‘Thinking this, Ye Lu was actually pretty excited.’
After all, she was going to tease that close friend who had once been just like her—loving peace and quiet, and playing together.
Ye Lu psyched herself up, then stood up and looked around. Fortunately, there weren’t many people left in the classroom. Most had gone downstairs—some to practice, some to rendezvous.
Only a few people remained in the class, willing to watch the commotion.
“Boss, I think we should forget it. Bell… how should I put it? He doesn’t seem like the type you can bully.”
“What if he has some backing? They might beat us up or drag us into the small woods…”
Bell: “…”
The little devil who spoke had yellow hair, twin tails, and was quite short. She looked worried, just standing nearby to lend support, not putting her feet up on the desk like Xiao Ye.
“Idiot! How is that possible? Bell may be a vampire, but he’s from an ordinary family. If we bully him… it’s no big deal!”
“Boss… you know that much detail?”
“Shut up…”
“Ye Lu, you’re here?”
“Yeah, is… is this okay?”
“Very talented!”
While they were chatting, Ye Lu had already copied Xiao Ye’s delinquent girl style pretty well. She unbuttoned the top two buttons of her collar and tied the hem of her white blouse into a bow. She… she exposed her stomach. It felt cool. She just didn’t have the black stockings that hugged her legs…
At first she felt embarrassed, but then she looked at Bell sitting in his seat, with an expression that said “What a pain.” Suddenly, a mischievous urge welled up in her.
That feeling was very strange. It was like two calm eagles soaring at the highest heights, looking down on everything. But one day, the peace was broken. She was dragged out and turned into a magpie. On the other hand, the eagle still flew solemnly… still had its own independent thoughts.
So jealous!
In that case, Ye Lu, now a magpie, couldn’t hold back!
She thought: ‘If I also put sweets in his mouth… what kind of expression would that old-fashioned, calm guy make?’
That was probably the idea, very mischievous, right? But it couldn’t be helped! She had become a woman and lost all face; Bell had to share the embarrassment!
‘Ehehe, I’ll do it. Hmph, no! I can’t laugh yet!’
“What are you doing… Ye Lu?”
Just as she was thinking whether to put her foot on Bell’s desk, she found Bell looking up at her, his slightly narrowed eyes as if watching an idiot.
Ye Lu waved her hands.
“N-no! Xiao Ye told me to come. It’s none of my business!”
“Is that so? There’s one thing I want to confirm.”
“?”
“It’s just… Ye Lu, you…”
“After becoming a woman, your brain hasn’t gotten dumber too, has it?”
“Ha! Bell, what do you mean!”
Bell pointed at the little devil who had put her leg on his desk, saying disdainfully, “They’re delinquent girls, you know. Before, you hated, hated noisy delinquent girls the most.”
“If you hang out with these people, you might get infected and become a delinquent girl one day. Then my dear friend will be beyond saving.”
“?”
“Because I heard that the Prince really likes innocent and cute princesses.”
“A princess who only knows how to act spoiled all day… who thinks only of the Prince in everything.”
“A princess who would even cry for the Prince if he got a scratch on his hand.”
“If my friend ended up like that, the Prince would surely be disappointed, right?”
!!!
‘No!’
Ye Lu retreated.
‘I see. So the Prince likes that kind of girl? If only a princess-like girl can make his heart pound, then… I’ll go all out. I’ll… I’ll act a bit more like a princess.’
As she thought, a wave of fear hit her. She was about to say something tactfully to Xiao Ye when she saw Xiao Ye’s expression. That face, raised high and mighty, originally full of contempt, was now stiff and about to cry.
‘Idiot! Bell, you made the girl cry!’
Feeling it was wrong, she decided to speak up for Xiao Ye.
“Bell, you went too far. I never said before that I hate delinquent girls the most.”
“And… I never noticed you had such a personality for bullying girls. I suggest you apologize quickly…”
“Is that so?”
Bell propped his chin on his hand, looked at Ye Lu who was half in delinquent girl mode, and asked back, “Ye Lu.”
“I’ve never heard before that your true heart is that of a soft, gentle girl.”
