Footsteps echoed in the well-lit, somewhat futuristic-looking corridor. This was the passage from St. Freya High School to the small battleships, and also the closest route to the school.
"Student Li Xuan, let me make this clear...." Theresa, wearing her hood and carrying 'Judah's Oath', turned her head with a serious and slightly annoyed expression. "I'll let it slide this time… If you ever sneak off to a dangerous place like Nagazora City again…"
"I'll…" Theresa opened her mouth but stopped abruptly. Her face flushed red as she was suddenly at a loss for words… Apparently, she hadn't thought about what to say… or rather, the words were on the tip of her tongue but she suddenly forgot what she wanted to say.
"You'll?...." Li Xuan silently continued Theresa's sentence, speaking with great interest.
"...I'll…" Theresa looked around but still couldn't find anything suitable to use as a comparison.
"Argh…" Giving up, Theresa went into a frenzy. She raised her fist and suddenly punched the steel wall of the corridor. The collision of her fist and the steel wall produced a dull thud…
"Hiss...." Li Xuan sucked in a cold breath as he looked at the faint fist print on the wall… Just how strong was Theresa, to be able to leave a mark on steel with her bare flesh… He couldn't possibly do that without the help of an emblem…
"Just like this wall! Hmph!~" Theresa glared at Li Xuan threateningly, then turned and, carrying the one-hundred-plus-kilogram 'Judah's Oath', strode quickly towards the end of the corridor.
"...Sigh~" Li Xuan sighed and ran a hand through his slightly long, soft hair. If he couldn't enter places with Honkai outbreaks… then how was he supposed to collect Honkai energy crystals? And how could he make wishes to improve his strength?…
"This is so frustrating…" It seemed he would have to find another way in the future… Li Xuan muttered, lifting his feet to walk out of the corridor. As for Theresa, she had already run out while he was dazed.
"Master!~" Just as Li Xuan walked out of the corridor, he heard someone shout loudly from not far away. Because it was already night and dark outside, his eyes had not yet adjusted, making it difficult to see clearly.
"Woah!" Before Li Xuan could see clearly, a soft body suddenly threw itself into his arms. The fluttering strands of hair fell on his face, creating a ticklish sensation.
"Cough, cough… L-Liv?!" Li Xuan looked down and recognized the girl in his arms. "You…" Li Xuan was suddenly startled… He remembered not saying anything to Liv when he left…
"Master…" Maid Liv in Li Xuan's arms lifted her head, a 'benevolent' smile on her delicate face…
"Why didn't you tell Liv you were going out?"
"Th-this…" Li Xuan broke out in a cold sweat looking at Liv, who, despite smiling, was making his back drenched in cold sweat. He felt her aura was like that of a fierce tiger, pressing down on him and making it hard to breathe…
"N-e-x-t t-i-m-e, y-o-u c-a-n-'t d-o t-h-i-s, o-k-a-y!~" The smiling Liv said to Li Xuan, but an inexplicable killing intent emanated from her…
"I-I got it…" Li Xuan swallowed and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Sigh~" Liv sighed, and the somewhat terrifying smile on her face finally faded away. Her delicate little face puffed up unhappily.
"Master… You should know that if you run around randomly, Liv and Yaoye will be very worried…" Liv said, wiping her slightly teary eyes.
"Yes, yes! I promise I'll tell you in advance…" Li Xuan said, indicating he wouldn't object to anything Liv said…
"Then Master, let's go home quickly… Yaoye is waiting for us for dinner." Liv's tears turned into a smile upon hearing Li Xuan's promise. She reached out her arm to pull Li Xuan towards the dormitory as she spoke.
"Mhm… let's go home…" A smile appeared on Li Xuan's lips. Having transmigrated to this other world, it seemed he finally had a home… But, his real home was still in…
Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the star-filled sky. Perhaps his original world was beyond the stars?.
The winter nights at St. Freya High School were a bit cold… Li Xuan gently exhaled, his breath turning into a white mist that floated in the air. Above the academy, the sky was still the eternally unchanging starry expanse.
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After Li Xuan and Theresa left the St. Freya High School battleship landing zone and returned to the academy through the passage, the battleship docking area appeared somewhat dim. Because it was late at night, the lights were dimmed to save electricity, with only the starlight from the open sky providing illumination…
When Theresa and Li Xuan left, they did not close the cabin door. After all, a dedicated crew would be performing maintenance on the transport ship's interior tomorrow… Every time a transport ship was used, it would undergo maintenance to prevent malfunctions during its next use.
"Squeak?…" A small head wearing a bandana peeked out from the unclosed cabin door… The petite figure's pair of golden eyes surveyed the somewhat dark and unfamiliar place.
"..." After looking around and seeing no one, the petite figure finally mustered the courage to jump down from the transport ship…
"...." The petite figure, curiously observing its surroundings, silently gazed at the technologically advanced airport. It felt that this place was full of treasures…
"Hm?" The petite figure suddenly stopped, looking down at its feet with some excitement… It was currently standing on a manhole cover… This was the first familiar thing it had seen in this strange place. It had seen these in Nagazora City too…
".Mhm…" Seeing a familiar object, the petite figure crossed its arms. It felt it was necessary to keep this big iron disk as a souvenir…
"..." It took out a small shovel, which it had from birth, from the large bundle on its back. This shovel, made of some unknown material, was exceptionally sharp and easily pried out the entire sealed manhole cover!
"Mhm!" The petite figure seemed very satisfied with its skilled technique. It reached out, picked up the nearly 20kg manhole cover, and stuffed it into its not-so-large bundle… Even though a manhole cover was stuffed into the small bundle, it didn't bulge at all…
"..." The petite figure stared for a moment at the sewer opening left behind after removing the manhole cover.
And then… it suddenly jumped down…
(End of chapter)