After saying goodbye to Teacher Stephanie, Lilina carried Wu Yan in her arms and headed to Alimi’s bedroom.
Lilina knocked on the door.
“Eh, who is it?”
Since Alimi barely had any friends and almost no one ever came looking for her, she couldn’t help wondering who was knocking.
“Alimi, it’s—”
“Gulu!”
It’s me, your man—the Tentacle Monster—has arrived!
“Little Dark? Lilina, I-I’ll be right there… Ah!”
Thud!
“Gulu?”
So this is that legendary… tripping on flat ground?
Another max-level moe trait…
“Alimi, are you okay?”
Lilina asked anxiously, and the answer she got was the sound of the door opening.
“I’m fine, Lilina…”
“Meow meow!”
A Monster Beast that looked a lot like a cat climbed onto Alimi’s shoulder. Its fur was mostly pink with a bit of white, its limbs were lean and nimble, and its body was even smaller than the cats Wu Yan had seen before.
“Mimi, Lilina’s here. And this is Little Dark. It’s your first time meeting him, right? Hurry and say hi!”
“Gulu!”
Cat-eared girl plus a little cat Contract Beast—this is peak perfection!
“Meow meow!”
The moment Mimi saw it was a Dark Beast, she turned her head away with a disdainful little flick.
“Gulu!”
You’re clearly just a little ball of fluff, how can you act this high and mighty?
“Mimi, don’t be like that. Little Dark’s really strong…”
“Meow meow!”
Mimi still refused to even look straight at Wu Yan.
“Gulu!”
Man, with a personality like that, you’re begging to be disciplined. Come, let me educate (whip) you (→_→)!
Wu Yan stretched out two Tentacles, trying to wrap Mimi up, but with a light leap Mimi easily dodged his lashing attack and then stepped right onto his completely exposed face.
“Gulu…”
Wu Yan shrank his Tentacles back and shooed Mimi away. Mimi made another light leap and returned to Alimi’s shoulder, sticking out her tongue to casually lick her paw.
“Mimi…”
Alimi sounded helpless. It was obvious that even with her timid personality, she had zero authority in front of her own Contract Beast…
“Gulu!”
Ugh, I’m done for. Tried to act cool (discipline her) and got my face stomped (disciplined) instead… so embarrassing…
“It’s okay, Alimi. Little Dark won’t mind, right, Little Dark?”
“Gulu!”
I…
“Mm, I know Little Dark’s very obedient. Oh right, Lilina, did you need something from me?”
“Yeah. I remember you said you were about to advance, right, Alimi?”
“Eh, yeah. Not long ago I sensed my spirit power was enough. But I still need to wait a bit before I can advance.”
Lilina took a Mind Crystal out of her pocket and handed it to Alimi.
“Little Dark already learned how to transmit magic power. You can start your advancement now.”
Alimi was a bit startled when she saw the Mind Crystal and quickly refused. “Eh, but you really need Mind Crystals too, Lilina. Why don’t we wait a few more days, don’t waste it…”
“It’s fine, I’ve still got more. Besides, aren’t we friends? It’s just a Mind Crystal.”
Lilina pushed the Mind Crystal into Alimi’s hand.
“Thank you…”
Alimi’s eyes turned slightly wet. Even now that Lilina was the focus of the entire academy, she still treated Alimi as a friend.
“Alright, alright, start meditating. Try to advance today if you can!”
Alimi didn’t refuse again. She hummed softly in reply, then kneeled on the bed to meditate. Mimi leaned against the blanket in boredom, yawned, crossed her legs and drifted off to sleep.
“Gulu!”
Perfect chance. Time for revenge!
Wu Yan reached out his Tentacles, wanting to pull a surprise bondage play on the sleeping Mimi, but…
Mimi’s ears twitched. Wu Yan froze and hurriedly pulled his Tentacles back.
Fine. I forgive you!
→_→
Lilina didn’t have anything else to do either. She sat off to the side and started meditating as well.
Time flew by, and before they knew it, night had fallen.
Unusual ripples suddenly appeared around Alimi’s body. Lilina felt the elements around her drawing away, and opened her eyes.
“Yes! I’m about to advance!”
Alimi opened her eyes too.
“Yeah, that’s great, Alimi!”
“Thank you, Lilina!”
Lilina shook her head. “Save it for later. Little Dark, it’s all on you now.”
“Gulu!”
Relax and leave Alimi to me…
Hehehe…
“Little Dark, thank you…”
Alimi quickly steadied her mind and entered meditation again. Elements kept gathering toward her, and magic power pooled around her body.
“Gulu!”
My cue to enter!
Wu Yan stretched his sinful Tentacles out toward Alimi. But neither he nor Lilina noticed Mimi’s ears suddenly twitch. Mimi opened one eye, her muscles going taut, a cold gleam flashing in her gaze. Then, seeing it was just Lilina and Wu Yan, her body relaxed and she closed her eye again.
“Meow meow…”
“Gulu!”
Wakaka!
Wu Yan’s grin grew more and more wicked…
