NOVPUBOn the northern side of Protoss Royal Magic Academy stood the Hong Meng De Building.
A figure with black hair and green eyes emerged from the entrance of the stone building adorned with deep grey reliefs.
The lazy afternoon sun fell on the buildings of Royal Magic Academy, etching out leisurely shadows between the towers and the stone eaves.
After bidding farewell to Warden Bacas, Rocky McCarthy returned to the Hong Meng De Building. He changed his attire slightly before leaving the administrative building of Protoss Royal Magic Academy to head to the residential area on the other side of the north.
Before Lanci went to find Sigrid at the school, he would always change his appearance into a student of Protoss Royal Magic Academy, before heading to the Hegemony Branch’s base in the school, which is directly affiliated with Gloria.
He walked through the busy main road of the school and into a region where courtyards and mansions lined both sides. The surroundings grew noticeably quiet.
Even without Sigrid to guide him, he found Gloria’s mansion, which was directly affiliated with the Hegemony Branch, by following the house numbers and rang the doorbell.
The bell reverberated inside Gloria’s residence for a moment, followed by increasingly loud footsteps. The door opened to reveal a young girl, showing no sign of confusion on her face.
"Please come in."
Gloria maintained her aloof nature as the senior student.
However, once the door closed,
"Lord Saint, you have returned."
Gloria quickly bowed respectfully to Lanci, resembling a frightened girl who feared being expelled by her stepfather.
"Could you please treat me as you did previously... I’m not used to this…"
Lanci did not think Gloria was being insincere with her attitude towards him. He simply felt it was excessive...
Without lingering, Lanci followed Gloria to the living room.
Sigrid was leaning on the couch reading a book.
Upon noticing the movement, she lifted her head.
However, she did not speak. She just waved her finger at Lanci with interest, pointing to the empty space on the couch beside her.
"What does Mr. Bishop require?"
Lanci walked to the spot Sigrid indicated, sat down and asked.
The moment he locked eyes with Sigrid, he felt she understood—Lanci was there to tell her he had successfully rescued the members of the Great Demon Clan, hence there was no need for further discussion.
However, it seemed that Sigrid had more questions for him.
"Why do you always change into this appearance?"
Studying Lanci’s current appearance, Sigrid asked.
She knew that if people saw Rocky McCarthy frequently visiting a student’s residence, suspicions would arise.
The issue was the black hair and green-eyed look was particularly to her liking.
During their previous escape in the Northern Tundra, she had briefly seen this disguised black hair and green-eyed look.
At that time, she wanted to tell her Saint to be less conspicuous.
"Because I don’t have any other shapeshifting cards left."
Lanci spread his hands helplessly.
He had been painstakingly creating the relevant [Transformation Technique: Human] and [Transformation Technique: Demon] cards for the three Great Demons lately, barely meeting the deadline.
The surplus disguise cards were either given to Hyperion or Sigrid.
Besides his transformation into Rocky McCarthy with [Transformation Technique: Human] and a card that could transform him into Saint of Nirvana with [Transformation Technique: Human], he only had one original [Transformation Technique: Demon] card left that could transform him into a Radiant Demon.
He had no choice but to use his own original appearance.
Sigrid hesitated for a moment.
Initially, she wanted to advise him to show his black hair and green-eyed disguise less often. But then again, the Saint had been incredibly busy these last few days.
"You’ve been working hard."
She finally said.
These past few days, Sigrid was observing the Saint making cards.
It seemed that the Saint’s card production efficiency increased with her company, but the cost also skyrocketed in response.
"That’s alright. It’s the age to work hard, can’t afford to slack off."
Lanci nodded.
Once they returned to the South Continent, there would be no chance to work hard as everything was too settled there.
"Speaking of which, how old are you?"
Sigrid asked, her curiosity finally getting the best of her.
Actually, she had wanted to ask this question for a while now.
The saint heir’s credentials, appearance, and identity - she had seen several of each by now, causing her to increasingly doubt the real age of the saint heir.
She knew that her saint heir was very young, but he felt as steady as an old principal. The aura emitted seemed to place him a generation above others.
What if he was really in his early twenties?
"If we’re talking about mental age, it might be about the same as yours."
Lanci chuckled in reply.
"…Are you implying I’m old?"
After pondering for a moment, Sigrid realized what he meant.
She clenched her fists in response.
Although his statement pleased her, she felt that the saint heir should not have laughed at her.
His seemingly polite but mocking laughter was really infuriating.
"…"
Gloria, sitting on the side of the couch, was trembling slightly with her head down. She had never seen anyone chatting casually with the Bishop of Hegemony before.
However, now the conversations between the saint heir and the bishop were practically non-stop.
With that, Sigrid moved away from Lanci, looking slightly angry and decided to ignore him for a while.
"By the way, Cat boss, you should accompany Sikder in the afternoon."
Lanci fetched the cat boss from the shadows, then picked it up and set it down next to Sigrid.
Sigrid had a life-saving magic card in her possession, so she would be even safer with the cat boss and the academy’s barrier magic in place.
The cat boss looked up at Lanci and Sigrid, unsure if Sigrid was truly angry or just pretending.
"By the way, Cat boss, aren’t you always short of staff at your restaurant?"
Lanci looked at the little black cat on the couch and asked abruptly.
"Yes, meow."
The Cat boss felt that it had been almost four months since leaving the South Continent and it was quite a while since it had seen its own Boss Cat Restaurant.
Most of the staff there were part-time temporary workers, and when someone resigned, it was always chaotic trying to find a replacement.
Previously, it was the only head chef. Now, it also has Asina as a head chef.
After returning to the South Continent, the pressure in the kitchen will naturally decrease, but the front desk and the waiters will still be very busy.
"Don’t worry, in the future, I will arrange for you to have friendly and hardworking waiters, elegant and gentle receptionists, and a steadfast and capable manager."
Lanci shared this good news with the Cat boss, all smiles.
"Meow, meow, meow! Really?"
The Cat boss immediately lifted its head.
Although it had once tasted the price of fate.
But this time, it sounds like there should be no problem!
Because Asina, the vice president of the student council that Lanci introduced, has been a great help.
Putting aside Lanci from the abstract Northern Continent, it felt that at least the Lanci from the South Continent is quite reliable when it comes to introducing personnel.
"But meow..."
Thinking about it, the cat boss started to hesitate again.
The restaurant would have several unfamiliar faces, wouldn’t Miss Tata feel uncomfortable?
The Cat boss liked Tata very much, and during its time spent with her, it had noticed her slight introverted character.
Asina and Tata had some contact before due to the dessert Asina had gifted to Tata, and they got along quite well.
But for the others, the Cat boss was unsure.
"Don’t worry, they are all Tata’s old friends."
Lanci reassured the Cat boss as he gently stroked its head.
"That’s great, meow!"
Upon hearing this, the Cat boss was immediately relieved.
If Tata was such a good girl who knew them well, then her friends must be nice too!
