Chapter 1 A Quiet Afternoon

The tranquil afternoon sunlight quietly filtered through the gap in the curtains on the second floor of Cat Owner's Restaurant, the silhouette of the windowsill faintly reflected on the beige floor.

"What? School?"

Talia, who was writing something in front of the cabinet, turned her head and looked at Lan Qi sitting in the room as if she had heard something.

"The Great Poet is now a student at the Magic Engineering Institute, and not just any student. She is a special recruit of Professor Bolaao, the dean of the Magic Engineering Institute. Professor Bolaao hasn't accepted a student in years."

Lan Qi suddenly felt restless.

He only dared to tell the truth now.

Before Talia and the Great Poet separated, there was no way he could hide anything from either of them.

"Anyway, tomorrow you have to go to the Magic Engineering Institute with me to register the procedures for the Bosen Kingdom's official trip. Why don't we go and meet Professor Bolaao together? We can also ask him about modern magic engineering. Don't you usually read books about human magic engineering? Just pretend for the next few days, we'll be leaving for the Bosen Kingdom soon."

Lan Qi felt his scalp tingle and added a sentence.

"That's true."

Talia hesitated slightly, but nodded.

If she had to stay in Lan Qi's dormitory all day and couldn't go out, it would make her feel too uncomfortable.

She still liked to take walks every day.

The Great Poet had her own independent identity and could move freely in the Ikritte Academy, which was a good thing for her for the next few days.

"Is Lan Fu's social life at the Ikritte Academy complicated?"

Talia asked again.

"Basically no. She mainly knows me and Professor Bolaao at the school. She doesn't have much contact with Hyperion because of the house divisions. Then she might have a contract with the Music Affairs Office of the Magic Engineering Institute, but Professor Bolaao has already told the office that Lan Fu and I are going on a long trip, so there won't be any work or project arrangements for her during this time."

Lan Qi shook his head.

Professor Bolaao knew that the Great Poet's work calendar was the same as Lan Qi's, and the vacation to the Bosen Kingdom was also signed by Dean Bolaao himself, so the office would naturally arrange the schedule based on this.

Of course, after returning from the Bosen Kingdom, Lan Fu, who was determined to become a superstar, might become very busy.

"I understand. Then, since we're acting, let's do the whole set. For the next period of time, I will be the Great Poet. I'll dress up like her usually too."

Talia said confidently.

She looked exactly like the Great Poet, and she could communicate with Lan Qi telepathically, asking him about the Great Poet's questions at any time. It shouldn't be too difficult.

Lan Qi wanted to say something, but finally held back.

He didn't know where Talia's confidence came from.

Forget it, he would cover for her anyway.

They were now in the same boat, and there would be no problem working together.

Talia turned around and wrote for two minutes, finally finishing and putting down the pen and notepad in her hand.

After thinking about it, she was still a little worried, so she opened the cabinet and took out a quilt.

"What's wrong?"

Lan Qi observed Talia, who seemed to be doing housework.

"The weather may turn cold in the next period of time. I'm afraid Hyperion will catch a cold, so I'll change her quilt and put it by the bed."

Talia said, tidying up the quilt cover.

"You and the Great Poet are really the opposite."

Lan Qi exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

Talia glanced at him between unfolding the quilt.

"The Great Poet is good at everything, but she would rather die than do housework, and you are willing to do housework. I'm shocked to see my summoned creature doing housework."

Lan Qi spread his hands.

"..."

Talia frowned slightly.

At first glance, it seemed that this guy was praising her.

But "You and the Great Poet are the opposite" plus "The Great Poet is good at everything", wasn't that just saying that she was no good?

"Hehe."

Talia temporarily focused on the task at hand, just laughing coldly.

After she put down the neatly folded bedding and sorted out her travel luggage, she walked to Lan Qi with a small suitcase.

"Then, after I come to your house, I'll do housework for you every day?"

She leaned down and asked in Lan Qi's ear.

