Chapter 119 : Chapter 119
Volume 2
Chapter 43 : Caught Red-Handed
Huh?
Wait?
In this kind of situation...
Muen felt his heartbeat quicken a little.
Generally speaking, in a quiet setting like this, where only two people were alone together, if one side seemed to casually ask, “Do you have someone you like?” then no matter how he looked at it, that was a sign, wasn’t it?
That was right. That sign. The legendary confession!
First, they would use seemingly casual small talk to test whether the other person’s heart was already taken.
Once that was confirmed, they would launch a fierce offensive and seize the other person’s heart in one stroke!
That was how it always went in the hundreds of romance manga he had read in his previous life!
Huh? But could Senior Anna really...
Was this not a little too sudden?
Still, since she had asked him so sincerely, then he could only answer seriously with his true feelings.
“No.”
Muen straightened his back, laced his fingers beneath his chin, and replied with a grave expression,
“Absolutely not.”
“Is that so? Then that really is a pity,” Anna said with a sigh, one hand touching her cheek.
“Huh?”
Muen froze.
What did she mean by pity?
Was it a pity to her that no one liked him?
Could it be that for Senior Anna, a simple and straightforward advance like that was no longer enough?
Compared to winning an ownerless heart, did she prefer stealing someone else’s instead?
Was Senior Anna a believer in the NTR faith too?
“Then... is there anyone who likes you, Junior?”
Muen was still hearing a buzzing in his head and had not quite processed things when Anna leisurely continued with another question.
But that question only made him even more confused.
“I... I guess there is.”
Muen answered.
After all, with Ann around, there was no way he could lie to that extent.
“Really?”
Muen saw Anna’s eyes brighten at once.
“Then can you call her out?”
“Huh?”
Call her out?
Why?
At that instant, a hellish image appeared in Muen’s mind.
Senior Anna was holding his hand, looking smug as she said to Ann,
“The person you like tastes quite good indeed~”
Aaaaah!
No!
If Ann went berserk, she would carry a mountain of blades on her back and mince both him and Senior Anna into meat paste!
“Th-that...”
Looking at the expectant expression on Anna’s face, Muen could not help asking,
“Why, Senior?”
Given Anna’s personality, she might simply have wanted to do something mischievous like that, but Muen’s intuition told him that she might have some other reason.
“A reason?”
Anna turned her gaze aside and wound the tip of one of her braids around her finger.
She seemed to be weighing something, but just as she was about to speak, her eyes suddenly flicked past the bird perched on a treetop outside the window.
Anna’s brows rose slightly.
“Forget it.”
“Huh?”
“It seems I was too impatient.”
“What?”
Muen was utterly bewildered.
From just now onward, he had felt as if he simply could not keep up with Senior Anna’s way of thinking.
“Let’s stop here for today.”
Anna stood up.
“Class will be over soon. I still need to make some preparations. Otherwise, I will be too busy later.”
“O-okay.”
Muen nodded blankly.
“Then do you need my help, Senior?”
“My help?”
Anna cast him a sidelong glance full of charm.
“You are already skipping class to come study with me. Do you really still have time to help me?”
“Uh...”
Muen scratched his head awkwardly.
“It is not that I do not have time, exactly. It is just that, for a certain reason, I have to pass the Fundamentals of Magic exam a month from now, so all of my time and energy have to be poured into that.”
“Pass?” Anna was slightly startled.
“A first-year exam?”
“A second-year one,” Muen said with a bitter smile. “Is it hard, Senior?”
“Yes. It is hard. Very hard.”
Anna thought for a moment, then said seriously,
“But it does not seem impossible.”
...
After Muen left, Anna looked at the bird perched on the branch outside the window and gave a light command:
“Go.”
Startled, the bird quickly flew away.
She also let out a soft sigh.
“That green-haired one from the Newspaper Society really does love spying.”
Inside the empty library, Anna rolled up her sleeve.
On her fair skin, traces of scales could faintly be seen.
“After the Moon was driven away, it has become much more well-behaved again.”
Staring at her wrist, Anna murmured softly, trying to reassure herself:
“Do not rush, Anna. Do not rush. There is still time.”
“Even if it really comes to that step...”
Anna’s gaze drifted toward the library doors, as though chasing someone’s retreating figure.
...
“It feels like I am a little closer to my goal of sixty points again.”
After walking out of the library, Muen could not help stretching lazily, his mood bright.
Another full and productive morning.
“So next...”
Muen thought for a moment and decided that he should go take care of lunch first while it was still early.
Once the cafeteria became crowded, it would waste a lot of time again.
“Hm?”
But after only a couple of steps, Muen’s brows furrowed once more.
A faint, elusive gaze was scraping against his back like a sharp blade, bringing with it a thread of coldness.
Like a parasite clinging to the bone, it was impossible to shake off.
“It seems ignoring it will not work.”
Muen’s expression turned cold.
He had no desire to keep being followed around by some pervert.
Relying on the keen senses he had honed through countless deaths in the black book, Muen moved slowly, little by little pinpointing the direction.
Outside the library was a dense stretch of woodland.
As a hiding place, it was more than sufficient.
As long as someone knew even a little about concealment, it was easy to stay hidden in a place like this.
But at that moment, there was no wind.
That meant even the slightest movement would cause a clear rustling sound among the trees.
If the other party could not move, then no matter how well they hid, there would come a moment when they were found.
Besides, the other party’s hiding technique did not seem especially skilled.
Muen’s hawk-like gaze swept across the area and quickly locked onto a clump of shrubs hidden in the shadows.
Through the gaps in the bushes, he could vaguely see a small corner of clothing swaying.
“If you want to be a pervert, you should at least train your stalking skills first.”
Muen laughed in exasperation, his face cold as he strode over and thrust his hand into the shrubbery.
“Get out here, you damn pervert!”
“Wah! Do not grab me! I did not do it on purpose—”
“Huh?”
Unexpectedly, the one he dragged out of the bushes was not some scar-faced, muscular brute, but...
A little girl?
Muen looked at her in confusion.
She was wearing the academy uniform, and judging from the style, she should be a second-year student like him.
Her thick, smooth black hair was tied into two large braids, and she wore a huge pair of black-rimmed glasses. A few freckles could faintly be seen on her face.
Overall, she looked like the sort of ordinary little girl who would disappear into a crowd without anyone noticing her.
And yet, when Muen looked at her, he found her strangely familiar.
It felt like... he had seen her somewhere before.