The weather was fine and the surroundings were pleasant.
A black-haired girl was enjoying afternoon tea at a newly opened restaurant within Kantaier Academy.
She had heard the food here was excellent and the place was always packed, but Sevitis disliked eating in noisy environments, so she had specifically chosen a non-meal time to come for snacks.
If she had a chance next time, she wouldn’t mind trying their signature omurice.
She popped the last bite of matcha cake from her plate into her mouth, then picked up the herbal tea beside her and took a light sip.
“Nn~” Sevitis let out an involuntary sound of satisfaction.
‘Enjoying delicious food, sipping afternoon tea, and leafing through my favorite books in such a quiet and comfortable environment—this is the true joy of life.’
Although she had become a vampire now, her sense of taste hadn’t really changed. She could still eat and drink normally like a human.
She could even eat garlic, even though she hadn’t particularly liked that pungent smell to begin with.
However, the need to regularly replenish her blood supply was unavoidable.
Unfortunately, during the Third Assessment, she had hardly found any opportunities to act alone, resulting in a noticeable decrease in the monster flesh and blood in her Space Pouch.
Luckily, the remaining stock could still support her extravagant consumption for now; otherwise, she’d have to seriously consider going to the academy’s Monster Enclosure Zone and “bleeding” those cute monsters a little.
Just as Sevitis was about to turn her attention back to her book, the card she had kept by her side suddenly vibrated.
This was the card the academy had given to examinees during registration.
It was actually a Voice Transmission Stone.
Once admitted, it would be upgraded directly into a freshman’s Student Card.
Of course, even if they didn’t get in, the academy wouldn’t take the thing back.
‘Sorry, but money can buy anything.’
As the carrier of the Voice Transmission Stone, this card could naturally receive messages.
So to save trouble, the academy chose to send the final admission assessment results directly to the examinee’s card.
“Finally here…” Sevitis cast a casual glance, then put down her book and lightly tapped the card with her fingertip.
Accompanied by a faint glow, a line of text appeared:
“Sewei Adams, congratulations on being successfully admitted to Kantaier Academy. Please bring this Student Card to the Army-Breaking Blade Academy to report before the official start of the semester.”
That was all the content, without any extra pleasantries or nonsense. That was Kantaier’s style of doing things.
Sevitis could say she was not at all surprised by this result.
She had been confident in the first two exams, and in the last one, she had performed exceptionally well in the Bloody Forest.
It would have been surprising if she hadn’t been admitted.
Although she had expected it, seeing the confirmed news still made the corners of her lips curl up in an involuntary expression of joy.
‘It’s rare to have no annoying people bothering me, so a little indulgence won’t hurt, will it?’
Feeling in a great mood, Sevitis raised her hand to signal.
“Waiter, please bring me another portion of the same cake.”
“Certainly, I’ll prepare it right away.” The waiter nodded respectfully and turned to head to the kitchen.
After ordering, Sevitis picked up her book again, her short legs dangling and gently swinging under the chair.
‘Life is good, time is peaceful.’
Unfortunately, this “peace” didn’t even last three minutes.
“Bo-oss——”
Hearing this call that sounded like a life-threatening demonic voice, Sevitis’ brow instantly stiffened, and her swinging legs under the chair froze immediately.
Expressionlessly, she put down her book and turned her head to look at the restaurant entrance.
There she saw that familiar silly cow girl waving and charging straight toward her.
When Su Ling finally stumbled to a halt beside the table, panting, Sevitis curled her lip in disdain and spoke.
“Bo what bo, don’t call me that. And you, a cow all grown up, why are you still acting like a three-year-old kid with no sense of restraint?”
“It’s Little Sevi’s fault!” Su Ling said, puffing her cheeks in grievance.
“You promised that today, when you got your admission results, you’d come find me. But when I knocked on your dormitory door, you weren’t there at all!”
“Oh? Is that so?” ‘Sorry, my memory’s bad, I forgot.’ Sevitis said, picking up her teacup without changing her expression.
“Hmph, you definitely did that on purpose!” Su Ling said, surprisingly not falling for it.
‘Of course I did it on purpose.’
In fact, from the very beginning, she had never planned to tell this girl her room number. After all, the “surprises” she had brought her were already more than enough.
‘Just imagine, anyone who opened their door all groggy in the early morning, only to find a silly cow standing there staring blankly, would be startled!’
But when Sevitis suppressed her anger and demanded to know how this girl had found her way here, the answer she received left her speechless.
“You knocked on every single door until you found it?!”
‘Heaven knows how many dirty looks and curses this silly cow endured to find me. I can’t even imagine that scene.’
This was also why she had sternly refused, backed by physical threats, to forcibly nip in the bud this girl’s frightening idea of “wanting to move in together.”
Otherwise, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to hold out until the start of classes.