"No, no, no! You should rest well, don't move, I'll do the housework!"

Lan Qi originally intended to nod when he heard this.

Suddenly realizing the seriousness of the problem, he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

If Talia did the housework, his mana bar would directly plummet.

The fatigue caused by this consumption of mana was not as good as doing the housework himself!

"I'll help you do the housework. Looking at you, aren't you looking forward to your summoned creature helping you do the housework? After all, 'The Great Poet is good at everything, but she would rather die than do housework', isn't it?"

Talia repeated Lan Qi's words, without any hint of anger.

"No, no, no, I was wrong."

Lan Qi firmly denied.

"Then let's go."

Talia seemed to have gotten the answer she wanted, her lips slightly raised. She picked up the suitcase, looked around the bedroom, and walked to the door to turn off the soundproofing magic.

"Let's go."

Lan Qi nodded and followed Talia out of the bedroom.

It wouldn't be so easy after Hyperion and Xin Nola came back from the Duke's mansion.

Now they both liked to go to the Duke's mansion, like an adventure.

As soon as Lan Qi and Talia walked back to the living room, they saw Cat Owner stuck to the wall.

It seemed extremely curious, but unfortunately it couldn't hear the conversation in the room at all.

Lan Qi helplessly picked it up.

"Meow meow?"

It asked tentatively again, but didn't dare to ask.

Lan Qi and Talia confirmed their eyes, both were silent for a while, and then Lan Qi said to the little black cat:

"I'll tell you what's going on when we get home later."

The subsequent trip to the Bosen Kingdom would also have to bring his black cat. That cat carried full of souvenirs and hardships. His various tool cards and functional cards now had to be placed in Cat Owner's place. As long as he went on a long trip, he basically had to bring it with him.

"Why can you guys communicate with your eyes, meow?"

Cat Owner asked puzzled.

It suspected that it didn't enter the team voice chat.

"Cat Owner, just think of her as Tata, who has all the abilities of the Great Poet."

Lan Qi explained briefly.

Cat Owner thought for five or six seconds.

"Meow?!"

It had previously felt that Lan Qi and Lan Fu's ability to communicate telepathically was quite dangerous.

They might end up in jail together!

Fortunately, there was no suspicion between Lan Qi and Lan Fu, so this ability was essentially no different from communication magic for the two childhood sweethearts.

But if the Great Poet's position was replaced by Tata, Cat Owner couldn't say for sure.

It wanted to avoid Lan Qi in the future.

Don't let him splash its blood when he dies!

"Tata, it's about time to leave."

Lan Qi looked at the Cat Owner, which had shrunk into a black bread in his hand, and then looked at Talia and said.

He saw Talia looking at her home with a reluctant expression.

"My little fox..."

Talia muttered sadly.

She originally thought that she would have to say goodbye to it when she went to the Bosen Kingdom in a few days, but she didn't expect to say goodbye to it so suddenly.

"It's okay, Antanas and the others can take good care of it at Cat Owner's Restaurant..."

Lan Qi comforted.

It might even eat more.

Before Lan Qi could finish speaking with a hearty laugh, he stopped because of Talia's gaze, cold sweat dripping.

He hadn't fully gotten used to being connected to Talia's mind.

Sometimes it was already a subconscious thought, and he had already started thinking before he had time to analyze what it was.

The next few days would probably be like quitting drugs.

"Tsk."

Talia clicked her tongue secretly.

She knew that Lan Qi's meaning of leaving was for her to turn back into his magic card.

In an instant, 【Madly Loving Demon Lord】dissipated into light spots and reunited in Lan Qi's hand, turning back into a magic card surrounded by orange mist of twin flower petals.

"Weakling. You have to get stronger quickly, so that I can freely use new powers."

A few echoes of Talia's voice reverberated in the living room.

Lan Qi put away this brand new natal card, hugged the cat, and left with Talia's suitcase.

(End of this chapter)