On the Xianzhou Luofu, night arrived right on time as well.
At a hidden location in Central Starskiff Haven, the figures of a man and a woman suddenly appeared.
"Kafka, is everything arranged?"
Silver Wolf's voice came from above. Looking up, they saw her sitting on the roof, swinging her legs.
Kafka nodded lightly. "It's arranged, but I wasn't the one who arranged it."
Silver Wolf immediately thought of what Kafka had said when they left the Divination Commission.
"That Aeon thing actually exists?"
"Of course it's real."
Silver Wolf raised a brow.
She had thought Kafka made it up to help them escape from that pink-haired shorty.
Turns out it was real.
'An Aeon? What was an Aeon doing on the Luofu with nothing better to do?'
'Abundance? Hunt? Destruction?'
She couldn't figure it out.
'And shouldn't the appearance of an Aeon cause a huge commotion? How come the Luofu still had no movement... no, not even any movement fitting an Aeon's status.'
'Still, that pink-haired girl from the Divination Commission really had some skill.'
'If Kafka hadn't frozen for that moment, Kafka and Blade probably would have needed quite some effort to leave.'
Kafka calmly looked at Silver Wolf.
Hoping she would think carefully about why it would take effort.
What exactly made that Master Diviner attack so seriously.
Sadly, Silver Wolf had no awareness of it at all. Under Kafka's gaze, she pulled out her handheld game console and curled up in a dark corner.
"Right, when are you planning to leave?"
"After everything ends."
At the very least, she needed to see the Luofu's story come to an end before leaving and preparing for the next performance.
But it seemed something had gone wrong on Elio's side.
She also wasn't sure what exactly they should do next.
At that moment, Blade, who had remained silent the whole time, spoke up.
"I still have other matters to deal with..."
He didn't explain what those matters were. After speaking, he closed his eyes to rest.
———
[St. Freya Academy]
"Drink!"
Hic!
"Drink!!!"
Elysia raised her drink high, wanting to clink cups with everyone.
After taking a small sip of tea, Levi glanced at the unusually excited Elysia beside him and felt the socially anxious character setting he gave her earlier probably couldn't be kept anymore.
'This person actively dragging others into finger-guessing games is socially anxious?!'
'Northeastern-style social anxiety or what.'
"But Elysia's state seems a bit off."
A faint blush spread from both cheeks all the way to her ears, and her body swayed slightly from time to time. She looked almost drunk.
And while she was usually socially fearless, she wasn't fearless enough to streak through the streets.
Looking at her, a thought appeared in Levi's mind.
'Don't tell me this girl is actually drunk?!'
"Kiana, you didn't buy alcohol, right?"
He looked toward the empty cans in front of Elysia. None of the packaging looked like alcohol.
"..."
Kiana sitting beside him didn't answer. Levi turned to look at her and found her eyes unfocused.
"Hah~ so sleepy... Levi, lend me your shoulder."
Her voice got quieter and quieter. Then he felt his shoulder sink, and soft breathing came from beside his ear.
Raiden Mei and Bronya both froze.
'Kiana and Levi seem really close...'
'What is this white-haired idiot doing?'
'Don't you like Mei?!'
'She's sitting right beside you, and instead of using this chance to lean against soft, nice-smelling Mei and take advantage of it...'
'You turn around and lean on a "stinky man" instead?'
Bronya felt more and more unable to understand Kiana.
At first she thought Kiana was just a white-haired dumpling who liked Mei.
But now it seemed the person she liked might not only be Mei.
Kiana was probably one of the few people who supported monogamy.
Levi looked around at everyone. Raiden Mei and Bronya looked normal. Himeko only had a slightly red face and nothing unusual.
And that red face was probably because the room was hot.
After all, she had taken off her outer shirt, leaving only a thin inner layer.
You could vaguely see that it was lace.
Theresa had her head lowered. She might already be asleep.
Falling asleep while eating, as expected of the child principal.
"Gulp gulp gulp... refreshing!"
Himeko chugged down a large mouthful of her drink and let out a satisfied sound. "Didn't expect Kiana to be pretty good at buying things! She actually found fruit juice with an alcohol taste!"
"Pfft! Cough cough cough!"
Levi wiped the tea from the corner of his mouth and looked at Himeko.
'What the hell?'
'Fruit juice with alcohol taste?!'
"Elysia! Let's go again! Let's see who drinks the most tonight! Which shelf did Kiana get this stuff from? I'm going to buy all of it later!"
"Mmm... it's at the usual convenience store... go look for it yourself..."
Kiana answered drowsily, then started twisting her body around. She reached out and hugged Levi's arm, leaning her whole body onto him.
Almost all her weight pressed against him.
The softness on her chest was completely unreserved, but Levi's attention wasn't on that right now.
At this point, he had mostly figured it out. Kiana probably hadn't looked carefully when buying the drinks.
She bought a bunch of alcoholic beverages.
For someone like Himeko who drank often, this stuff had basically no effect.
But for people like Elysia and Kiana, who rarely drank or practically never drank...
This stuff hit like a truck.
At that moment, Theresa, whom Levi thought had fallen asleep, suddenly stretched out a hand and groped around the table blindly.
"Water, water, water..."
Kind-hearted Raiden Mei handed her a cup of water.
After taking a few sips, Theresa smacked her lips twice and suspiciously looked at the cup in her hand.
"Strange... this plain water..."
Smack! Smack!
"Why doesn't it have any taste?"
Raiden Mei: "..."
Theresa took two more sips and kept moving her mouth around.
"It really has no taste!"
She still hadn't realized the problem with what she said.
"Mei, try it. See if this plain water has no taste."
She even wanted Mei to try it too.
Raiden Mei gave Bronya a look. "Bronya, come, take the Principal downstairs to rest."
"Okay, Sister Mei."
The little duck butt left the chair, summoned Project Bunny, and carried Theresa away from the dining table.
Raiden Mei looked at Theresa's unfinished cup of water.
"Pretty good. At least she can still recognize it as plain water..."
'So the drinks Kiana bought actually contained alcohol?'
She picked up the unopened can in front of her and carefully read the text on it.
Sure enough, it clearly said it contained alcohol.
Kiana probably saw the packaging and didn't check carefully.
Just looking at the packaging, you really couldn't tell it contained alcohol.
"Holy shit!"
Levi suddenly shouted. Raiden Mei looked toward him and found that besides Kiana from earlier...
There was now another person hanging onto him from the other side.
Except this pendant was a little perverted.
"Don't be shy~ Let Miss Pink Elf give you a nice kiss~ Mwah~"
"Elysia!" Levi pressed a hand against Elysia's face and shouted, "You're drunk!"
"Well done, Elysia! Bold people like you and me should act like this! Love boldly, hate boldly! Gulp gulp gulp, burp..."
'I f*cking... you f*cking...'