The bright moonlight broke through the faint blood-colored mist in the forest like a sheer veil, gently spilling onto the dark path of the Blood Burial Forest, coating this perilous exam hall with a serene halo.
A petite black-haired girl was walking slowly under the moonlight.
A breeze brushed past, and from behind her came intermittent light and pleasant humming.
“Hmm hmm hmm~”
This sound naturally came from the blonde girl on her back. But the difference in their body sizes stacked together was really quite odd.
The tall and slender Saint Candidate was currently lying comfortably on the back of a little loli who wasn’t even as tall as herself, making this otherwise peaceful and heartwarming scene inexplicably turn a bit comical.
Of course, for Sevitis, who was acting as the beast of burden, this was definitely not heartwarming.
In the end, forced by circumstances, Sevitis carried this girl on her back with a dark face and set off.
Helpless, earlier at the exam entrance, just because she exchanged a couple of words with her, she had been targeted by that group of bored nobles.
If it were exposed that she and this scheming woman had grown up together in the orphanage as childhood friends, Sevitis didn’t dare imagine what kind of unforeseen disaster that would invite.
She had entered the exam hall with the firm determination to teach this woman a lesson, but before the exam was even over, she had ended up being ridden by her.
The most infuriating thing was that this bad woman flatly refused to let the tall and sturdy Su Ling do this job, insisting shamelessly that Sevitis carry her, and even brazenly said something like—
“Having someone you just met carry you? That lacks a sense of distance, don’t you think?”
Who are you to say such nonsense? Back when I became a vampire, weren’t the things you did even more lacking in a sense of distance?
‘How did she have the nerve to make my body, less than 150 cm tall, carry her huge lump of a body?’
‘Disgrace! It was an utter disgrace!’
‘Although she did hold plenty of dirt on her, this scheming woman also had plenty of dirt on Sevitis. If they really went at each other, Sevitis would definitely be the one to suffer in the end.’
‘Her own reputation as a “good-for-nothing bastard”—how could that compare to someone’s shining “Saint Candidate” status? Even if she exposed her secrets, others would probably just think she was making it up. For now, she had no choice but to hold her nose and temporarily satisfy this girl’s twisted tastes.’
‘But it didn’t matter. Let her be smug for a while. She just needed to endure a little longer.’
‘Thirty years on the east of the river, thirty years on the west—don’t bully a young maiden down on her luck!’
‘So what if she didn’t have some old man in a ring? She could still rely on her own strength to turn the tables against all odds.’
‘Once she successfully entered the Academy and won that wager, she could wipe away her shame and pay back all these humiliations with interest!’
“Kuku ku…”
Thinking of the future scene where this woman would suffer a setback, Sevitis couldn’t help but let out a low chuckle.
Eulalia clearly didn’t notice the strange laughter from the person beneath her, nor her dark inner thoughts.
Right now, she was like a little girl going on her first outing, humming leisurely and restlessly swaying left and right on Sevitis’s back, looking around everywhere.
“Can you stop moving around! If you keep shaking, I’ll just drop you on the ground!” Sevitis warned through gritted teeth.
“Okay, okay, I got it~”
‘What a shameless face. She agreed quickly enough, but she didn’t look like she couldn’t walk at all. She was just using it as an excuse to have fun at Sevitis’s expense.’
“Wow, Sevi, look! There are fireflies over there!”
“Didn’t I tell you to stop moving? Don’t you understand human speech?!”
Before the words even faded, Eulalia, excited to see the fireflies, pressed forward, nearly causing Sevitis to fall.
The two of them were completely immersed in their own world as if no one else existed, entirely forgetting they were in the middle of a brutal entrance exam, and even forgetting the Ox Demon girl with a copper bell behind them.
Along the way, Su Ling tactfully followed behind them in silence.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to speak, but the atmosphere between these two was so peculiar that she couldn’t get a word in.
Looking at the scene of the girls laughing and playing before her, who would believe they were in the perilous Blood Burial Forest?
Su Ling still couldn’t understand what they were doing. Was this the unique way human girls interacted with each other?
She touched her not-so-bright little head in frustration.
You see, in the traditional beliefs of the Spirit Race, allowing someone to ride directly on one’s back… either it’s a beloved you swear to spend your life with, or it’s an absolute superior you submit to.
Although Su Ling had never been in love herself, looking at their dynamic, it didn’t seem like a normal romantic relationship.
And if it was Little Sevi willingly submitting to that Saint Candidate, that was even more impossible—she had just dared to yell at her.
Then what kind of relationship was it?
Recalling their familiar conversation from earlier, it was obvious they knew each other inside and out.
Plus, although Little Sevi was cursing and even looked like she wanted to bite the girl’s fingers off, she still obediently carried her…
Su Ling crossed her arms, gently stroked her chin with her fingers, and closed her eyes in deep thought.
Suddenly, she snapped her eyes open, the copper bell on her neck jingling clearly, and a glint of wisdom flashed in her eyes.
There’s only one truth!
Since they aren’t ordinary lovers, nor willing subordinates, then this secret relationship can only be—
A master-servant relationship with special attributes!
In other words, the legendary kind of bond that looks equal on the surface but secretly involves one willing to hit and the other willing to take it.
That explains why Little Sevi verbally resists but allows the other to ride her back obediently!
After deducing the perfect answer with her keen observation, Su Ling puffed out her impressive chest proudly.
Hmph, I’m so amazing, just like Mom always said—a big smarty-pants since childhood!
Who would have thought that Little Sevi, who looks calm and steady on the surface, is actually so adventurous behind the scenes.
Sigh, well, she’s a human with diverse tastes, so it’s understandable.
But if the target was that blonde Saint Candidate, Su Ling felt she could understand it too.
After all, even she could feel that Her Highness constantly radiated a light that made people unconsciously want to get close.
She didn’t seem at all like the “village girl with a bad personality” that Little Sevi had slandered her as.
Hmm, so Little Sevi deliberately badmouthed her earlier—after all, it was because of a sick possessiveness, right? I’m sure I’m right!