"Gurgle~"
As the hand of the invisible, large-breasted country bumpkin girl beside her touched her shoulder, Lucianna instantly felt a terrifying chill surge through her heart.
An unclean pink hue climbed up the wall, making Lucianna's heart skip a beat.
"An Le!"
However, before she could even react as her pupils shrank, Sakuramiya Hitomi, who saw the situation from the opposite side, hastily spoke up to stop it.
"Smack!"
Hearing Sakuramiya Hitomi's words, Lucianna finally snapped back to her senses, swatting An Le's wrist away and taking a step back.
But even though she had distanced herself from An Le, the spot where she was touched still broke out in goosebumps.
An Le withdrew her hand. On her shoulder, Little Finger appeared at the right mont, flicking its tongue.
"This person also has great fate oh wait, a lot of emotional energy"
"..."
Hearing this, An Le reacted plainly, just looking at Lucianna and saying,
"You have said enough, haven't you? We just want to soak in the hot spring, okay?"
Lucianna looked over the unknown An Le, quickly realizing from the aura she exuded that she did not co from any prestigious or wealthy family.
Realizing the status of this An Le who dared to speak to her like this, Lucianna did not show a look of disdain. Instead, she beca intrigued.
"Interesting..."
"..."
"Fine, I will listen to you. I will not say another word."
Saying that, Lucianna smiled slightly, raising her hands in a gesture of surrender.
Hearing this, Bai Yi and Ye Shiyu seed completely unprepared for her to be so accommodating, revealing confused expressions.
Only Spencer and Sakuramiya Hitomi beca even more vigilant upon hearing those words.
Spencer relied on her instinct, seeing the phantom of a multi-headed giant bird behind Lucianna grow even more solid when she spoke...
Sakuramiya Hitomi, on the other hand, simply knew her too well, fully aware that she would never let things go so easily.
"Thud!"
Thus, the won's hot spring was once again left with only the bubbling sound of water, and the sound of fists hitting flesh...
Hmm?
The sound of hitting flesh?
It was only a few seconds after things quieted down that the girls realized sothing was wrong.
Where was that hitting sound coming from?
"T-This is bad! President!! A fight broke out over here!!"
It was not until the next second, when Shenye Ju's panicked and helpless cries ca from the other side of the wall, that the girls finally realized the sound was coming from next door.
Hearing Shenye Ju's shouts, the others failed to react in ti, but Lucianna hastily stood up and called out,
"What happened?"
"President Yan from Far Moon Academy got into a fight with Brother Li and Brother Yang!!"
"..."
Upon hearing that Shenye Ju was not the one getting beaten up, Lucianna, who had just stood up, sighed and sat back down into the pool.
However, in the very next second, hearing that Yan Huan was fighting two people, the other girls in the pool hastily stood up, looking over with worry.
"P-President, are you okay?!"
"Hey, why would Yan Huan get into a fight with soone?!"
"Xiao Huan..."
Lucianna, who had just sat down and splashed so hot water on her body, was utterly stunned by this sudden commotion.
She glanced over the girls who had stood up, and then, as if discovering sothing, a thoughtful expression appeared on her face.
"Oh my~"
Then, she turned her head and shouted toward the wall,
"How is the battle going over there?"
"P-President Yan is whipping Brother Li and Brother Yang with a bath towel!!"
"Huh?!"
Lucianna rested her cheek on her hand and blinked. She paused for a second before asking with a smile,
"Did they say thank you?"
Hearing this, the other girls in the won's hot spring shot annoyed glares at Lucianna, while Shenye Ju on the other side could not hold back either, shouting,
"Please do not joke around at a ti like this, President!!"
"I roughly understand the situation. So, they were the ones who struck first?"
In the outer hall, Sakura Lan assessed the situation, pinching his chin as he glanced at the people around him.
On the left was a completely unhard Yan Huan, with the five girls standing separately behind him.
An Le and Sakuramiya Hitomi let out sighs of relief only after thoroughly checking that Yan Huan had no injuries. The other three stared intently at the opposite side.
On the opposite side stood the three male students from Shuurei Academy. Two of them sported faint bruises on their faces.
Yan Huan nodded, smiling gently,
"That is indeed the case, Lan-san."
"Have you no sha? You clearly said you wanted to peek into the won's hot spring, which is why we attacked!"
Behind him, the two boys—one with wheat-colored skin and the other with pale skin, creating a stark black-and-white contrast—beca indignant and hurriedly explained.
Yan Huan looked at them, his smile gradually fading.
"I was joking. Even if you gave
ten tis the courage, I still would not dare."
"If that is not playing dirty, what is?!"
"You are just being shaless, are you not?!"
Yan Huan glanced at them, a look that made the two battered and bruised boys instinctively take a step back.
Just as they were about to pursue the matter, the short Shenye Ju jumped in to block the space between the three of them, saying in a panic,
"Alright, alright, maybe it was just a misunderstanding earlier. Perhaps things just were not explained clearly..."
In front, Shenye Ju appeared to be holding the two back, but in reality, because they had just lost a fight, neither dared to approach Yan Huan anyway. He was essentially blocking empty air.