“It’s really sad… After being friends for two years, when there’s a conflict, you stand against me for a stranger you’ve only known for two days…”
“This is…”
Ye Lu’s face turned red, red with anger.
‘Before, when I was at a disadvantage, Bell would speak up for me. I didn’t know he was so sharp-tongued.’
Xiao Ye wiped her tears.
“Ye… Ye Lu, he re… really is bad… truly hopeless… a f… fish fry…”
“So! Help me take out the love letter from his desk!”
“I’ll read it out in front of the whole class to humiliate him! Uhehe… a mere fish fry dares to defy its master’s orders!”
“It must pay the price!”
“Ah… okay?”
‘Why does it feel like I’m being ordered? Is this the invisible pressure of the delinquent girl boss?’
Ye Lu struggled, with her hands tied, and walked to Bell’s side. She stretched out one hand, kept smiling, and deliberately said in a voice only the two of them could hear, “We’re bros, anyway those…”
But this friend, maybe his brain short-circuited or something, didn’t appreciate it at all. He glanced at her sideways and also smiled.
“Ye Lu, if you don’t leave,”
“I’ll tell the Prince everything about how you turned into a delinquent girl and tried to seduce me.”
“Stop!”
She chickened out.
She turned back.
“Xiao Ye… sorry! I can’t do it!”
“It’s fine, I’ll do it…”
Xiao Ye’s whole body was trembling, then… as if she had decided something, she stretched her foot, wearing stacked socks, toward Bell’s mouth.
“F-fish fry… will you take it out or not? I’ll p-punish you by making you use your mouth… help me take off my socks… or else, today…”
“Or else?”
Bell just looked at her calmly. He froze for a few seconds, thinking about something unknown. He smirked, suddenly grabbed her ankle, and lifted it under everyone’s gaze.
!!!
The whole place went silent.
She wore socks, not a pixelated glow, but the color the girl had chosen today.
Xiao Ye quickly and shyly pulled her leg back, covered her skirt, and stuttered while pointing at her, her face turning red.
“Waa… yo… you…”
“Cute little sister, so you wear bear-style panties?”
“Little sister?”
Someone broke the silence.
“Bell is amazing! Why didn’t I sense before that Bell had such a powerful aura?”
Ring ring ring—
Just then, the bell for class rang.
Ye Lu was so shocked by Bell’s move that she was speechless. Startled by the bell, she turned around and inadvertently saw a tall man standing at the door. She almost froze on the spot.
She forced a bitter smile… Silently, she pulled down the cloth tied at her waist.
Right, innocent, cute… She had to act like a princess…
No! Why was the Prince standing at the door! And he was serious, unconventional, with cool wings, in a perfect teacher form.
‘Waa… am I being stared at?’
Those eyes, like an eagle’s, deadly!
He narrowed his eyes, looking at her messy state as if trying to see something, then lowered his head with a disappointed expression.
Disappointed!
‘No!’
‘When did he come!! Three minutes ago? Or…?’
In any case, Ye Lu fixed her school uniform as fast as possible. Like a little rabbit, she hopped to her seat in a few steps.
The Prince walked slowly to the podium, placed today’s lesson book on it, and without looking up, said, “Miss Ye Lu.”
Ye Lu shot up.
“Here!”
He said calmly, “In the classroom, you must wear your school uniform properly.”
“Yes! I won’t do it again!”
“This… this was just cosplay…”
“Sit down.”
Ye Lu obediently sat down, having been scolded.
“Mr. Bell.”
“Here, teacher.”
“Violating discipline, lifting a girl’s skirt. Stand outside for this class.”
“Sorry.”
Bell didn’t resist; he got up from his seat and walked out.
The Prince had come quite early; most students hadn’t come up yet, so there were actually very few people in the classroom. It was empty.
“…”
“Xiao Ye.”
‘Not over yet?’
Xiao Ye pointed at herself in surprise.
“Huh? Teacher! Even me?”
“Out.”
“Waa… teacher, I’m the victim here.”
Still grumbling, she went out.
Seeing this, Ye Lu felt much more balanced. Her best male friend and the only female friend in the class were being punished. But they didn’t react much to seeing the Prince, probably never realizing that he was actually the Prince in disguise.
‘Come to think of it, does the Prince have a split personality?’