“…I see…”

Lying on the bed, looking at the novel at hand, Asagi could not help but mutter. The novel in her hand was the one she bought when she passed by the bookstore after school. Because she wanted to investigate the love and friendship between girls, Asagi conducted a survey on the Internet, and the recommendation she got was this novel called "Maria Mater".

She originally thought it was just a romance novel, but she didn't expect the content to be much more interesting than she expected, so much so that when her cell phone rang, she didn't even react. It wasn't until the second ring that she reluctantly put down the book and picked up the phone.

"Hey, Kishu? What's up?"

The caller was Asagi's childhood sweetheart and classmate, a boy named Motoki. Although in romance novels, childhood sweethearts are usually in love, but maybe because they have been together for too long since they were young, Asagi has no romantic feelings for him at all, and their relationship is simply just good childhood sweethearts.

At the same time, a frivolous voice of a childhood sweetheart came from the other end of the phone.

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask how you were doing."

"Condition?"

"Yeah, you seem to be in a bad mood these past few days. Did you have a fight with Ellie?"

"ah……"

After hearing this, Asagi finally pulled herself out of the world of the novel and returned to reality.

By the way, she is not reading novels here to kill time.

"Did they really have a quarrel?"

"No, no, no, there was no quarrel, I just..."

"I know, because Ai Li and the transfer student have a good relationship. I don't think you are jealous."

"Do you think I'd be jealous? They're all girls, and I'm not the type of person who... uh..."

"In fact, love between girls is not uncommon. In fact, we have almost guessed which side Ai Li is on."

"Why?"

Asagi was shocked to hear her childhood sweetheart speak.

"is that so?"

"Of course, you may not feel it since you are a girl, but we boys are very clear about it. Even though Ai Li always smiles in front of others and seems to get along well with everyone, in fact, when she is facing us boys, even if she doesn't say anything, we can feel that she has drawn a line for us... Otherwise, why do you think there is no one who dares to write a love letter to Ai Li until now?"

"That's strange indeed..."

After hearing what her childhood sweetheart said, Qiancong realized that the matter was indeed unusual. After all, Ai Li was beautiful and cute, and was quite popular in the class. Logically, there should be many people who wrote love letters or confessed their love to her, but in fact, over the years, Qiancong had never seen anything like this happen to Ai Li.

"After all, think about it. She is a witch, and a genuine magic attacker. For most men, she is no longer just a flower of high mountain. In addition, her attitude is so obvious, no one would be stupid enough to seek death."

"You have a point."

After hearing this, Qiancong finally understood. After all, when it comes to love, men always hope to be the active and strong party, so that they can have confidence.

But what about Ellie?

Not only does she have incomparable beauty and charm, but her grades are always the best in her grade. She is also a full-time witch and a nationally recognized magic attacker. That is to say, while other students are still busy with cram school, she can already fight those powerful and terrifying demons with ease.

Besides, she has a gaming company and is not short of money, which can be said to be a nearly perfect existence. How can ordinary boys dare to confess to her?

This is no longer a toad wanting to eat swan meat, it's completely the gap between a dung beetle and a giant panda.

Thinking of this, Asagi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but soon she became nervous again.

Wait, this isn't the problem now!

"So, Ai Li is dating the transfer student after all?!"

In response to Asagi's uneasy question, the other party chuckled.

"If you're interested, you can ask."

"I'm her good friend after all, how could I possibly ask such a thing! Do you want me to ask Ai Li, 'Are you interested in girls? Are you dating that girl named Himeragi?'? If I ask that, then what kind of person would I be?!"

"A jealous woman?"

“Go to hell!”

Qian Cong hung up the phone angrily, then sighed and fell back into bed.

"Honestly, what should I do..."

Looking at the ceiling in front of her, Asagi murmured to herself.

But no one could answer her question.

Ai Li had no idea of ​​the troubles hidden deep in her friend's heart. In fact, for her, school life went by day by day, and it could even be said that it was more leisurely than usual.