From behind, Sakura Jing, always eager for so drama, crossed his arms and looked at Yan Huan with a curled lip.
"Have not seen you in a while, and you have beco quite violent, have you not? Out of three guys, you just happened to beat up the two you should not have..."
"Why, what is their background?"
"I looked into the backgrounds of everyone in their student council. Those two 'Black and White Demons' are Ying Country-born bananas (yellow on the outside, white on the inside). Their parents belong to the Ying Country ABC Chamber of Comrce, so they have so influence."
Sakura Jing stood beside Yan Huan, his gaze sweeping over the blue-haired girl and Shenye Ju nearby.
"The Secretary is Takanotsukasa Sana. Her older sister, Takanotsukasa Mitsuki, is the president of your school's Mahjong club."
"The remaining one, Shenye Ju, is from the South District just like you. His family background is very ordinary, and he got into Shuurei Academy purely on his own rit."
He was also from the South District?
Yan Huan glanced at the short boy who was waving his hands, constantly trying to break up the fight. He had not expected the boyfriend of the Shuurei Academy's president to be from the South District.
After all, the president herself seed like a highly arrogant and domineering person who relied on her massive family fortune.
After listening to the intel Sakura Jing provided, Yan Huan leaned closer to him and said nonchalantly,
"Their president insulted Sakuramiya while in the hot spring."
Hearing this, Sakura Jing's expression instantly filled with righteous indignation.
"...Good job beating them up!"
"..."
Right at this mont, Lucianna, now dressed in a yukata, slowly approached from the other end of the corridor alongside the blue-haired girl who seed to be the student council secretary.
"What is there to argue about? Did he not attack you because of what I said to Sakuramiya Hitomi and Aruiya?"
"..."
Lucianna walked back to their side, glanced at them, and said,
"So, just consider it an eye for an eye. The reason does not matter. The key issue here is, the two of you ganged up on him and still could not beat him?"
"...We apologize, President."
Lucianna withdrew her gaze, her face showing neither joy nor anger as she spoke flatly,
"Well, whatever. Those two tied together could not out-argue
anyway, so let us consider it even."
Having said that, she smiled, lifting her gaze to look at Yan Huan as she introduced herself,
"Hello, Yan Huan. I am the Student Council President of Shuurei Academy, Lucianna Adams."
He had just beaten up her people, an act that was visibly pushing them toward a severe fallout, yet this girl just nonchalantly moved past it?
Yan Huan glanced at the hand she offered but did not reach out to shake it. Instead, he simply smiled.
"It seems you already know , so I suppose I do not need to introduce myself?"
"...Of course."
Being denied a handshake, Lucianna was not annoyed. She rely withdrew her hand.
"Then let us end it here for tonight. Taking a bath made
feel much better. Good night, everyone."
She waved her hand dismissively and prepared to lead her companions back to rest.
Unlike Yan Huan's group, who stayed in the guest courtyard, this bunch was actually staying in the main courtyard belonging to the family head of the Sakuramiya Residence.
Lucianna led the three away, leaving only Shenye Ju standing in place.
Just as he was about to leave, he looked back at Yan Huan, his eyes gleaming with excitent as he said,
"President Yan, I have looked forward to eting you for a long ti! I never had the chance before, but today, I finally got one!"
Hearing this, Yan Huan raised an eyebrow in surprise. Before he could even speak, Shenye Ju started explaining on his own,
"I went to Hanasi Middle School in the South District. During the Linn unified examinations, I ranked nineteenth in the country and second in the South District!"
Shenye Ju pursed his lips, looking at Yan Huan with imnse admiration as he spoke at a rapid pace,
"When the grades first ca out, all the schools in the South District were in an uproar. Everyone was guessing whether you would go to Far Moon Academy or Shuurei Academy... I originally thought you would go to Shuurei Academy, but I never expected you to choose Far Moon Academy in the end."
It was because Far Moon Academy had a school bus for commuting, and Shuurei Academy did not have such a thing!
Yan Huan felt a bit unnatural in the face of this little boy's overwhelming enthusiasm, completely clueless about what the kid was rambling on about.
Fortunately, this embarrassing situation did not last long, because Lucianna's voice imdiately rang out from not far away,
"Ju, co back."
"Ah, coming, President!!"
Hearing this, Shenye Ju replied quickly and imdiately jogged over in that direction.
As he ran, he kept turning his head back to wave at Yan Huan, calling out,
"President Yan, I will co find you guys to hang out tomorrow!"
"..."
Yan Huan raised his eyebrows without responding, just watching as the boy scurried back to the Shuurei Academy student council group, walking further and further away until even Lucianna's voice beca indistinct,
"Find so dicine for those two. They look awfully bruised..."
"..."
Yan Huan wore an odd expression, rubbing his chin as he turned to look behind him.
Behind him, with the exception of Spencer, the eyes of the other girls dodged his gaze slightly.
Who knew what they had been thinking while watching him from behind earlier.
His gaze lingered on Sakuramiya Hitomi for a brief mont, while his mind subconsciously recalled the conversation he had overheard from the hot spring earlier.
