Chapter 42
Sister Aijieliya really emphasized the words “impart” and “knowledge.” Hearing that, I felt the atmosphere was a bit off, didn’t I? I quickly used the “it’s late, I should go home” excuse to get away…
Sister awkwardly removed her hand from my thigh.
“Y-Yes… that’s right, little sister. It is… very late… Then, Sister will take you home…”
I let out a sigh of relief. Good thing Sister is an adult and can control herself, unlike someone who wouldn’t let it go. That’s right, that someone is Lian Qi.
“I’ll take you home, and I can check on Qifeng while I’m at it. How is her injury?”
“Mhm, she’s fine now, but she lost a lot of blood,” I replied.
Actually, the clothes I’m wearing now are a fresh set I changed into after getting home. The previous ones were stained red with blood.
“It’s good it wasn’t worse. Otherwise, Qifeng would have needed constant blood transfusions to stay alive. She’s from the Transmutation school, so she can only receive Transmutation or Evocation school blood.”
“Eh? Evocation school?” I looked at Sister, only half-understanding.
“That’s right. Evocation school blood can be given to anyone, but Evocation school mages can only receive Evocation school blood.”
“Is that so? I only knew that the blood of the four major magic schools was different. I learned something new today,” I said with a smile.
“What Sister can teach you isn’t just knowledge from textbooks. There’s also…”
Sister looked at me with a flushed face and a meaningful smile, which made me feel the atmosphere was getting weird again. My smile gradually shifted from a real smile to an awkward one.
“In any case, let’s bring some blood-replenishing alchemy potions for Qifeng first.” As soon as Sister finished speaking, a small vial of crimson potion flew into her hand.
“Just looking at the bottle, it seems very high-end.”
“Because it’s made from dragon’s blood,” Sister Aijieliya said. “A dragon’s body is a complete treasure trove. Dragon’s blood alone has twelve uses.”
I thought to myself, my sword saint big sister Liwei must have struck it rich long ago, right?
“Are you ready? Sister will fly you there now,” Sister said, putting her arm around my waist.
I silently took out a hair tie and tied up my shoulder-length hair to prevent it from getting messy in the wind.
Then, swoosh—!
Sister Aijieliya’s “Wheel of Wind” magic carried me away from the headmaster’s office, and in the blink of an eye, we were at my front door.
“I’m back! Qifeng, the Headmaster is here to see you!”
The first thing I did when I entered was hold onto the shoe cabinet to take off my shoes. Lian Qi walked over, one hand on her hip, greeting me huffily, “You’re so slow! If you hadn’t come back, I was about to go out and look for you! Eh? Headmaster!?”
Sister Aijieliya smiled faintly. “It’s been a few days, Lian Qi. Where’s Qifeng?”
“She’s upstairs, lying in Fei’er’s bed.”
“I’ll go see her.”
Sister Aijieliya brushed past Lian Qi. Lian Qi leaned against my shoulder and said, “Does your world have something called ejiao? It helps replenish blood. You could feed it to Qifeng.”1
“Ejiao!? What’s that?” I had a face full of question marks.
“…Does your world have donkeys? Eh, forget it. Pretend I didn’t say anything.”
“Sister brought an alchemy potion for Qifeng,” I said, placing the vial of dragon’s blood potion in Lian Qi’s palm. Lian Qi stared at it with some curiosity. I followed Sister up the spiral staircase.
Qifeng was leaning against her pillow, staring at Sister Aijieliya in surprise. “Headmaster? What are you doing here?”
“Fei’er said you were injured, so I came to see how you’re doing. After all, you’re not just my student; I also watched you grow up.”
“Wuwu, thank you for your concern, Headmaster—” Qifeng said, rubbing her eyes, moved.
“I should be thanking you,” Sister Aijieliya said, gripping Qifeng’s hand tightly. “Because you were injured while protecting Fei’er.”
“It’s nothing. It was just instinct at the time,” Qifeng replied playfully, sticking her tongue out.
I couldn’t help but remember what she said when she collapsed in my arms:
“The happiest thing in my life was taking that blade for you.”
Calling her a “silly girl” is really not wrong at all. She’s just boundlessly silly.
“You really did go find the Headmaster.”
Lian Qi said quietly from behind me.
“When you left, you said you were going to avenge Qifeng. I thought you were going to do something stupid, which is why I didn’t want to let you go. It turns out you really went to find the Headmaster.”
“Mhm. After all, my own strength is limited. This is when I need my ‘sister-squad’ to help me.”
“…Your sister-squad is a bunch of… dàlǎo.2 I have a feeling the ‘Seven-Leaf Tree’ assassination organization is doomed.”
“Er, you mean ‘big shots’?” I gave a weak smile. “Tomorrow, let’s go to the palace again, okay? We can discuss the battle plan then.”
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Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next day.