The little fat bird woke up during lunch.
“Chirp?”
It woke up, found itself lying on a soft cushion in an unfamiliar environment, and let out a confused sound.
It tried to take off like before, but failed.
When it looked down, it also noticed its wing was injured and had been simply bandaged.
“Miss, your little bird is alive!”
Afu was the first to notice the little fat bird waking up.
She immediately ran over to the little fat bird, bent down, and looked at it curiously with stars shining in her eyes.
She had no resistance to such cute little animals.
“Little one, are you okay? Does your wing still hurt…”
As she spoke, she was about to gently touch the little fat bird.
“Chirp!”
At that moment, the little fat bird trembled all over and instinctively jumped back several times.
Then, it looked warily at the hand the maid had extended.
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
Don’t touch me!
“Huh?”
The maid’s hand paused at that moment.
Although she couldn’t understand what the little fat bird was saying, it seemed…
Was it rejecting her?
Or was she being too fierce?
Was it because she was too excited?
But…
“Um… I mean no harm.”
“Chirp!”
“I won’t hurt you, I… I just want to…”
“Chirp!”
Rejected repeatedly, Afu felt extremely wronged at this moment.
“Wuwu…”
Her cowardly attribute erupted again, and she whimpered, on the verge of becoming a crying cat face.
Truly worthy of Afu.
To be scared into tears by a little fat bird.
Lu Mo also approached the maid at this moment, smiled helplessly, and comforted her:
“It’s okay, Afu, it’s not your fault.”
“It’s injured and woke up in a strange environment. It’s natural for it to be scared and hostile towards us.”
“If you don’t believe me, look.”
As she spoke, Lu Mo reached out her hand.
Then—
The little fat bird, upon seeing Lu Mo’s hand, stopped being fierce and stopped trembling.
It immediately hopped forward and jumped onto Lu Mo’s hand.
It even lay down, nuzzled in Lu Mo’s hand, and showed a very comfortable expression.
“Chirp~”
At this, it let out a comfortable chirp.
“Huh?”
Lu Mo was startled.
Afu also had a brief moment of shock, then became even more sad.
As expected…
It really is my fault, isn’t it?
“Wua…”
“No, that’s not it, Afu!”
Lu Mo quickly comforted her again.
“There’s a reason it’s close to me.”
“Maybe because I saved it, and it’s still young. At that time, it sensed my presence and mistook me for its parent.”
“Although, the little fat bird in front of us looks very young, it should have long passed the stage of instinctively treating any living thing as its parent.”
As for mistaking my hand for a mate or something, that should be unlikely.
Because she had only touched the little fat bird nine times?
Who would treat a hand as a mate right after first contact?
“Really?”
The maid sniffled slightly, looked up at Lu Mo, and asked.
“Really!”
Lu Mo nodded seriously.
Regardless, calming Afu’s emotions was the most important thing.
Afu’s sadness came quickly and went quickly.
It only took a few minutes.
Lu Mo sat back down at the dining table, gently stroking the little fat bird in her palm.
Afu stood by, watching, curious and a little envious.
So nice.
The young lady has her own little bird to play with.
But she had nothing.
Lu Mo also watched the little fat bird’s affectionate movements in her hand and smiled.
So, did the little fat bird know that she saved it and thus became so close to her?
Or did it really think of her hand as its mother?
Or perhaps…
Something like a mate?
“But speaking of which, shouldn’t it eat something?”
Lu Mo said.
“What does it eat?”
“Yeah, what to eat?”
The maid also said, thought for a moment, and went to the kitchen.
When she came back, she brought a small bowl of grains.
She placed the small bowl in front of the little fat bird.
“Eat, little one.”
The little fat bird stared blankly at the grains for several seconds.
Then, it turned its head away.
“Chirp!”
It seemed to be refusing.
Afu was flustered.
“Huh?”
This was her second rejection.
What’s going on?
“Could it be a carnivorous bird of prey?”
But its appearance didn’t look like that.
Instead, it looked like prey that would be snatched by raptors.
“How about I dig up some earthworms later to try?”
Lu Mo muttered.
At this moment, the little fat bird suddenly jumped down from Lu Mo’s hand and walked toward the food in front of Lu Mo.
It was a steak that was half eaten.
“…You want to eat steak?”
Lu Mo was slightly stunned.
The steak was bigger than the little fat bird itself?
How was it going to eat it?
Could it even carry it?
The little fat bird then grasped the table knife with one foot and very skillfully cut off a small piece of steak.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Lu Mo and Afu,
it dropped the knife, picked up the fork, speared the beef, dipped it in the sauce, and then put it into its mouth.
At this moment, Lu Mo slowly conjured a question mark.
The maid also opened her mouth, staring dumbfounded at the scene.
It got on the table?
And it could feed itself?
This little fat bird…
Had it become a spirit?
But well.
