I Became a Cute Little Dragon Princess and Now She’s Obsessed with Me Chapter 77 : Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Must Rely on Myself

Beside her, Daphne also seed to sense Erika’s discomfort. She imdiately stood up and leisurely walked to Erika’s side, stepping in to smooth things over.

“All right, everyone, let’s not make wild assumptions.

While elental attributes are often inherited, there are exceptions where one is simply born with them.

Miss Erika only recently arrived in the Imperial Capital—this is a misunderstanding.”

With Daphne’s explanation, the crowd’s suspicions began to ease.

As for Erika, her gaze turned to Daphne, full of silent bla.

If you hadn’t run your mouth, would all this nonsense have happened?

Without responding to anyone else, Erika turned and went back to her seat.

No sooner had she sat down than Isana, as always, ca sidling up. She clung to Erika’s arm, praising her without hesitation:

“Erika, you’re amazing! As expected, only my Erika can pull this off. You looked so cool during your elentalization—everyone was stunned!”

“Isana… you’re too close.”

Erika blinked. Now she actually regretted what she had done earlier. If she could redo it, she would have rather played it down than show off her elentalization in front of everyone.

The compulsory class ended.

As expected, among over a hundred students, only three succeeded in elentalization.

Erika’s na spread completely.

Now, all the freshn at Wode Academy knew that a powerful little girl had arrived. White hair, red eyes, beautiful and cute, not a noble—definitely dateable...

The rumors spread wildly, and Erika beca the hot topic on campus.

…

The heavy rain in the sky had finally stopped—the sun ca out.

Unsurprisingly, students ca flocking to Erika to strike up conversations, bombarding her with questions.

To avoid this hassle, Erika had no choice but to seek out Isana.

Since everyone knew Isana was the daughter of the Duke of Daylight, no one wanted to ss with a noble girl.

So as long as Isana was around, Erika could avoid these annoyances.

As for Isana, she was clearly very happy. Her slightly pink cheeks were full of joy, and her small hands clutched Erika’s arm like they were lovers.

“Isana…”

Feeling a bit uneasy, Erika blinked and said, “Can you not always hang on my arm like this… So many people are staring at us.”

“But Erika, you’re the one who asked to co with you.”

Beneath her silver hair, Isana still wore a cheerful expression.

“But I didn’t ask you to cling to …”

“Do you hate , Erika?”

“No, I’m just used to it… It’s just, it might cause misunderstandings.”

“What kind of misunderstanding?”

“Just… just…”

Muttering a couple of words, Erika’s face blushed.

“Just… that kind of weird relationship…”

“Huh?”

Isana blinked wide-eyed. “What weird relationship? Aren’t we friends?”

“Ugh… never mind.”

Shaking her head helplessly, Erika gave up explaining. If Isana wanted to hang on her, fine—she was already used to it. A little more wouldn’t kill her…

“By the way, Isana, I wanted to ask you sothing.”

“What is it?”

“Um… is there anyone nad Jocelyn in Wode Academy?”

Hearing that, Isana thought for a mont. “There are too many people in Wode Academy. I’ve seen so rosters before, but I can’t rember that many nas… Is this Jocelyn a teacher or a student?”

“I don’t know.”

Erika thought about it. “I think she must’ve just joined Wode Academy not long ago.”

“If she’s new…”

After thinking further, Isana said, “I do rember the recently added nas. I looked them up when I was researching your file.

But whether it’s teachers or students, there’s no one nad Jocelyn on the list.”

“There isn’t…?”

Hearing that, Erika furrowed her brow.

Had she mistaken that figure this morning? But it really looked like Jocelyn…

Or maybe… Jocelyn wasn’t using her real na?

In any case, she’d have to investigate it slowly—that Dragon Core Crystal was too important!

…

Wode Academy’s curriculum was simple. Besides daily compulsory classes, there were plenty of elective ones.

As long as you attended the compulsory class, you could skip electives or even go straight ho.

Daphne’s compulsory class had already given Erika a lot. She wasn’t interested in electives right now—there was sothing she had to do.

“Erika, let’s go have lunch.”

Isana clung to Erika’s arm and invited her warmly.

But this ti, even faced with food, Erika hesitated for a mont—then resisted the temptation.

Her expression was off. Pressing her lips together, she blinked at Isana.

“Sorry, Isana. I have sothing to do. You go ahead and eat.”

Isana looked surprised. “Sothing more important than food?”

“It’s very important.”

Nodding, Erika slipped her hand out of Isana’s grasp and tucked it into her pocket, tightly gripping the half-full healing potion inside.

“What is it? Can you tell ?”

“It’s about Gladys…”

“Your mom?”

“A family mber—a very important one.”

Erika bit her lip and spoke softly.

Her eyes glanced at Isana and flickered slightly, but the words stopped at the tip of her tongue.

“Forget it, Isana. I’ll handle this myself—it’s fine.”

“You can tell , Erika. What’s wrong? I’ll help you.”

“It’s nothing.”

“Erika!”

Suddenly grabbing Erika’s shoulders, Isana’s expression turned serious.

“If you’re troubled by anything, you can always tell . If you need help, I’d do anything for you.”

“Don’t… Isana.”

Erika gently pulled away. To avoid worrying her, she smiled sweetly, revealing two tiny tiger teeth—her cute expression returned.

“Thank you, but this ti, it’s sothing I have to handle on my own. If I rely on your help, it wouldn’t an the sa thing.”

“Then what’s really going on?”

“I’m still not going to tell you… I’ll take care of it myself.”

Erika shook her head. Stepping through the puddles, she turned and ran out of the academy.

“Erika, where are you going?!”

Without looking back, Erika kept her gaze forward. Determination glead in her eyes, and her small hand stayed tucked in her pocket, clutching the healing potion tightly.

After running for a long ti, finally putting distance between herself and Isana, Erika called back.

“To your house—!”

To my house?

Watching Erika’s retreating back, Isana stood there bewildered.

Why is she going to my house?

She had wanted to follow, but thinking of what Erika had said, she hesitated and stayed put. Her expression dimd.