Around the corner of another corridor, the maid that Lyr had mentioned, the one who hadn’t delivered anything, was leaning against the wall, afraid to reveal herself and even more afraid to make a sound.
Her whole body was frozen there, a look of surprise on her face, unable to believe what she had just seen.
In fact, she had already been there for a while. Specifically, she had arrived when she heard Yilu’s startled cry as Lyr lifted her up.
Thinking something had happened, after hesitating for a moment, she tiptoed over to take a look. Then she saw Lyr bandaging the wound on Yilu’s foot.
Lyr might not have noticed, but she saw Yilu’s expression clearly.
Yilu’s cheeks were slightly red. She was quietly looking down at Lyr beneath her, her gaze seemingly fixed on him, as if she couldn’t look away no matter how hard she tried.
That expression was not one that should appear on the face of a normal friend.
Having not returned all night, and with the entire infirmary in disarray, it didn’t look at all like it had the day before.
At that moment, she was about to call out to Lyr, but her intuition made her hold back. She slowly retreated and then hid here.
Then she saw Lyr carrying Yilu on his back as they came out, and she vaguely heard their conversation.
‘The miss told me to tell her immediately if anything happens.’ The maid remembered Tif’s instruction.
‘But this… should I tell her?’
She felt that what Tif had instructed was probably not this.
After the sounds in the corridor gradually faded away, she dared to poke her head out and saw that the figures of Lyr and Yilu had already disappeared.
She placed her hand on her chest and let out a long sigh. “Good thing I wasn’t found.”
She had also heard some rumors about this Miss Yilu, but looking at it now, the relationship between Lyr and Yilu seemed not so simple.
“Oh no, there’s someone waiting for me downstairs.”
She just remembered that the Geno family’s carriage was still outside, and there was another person waiting for her there.
After all, Tif’s intention for this trip was to bring Lyr and Yilu to the house.
She had avoided being discovered, but wouldn’t she run right into Lyr and Yilu downstairs?
In a panic, she could only take another path nearby, hoping to warn them before Lyr and Yilu passed by.
Lyr remembered Yilu’s somewhat threatening words just now and found it a bit ridiculous. “If I were to be honest, I think you’d be the one who doesn’t want others to see you like this.”
Though it seemed like a threat, it had no threatening effect on Lyr at all. On the contrary, Yilu was only threatening herself.
She wouldn’t want anyone to see her weak side.
“None of your business.” Yilu pouted. “Anyway, don’t tell anyone about what happened today, or I’ll never let you off. Last night too…”
“Seems like your mind is completely clear now.”
Being able to recall those things proved that Yilu’s mind was no longer confused.
“If you really dare to tell, I’ll make sure you can’t stay here.” Yilu said.
If other teachers at the academy heard this, they might really get angry or possibly feel afraid.
After all, this place is really where they’ve always wanted to stay.
“Well then, if that’s really possible, I might even thank you.”
This tactic alone had no effect on Lyr whatsoever.
But if it really happened, there might be some troublesome matters.
She had thought Lyr would back down a few steps like before, but she didn’t expect him to be so straightforward.
This instead made Yilu puzzled. “You want to leave the academy? But aren’t you a new teacher?”
She had never heard of a new teacher who wanted to leave right after arriving.
But Lyr showed no sign of joking; on the contrary, he was much more serious than usual.
“Is it possible that I never wanted to come here in the first place?” Lyr asked back with a smile.
“Huh? What do you mean?” Yilu was a bit flustered.
How could she possibly know something like that?
Lyr sighed. “It’s a long story, but do you really think the academy would let someone with almost no magic power come here?”
Let alone a student — a teacher would be even less likely.
“That person did say something like that about you that day.” At the time, Yilu only thought that person was mocking Lyr.
In front of someone who could use that kind of magic, even the strongest magic power would seem weak.
“She wasn’t wrong. That’s exactly how I am now.” Lyr continued. “You should have noticed that after I demonstrated magic usage to you that day, I haven’t done it again. You know, just using those few spells already exhausted me.”
“…” Yilu fell into a brief silence. Her hand unconsciously gripped the cloth on Lyr’s shoulder.
Her careless words had hit the mark for Lyr, and a very unpleasant feeling rose in her heart.
When they left the building housing the infirmary and reached the entrance, Lyr found the entire academy had become very quiet.
Well, that made sense. Everyone was basically a pampered noble scion at home. Not many would want to stay here alone on the weekend, except for Yilu.
Otherwise, this girl wouldn’t be thought of as so strange.
Yilu opened her mouth to say something, but at that moment, a maid approached from not far away.
“Young Master, you’re out.”
The unexpected appearance of the maid caught Lyr off guard, as he had thought they wouldn’t come.
“Why are you here?”
“Didn’t you tell us yesterday to bring food this morning? I already sent it up.”
Though she said that, Lyr hadn’t seen anyone at all.
While he was puzzled, footsteps came from behind. The other maid just then arrived, one step later.
Facing the puzzled looks from the others, an awkward smile appeared on her face.
And in her hand was still the basket containing the food.
In the end, it was still too late.
Lyr narrowed his eyes, vaguely guessing what had happened. “Were you just behind us?”
“Hehehe, more or less.” The maid scratched her cheek. “Young Master, rest assured, I know nothing.”
The more she answered like that, the more it made people think the opposite.
The other maid still didn’t understand what was going on, until she noticed Lyr was carrying someone on his back. “Is this Miss Yilu?”
As her gaze moved down, it was easy to notice the bandage wrapped around her foot.
And faced with the two maids’ differing looks, Yilu buried her head lower, avoiding their gazes, feeling a wave of heat continuously rushing to her face.
She had just told Lyr so fiercely not to tell anyone about today, but before she even left, the secret was no longer a secret.