This is a magical world.
It’s perfectly normal for a little fat bird to have some intelligence, right?
Many high-level magical beasts have intelligence no less than humans and can communicate normally with humans.
Some can even transform into human form.
“It seems it has at least moved beyond the realm of ordinary beasts.”
Lu Mo said.
But she didn’t think too much about it.
A little fat bird that was nearly killed by bad Jimmy—could it possibly possess an ancient bloodline and become something like a phoenix?
The little fat bird was still very close to Lu Mo.
After finishing lunch, it kept sticking to Lu Mo’s hand, as if it couldn’t be shaken off.
Until the afternoon, when Lu Mo had to go to class, she explained to the little fat bird repeatedly, and only then did it reluctantly let go of Lu Mo and lie back on its little cushion.
“It’s okay, I’ll come back to keep you company soon.”
The little fat bird let out a reluctant chirp and waved its wing at Lu Mo.
“Afternoon class is in another classroom.”
“Miss Lu Mo, over here, over here!”
This time, Cecilia came first.
As soon as she entered the classroom, Cecilia waved at Lu Mo and patted the seat beside her.
“Good afternoon, Miss Ceci.”
Lu Mo smiled and walked over to sit beside Cecilia.
At almost the same time.
Koman’s residence.
“Ancient combat class? Forget it, I’m not going…”
“Anyway, my participation points are already gone, I’ll leave the final exam to fate.”
Koman muttered, lying on the sofa.
Thinking about how he exposed Lu Mo’s true face in front of Cecilia this morning, he couldn’t help but snicker.
“Lu Mo, Lu Mo, do you even deserve to be friends with the Saintess?”
“You wouldn’t want others to know how you are in your family and your plans to get close to geniuses and nobles in the academy, would you?”
“But I’ve already told the Saintess all about it.”
“From now on, I imagine the Saintess won’t bother with you anymore, right?”
“And then… what kind of expression will you show?”
“Knock knock knock—”
At that moment, a knocking sound was heard.
Koman was startled.
“Who is it? Knocking at this hour?”
He said discontentedly, telling the maid to open the door.
“Go see who it is.”
“Yes.”
The maid nodded and quickly walked toward the door.
“Wait a minute, those guys should be skipping class like me.”
“Could it be those friends coming to call me to class?”
But after opening the door, the maid let out an extremely frightened voice.
“You… you…”
“Huh?”
Koman raised an eyebrow.
This is the academy, why is the maid so scared?
Could it be someone from the academy bringing him an expulsion notice?
Soon, Koman heard heavy footsteps.
Uniform and rapid, they quickly entered the room.
A stern and sacred aura spread out at that moment!
“Eh?”
One by one, armored knights appeared before him.
“Div… Divine power?”
Feeling that sacred aura, Koman’s face changed instantly.
And when he saw the insignia on the knights’ armor, he was so scared that he shrank back on the sofa, showing an extremely terrified expression.
That was the emblem of the Inquisition!
Standing before him…
Were the Inquisition Knights of the Holy Sanctuary!
What’s going on?
“Koman Thrassyll, is it?”
The leading knight stood before Koman, looking at him coldly, and spoke.
“Please come with us.”
Not long after.
The Inquisition Knights escorted Koman out of the academy.
Koman had his cultivation sealed, was put in shackles, and was also masked.
“They are… Inquisition Knights?”
“Holy crap, no way, they’re arresting someone?”
“Who is it that could be taken away by Inquisition Knights?”
The crowd stared blankly at the scene, discussing among themselves.
“That figure… looks so much like Koman?”
Someone also recognized Koman and said in disbelief.
How did this guy offend the Holy Sanctuary?
Why was he suddenly taken away by the Inquisition Knights?
“Could this guy have imitated Miss Lu Mo and approached the Saintess?”
Soon, Cecilia received a message.
She quietly activated her communication crystal and saw the message from the Red Bishop.
“I await His Holiness’s arrangements.”
“Have arranged Inquisition Knights to take Koman Thrassyll away.”
Cecilia briefly replied to the Red Bishop, then let out a sigh and smiled.
It seems the annoying guy has disappeared from the academy.
Those who defile Miss Lu Mo must pay the price.
“Miss Ceci?”
Noticing the change in Cecilia’s expression, Lu Mo asked.
“What just happened?”
“Nothing.”
Cecilia turned her head and smiled gently at Lu Mo.
Sunny, gentle, with a hint of childishness not yet shed.
“Miss Lu Mo, I heard there’s a new dessert shop in the academy. Want to go try it after class?”
After a moment of thought, Lu Mo quickly agreed.
“Sure.”
Looking at Cecilia’s innocent and carefree demeanor, she thought to herself.
‘So that trace of chill she felt just now was just an illusion after all, right?’
‘The Saintess has always been light and bright; how could she have dark and heavy secrets?’