeline! Don't tell me, don't tell me you and Felyn have already..."

Zervanie didn't dare to finish.

She was afraid that after hearing Adeline's declaration, Felyn's heart would be moved, the two would get together, and directly do it in the changing room...

And right in front of her and Viloti!

"Miss Zervanie, step back a bit."

Zervanie felt Viloti pat her shoulder. When she turned around, she found that Viloti's expression had become terrifying.

Her entire face was as if drained of blood, her gaze fixed dazedly on the lock.

Viloti had clearly heard Adeline's gasp, followed by a series of unnatural sounds from inside the changing room.

It sounded just like two people embracing!

(Felyn... and... Adeline... in the changing room... do... do…)

Viloti's trembling hand reached into her pocket, where there were several seventh-tier sigils.

Although Felyn had told her not to use sigils recklessly anymore, Viloti's mind was blank at this moment, with only one thought.

(That kind of thing, absolutely must not happen!)

"Viloti?! Calm down, Felyn is still inside!" Zervanie held Viloti back, terrified that the young lady would suddenly go berserk.

"I won't hurt Felyn. I'm just going to blast the door open."

"You don't need a seventh-tier sigil for that, do you?! You'll blow up the whole building."

Felyn finally heard Zervanie mention the seventh-tier sigil from outside the door.

He knew that the sound Adeline had just made had been misunderstood by Viloti.

That young lady must be black-faced right now, about to pull out a sigil at the door!

"Viloti?! Wait, Adeline and I didn't do that kind of thing!"

Felyn quickly unlocked the door, pushed it open, and tried to explain to Viloti and Zervanie outside.

He saw Viloti's and Zervanie's gazes shift from his face down to his... legs.

Then, Viloti's face grew even colder.

It was only then that Felyn remembered something.

‘It's over!’

‘I'm not wearing any pants!’

(End of Chapter)