Rumors are the kind of things that change as they are passed along.
By the ti they get back to the Hutton Kingdom, it'll probably have changed to him having two hundred fiancées in the Cerryti Empire.
"Don't worry, Lanci, we can coordinate with you to act the part well."
Talia assured him, confident with her experience in playing opposite roles with Lanci.
"If the Empire's Special Operations Departnt ever suspects us, we will actively prove ourselves to be your fiancées."
Sigrid chid in as well.
"Really..."
Lanci was a bit afraid that these two were too enthusiastic.
Their eager eyes and sense of responsibility were undoubtedly genuine, as if they would devour him given the chance.
It involuntarily sent chills down his spine.
"ow."
Cat Boss looked up while on Lanci's hand.
It felt that Lanci's coming days would not be so easy.
But fortunately, there was only a wolf and a tiger watching him, and the two of them were quite reasonable, miraculously maintaining a balance.
"Alright, let's set off then."
Talia glanced at the other two.
Both she and Lanci had recently returned ho, and Sikder ca in outdoor clothes to visit, probably ready to set off imdiately without any preparation.
"We, at your elbow!"
Sigrid said happily.
She was already looking forward to settling down in this ho.
Not only could she play the role of the Saint Heir's fiancée for the coming period, but she was also given a sisterly mother figure, fulfilling the dreams of her past life in the Shadow World — even more lifelike than those bygone dreams.
"Let's go."
Lanci walked through the living room to the hallway with tingling scalp.
He opened the heavy wooden door for the two ladies, and sunlight instantly filled the space, like a golden waterfall.
The afternoon sun felt warm, the winter sun being not the least bit scorching.
Stepping out of the mansion, they ca to the courtyard.
Passing by the residential area of the Monastery, a breeze blew in the afternoon and the gentle, pleasing sound of the flowing river could be heard.
Under the clear sky, a vast expanse of blue and pure color stretched far into the distance.
After lunch, Lanci, Sigrid, and Talia temporarily bid farewell to their residence at the Saint Kray Temple.
Led by Lanci, they exited the mansion and walked the path leading to the monastery's east exit.
This wide street known as the Moon Goddess Pathway was very quiet in the afternoon, flanked by towering oak trees and lush green grass.
Talia and Sigrid walked on either side of Lanci, occasionally stealing glances at him.
Lanci dared not speak to them, just kept walking forward.
When they passed through the area near the Main Hall, more staff and students in academy uniforms began to appear.
On the squares they passed, groups of people could be seen, with pious monks of the monastery kneeling and praying devotionally.
Groups of students here and there were either practicing swordplay or engaged in animated discussions.
As Lanci passed by, he could hear whispering voices trailing behind him.
"Is Professor Landry Washington back?"
"Aren't those two females getting a little too close to him?"
"Yeah, how co the Wall of Landry has disappeared? I rember the professor always kept to himself, even keeping a certain distance from his sister Elsa."
"Is it his fiancée from Nixasende of the Northern Border who has co over? Can they really get along that well?"
It seed that the students could not believe that two won had suddenly appeared beside Professor Landry.
By now, Professor Landry was already a celebrity of the Monastery, followed by many students.
"Why do you attract so much attention when you look back?"
Sigrid asked Lanci, puzzled.
Tata seed to have stayed in the Monastery for a long ti with Lanci, but she had just arrived.
"Cough, this is a long story, ow."
Cat Boss, who was being held by Lanci like a lifesaver, explained to Sigrid in his hand.
Cat Boss rembered that the last ti Lanci's sister Elsa ca to find Lanci in the afternoon, she told him so school rumors about him.
The more Cat Boss thought about it, the more it felt like these rumors were about to be confird.
"Let's talk about it later, at the old school back in my hotown it's also common to have gossip about teachers, nothing unusual."
Lanci added.
No worries, they don't know that Sikder and Tata are fiancées, and the three of them seem to be just good friends now anyway.
Lanci thought to himself.
Besides, wasn't there a ti he, along with Talia and Hyperion, had fun together back in their hotown, Nanwantina, and nobody mistook them for being in a love triangle on the road?
If you don't let your mind wander, you have nothing to fear from crooked shadows.
As the three of them walked toward the carriage area.
At the end of the familiar monastery corridor, a squad of imperial n in special military uniforms stood.
This made Lanci slow down his steps.
The officer at the fore had a cap brim so deep it nearly covered his forehead, draped in the thick coat of the Imperial Army.
Nevertheless, an angular and handso face was visible under the cap, with well-trimd, deep auburn hair that exuded the sharpness and efficiency of a soldier.
With such distinctive features, Lanci recognized this colleague at a glance.
And the Internal Affairs Service Section One he led was specifically in charge of monitoring dissidents in the capital area, maintaining the stability of power.
"Captain Nikola, do you have sothing you need for?"
Lanci politely asked.
The Strategy Section blocked his path, just as he was on his way to find the Empire Action Departnt.
Initially, at the first station of Brilda, right after he had arrived in the city via the Magic Power Rail Train, he encountered an attack by the assassin Unity of the Allied Forces, and after the incident, it was this Imperial Army officer nad Red Falcon Nikola who investigated him.
Ever since, Red Falcon Nikola often managed to find him.
"Professor Landry, it's been a while."
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