Sevitis looked up at the second-floor railing with great confusion, following Su Ling’s gaze.
There, a little girl with purple hair was peeking half her head out, examining them.
However, the moment the three of them all looked over, that little purple figure startled like a frightened rabbit and immediately turned to scurry out of sight.
Although the lighting on the second floor was a bit dim, Sevitis still caught a glimpse of the wings, tail, and the small horns on her head as she turned around.
A dragon—an existence even rarer than elves.
Kantaier Academy wouldn’t go so far as to include a little purple dragon as dormitory amenities, so the other party’s identity was already obvious.
Even though seeing a dragon among this monster-packed academy wasn’t anything unusual, being assigned to the same dorm was still a low-probability event.
“Is that child also our roommate?” Su Ling asked curiously.
“I don’t know. I only just now realized there was someone upstairs.” Yige spread her hands helplessly. “I was fiddling with the door outside for a long time, and in the end, it opened by itself. Turns out someone was inside helping me open it.”
“Huh? Then why didn’t you just swipe…”
Before she could finish the sentence, Sevitis suddenly understood.
So this noble elf lady didn’t even know how to use the card.
No wonder she looked like she’d seen a ghost when she saw Sevitis swipe the card and open the door in one go.
“I see… so that kid must have been hiding in the room the whole time.”
Sevitis mused, picking up the thread.
‘If I knew there was such a hot-tempered elf standing outside the door, I’d definitely hide in the room and play dead too.’
“How can being that shy be okay? We’re all going to be roommates from now on, so we definitely need to come out and get to know each other.” Su Ling patted her chest confidently and declared:
“It must be Little Yige who scared her. As long as I step in, she’ll definitely come out obediently.”
“Who are you calling Little Yige?! You want to fight, you stupid cow?!”
Before Yige could erupt, Su Ling was already stomping up the stairs with heavy, aggressive steps.
“Hey! You’re not going to break the door down, are you?!”
The sight startled Yige, and she quickly followed.
“Don’t you have any basic manners?! Since she doesn’t want to come out, don’t force her!”
Su Ling rushed toward the closed door like a wild bull, but under Yige’s horrified gaze, she slammed on the brakes.
She raised her arm high, then… gently knocked twice on the door panel.
“…” Yige silently lowered her hand, which had already gathered a faint green glow.
“Hello~ We’re your future roommates. Can you come out and chat? Don’t worry, we’re not bad people.” Su Ling called softly through the crack in the door.
Sevitis, who had been slowly following the two up the stairs, had already anticipated this.
‘It’s true that they’re not bad people—after all, in this dorm, not a single pure “human” can be found.’
Even though Su Ling knocked politely for a long time, the door showed no signs of opening.
“Still not coming out.” Su Ling stopped and shook her head helplessly as she turned around.
“What a gloomy personality.” Yige snorted with contempt, crossing her arms. “Everyone’s waiting outside, and yet she has the nerve to just stay holed up in there without a word.”
“You can’t say that. Such an adorable girl must just be too shy.” Su Ling defended the little one inside.
“Forget it. If she doesn’t want to come out, don’t force her. Let’s just introduce ourselves briefly out here and call it a day.” Sevitis suggested, then cleared her throat. “I’ll start. My name is Sewei Adams.”
In truth, Sevitis also thought the little one inside was just shy.
She had left a strong impression on Sevitis back in the arena stands, especially with her petite height.
So when that little figure turned and ducked back into the room earlier, Sevitis had seen clearly—both the small dragon horns and the tip of the tail were flushed with red.
‘I guess what the books say is true: a dragon’s emotions are directly reflected on their sensitive body parts.’
“That makes sense. Um, my name is Su Ling. You can just call me Niu Niu from now on!” After saying that, Su Ling nudged the elf girl beside her who was standing with arms crossed and pouting.
“Your turn.”
“Why should I introduce myself to someone who doesn’t even dare to open—” Yige retorted without turning her head.
“Oh my, could it be that our elf lady is also shy? How can you be even worse than a country bumpkin like me?” Su Ling covered her mouth and teased.
