Chapter 42

1

The military vehicle finally stopped in front of Zi Sirou's house, and the butler came out to open the door.

"Aren't we going back to the academy?"

"Don't you need to report your whereabouts to your mother? Ten years ago, you ran away from home. I guess you must be doing the same thing this time."

Zi Sirou gave me a signal, reluctantly got out of the car, and left under the guidance of the butler.

I was also about to get out of the car when suddenly someone walked past and pressed against the door.

"Get in." The figure in the bright red cheongsam, with a graceful posture, blocked the car window.

Zi Lieyang got into the military vehicle, and the cheongsam made her sitting posture equally intimidating. The standing collar of the cheongsam and her upright figure highlighted her majesty.

"Should I call you Aunt or Mom?"

"I can't bear either one of them. Honestly, I regret the engagement with Qin Fengyu, especially now that you've started to subvert the traditions of Emonia."

"But you still have to maintain a relationship with my father. Your purpose for coming here today is obvious, to ask me to let go. But it's too late now." I got out of the car from another door and turned to Zi Lieyang inside the car.

"Aunt, the time for me to call you Mom is getting closer, but it doesn't matter. Your daughter is already mine, and I won't mistreat her."

I left the military vehicle and walked on the streets of the imperial capital. Zi Lieyang's expression didn't matter, as these things were already facts. It was very difficult to break the contract once it was signed. The contract was born out of love, and even if hatred replaced love, it would at most become the past, just like Xiao Qiong.

The weather was a bit damp, indicating that there might be rain.

The streets were bustling with cars and people. Most of them were ordinary people who worked hard every day for their livelihoods. However, some people were doing extraordinary things here.

I wandered on the streets, looking around, and walked into a cake shop. I bought a piece of cake, but then I decided to eat it there. I bought another whole cake to take away.

After leaving the cake shop, I disappeared into the crowd. I used Spatial Magic to appear in another street.

I looked back at the entrance of the cake shop and saw three people whose expressions were different from others. Only those who deliberately paid attention to me would notice my sudden disappearance from the place I was just at.

The three people had different disguises, some were wealthy elderly, some were young ordinary employees. But my intuition told me that there were more than just these three.

Suddenly, I turned into an alley and disappeared again. Outside the alley, five people had unnatural expressions.

"Who are these people?" I sat on the railing of a tall building, watching the people passing by below. The "me" holding the cake kept flickering in the crowd. Every time I appeared and disappeared, there were always people paying attention. Of course, some were just onlookers, but only a small number were continuously following "me".

"Master." Nofice, who looked exactly like me, finally appeared next to me using Spatial Magic, and spoke in a gentle and lovely voice.

"Nofice, any clues?"

Nofice returned to its original form and sat on the railing like me.

"Why do they seem to know where you are all the time, Master?"

"Did you see the eagle in the sky?" It was up there, just like us on the rooftop.

"So, Master is sitting up so high? Master is always smarter than others."

"As long as I'm higher than the eagle, it's not easy for it to spot me. Similarly, as long as you keep walking down below, it won't pay attention to things on the same horizontal line as it."

"But they have already come up, they should find us soon."

"But the other side also knows that they have been found."

The eagles in the sky and the people on the ground evacuate at the same time. They seem to be leaving casually, but careful observation reveals their organized activities.

"Nofice, pay attention to whether there are also these people in the academy. They don't look like angels or gods. According to logic, no one in the Othrie Empire needs to track me like this. It may be retaliation from Emonia, or another punishment from the gods to Othrie."

Although Ma Ru Tian temporarily stopped his actions, he cannot represent the council of the gods.

"Master, if they reappear, can I catch them? Play with them like the Angels last time."

"They are not Angels, they are humans. Playing with them a few times probably won't work anymore. If you catch them, hand them over to me or the Emperor of the Empire."

"Oh...Master, there is something I want to tell you." Nofice picked up the cake and swayed on the fence with two legs.

"What is it?"

"Situ Liyao came to see you yesterday. After stuttering for a long time, she finally said that she wants you to save her brother."

"Did her father agree?"

"No, it's her own idea. Situ Ming is critically ill. According to Nai Nai, a messenger from the underworld has already been to the Duke of Situ's house this morning."

Nai Nai's information should not have any problems. The problem is that she said the messenger from the underworld only went to the Duke's house and did not take Situ's soul away. There may be something suspicious about it.

"So she knows I'm not here. Is there anything else she said?"

"She said: If it's God's will, then she can only bear it."

"God's will? It's surprising that there are still people who believe in fate in this era. But her brother is a person with no luck. Originally, I wanted to help because of Situ Liyao's doll-like face. Who would have thought that he would die now."