Sakuramiya decided to go to Linn because staying by her grandfather's side as a child left her with trauma?
Learning this piece of information cast a layer of complexity over this 'Sakuramiya Rescue Plan'.
Before arriving, he thought the main issue stemd from Lucianna spreading slanderous rumors. Now, looking at it, could it be that her grandfather also had so hidden motives of his own?
"Hmph, that president from Shuurei Academy is absolutely detestable..."
As soon as the Shuurei Academy student council walked away, Bai Yi could no longer hold it in and imdiately began to complain.
"..."
Ye Shiyu remained silent, but judging from the look in her eyes, she undoubtedly shared the sa sentint as Bai Yi...
It was a mystery how Yan Huan managed to read that from her gaze, but regardless, he successfully deciphered it.
"I do not like her at all."
Even Spencer blurted this out without a second thought.
"Sigh..."
Hearing everyone else's evaluations, Sakuramiya Hitomi let out another sigh, massaging her temples as she spoke,
"That is just how she is. She is a highly troubleso person. Aside from seeking amusent, it is practically impossible to guess her motives for doing anything..."
"Let us just leave it at this for tonight. We will deal with everything else tomorrow."
Having said that to her older brother, she glanced behind her at An Le, who had remained entirely silent.
Evidently, tonight, there was still a conversation left between her and the Great Demon King, An Le... or rather, a confrontation?
"Whoosh~"
"Chirp-chirp~"
The Sakuramiya Residence was located on a mountain, boasting an excellent surrounding environnt, so even the nights were not completely quiet.
The continuous chirping of insects and the rustling wind echoed in waves.
And of course, there was the steady sound of Sakura Jing's rhythmic breathing.
In the tatami mat room, Yan Huan sat cross-legged on his bedding, casting a glance at Sakura Jing, who was wrapped securely in a blanket, sleeping as far away from him as possible, practically leaning against the corner of the wall.
At this mont, he was already fast asleep.
But Yan Huan still had things to do.
Do not forget, today was Sunday, the ti for the weekly lottery draw.
In the past, he had always drawn his rewards in his public rental housing in the South District every Sunday. Now, suddenly doing the draw in a completely different location felt sowhat unnatural to him.
"ow~"
Fortunately, in the darkness, the fat black cat blinking its erald-green eyes remained the sa as always.
"Myau-chan, did we not just collect two fragnts yesterday? Including the fragnt refiner, the Modifier should be able to evolve now, right?"
"It can now, ow."
Myau-chan nodded and swallowed all the fragnts into its belly.
Then, after a miraculous transformation, it spat the fragnts back out.
One of An Le's Snake Scale Fragnts, after undergoing this transformation...
Turned into three Snake Scale Fragnts capable of enhancing Myau-chan!!
And the other fragnt from the jawed foot was transford into two of Ye Shiyu's spiderweb fragnts, which were fragnts that could increase the probability of triggering a Battle Defeat CG.
In other words, two fragnts had instantaneously multiplied into five fragnts!
It felt incredibly euphoric.
Only at this mont did Yan Huan feel like a man who had forgotten his pain the mont his scars healed, completely ignoring the agonizing tornt of An Le flooding him with pleasure or using her Superconductor on him.
"ow~"
Watching those three newly transford fragnts slowly dissolve into a dazzling, ethereal golden light before surging into Myau-chan's body, Yan Huan could not help but let his face darken.
"Wait, why does it feel like transforming them into Snake Scale Fragnts is the biggest loss? Mostly because if all it does is strengthen you, it feels completely useless."
"Who says so, ow?! I am actually very useful..."
Hearing this, Myau-chan, whose fur had beco exceedingly glossy and bright, glared at him indignantly, owing loudly,
"By the way, Yan Huan, I highly recomnd you enter the Demon's Shop imdiately to claim your reward from the 'Lustful Demon', ow! The Modifier is going to upgrade this ti, so who knows, this item might not be available later."
"...What could possibly be worth redeeming from that thing?"
"Have you forgotten, ow? Tong Yingying forcibly kissed you before, so of course it unlocked sothing!"
It was true. Yan Huan had almost completely forgotten about that incident.
So, Yan Huan hastily opened the Demon's Shop.
As soon as it opened, the idol covered by the pink crab at three o'clock floated to the surface.
[Congratulations, you have completed the intimate act of "Kissing" with the young... old... Sister Tong Yingying]
[Your actions have deeply pleased the Lustful Demon. She will grant you a free reward and reset your two-week penalty for not purchasing any items]
'Wait a minute, why does a Lustful Demon like you need to carefully consider how to address Sister Tong?'
'And change it twice in a row?'
["Dream by Night" Eye Mask]
[By wearing this eye mask to sleep, you have a high probability of entering a dream at night that will provide clues regarding the problems you think about while awake]
[However, when this effect is triggered, the quality of your sleep will be significantly reduced]
"Tss, this thing is quite interesting..."
Inside the Demon's Shop, Yan Huan stared at the pink orb of light enveloping the black eye mask, falling deep into thought.
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