Chapter 49: Miss Yelu, So Cute

The demon core was exactly the same as the one Ye Lu had guarded for ten days—both in scent and magic power.

With great effort, she touched the baby she had been pressing down.

It now had a big hole—she knew it had been pierced by that sword.

Now, that demon core appeared in the hand of a goblin at the front of the line.

He stuffed the demon core into his hat and tried hard to cover it up as students surrounded him, pressing for answers.

Someone asked.

“Where did you get that?”

The goblin brushed it off.

“Th-this… I just brought it from home. W-what about it?”

The goblin was surrounded by people.

One person caught her attention—the brat who had annoyed her earlier and called her the Prince’s mistress, actually was the first to call him out.

“Stop lying!”

“That’s the Prince’s mistress’s, isn’t it! I just saw it fall out of her bag! You disgusting monster goblin, hurry up and go roll around in the wild and play with human adventurers!”

“Y-you…! I told you! This is mine! This is racial discrimination! What right does a mere succubus have to—”

“Hmph… even if it is racial discrimination, what can you do?”

“Can you compare to Lady Princess on the ground? She is the noble succubus standing atop everything, the succubus we admire.”

Another person joined the argument, buttering her up.

It seemed not all Demon Capital students were bad.

These people shoved and yelled, and more than a few kicked him.

As she watched, though she wanted to go up and flaunt herself, her body couldn’t hold up any longer, and she passed out.

When consciousness resurfaced, the pain in her chest was gone.

She was lying on her side.

When she opened her eyelids, the first thing that came into view was a green tea set, brazenly placed on the table.

Huh?

She couldn’t see clearly.

Something felt off.

She rubbed her eyes, and the moment her vision focused…

“Eep~!”

Her tail shot up in fear.

She propped herself up on her elbows and scrambled backward.

The covers were thrown off and piled up messily behind her.

But even from a distance, it still felt creepy.

Bloody.

What tea set…

This was clearly a goblin’s head!

It was about the size of a teapot.

The pot’s body was the goblin’s skull, and the curved spout was the goblin’s curved nose.

As for why she was scared.

At the place where the adventurers were trapped, she had also seen many warm corpses.

Those things, at best, were as simple as slaughtering pigs.

This time… having a goblin who lived together in society right in front of her—like human to human—wouldn’t anyone be scared?

The goblin’s face looked very familiar.

In an instant, she knew whose work this was.

Then she looked at the bag next to the goblin head.

It was stuffed full—probably the demon core that had been taken back.

Killing people like grass.

“Sorry, I didn’t make it in time. Miss Ye Lu was badly hurt. But those who hurt Miss Ye Lu—I’ve already taught them all a lesson.”

“Ah!”

“…”

Startled by the voice, she flinched and then noticed.

Sitting on a chair by his window was a person—a guy with an entirely different aura from those ordinary people.

He curled his lips.

But… she was sure that even the Young Master who had beaten her twice in a row was nowhere near this.

His dark gold hair scattered loosely over his shoulders, but his features were sharp.

The wings behind him were not deliberately hidden.

He crossed his legs, and because they were so long, the tips of his leather shoes touched the floor.

With a slender figure, noble aura, and a cool handsome face, he was even more handsome than the male lead of an otome game.

‘Wuwu!! Sorry, Prince, during the break…’

‘I accidentally made mistakes with the male lead more than once. For Lady Princess’s sake, can you forgive me?’

‘…Getting off track.’

As usual, when she saw the Prince, her face couldn’t help but heat up.

She gently covered her face and said in a strained, aggrieved voice,

“Prince, I… I’m so scared~”

The Prince raised an eyebrow.

“Scared? … Miss Ye Lu is scared of me?”

“No!”

It was like punching cotton…

To be honest, when Ye Lu interacted with him.

She could never guess what his next sentence would be or what his next move would be.

“It’s, it’s just…”

She turned her head and looked at the bedside table where the goblin head was.

Then she looked back at the Prince, pursing her lips into a straight line and carefully expressing her discontent.

“Ah, this… When I came over, the students were all pointing fingers at him, so I killed him offhand. After all, he was someone who hurt Miss Ye Lu.”

His tone was like he was chatting about something so ordinary it couldn’t be more ordinary.

Listening, her first reaction was delight—the Prince actually had her in mind.

As for the killing, it wasn’t too surprising.

After all, the Prince was very powerful.

In this world, he could do whatever he wanted—even poop on the street.

But… Ye Lu was still worried about the Prince.

She was afraid there might be consequences from directly killing him.

For example… doing something bad to the Prince in secret, like shady dealings.

But then she thought, eh?

He was the Prince, already this powerful.

Even if the disgusting goblin army called up all their family members and attacked together, the chance of winning would be slim.

Compared to that, she had another worry.

“Then… Prince.”

She just opened her mouth, then stopped halfway.

She twisted her tongue for a long time, and only after seeing no change in the Prince’s expression did she continue,

“What about Molis?”

“Molis? The one who beat you in the arena?”

“Mm.”

She nodded.

“Just gave him a simple beating.”

“Huh?!”

“That’s not necessary…”

The other party had indeed been a bit harsh, but this was a proper duel.

If you don’t take it seriously, would he give you a candy during the fight, and after you obediently eat it, he’d ask, “Can I hit you now?”

Of course not!

Besides… that guy’s words, though a bit cheeky, had good quality.

“Not necessary?”

“What do you mean?”

“No… nothing. The Prince is amazing… I just think that in fair competition, losing… is a normal thing. Doing this instead…”

“I understand. Tomorrow, when you’ve recovered, let’s go visit and apologize together.”

“Huh?”

“Mm-hmm!”

She nodded vigorously.

Surprisingly reasonable!

“Heh heh, Miss Ye Lu is so cute.”

The Prince chuckled, then suddenly placed his hand on her head and rubbed it.

The sensation of his palm reached the top of her hair.

She blushed, lowered her head, and pulled the covers over her face.

Actually, inside she was overjoyed to heaven.

“Thank you…”

She also liked this well-behaved version of the Prince—neither violent nor cold.

After talking with the Prince for a while, she forgot to observe her surroundings.

She looked left and right blankly and found it was a very unfamiliar environment.

It was similar to a classroom setup, but not a classroom.

The space was as big as a classroom but had no desks.

It was empty—only a blackboard, fan, lights, and a large square table in the center.

There was almost no other decoration.

“This is the club—the Love and Adventure Club I just founded. Does Miss Ye Lu want to join?”

“Club… of… of course! Of course I’ll join!”