“It’s so comfortable…”

Sitting on a chair in the backyard of the school, while drinking a drink, Ai Li looked at the busy students in the distance. The school is preparing to hold a ball skills competition, and the junior high school and high school students will participate. In fact, the cheerleading team that Nagisa is in is currently practicing hard, and it is said that Setsuna had to agree to join the cheerleading team because all the boys in the class knelt down and begged her - well, Ai Li deeply sympathizes with the two people's experience, but she will never get involved.

By the way, using her identity as a magician, Ellie successfully skipped the ball skills competition. She was not willing to jump around in front of a group of boys in the legendary miniskirt that covered her buttocks to show off her affection.

Of course, if it was the original male lead, then this event would be a time for him to get benefits, such as running into the bathroom where people were suddenly changing clothes during training, or accidentally falling and burying his head in a skirt that was almost short to the base of his thighs...

These are all basic operations.

However, these benefits have nothing to do with me now.

Thinking of this, Ellie finished the drink in her hand and threw the can into the trash can next to her - then at the same time, she gently turned her right hand, and a magic wand appeared out of thin air in Ellie's hand as if by magic.

"Iron armor protection!"

"boom!!!"

As Ellie chanted the spell, the ground in front of her suddenly exploded, and then a golden arrow appeared in front of Ellie. The next moment, the golden arrow immediately began to twist and deform, and then turned into a lion blocking in front of Ellie. Then, accompanied by a flash of silver light, a silver-white wolf appeared behind her and surrounded Ellie.

"This can also be considered an event that will be triggered by the protagonist's destiny."

Holding the magic wand, Ellie stared at the metal lion in front of her, then suddenly raised her right hand.

"God's sword has no shadow!"

The invisible magic power turned into a visible blade at this moment, instantly cutting the metal lion in front of him into eight pieces. At the same time, the iron wolf behind him seemed to have found an opening and opened its bloody mouth, pouncing towards Ai Li's back.

The shining thunder fell instantly, like a sledgehammer that knocked the silver-white iron wolf to the ground, turning it into pieces.

"Bilibili's trick is quite useful."

Ellie glanced at the metal debris on the ground, then reached out and took out a letter from the debris. It was a pitch-black letter, sealed with wax silver in an ancient style, and on the wax silver were patterns of snakes and swords.

"senior!"

At this moment, Setsuko's voice rang out, and Ai Li looked up, only to see her junior running towards her in a hurry, wearing a cheerleading uniform that could appear in animation scenes that minors are not allowed to watch, holding the Snow Wolf in her hand, and her face was pale.

"What happened? I just felt a conflict of magic..."

"Someone is here to cause trouble."

Ai Li picked up the envelope and waved it at Setsuna.

"It looks like they are planning to invite me to the Hongmen Banquet."

"This is……?"

Looking at the letter in Ai Li's hand, Setsuna suddenly became nervous.

"The sender is... Lord Ordialu, Dimitri Vatra? How could it be, he is not..."

"He is a subject of the First True Ancestor. And since he has a title, does that mean he is a noble?"

As Ai Li spoke casually, she opened the envelope, took out the letter, and quickly read the contents.

"Well...the other party invited me to a banquet today...it's really interesting."

As she spoke, Ellie glanced at the ground around her.

“This invitation method is really novel.”

"Senior, are you going?"

"Of course, I'll never shy away from a fight... Oh, and by the way, it says you can invite your partner."

Having said that, Ai Li looked at Setsuna.

"Then you will come with me."

"Hey? Me?"

Faced with Ai Li's invitation, Xue Cai seemed a little flustered.

"But generally speaking, couples attending banquets are usually a pair of men and women..."

"How could I possibly invite a man to a party? Besides, you're my partner, there's nothing wrong with going together."

"That being said..."

Setsuna hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Indeed, it must be someone who knows the true identity of the senior and can respond to dangerous situations...Okay, senior, I will go with you."

However, the next moment, Xue Cai showed an embarrassed expression again.

