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Roya sighed and facepalmed. Claire really needed to change her blunt personality.
Roya said to Claire, "You can also eat in the cafeteria; there's no need to keep eating canned food."
Roya glanced at the scattered cans out of the corner of his eye, trying to persuade Claire to change her ways.
This time, however, Claire fell silent, something she hadn't done in a long time.
Just as Roya was wondering why Claire had been silent for so long, Claire revealed the truth: "The food in the cafeteria is very expensive, and I don't have that much money."
Roya suddenly realized what Claire's information meant.
Claire's title has been revoked, and the allowance she receives is barely enough to support herself. In this academy full of rich young ladies, even the food sold in the cafeteria is quite expensive.
Roya shrugged. He didn't intend to get too involved in Claire's affairs, and his purpose in coming here wasn't to solve the girl's food problem.
Luo Ya sat on the sofa and got straight to the point: "So, do you have a partner for the Elf Sword Dance Festival?"
Claire was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. Roya continued, "If not, I would like to invite you to my team. Claire, your strength is definitely commendable."
Claire's face lit up with excitement. Overwhelmed with emotion, she grabbed Roya's hand and stared intently at him with her fiery red eyes, asking, "Really?"
Claire was aware of Roja's strength, so she was pleasantly surprised by his invitation.
Roya smiled and nodded. Claire realized she was too close to him and hurriedly let go, but her face flushed even more.
Claire cleared her throat and changed the subject, "So, have you made your choice regarding the remaining three people?"
Roya honestly shook his head, then turned his gaze to Claire and asked, "I came here today to ask you, you've lived in this academy for so long, you must have some friends, right?"
Claire looked away, avoiding Roya's gaze.
Roya's lips twitched, and he turned Claire's head back, looking speechless. "Could it be that there aren't any?"
Claire scoffed, "Those guys don't deserve to be my friends!"
Luo Ya put his hand to his forehead, lay down on the sofa, stared at the ceiling, and felt that things were getting a little tricky.
He thought he could at least gain a companion from Claire, but it seems Roya underestimated the red-haired girl's charm.
Seeing Roya's utterly dejected expression, Claire suddenly seemed to have an idea and said to Roya, "There's a guy we might give a try."
Luo Ya became interested and looked up curiously, asking, "Who is it?"
"Linslett Lauren Frost".
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Standing outside the door, looking at the girl in front of him, Luo Ya fell silent.
This is a beautiful young woman with gorgeous light blonde hair, her beauty ethereal and otherworldly, like a noblewoman from a painting. Her skin is as white as freshly fallen snow, and her eyes are like green gems, occasionally emitting a faint light. The young woman's posture is elegant, and her temperament can be described as that of a quintessential heiress.
She was wearing the uniform of the Aresia Elf Academy—a pure white garment adorned with black lines, decorated with a bow tie-style ribbon at the chest, and elven amulets replacing the buttons.
However, when they saw Claire, both of them showed expressions of disgust at the same time.
Linslet snorted and said to Claire, "Speak, what brings you here to see me, that you rarely do?"
Claire's face showed displeasure, and she said coldly to Linslet, "Hey, what's with your attitude? I came here specifically to invite you to team up, so thank me properly. We're sure to shine at this Sword Dance Festival, and I'm giving you a ride this time."
Linslet's expression froze, a strange look on her face as she sized up Roya and Claire. She looked at the unbelievably handsome Roya, then at Claire, and asked curiously, "Just the two of you?"
Claire roared, "What do you mean? Are you looking down on us?"
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Lindsay, unperturbed and with a faint smile on her face, glanced at Claire and said with feigned elegance, "Claire, you're too noisy. I'm just annoyed by you."
Claire reached out, ready to fight with Linslet. Roya tried to stop them, but at that moment, a hand grabbed Roya's sleeve. Roya paused, and following the gaze, he saw a girl dressed in a maid outfit.
"Who are you?" Roya asked, puzzled, not understanding why the girl was stopping him.
The girl was dressed in a black and white maid outfit, with a white headdress. She had a cute face, long, smooth black hair, and black eyes, but she gave Roya a lazy feeling.
The girl yawned and said, "My name is Carol Natasha, you can just call me Carol. As for the two of them, they are just showing their goodwill, so it's better if you don't interfere."
Roya looked at the two people who were on the verge of fighting, with a suspicious expression, and said to Carol, "But they both look like they're about to make a move."
Carol remained calm and smiled at Roya, saying, "Those two are always like this. Let Miss make a fuss for a while, and she'll stop soon."
However, as the situation escalated further, the two confronted each other, each reciting a series of fairy magic spells.
"—Guardians of the crimson flames, sleepless keepers of the hearth, hereby fulfill the blood pact and obey my command—"
A vortex of flames spun continuously, eventually converging to form a fire cat. However, compared to the previous appearance, this fire cat's body appeared much more transparent.