“Don’t be ridiculous! I’m a noble elf who’s seen the world! How could I be shy?!” Yige stomped her foot and shouted angrily at the door. “Listen up! My name is Yige Tiansitan! That should be good enough, right?!”
Su Ling gave her a round of applause.
The hallway fell silent for a moment, but the door remained tightly shut.
“See? I told you she was a…” Yige started to complain, but her words got stuck in her throat.
A pool of pitch-black shadow spread out from under the door crack.
Then, under the three people’s astonished gazes, the shadow twisted, split, and finally reassembled on the floor into a shape.
“Luotong Sike?” Sevitis murmured.
“Wow! Is that your name? It’s so beautiful!” Su Ling pressed her face against the door panel happily, then turned and tugged at Yige’s sleeve. “See? I told you she was just too shy.”
“…Tch. Fine, fine. I was wrong, okay?” Faced with such a creative response, Yige rarely stopped arguing. Instead, she scratched her cheek awkwardly.
“Calling you gloomy earlier… that was my fault.”
“Hehe, you’re so bad at being honest! As expected of an elf lady who’s seen the world. From now on, in this academy, I’ll rely on you to show this country bumpkin the world!”
Su Ling pounced on Yige without any restraint and hugged her tightly.
Her ample chest pressed directly against the elf girl’s head, wrapping one of her long, pointed ears entirely in softness.
“You—! Let go of me right now—!”
Yige struggled desperately. Even though the other ear sticking out hadn’t touched anything, it turned visibly red.
‘Oh~ So elf bodies are sensitive too.’ Sevitis, who was watching from the sidelines like she was eating popcorn, felt she had also seen a bit of the world.
“Since you want to see the world so badly, then I’ll let you witness the elven race’s natural magic first!”
Burning with shame and anger, magic power surged in Yige’s hand.
In an instant, thick green vines appeared out of nowhere on the floor, coiling around the still-confused Su Ling like spiritual snakes.
“Whoa! What is this?!”
Before the dumb cow could even take a step to dodge, the vines wrapped around her with lightning speed.
The sudden loss of gravity made Su Ling flop in the air like a dehydrated salted fish.
Head up, bend down, stick out.
“Today, I’m going to teach you a lesson you won’t forget!”
After forcing Su Ling into position, the last vine, like a whip, cracked loudly in the air, then struck down hard.
Smack!
“Ow! My mom was right! Narrow-minded people have small—”
Before Su Ling could finish proclaiming her belief, the vine that had just finished its mission whipped back and stuffed itself directly into her mouth, putting an end to the chaotic farce.
“I’m taking the room at the very end of the hall.”
Sevitis silently averted her gaze, pretending she hadn’t seen the scandalous scene, and turned to walk deeper into the corridor.
“Phew—that felt good. Then I’ll take the second room by the stairs.”
After venting her anger, Yige clapped her hands and turned to head back to her room. Just before entering, she sneered at Su Ling, who was still hanging midair:
“As for you, you can hang out there and rest well tonight!”
Click.
Before entering, the elf girl very “thoughtfully” turned off the magic lamp in the hallway.
In the darkness, defiant purple lightning flashed in the corridor, but the moment the bolts appeared, they were absorbed by the green vines.
‘Looks like elven natural magic really has some tricks up its sleeve.’
…
After an unknown amount of time, the lightning in the hallway finally stopped.
Thick darkness shrouded everything, and the words formed from shadow on the floor, as well as the inconspicuous little heart beside them, all faded into the night.
However, this peace didn’t last long.
Creak—
The door that had been tightly shut was finally pulled open a crack.
A small figure poked her head out, looked around, and then carefully squeezed out through the gap.
By now, Su Ling, bound and hung upside down by vines, had fallen asleep.
Even with a vine stuffed in her mouth, she was still snoring softly.
The shadowy figure tiptoed over to Su Ling.
In the darkness, a pair of pink, slit pupils that shimmered like two brilliant gems under night vision slowly opened, silently staring at the sleeping ox demon girl.
Dragon loli, of course.