"But I don't have a dress to wear to the party..."

“That’s not a problem.”

For Ellie, problems that can be solved with money are never problems.

When night fell again and the bright moon hung in the starry sky, Ai Li and Xue Cai successfully arrived at the super-large cruise ship docked at the artificial island pier.

only……

"Senior, I feel like we seem to be very conspicuous."

Setsuna, who was wearing a dress, looked around anxiously, and it was no wonder she said that. At the moment, both Airi and Setsuna were wearing women's evening dresses for banquets, but Airi was wearing a black long skirt that reached her ankles, while Setsuna was wearing a short skirt that was easy to move around in, with the hem almost as short as her usual uniform and reaching her knees.

Both of them are outstanding beauties, and the contrast between Airi, who has long pure white hair, and Setsuna, who has jet-black hair, wearing dresses of the same color as their hair makes people passing by instinctively look at the two of them.

"Just think of them as walking robots, and our goal is to go even further."

On the contrary, unlike Setsuka who seemed a little nervous because of the attention of strangers, Ai Li seemed quite relaxed. She took Setsuka through the crowded first deck and came to the second deck - it was dark here, and not even a single person could be seen. Compared with the lively banquet atmosphere below, this place was like the backstage.

But Ellie didn't care and walked forward.

However, just as she stepped onto the deck, suddenly, accompanied by a fierce flash, a burning snake made of flames fell from the sky and rushed towards Ellie. It opened its bloody mouth and bit down on the prey in front of it.

"senior!"

Seeing this, Xue Cai hurriedly grabbed the violin case used as a disguise, trying to summon the Xuexia Wolf to fight back, but Ai Li just raised her right hand and waved it lightly.

"boom!!!"

Soon, golden lightning fell from the sky and pierced through the body of the fire snake, completely destroying it.

"Pah pah pah pah."

Immediately afterwards, a round of applause broke out.

"Beautiful, really amazing, it seems that a beast of this level can't hurt you."

Hearing this voice, Ai Li and Xue Cai immediately raised their heads and looked upwards. They saw a blond man in a white suit standing on a balcony not far away, looking at them with a smile. Then he jumped down from the balcony and knelt respectfully in front of Ai Li.

"I have offended you by testing you just now, and I sincerely apologize. My name is Dimitri Vatra, and I was granted the title of Duke of Ordialu by our true ancestor, the 'Forgotten War King'. I am very honored to welcome you tonight..."

Listening to the other party's exaggerated and serious welcome speech, Ai Li raised her eyebrows.

"So you were the one who invited us here?"

"That's right. Let me start by saying it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Xiao Aili... No, Uncle Yan Guang Ye - my beloved Fourth True Ancestor!"

As he spoke, the man named Watara suddenly stood up and stretched out his hands as if to hug Ai Li. His action made Setsuna take a step back cautiously, while Ai Li stood there looking at him, with the smile on her face unchanged.

"I'm sorry, I don't know you."

"Ah, of course. I once loved the fourth true ancestor, Yanguang Yebo. I loved her and vowed to give her eternal love. So why don't we talk about love, Miss Ellie?"

"I'm not the Fourth True Ancestor. Technically speaking, I'm the one who killed her."

"It doesn't matter. Everything is false in front of blood. Since you have inherited her blood, I will also offer my love to you. As someone who has vowed to love her forever, isn't it natural for me to do this?"

At this moment, Watla's expression already looked a little fanatical, and Xuecai looked at him in surprise, and then at Ai Li.

The latter's smile not only did not disappear, but became even brighter and more charming like moonlight.

"I finally understand. You came here to fight me, so... Burn and destroy the ghosts!"

Following Ellie's call, the next moment fire and thunder burst out from her body at the same time, and then a huge battle axe appeared in Ellie's hand.

"I have no interest in men, especially ugly, poor and talentless guys like you... Get ready to die!!"

The next moment, accompanied by Ellie's angry roar, she raised the battle axe in her hand high and chopped it directly at Watla.