Having successfully summoned her contracted spirit, Claire felt even more confident. She said to Linslet, "Are you looking for trouble?"
"You're the one looking for trouble! Don't think you're the only one who can summon elves!" A faint blue light emanated from Linslet's body, and then she chanted in the elven language: "—Cold-blooded beast with icy fangs, ruthless hunter of the forest, hereby fulfill the blood pact and obey my command—"
The wind and snow swept through, and the chill spread outwards from Linslet as the center. Finally, to Roya's astonishment, a white wolf covered in ice and snow appeared before him.
Its beautiful white fur shimmered in the sunlight, revealing it to be another high elf.
Carol explained with a smile, "This is Miss's contracted spirit, named the Ice Spirit—Fenrir."
The so-called high-ranking elves are elves that exist in the form of wild beasts, magical beasts, or ferocious beasts.
Examples include Claire's Fire Cat Sprite and Linsley's Ice Sprite.
These beast-like spirits are almost certainly high-ranking spirits.
However, the current situation is very bad. After hesitating for a moment, looking at the girl's relish, Luo Ya couldn't help but say, "Aren't you going to try to persuade the young lady?"
The girl in question should be staying by Linslet's side as a servant. Logically, shouldn't the servant be the one to pull her mistress away? Why is the servant standing by and watching the show?
"It's okay, they're always like this, they won't fight."
Roya couldn't understand Carol's thought process, but he began to advise her: "If you fight here, you'll quickly attract that Alice guy, and then you'll definitely get a scolding."
When Claire heard Alice's name, her expression of disgust deepened, but the two of them did not continue fighting.
It seems that Claire and Linslet have clashed with Alice quite often.
The two glared at each other, then snorted coldly, exchanged harsh words, and finally stopped fighting.
Carol's face showed a regretful expression, and it was this regretful expression that made Roya's lips twitch. Roya couldn't help but say, "You, do you really want your young lady to fight with Claire?"
Carol blinked and vehemently denied it, saying, "No, I didn't think that. Don't talk nonsense."
Roya ignored Carol, while Claire was walking towards Roya's location.
Carol glanced at Claire and smiled, "The two of them are still as good as ever."
Claire scoffed, "Who's on good terms with that guy?"
Linslet stepped forward, pulled Carol back, and said to the two of them, "So, you came here to invite me?"
Claire rolled her eyes at Linslet and casually said, "I was going to invite you, but it seems I should pass."
The atmosphere between the two became tense again, and at this moment, Carol interjected appropriately: "Actually, Miss really wants to join."
Linslet's expression froze, and she shouted at Carol, "What are you saying, Carol! Who would join a team that nobody wants?!"
Carol ignored Linslet and continued with narrowed eyes, "Miss is actually also worried about the team. She seemed a little lonely a few days ago."
Linslet looked embarrassed and annoyed, and reached out to cover Carol's mouth, saying, "That's not true at all. I'm very popular."
Luo Ya retorted, "A truly popular person wouldn't say that, would they?"
Carol translated all of Linslet's words, and Roya roughly understood what the blond, arrogant girl meant.
She probably actually wanted to join in, but was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
Alright, Roya figured it out. This one is a blonde tsundere, that one is a red-haired tsundere, and there's also a blue-haired tsundere who's not very honest.
So this entire academy is a gathering place for arrogant people.
Too lazy to complain about these things, Roya waited for Linslet and Carol to finish discussing things before deciding to leave the academy.
Esther, who had been standing silently to the side, grabbed Roya's sleeve. Roya leaned down and saw a silver-haired little girl who was a head shorter than him.
The girl was wearing a school uniform that was obviously a bit loose, and because she had no chest, Esther's outfit looked a little strange.
However, it gives people a soft and cute feeling more.
Roya looked at Esther and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Esther looked up, her eyes fixed on Roya's pale gold eyes. Roya was puzzled. Just when Roya thought Esther was about to say something important, Esther said, "Master has a very strange smell on him, just like before."
Luo Ya frowned, sniffed his body, and didn't smell like sweat. In fact, it had been a long time since anyone had said that to Luo Ya.
Unable to get an answer himself, Roya turned directly to Esther and asked, "Is it the smell of sweat? Or what?"
Esther walked around Roya twice and said, "It's not the smell of sweat, it's a fragrance, a very special smell, it always feels very tempting."
Luo Ya was puzzled. He grabbed Carol, who was standing aside watching the commotion, and asked her, "Do I have any strange smell? Like body odor or fragrance?"
Carol yawned and said, "No."
After receiving Carol's denial, Roya turned his gaze back to Esther, and suddenly, as if remembering something, said to Carol, "You didn't choose me for this reason before, did you?"
This time, Esther did not deny it. She pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps that's one reason, but it's more of an intuition."
"An intuition?"
"Yes, an intuition."