"But Master, can you forgive Situ Ming for what he did in the past?"

"There is no forgiveness or not. Think about it, he is just a white rat. He is only worth this much. Does this kind of person deserve to be hated?"

Nofice and I sat on the fence for a long time. The long-awaited rain still hadn't come, but a gust of wind blew up.

After a while, Nofice said, "Master, can I eat the cake?"

Nofice raised the large cake in his hand and looked excited at the blueberries inside.

"Bring it back to the student council to eat."

"Master, let me give you a hint, when you go back, don't mention the words 'news department' and 'bathroom'!"

"Nofice!" I suddenly grabbed Nofice's arms seriously and said, "You revealed it!"

When I entered the bathroom, only Nofice could see me, and no one else knew.

"It wasn't me who said it, it was the campus news published by the news department." Nofice secretly raised the newspaper in his hand, which clearly showed my action of jumping out of the window on the upper floor, with a timestamp.

"Whether journalists are a good thing or a bad thing in this world."

"It depends on whom you ask. It's not a good thing for you, but it might be for others." Nofice walked back and forth on the fence, holding the cake in his arms, on the narrow fence less than five centimeters wide.

2

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after waiting for a long time, the clouds finally brought rain. I carried the cake back to the academy, and when I looked up in front of the student council building, I saw a lot of small red dots on the ground, with small boards next to them displaying numbers. It looked like a crime scene.

"These seem so familiar." I bent down and carefully examined the red dots, lines, and footprints on the ground, then lifted my own foot to compare.

"These are the master's footprints."

"I know."

"This is also the magic array of the master's words."

"I know that too."

"So, this is the master's crime scene."

"Do...do I have something to do with it?"

"Um..." Nofice hesitated and looked behind me.

Following her gaze, all the girls were not inside the building, but behind us.

"What's wrong? I bought a big cake for everyone, Wenxin you should like it the most...why don't we talk things out, using guns and swords will hurt our feelings...Xiao Yao, I know you treat me the best, you tell me what's going on?"

"Hiss!" Two magic bullets with electric currents hit the ground.

Xiao Qiong stopped Xiao Yao and said, "Die, colorful foreigner, your stubbornness never changes!"

"Changes? Changes what?"

"He's pretending to be dead!"

"With his abilities, even if we go all out, he won't die." Hanya drew out "Shattered Cloud" and a divine image appeared behind her.

"Now the problem is how to make him move." Li Liu's illusionary pupils stared at me, and ice surrounded me.

"He dares to move!" Wenxin held the shy Qingqing and looked at me with disgust in her eyes.

"Master, I can't help you." Nofice slowly moved towards the girls' side.

"Nofice, you traitor, you clearly knew beforehand and still have the nerve to stand with them!" I pointed at Nofice.

"It's none of her business, it's the master, the master threatened me! Everyone knows that as a familiar, I can't disobey the master." Nofice put on a face of being subjected to bullying, making the girls blame me instead of her.

"Alright, stop talking about it. Qin Yang, today you will accept punishment for your mistakes." Yu Yuanching walked out among them with a gloating expression, it seems that the news of my return today was spread by her, and she might have instigated the girls to set up such a big confrontation.

"Click, click." The sound of bullets loading.

Lilith had been throwing fireballs silently, but when I gestured for her help, she rolled her eyes at me.

"Then I have no choice." I calmly stood up, looked at everyone, and raised my hand.

"What is he doing?" Hanya asked.

"He should give up struggling now, beat him!"

The girls rushed forward, and the entire academy was suddenly startled by a powerful roar. Many birds in the trees were disturbed, and the teachers and students of the academy found it inexplicable.

"Sister!" Lilith exclaimed. In front of her was a strange black shield that resisted all magic. Xiao Qiong's magic spear rapidly fired in a 360-degree range, but Nana was still able to catch the bullets.

"Colorful foreigner still has a bodyguard!"

"Let me handle it!" Yu Yuanching summoned a giant snake. Now she didn't hold back anymore. Previously, she only simulated a snake with water, but now she summoned a real giant snake.

The entire academy was filled with noises, completely unconcerned about what others were doing or whether it would disturb others, because all of this was within the allowed scope of the academy.

3

In front of the convenience store, Tony licked his ice cream, leaned against the shelf, oblivious to the loud roar echoing throughout the campus.

"They seem to be having a lot of fun," Han said, poking his head out from behind Tony.

"It's none of our business, let them play if they don't let us participate." Tony replied.

"Bald boss, bring three ice cream popsicles," the student said as classes ended and he got ready to work.