So, yesterday, when Su Ling shamelessly proposed they “wait for the notices together,” Sevitis had already predicted today’s disaster.
To have some peace, she had left home early and purposely hid out at this newly opened restaurant.
But despite all the calculations, she was still tracked down by this girl through her scent.
‘Next time, I’ll definitely rent a private room alone. No way will I believe this cow can break down the door.’
‘Oh, wait, there probably won’t be a “next time.”’
“Seeing how anxious you are, did you not get admitted?”
Sevitis lowered her gaze and blew on her tea.
“It’s okay. Think positively. It’s not a big deal. You can just take the exam again next year.”
“Huh? No way, I got in!” Su Ling said, putting one hand on her hip and proudly making a V sign.
“Tsk…”
“Hey? I think I just heard you clicking your tongue, Boss?”
“No, you misheard.” Sevitis said, holding her teacup with a smile.
“We’re good sisters, aren’t we? Hearing that you were also admitted, I’m so moved I could almost cry.”
‘Dammit!’
‘If I had known, I shouldn’t have given her so many Magic Cores in the Bloody Forest! I can’t believe this silly cow actually managed to sneak in!’
“But we probably aren’t in the same academy. What a pity.”
“Hmph, hmph. Seeing you like this, Little Sevi, I bet you haven’t read the notice carefully, have you?” Su Ling leaned in closer, looking mysterious.
“All I can say is, you celebrated too early! Something even more joyful is still coming!”
Sevitis calmly took a sip of tea.
‘I never expected to hear any good news from this cow’s mouth.’
But it didn’t matter. With her current, well-tempered mental fortitude, no matter how shocking the news was, she wouldn’t even bat an eye…
“A wonderful campus life of living together is waving at us! Because—we’ve been assigned to the same dormitory!”
“Pfft—!”
Spraying the tea from her mouth completely, Sevitis grabbed the Student Card on the table and frantically scrolled down.
Just now, she was too focused on the admission result to notice that there was also a notice about dormitory allocation attached below.
When she clicked on the details and saw her own name blatantly bound together with the words “Su Ling” in the same dormitory, Sevitis’s vision went black.
‘At this moment, I’m even seriously considering whether I might as well just drop out and go home to inherit the Duke’s title.’
Alright, her peaceful and wonderful campus life was declared over before it even started.
“Wah… Even if you’re that happy, you didn’t have to spray tea all over my face.”
Su Ling said, taking the towel from the table to wipe her face, then blossomed into a carefree smile.
“So, for the next few years, please take care of me, my good sister and roommate.”
Sevitis forced a smile that didn’t reach her eyes and twitched the corners of her mouth.
“Hehe, you too, my, dear, sis, ter.”
‘Now, if I went to bribe the dormitory supervisor with a hefty sum, I wonder if there’s still a chance to change to a single room?’
Just then, the waiter walked over carrying a delicate tray.
“Miss, your additional order of matcha cake is ready. Please enjoy.”
“Wow! Did you order this just to celebrate for me? Little Sevi, you’re so good to me!”
Before the plate even touched the table, Su Ling’s big hand intercepted it mid-air and snatched it away.
“Wait! That’s mine—” Sevitis’s eyes widened as she tried to reach out to stop this silly cow from laying her hands on her cake.
But in the next second, the entire delicate cake slid straight from the plate into Su Ling’s cavernous mouth, not even leaving a speck of matcha powder for her.
“Huh? Wasn’t it ordered for me?” Su Ling said, swallowing the cake and licking her lips, looking innocent.
“I saw you already finished one piece on your table, so I thought this one was…”
Before she could finish, Su Ling sharply detected the tangible killing intent coming from across the table.
Especially when she saw that Sevitis’s smile wasn’t twisted by anger, but had instead grown even brighter.
The copper bell around Su Ling’s neck clanged wildly. An instinct from her very being was warning her—
Her life was in immediate danger!
“Don’t be mad, don’t be mad! Let’s talk it out! At worst, I’ll treat you to one!”
Su Ling shouted, covering her head with both hands and yelling at the waiter.
“Miss waiter! Please bring her another portion of the same matcha cake. I’ll pay for it!”
“I’m terribly sorry, young ladies. Due to the complex production process of this cake, it’s in limited supply each day. That piece just now… was the last one for today.”
The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
“Haha… Staring at me like that, I can’t conjure one out of thin air either…” Su Ling said, sweating profusely under the gaze that could kill a cow, starting to babble nonsense.
“If you don’t mind… I could spit it out and give it back? Or you could order something else? I think Little Sevi, you’re too skinny. Sweets have no nutrition, you should eat more meat! Coincidentally, I know a barbecue place nearby that’s amazing!”
Sevitis smiled at her, her tone icy cold.
“I don’t eat beef.”
“Coincidentally, neither do I… Ehe~☆”
“Take my big sword!”
“Eeeeek—!”