"——"
Feeling the curious gazes from everyone, Katie blushed and her round face turned rosy.
Although she wanted to hide, the shrubs here were too sparse to conceal her figure. Her round and pointy head and two light blue ponytails appeared, revealing her faint, petite figure.
In fact, her secretive appearance only attracted more attention.
Katie didn't want to hide in the first place. She was originally standing in the middle of the school path, but unconsciously hid when faced with everyone's gaze, looking like a timid mouse guarding near a cave.
The more everyone stared at her, the more Katie hid, lowering her head timidly, unable to meet anyone's eyes.
"Katie? What are you doing here?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Katie immediately looked up and saw the two people in front of her. Being looked down upon by the two, Allen and Kloke, she blushed even more.
Allen and Kloke appeared here because like other students and teachers, they needed to go to school, which required passing through this school path and seeing Katie, who was hiding behind the shrubs.
"It's...nothing. I just happened to come here, coincidentally, uh, Allen, do you want to go back to the classroom together?"
Katie stood up flustered, with a few crescent-shaped leaves still on top of her head, and a forced smile on her face.
She hid here in order to meet Allen and the others on the school path and go to school together with her new friends.
Because Katie had previously lived in the relatively remote and backward town of Rost, she had no friends here. After finally making friends yesterday, she felt excited and had some trouble sleeping at night.
"Isn't Katie a boarding student? Why did you come here?"
"It's...a coincidence, just a coincidence."
Facing Allen's question, Katie answered with some difficulty.
"Isn't it nice? Going to school with new friends."
Kloke put her hand on Allen's head, stopping her from digging further. Although Allen still didn't quite understand, she soon gave up thinking deeply about this question and shook off her father's hand.
"Then let's go back to the classroom together."
"Yeah!"
Walking on the school path with three people, Katie was very happy and took the initiative to talk to Allen. Maybe it was because Allen was younger and shorter than her, Katie felt unusually relaxed.
"Allen is only 12 years old, but she's already so strong that she can defeat even a land dragon."
While speaking, Katie's eyes were full of admiration and yearning.
Allen only learned a few days ago that she had chased a land dragon and nearly collided with a magic car when the land dragon was escaping. Katie was also there and witnessed the whole process of her defeating the land dragon.
"It's no big deal."
Allen apologized again for her past mistakes.
Katie waved her hands like windmills, indicating that there was no need to apologize.
"At that time, Katie couldn't even move when facing the land dragon, but Allen was able to fight against such a huge creature. That's amazing."
"That's not something great. Katie can do it too with some training."
"But it would take Katie a hundred years to do it."
"That's too long!"
The two little girls chatted happily, giggling together, and their distance seemed to have become closer, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
Now Katie felt that waiting in ambush was indeed worth it, going to school with friends was great.
"Speaking of which, Katie, you don't know Allen's full name, do you?"
At the sudden topic brought up by Teacher Kloke, Katie slightly tilted her head with a puzzled expression, and her two ponytails also leaned as a result of her movement.
"Isn't it Allen Beryman?"
"NO NO NO, Allen's full name is Allen Lina Rina Rebecca Elizabeth Catherine Jennie Evette Angelica Aislynn Cecile Alice Christina Amilia Beryman.""Wow... so long!"
"Well, it's a great name, isn't it? I really racked my brain when naming Allen. I realized that using all these names would be the best choice. As a friend, Katie, you should remember Allen's name."
"Allen·Lena·Lena... Sorry, I can't remember. Looks like Katie still has a long way to go to become Allen's friend!"
"That's not true at all. Allen's name is Allen Beryman. Did that idiot dad of his give him such a long name just so people wouldn't forget it?!"
"How could I forget? Allen Lena Lena Rebecca Elizabeth Catherine Jenny Evette Angelica Elaina Cecilia Alice Christina Amilia Beryman. Such a beautiful name that once you hear it, you'll never forget it."
"Don't casually say Allen's full name, or Allen will kick!"
Allen kicked his dad's waist directly, causing his dad to instantly kneel on the ground, assuming the standard pose of defeat.
"Haha, Allen has been close to dad since morning. Meow."
"Good morning."
Mia and Nina appeared behind them, not knowing when they arrived.
Mia grinned widely and waved her paw in greeting.
Nina smiled shyly and waved gently.
"Mia can't remember Allen's full name at all, meow."
The half-beast girl was as cheerful as always.
"I can't remember it either," Nina said.
"That's great. Even if Katie can't remember Allen's full name, she can still be friends with him."
"There's no need to remember such a name!"
"What do you mean, such a name? Allen Lena Lena Rebecca Elizabeth Catherine Jenny Evette Angelica Elaina Cecilia Alice Christina Amilia Beryman. This is the name that Dad thought long and hard about, the only name that represents Allen!"
"Allen kick!"
"Oh..."
Kloke's dad once again assumed the pose of defeat, but he didn't show any pain on his face, instead looking somewhat excited.
"Allen's kicks are getting more powerful, which means he's growing up healthily. This perfectly timed agony is really good—"
"Then Allen should kick Dad a few more times."
Allen lifted his right foot with a blank expression and delivered a powerful kick to his dad's backside, causing a strange moaning sound to echo on the campus.
All the students walking on the campus road couldn't help but look at this father and daughter.
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...
This is Classroom 4-A.
The stepped classroom unfolded like a fan, with tightly packed desks. The left wall was entirely made of glass, transparent and open. In the front of the classroom was a podium and a big whiteboard.
The classroom, which should have been bustling, was strangely quiet. Most of the students had serious expressions.
"Mia will give it her all this time and show you that The Sphinx is the true natural hunter, meow!"
"I will also show my strength."
"This is a great opportunity for Allen to level up!"
"What's going on?"
Katie looked at her three friends, confused.
They were sitting around a table, each resting their elbows on the table and supporting their chins with the back of their hands, doing a commanding pose. Just by looking at this posture, Katie knew that something serious had happened.
Seeing the three of them all looking at her, Katie felt a slight unease under their three super serious gazes.
"Don't you know, Katie?"
"Don't know?"
"Tomorrow is our class's monthly monster hunting training, meow."
"Monster hunting training?""It's hunting Warcraft."
"Hunting Warcraft?!"
Under the gaze of the three individuals, Katie widened her eyes, with her eyeballs shifting towards the center, giving her a cute cross-eyed look.
