“She can’t say anything more.”
Xia Yu and Mu Yiqiu walked behind the group, watching as the class monitor chatted and laughed with Mo Yidong, her eyes shining with happiness.
“She told me not to lead the new student astray.”
There was no helping it.
In everyone’s eyes, Xia Yu was nothing but a bad student.
Even if he hadn’t done anything wrong or caused trouble, people still saw him as some delinquent.
All these years, Xia Yu had always been a lone wolf.
Now that Mo Yidong suddenly appeared as a new student right in front of Xia Yu and kept sticking close to him, it was only natural that some would think Xia Yu was bullying Mo Yidong.
It was normal for them to hold grudges.
Ahead, they were about to reach a rushing river.
Mo Yidong kindly helped each classmate cross safely.
Xia Yu knew well that Mo Yidong was just kind to everyone—that was the big brother Xia Yu was familiar with.
“Don’t you think our class monitor seems to have… feelings for Mo Yidong?”
“What do you mean?”
Xia Yu had been either absent or in the infirmary these past few days, so he hadn’t really noticed.
Mu Yiqiu briefly recounted what he’d observed.
Lately, the class monitor often came down with practice problems to ask Mo Yidong how to solve them.
Even after running laps on the playground, she was the first to approach Mo Yidong and hand him water.
Mu Yiqiu also noticed that during swimming class, when Mo Yidong walked to the pool in his swim trunks, the class monitor’s eyes lit up as she sat in the Spectator Stand, cheering him on nonstop.
This time it was even more obvious.
Facing a long line of students, the class monitor purposely walked over to Mo Yidong, acting like a tour guide as she explained many details about the training.
“She kind of likes him, you know.”
Hearing this, Xia Yu grew slightly interested, his slender brows raising as he curiously watched the monitor and Mo Yidong walking side by side.
When the class monitor chatted with Mo Yidong, her face practically blossomed with a smile.
They seemed to share a lot in common, like both loving to study?
“Well… the school forbids early romance.”
Xia Yu wanted to see Mo Yidong with a buzz cut—his looks would drop a few levels, and fewer girls would swarm around him, letting Xia Yu sleep peacefully.
“So what? Just keep it secret and don’t get caught by the strict teachers. But since Mo Yidong is smart and handsome, a lot of girls like him. Now that he’s been dumped by his girlfriend, wouldn’t the girls in class have a better chance?”
“That’s true.”
Xia Yu cleared his throat a few times, feeling a bit embarrassed, pretending not to know much.
Looking at Mo Yidong’s gentle smile ahead, Xia Yu couldn’t imagine what type of girl Mo Yidong liked, or even what he liked to do normally.
Turns out, that guy could smile too…
Seeing that expression, Xia Yu secretly clenched his fists, feeling an indescribable emotion inside.
Although they’d agreed to be friends—and even good brothers—
after these days spent together, Xia Yu vaguely sensed that Mo Yidong’s actions seemed to want Xia Yu to become a girl.
Mo Yidong didn’t want Xia Yu to take the Suppressant, forbade him from drinking outside blood, and wouldn’t even allow lying.
His own family never managed him like that.
Xia Yu looked at the perfectly matched couple ahead.
His grades were poor, his family background miserable.
If he really became a girl, there was no way he could compare to the class monitor.
Even if Mo Yidong truly liked her, Xia Yu couldn’t help.
All he could do was sincerely wish them well.
What am I daydreaming about…
Xia Yu pinched his thigh to keep himself awake.
Something’s off, something’s off.
It was all Mu Yiqiu’s fault for gossiping about this.
Xia Yu shook his head and quickly lowered it, staring at his own weak, soon-to-disappear little tent.
If one day he really turned into a girl, watching Mo Yidong and the class monitor announce their relationship officially—would the hidden part of him inside cry?
Xia Yu couldn’t answer the emotional connection Mo Yidong wanted.
He hoped Mo Yidong would find a more normal, healthier girl—one truly worthy of his love.
Not a Xia Yu, whose gender was unstable, whose Bloodline Ability was uncontrollable, and whose home was in utter chaos.
He looked up at the green shade beneath the clear blue sky.
When that day came, Xia Yu would bless him.
The students of Class Seven all arrived together at the halfway point up the mountain.
Xia Yu looked at the vast flat land before him, the view extremely wide.
The ground was covered with Magic Circles of various shapes.
Once a person stepped on one, they could teleport to the Simulation Field.
“God help me, God help me, please assign us to a field with no water.”
Xia Yu saw Mu Yiqiu nervously close his eyes, mumbling prayers to the heavens.
Suddenly, Xia Yu remembered Mo Yidong had also prayed before entering the mountain.
“Mo Yidong said there’s a mountain spirit in this mountain. Do you want to pray too?”
Mu Yiqiu didn’t doubt Xia Yu’s superstition at all.
He folded his hands together and kept praying.
“Mountain spirit bless us, mountain spirit bless us, mountain spirit bless us…”
“I need to tell you something.”
Seeing classmates slowly entering the training field, Xia Yu interrupted Mu Yiqiu and, looking around to make sure no one was listening, quietly warned,
“If we run into each other later and something happens to me, don’t wait for me. Just leave on your own.”
It was as if he foresaw the future.
Mu Yiqiu saw the seriousness in Xia Yu’s expression and grew very worried.
He knew Xia Yu didn’t want him to take risks.
The danger Xia Yu faced was probably something Mu Yiqiu couldn’t handle either.
Inside the training field, the limiters were removed, and one could use their own race’s abilities.
Because of this, many people got injured or even died inside.
Mu Yiqiu was from the Rabbit Clan, known for their speed and their ability to sense danger nearby.
Xia Yu didn’t want Mu Yiqiu to worry, so he deliberately hid his uneasy aura—a fact Mu Yiqiu had long noticed.
If he couldn’t help, Mu Yiqiu wanted to find someone to back him up.
Frantically scanning around, a certain person suddenly flashed through Mu Yiqiu’s mind—like a beacon of hope.
Before that person entered, Mu Yiqiu ran toward his target.
Xia Yu stepped onto the Teleportation Array and in a blink found himself surrounded by raging flames, buildings half burned down.
[Find and rescue the trapped individuals and bring them to safety to complete the mission.]
“So it’s a Fire Rescue Mission…”
The training field had one advantage: the hair ties on their heads weren’t affected by magic use, and their hair wouldn’t grow out.
Honestly, Xia Yu quite liked this place.
He could easily use magic without having to transform into a girl.
The training field was incredibly convenient.
This rescue mission wasn’t difficult for Xia Yu.
After these past days of having to close his eyes and listen to outside noises that kept him awake, Xia Yu finally managed to control this ability through practice.
He closed his eyes and focused on the surrounding sounds.
“Help! Someone please save me!”