A simple breakup between a couple, calming down Keke whose eyes were full of black holes, I thought that was it.
Unexpectedly, the Prince, who usually took no interest in such trivial matters, spoke up.
“Not necessarily. If the two sides really go to war, this kind of relationship would become awkward. Maybe it’s the school’s way of protecting humans.”
“So, it’s possible your boyfriend suggested the breakup before leaving, just so you wouldn’t worry.”
“B-But aren’t those ugly things outside just lower-class humans?” Keke clung to a sliver of hope, pressing for an answer.
“They’re no different from humans,” the Prince said. After all, he patrolled outside often and had encountered humans quite a few times.
Then came mutual silence. Keke struggled to speak, hesitating again and again, her uncertainty plain to see.
Sigh, he was her cousin after all, the one who took care of her when they were kids. How could Yelu stand by when something happened to him, especially since her cousin valued loyalty among brothers?
A month ago at the opening ceremony, when she first bumped into the Prince, her cousin had personally stepped in and asked him to “give face.” It didn’t work and he was dragged away by her boyfriend, but the message got across.
“Prince, please help ask the principal.”
Yelu stood up, tugged at the Prince’s sleeve, shook his arm, using a spoiled tone.
“Pretty please~”
After acting spoiled, how shameful… She had no idea what Keke thought of her now, but it didn’t matter. Wasn’t she doing all this for her? She snuck a glance up.
The Prince’s cheeks were actually flushed. Seems she still had her charm.
“Sorry, Miss Yelu, I can’t agree.”
“Ah! Why?”
Rejected…
But before she could rush to ask the reason, her man bent down in front of her, pressed against her pitiful face, and planted a heavy kiss on her lips.
“Mmph…??”
Confusion hadn’t even surfaced when consciousness slipped away. By the time she weakly pushed him off, her mind was blank. She looked up, staring at him with those puppy eyes.
The Prince smiled.
“Because that would affect our elopement plan. Unless… Miss Yelu, do you not want to elope with me?”
“I didn’t say that!”
“So there’s no helping it. The principal has a great relationship with the Celestial Demon tribe. If I show up and get pestered into staying, what then?”
“That’s true.”
“Then… should I go alone?”
“No.”
“Miss Yelu is the Lady Princess. They won’t turn a blind eye.”
“It’s not that serious, is it?”
The way he put it made it sound like the Celestial Demons and the school were both big bad wolves. If so, that would be too unfair to Keke.
She turned to look. Keke had already stood up, wiping away her streaming tears. What a tough little one.
Keke said, “I’ll go.”
Her Prince poured cold water on her again: “The Succubus lady could go too, but if word leaks, the principal might just keep you in his office forever.”
The moment he said that, Keke wilted, her toughness gone: “Then never mind, sob… It’s just… it’s just that from now on Yelu will starve to death. But it’s okay, none of it matters.”
What kind of pity-baiting, spoiled brat tone was that?
And since when did her cousin start referring to himself by name? Plus the way his eyes drifted, wasn’t he really just acting spoiled with his adorable husband?
“If possible, Succubus lady—”
“Not allowed!!”
Before her Prince could finish that sentence, Yelu covered his mouth in advance.
Now adding another one? How could that work? She barely scraped by on warm and full herself, lying that she was satisfied…
Wh-What was he doing? Flustered, the Prince actually had the nerve to shake her hand off.
Yelu stood to the side, staring at him blankly.
“Succubus lady, you’re just like my wife.”
“So, I genuinely want to help you, and I have a suggestion.”
“Rather than waiting to die, go to a brothel.”
Looks like she overestimated him. She let out a relieved breath.
Keke didn’t look gloomy either, just quietly lowered her eyes all alone. So pitiful, it made Yelu uncomfortable to watch, and she couldn’t help but think.
Maybe… it could work? After all, sleeping with the Prince in their futon wasn’t even cramped. Then she shook her head hard, thinking of another approach.
If she couldn’t ask the principal herself, why not look for clues? No matter how many humans were at the Magic Capital Academy, if Yelu took her around and they couldn’t find a single one, wouldn’t that make things clear?
After the two talked, they headed to the small training ground in the back.
It was afternoon, exactly when most classes had their practical class.
One, two, huh? I know that one, that’s my old buddy.
The two walked through the training ground, looking around. Keke was the most eager, marching at the front and muttering:
“Training ground… fifty-nine…”
“Fifty-seven, fifty-eight, there’s one over there too…”
“That’s all.”
“Then, want to check Class Eight?”
“Sure.”
Huh, that man looks just like your boyfriend.
Keke chugged a big gulp of alcohol. After finishing, an hour later, she slammed the wooden cup hard onto the ground.
“Damn!”
“Damage to public property: compensation, ten yuan, thank you.”
“Sorry! Sorry!!”
The school cafeteria’s manager had been wandering nearby all along.
Yelu watched the hopeless Keke across from her, pulled five tickets from her flattened pocket, closed her eyes, and handed them over.
Miserable…
They had done a thorough check just now and found that every human who should have been at school by statistics was present, and her boyfriend had already started fooling around with another woman.
Keke was completely crushed. She was already sad enough, and now this happened while she was drinking to vent.
“Don’t be sad, cousin. You can have my alcohol too.”
Yelu pushed her own drink toward Keke across from her.
“Oh, thanks.”
Keke held up the wooden cup bigger than her face with both hands, buried herself in it, and before she’d even taken two sips, sensed something wrong and set the cup down.
“Sorry… Keke, I’m pregnant.”
“Yelu! This is your drink, right!? I can’t drink alcohol.”
“Huh?”
“P-Pregnant?”
“Alright.”
Keke deflated completely, lying on the table and staring at her for a long time.
Yelu got embarrassed from the staring and instinctively leaned closer to her man.
But the Prince misunderstood her intention, wrapped one arm around her, and pulled her into his embrace, squeezing close.
Her body naturally leaned against his solid shoulder, and she accidentally caught a glimpse of her cousin across the way. His expression had turned into: “I’m going to die.”
Was she… being too cruel?
“Congratulations on the pregnancy, Yelu.”
“Thanks.”
Though honestly, it wasn’t that happy, but Keke didn’t need to worry about that.
Men and whatnot… are just accessories to meet needs. If time allows, in a few days, I can come with you to the streets to find another one.