"What's going on?" Hilna secretly exchanged a glance with Phyllis.

She never expected to encounter a strange maid instead of Kellen when she barged in.

"I have no idea." Phyllis discreetly returned an innocent look.

Hilna: "......"

She couldn't help but feel that Phyllis occasionally rubbed his chest, his furrowed brows indicating some pain.

...

Just as Carroll and the other two girls were exchanging glances, Kellen appeared from a nearby corner and calmly approached the door of the seventh practice room.

He looked at Hilna inside the room and greeted her in a normal tone, "Long time no see, Hilna. Last time we parted was really the last time. I wonder what brings you to the self-study room, teacher?"

Yes, Hilna is a teacher at the Royal Magic Academy specializing in potions, teaching about two classes per week.

At only twenty-three years old, Hilna is not only beautiful, but also exceptionally talented in potions. As one of the five beauties of the capital, she is also proficient in strategy and calculations, and holds the intelligence department of the kingdom.

At the moment, she was wearing a red dress, with shoulder-length red hair, and was clutching a thick book on potions tightly against her chest, causing the fullness of her bosom to sink deeply.

She was much taller than the average girl, standing at just over 1.7 meters, but compared to Kellen, she was still half a palm shorter.

If she were to be compared to Anna and Carroll, her mature and intellectual aura would be even more apparent. It was a temperament that only mature older sisters could possess.

Kellen had no favorable impression of this woman at all.

"After class, I will come and prepare some materials. You don't need to bother with me," she said, glancing at the other girls she brought with her. "You can go back now. If there's anything, I will call you again."

There was no change in her face, always wearing a calm and gentle fake smile.

"Well, teacher, you're busy. We'll come find you next time to learn about new potions."

"Goodbye!"

"See you in the next class, teacher."

After the unsuspecting girls left one by one, Paul, who had been hiding in the background watching the show, became particularly conspicuous.

Seeing everyone's gaze on him, Paul awkwardly scratched his head. "Just passing by, I was just passing by."

He ran away with regret.

If he remembered correctly, in the previous life, he had seen Kellen, with a bruised and swollen face, being dragged out of the door, and he had shown a satisfied smile.

After all irrelevant people had left, Kellen appeared somewhat nervous as he walked up to Phyllis.

Ignoring the crown princess, Hilna, who was sitting at the table pretending to read, Kellen opened his mouth and said, "Um... Miss Phyllis, did you have something to say to me?"

His cautious appearance was like an inexperienced boy facing a girl for the first time, with an inexplicable innocence.

Seeing this, Hilna secretly rolled her eyes. With such a pathetic heir, the Kate family didn't have enough credibility.

Clever Phyllis instantly understood Kellen's intention, so she immediately put on a seductive act and grabbed Kellen's hand, saying, "I like you. I want to be your wife or concubine. Kellen, would you give me this opportunity?"

Phyllis's eyes sparkled. Acting in front of the crown princess with Kellen made her feel incredibly excited, and a special sense of pleasure gradually emerged in her heart.

【Phyllis's current Favorability towards you is 40, receiving a 40% attribute point reward from the other party.】

Kellen: "But... But we didn't know each other before."

Kellen's acting skills were not inferior to Phyllis.

Phyllis: "That's not a problem at all. I like you, and I will make an effort to make you like me too..."

Her enthusiasm caused the atmosphere between them to heat up, and the initiative remained firmly in her hands.Phyllis's performance satisfied the Grand Princess, although Kellen missed out on the good luck. As long as Phyllis was there, their plan could be executed again at any time.

It was just a matter of one or two days at night, nothing important.

In a good mood, she even opened the book in her hand and prepared seriously, and her guard lowered significantly.

Thanks to Kellen's consistently ordinary performance, she didn't even pay any attention to him.

Someone was playing the drums, someone was acting, and someone was speculating and thinking.

Carroll was the one who kept thinking. With her talent, she could easily judge the true emotions of others, so she had a rough guess about the current situation.

If her deduction was correct, this should be a conspiracy orchestrated by Phyllis and Hilna against the master.

But the master used the prepared layout to make Phyllis backfire, and finally deceived the Grand Princess Hilna. This strategy surprised Carroll, and she couldn't help but admire Kellen in her gaze.

【Carroll's favorability towards you is 65, gaining a bonus of 65% attribute points from the other party.】

Kellen: "???"

Kellen, who had already held hands with Phyllis, inexplicably glanced at Carroll. Why did this girl suddenly start to self-seduce?

Thanks to the mutual efforts of the two actors, Kellen and Phyllis quickly confirmed their relationship. Just when Kellen was about to take Phyllis away, Hilna suddenly stopped them.

"Phyllis, stay for a moment. The next class is your potion class. I have some tasks to give you."

"Well then."

Phyllis could only release Kellen's hand reluctantly, sticking out her cute pink tongue at him and said, "Sorry, I can only accompany you next time. How about we hang out after school?"

"Good, let's hang out after school." Kellen looked longingly at Phyllis's small hand.

"Let's go, Carroll. Let's find a place to rest. I don't want to attend the next class."

Like before, Kellen chose to skip class as a habit and beckoned Carroll to leave the self-study room directly.

The teachers in the academy had little control over the noble children, so it was no problem for Kellen to talk about love or skip class in front of Hilna.

Moreover, in the end, they were seventeen-year-olds who were still unmarried, so they could be considered leftovers. If it wasn't for the longer lifespan of mages, the parents would have been worried long ago.

Before leaving, Carroll took a glance at Hilna from the corner of her eye for some reason. She also hated this woman.

"Click!"

After confirming that Kellen and Carroll had left, Hilna closed the door of the self-study room.

"This Kellen is really useless, but we have to thank him. Without his incompetence, I wouldn't dare to act against the Duke's family.

But before that, I want to know why it's not Kellen who is in the self-study room with you, but an unknown maid."

Hilna looked at Phyllis with a scrutinizing gaze.

Phyllis could barely adapt to being stared at like this before, but now that she had distanced herself from Hilna, she felt a bit annoyed.

Compared to Hilna's lofty attitude, she could accept Kellen's domineering coercion more, after all, she had lost half of her cunning in the plan.

Hmm, Phyllis only admitted that she lost half of her cunning, so she hadn't completely lost.

Adjusting her mindset, Phyllis deceived the Grand Princess, saying, "Actually, it's all a coincidence. This is how things happened..."