Upon hearing her name, Sonia tensed, thinking she had been caught doing something wrong.
Then she remembered that the only person she needed to worry about, Mr. Yide, was still on her desk and not with her.
So, who was it?
Sonia turned around and saw a young man looking at her with an arrogant and disdainful gaze.
Sonia was very familiar with that look.
“You’re… Classmate Edward?”
Standing before her was indeed Edward Faulkner, Sonia’s predecessor when summoning the Duel Spirit.
Edward Faulkner frowned, as if brushing off dust from his clothes.
“Hmph, I don’t want to be remembered by trash like you, who was expelled from the academy.”
Hearing Edward’s hostile tone, Sonia pouted.
She rarely disliked people, but Edward Faulkner happened to be one of them.
Since his enrollment, this guy had been looking down on others, relying on his family background, and it became even more frequent after he summoned his Duel Spirit.
And Sonia was one of the people he looked down upon.
Even though the other party was actively provoking her, Sonia didn’t want to argue with him.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going.”
“Stop!”
Edward shouted, looking at the girl’s back and saying fiercely, “Confess, you plebeian who has been driven to the lower city, how did you sneak into the library!”
“If you can’t explain yourself, I’ll call the guards!”
What’s happening…
Yide, who was almost bored to the point of zoning out, instantly frowned upon hearing the quarrel.
It sounded like Sonia was arguing with someone?
Trouble, just as I said it, what comes always comes.
Just a few days ago, I said Sonia would always have to face duels, and today she’s alone.
Yide was a little anxious, but his true form was just a pendant; he couldn’t do anything.
But suddenly, a voice sounded beside him.
“Oh, Little Ya’s pendant? How did it end up here?”
“Ugh, never mind.”
Feeling himself being grabbed, his vision began to shake violently.
Yide couldn’t help but look at the figure holding him.
Striking red hair bounced, and the normally sunny and energetic face also showed a hint of anxiety, just like Yide’s.
Tivia, why is she at the library too?
“Little Ya!”
Tivia, holding the pendant, rushed to where the argument was coming from and instantly recognized the blonde young man.
“Edward, what are you doing here?”
“Tivia Hilo?”
Edward frowned. “Why are you here too?”
“That question, I should be asking you.”
Tivia shielded Sonia behind her, glaring warily at the other party.
“What are you doing to Little Ya?”
Edward sneered. “Does that even need to be said? This plebeian appeared in the library for no reason, and there’s no one accompanying her.”
“According to regulations, all commoners from the lower city entering the upper city must be accompanied and supervised by a resident of the upper city throughout.”
“Your butler brought her up, right? It seems your Hilo family will have to bear some responsibility.”
Sonia was getting a bit angry.
“I told Butler Grandpa to go back first. If you have something to say, say it to me!”
“You?”
Edward glanced at Sonia, as if he’d heard something funny.
“What right do you have for me to come at you?”
“You haven’t summoned a Duel Spirit, you’re a slacker, and now you’ve been expelled from the academy. Someone like you isn’t even worthy of my attention!”
“You’re wrong, Little Ya has been reborn.”
Tivia looked at him solemnly.
But to her surprise, he only mocked her more fiercely.
“Oh? You didn’t happen to win against some plebeian duelist in the lower city who couldn’t even put together a deck, and now you’re feeling confident, are you?”
“You!…”
“Silence!”
Just as Tivia was about to say something more, the librarian arrived.
He angrily interrupted the quarrel: “The library is not a place for you to argue. If you want to argue, take it outside!”
“Hmph.”
Hearing the librarian’s command, Edward stopped arguing. He merely looked at Sonia, left a final remark, and then departed.
“I hope I don’t see you in the upper city again.”
“Phew… he’s finally gone.”
Watching Edward leave, and with the librarian not chasing them out, Sonia breathed a sigh of relief and turned to her good friend.
“Thank you, Tivia, you helped me again.”
Tivia seemed a little down.
“It’s nothing, it’s my fault. I didn’t expect you to run into that Edward guy. I should have told the butler to wait here until you finished reading.”
However, she soon seemed to remember something and extended her hand.
“Oh, right, I saw you left your pendant on the table, so I brought it to you.”
“Here, you’re welcome.”
Upon hearing Tivia’s words, Sonia’s body instantly froze.
She stiffly lowered her head, looking at the inverted triangular pendant in Tivia’s hand, meeting the eye carving in the middle of the pendant.
At that moment, she truly felt Yide’s gaze and the sense of public humiliation.
Boo hoo hoo, it’s over!
She was ruined in front of Mr. Yide!
“What’s wrong, Little Ya? You’re sweating a lot.”
“Am… am I?”
Sonia immediately forced a smile.
Don’t… don’t panic!
From this angle, Mr. Yide can’t see the book titles!
As long as Mr. Yide doesn’t know what I’m reading, there’s still hope!
“You must be carrying too many books.”
Just as Sonia thought her plan was working, Tivia stepped forward and took a few books from the pile she was holding.
“No… don’t!”
“Don’t be polite with me, Little Ya, it’s too much for you to carry all these books together… Hmm?”
Tivia glanced at the book titles, a little confused.
“The Great Duelist? Little Ya, when did you start reading biographies of duelists?”
Hearing Tivia read the book title directly, Sonia felt the world spin.
It’s over!
Completely ruined!
“Little Ya, are you feeling unwell? Why are you sweating even more after I helped you with the books?”
After helping Sonia put the books back, Tivia turned around, only to find her best friend sweating even more.
“Don’t mind me, Tivia…”
Because he was being held by someone, Yide didn’t dare to speak at that moment.
However, thanks to Tivia, he could now clearly see what books Sonia was holding.
Where Are the S-Rank Duelists?
When Duelists Shine Bright
My Duel
Is there something wrong with the title of the last book?
Yide almost blurted out a complaint.
So, during the hour and a half she was away, this girl was actually looking through biographies?
But why would she hide it from me when reading biographies… wait a minute.
Yide seemed to understand something.
After Tivia helped Sonia put the Millennium Puzzle back on, Yide looked at the girl, who was bowing her head and dared not speak, and voiced his guess.
“Sonia, you’re not trying to find me in history books, are you?”
“…Mr. Yide, if I said no, would you believe me?”
“No.”
“Boo hoo hoo…”
Sonia, female, seventeen years old, felt her life had lost all color.