Protos Royal Magic Academy, north side, Redmont Building.

A figure with black hair and green eyes emerged from the stone building entrance, adorned with deep gray reliefs.

The lazy afternoon sun fell on the buildings of the Royal Magic Academy, outlining shadows between the towers and stone eaves in moments of leisure.

After seeing off Warden Bakas, Rocky McCarthy returned to Redmont Building, changed his appearance slightly, and then left the administrative building of Protos Royal Magic Academy and headed to the residential area on the north side of the school.

Whenever Lanqi looked for Sigrid at school, he would first transform into a student of the Protos Royal Magic Academy before heading to the Batian Branch's stronghold in the academy, which was Gloria's home, a direct subordinate.

He walked through the school's busy main road and into an area lined with courtyards and residences, where the surroundings were noticeably quieter.

Even without Sigrid to lead the way, he was familiar enough with the house numbers to find the residence of Gloria, the Batian Branch's direct subordinate, and rang the doorbell.

The bell rang for a moment in Gloria's residence, and with approaching footsteps, the door opened, and a girl appeared in the doorway, her face showing no confusion.

"Please come in."

Gloria maintained her cold demeanor as a senior student.

However, after closing the door.

"Saint Son, you're back."

Gloria hurriedly bowed respectfully to Lanqi, like a girl who was extremely afraid of being kicked out of the house by her stepfather.

"Can you just treat me like before... I'm not used to this..."

It wasn't that Lanqi felt that Gloria's attitude towards him was even slightly fake, but he just felt that she was being a little too respectful...

Without much small talk, Lanqi was led by Gloria to the living room.

He saw Sigrid leaning on the sofa, reading a book.

Noticing the movement, she looked up.

But she didn't speak, just beckoned Lanqi with interest, then pointed to the empty seat on the sofa next to her.

"What are the bishop's orders?"

Lanqi walked to the designated spot by Sigrid, sat down, and asked.

The moment he met Sigrid's eyes, he felt that Sigrid understood – he wanted to tell her that he had successfully rescued the Great Demons, so there was no need to say anything more now.

It's just that Sigrid seemed to have something else she wanted to ask him.

"By the way, why do you always transform into this?"

Sigrid observed Lanqi's appearance and asked.

She knew that if someone found out that Rocky McCarthy was frequently visiting a student's residence, it would arouse some suspicion.

The problem was that this black-haired, green-eyed appearance particularly suited her taste.

She had briefly seen this disguised appearance with black hair and green eyes when they were fleeing in the northern snowfield.

At that time, she wanted to tell her Saint Son not to be so conspicuous.

"Because I don't have any other transformation cards."

Lanqi spread his hands helplessly.

These days, he had been working overtime to make the corresponding [Transformation Technique: Human] and [Transformation Technique: Demon] for the three Great Demons, and he had only barely managed to catch up.

The rest of the disguise cards were either given to Hyperion or Sigrid.

Apart from the directional [Transformation Technique: Human] that could transform him into Rocky McCarthy, and a directional [Transformation Technique: Human] that could transform him into the Saint Son of Annihilation, he only had a primitive version of [Transformation Technique: Demon] that could transform him into a Radiant Demon.

He could only use his original appearance.

Sigrid hesitated for a moment.

She originally wanted to say to let others see less of his disguised appearance with black hair and green eyes in the future, but after thinking about it, the Saint Son really hadn't stopped these days.

"Thank you for your hard work."

She finally said.

Sigrid had been watching the Saint Son make cards these days.

It seemed that with her companionship, his card-making efficiency would increase a lot, but the corresponding cost would also be several times higher.

"It's okay, this is the age to work hard, so naturally I can't slack off."

Lanqi nodded.

Once he returned to the Southern Continent, he wouldn't have the chance to struggle, it was too stable there.

"By the way, how old are you?"

Sigrid asked curiously.

Actually, she had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

She had seen several of the Saint Son's documents, appearances, and identities now, which made her increasingly unsure of how old the Saint Son really was.

She knew that her Saint Son was very young, but she always felt that he was as steady as an old headmaster, with a temperament that made him seem a generation older than others.

What if he was really in his twenties?

"If it's mental age, it might be about the same as yours."

Lanqi smiled and replied.

"...Are you saying I'm old?"

Sigrid pondered for a moment, then realized.

She clenched her fists.

Although this answer was more satisfying to her, she always felt that the Saint Son shouldn't have smiled just now.

His seemingly polite but actually very sarcastic smile was really annoying.

"..."

Gloria listened to the two of them talking on the side of the sofa, lowering her head and shivering. She had never seen anyone chat with the Batian Bishop like this before.

But now, the Saint Son and the Bishop chatted like this all the time.

Just like that, Sigrid moved a little further away from Lanqi, a little angry, and decided to ignore him for the time being.

"By the way, Cat Boss, accompany Sid for a while this afternoon."

Lanqi summoned Cat Boss from the shadows, then picked it up and placed it next to Sigrid.

Sigrid herself had life-saving magic cards, and with Cat Boss and the academy's barrier, she would be even safer.

Cat Boss looked up back and forth at Lanqi and Sid, wondering if Sid was really angry or just pretending to be.

"By the way, Cat Boss, are you always short of staff in your store?"

Lanqi looked at the little black cat on the sofa and suddenly asked.

"Yes, meow."

Cat Boss felt that it had been about four months since it left the Southern Continent, and it hadn't seen its Cat Boss Restaurant for a long time.

Most of its employees were part-time short-term workers, and whenever someone left and it couldn't recruit new people, it would be very busy.

It used to only have one head chef, but now it had another head chef, Asina.

When it returned to the Southern Continent, the pressure on the kitchen would naturally be reduced a lot, but the front desk and waiters would still be very busy.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange for enthusiastic and diligent waiters, dignified and gentle front desk staff, and steady and capable managers for you in the future."

Lanqi smiled and shared this good news with Cat Boss.

"Meow meow meow! Really!"

Cat Boss's head immediately perked up.

Although it had tasted the price of fate once before.

But this time it sounded like there was no problem!

Because Asina, the vice president of the student council whom Lanqi introduced to it, had been a great help.

Putting aside the abstract Lanqi of the Northern Continent, it felt that at least the Lanqi of the Southern Continent was very reliable in terms of introducing talent.

"But meow..."

Thinking about it, Cat Boss hesitated again.

If there were suddenly several more unfamiliar faces in the store, would Tata be uncomfortable?

Cat Boss liked Tata very much, and during the time it spent with Tata, it also discovered that Tata had a slightly lonely personality.

Asina and Tata had originally had some contact because of the snacks Asina had given Tata earlier, and the two got along quite well.

But Cat Boss wasn't sure about the others.

"Don't worry, they are all Tata's childhood friends."

Lanqi stroked Cat Boss's head and said with certainty.

"I see, meow, that's great!"

Cat Boss was immediately relieved when he heard this.

Tata was a good girl who knew her roots, so her friends must be very good too!

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