NOVEL WEB chapter 118
Chapter 43、Caught on the Spot
Huh?
Wait a minute?
In this situation…
Mu En felt his heart rate quicken.
Generally speaking, in such a quiet environment where only two people are alone, if one party seems to casually ask: do you have someone you like? This kind of question is, in every way, a precursor.
That’s right, it’s the legendary confession!
First, through this seemingly casual chat, testing whether the other party is taken, and once confirmed, launching a fierce attack to capture the other person’s heart in one fell swoop!
The hundreds of romance comics he had read in his past life all followed this pattern!
Huh? But, could it be that the senior really…
Isn’t this a bit too sudden?
However, since the senior has asked so sincerely, I can only respond with my true feelings and answer seriously.
“Not at all.”
Mu En straightened his back, crossing his hands under his chin, responding with a serious expression:
“Absolutely not.”
“Really? That’s quite a pity then,” Anna sighed, stroking her cheek.
“Eh?”
Mu En was taken aback.
What does ‘pity’ mean?
Is it a pity for her that no one likes me?
Has this simple, straightforward approach ceased to satisfy Senior Anna?
Does she prefer to snatch someone else’s heart rather than gain an unclaimed one?
Is the senior also a member of the Minotaur cult?
“Then… does someone like the junior?”
Mu En still felt his mind buzzing, unable to catch up, as Anna continued to ask leisurely.
But this question only made it harder for Mu En to understand.
“Well… I guess there is.”
Mu En replied.
After all, with An around, no matter how much he lied, it couldn’t reach that level.
“Is that so?”
Mu En saw Anna’s eyes light up instantly.
“Then can you bring her out?”
“Huh?”
Bring her out?
Why?
In that moment, a hellish image flashed through Mu En’s mind.
Senior Anna, holding his hand, would smugly say to An:
“The person you like is quite delightful~”
Ahhh!
No way!
An would go berserk!
She would carry a mountain of knives and chop both herself and the senior into mincemeat!
“Well… that.”
Looking at the expectant expression of the senior, Mu En couldn’t help but ask:
“What’s the reason, senior?”
Although, given the senior’s nature, she might simply want to do something a bit mischievous, Mu En’s intuition told him that she might have other reasons.
“The reason?”
Anna turned her gaze, her fingers curling around the small tail of her braid.
She seemed to be weighing something, but just as she was about to speak, her eyes suddenly darted to a bird perched on the treetops outside the window.
Anna raised an eyebrow slightly:
“Forget it.”
“Eh?”
“It seems I was too impatient.”
“What?”
Mu En was completely confused.
Since earlier, he felt as if he couldn’t keep up with the senior’s train of thought at all.
“Let’s call it a day.”
Anna stood up,
“Class will be over soon, and I need to prepare for a bit; otherwise, I won’t be able to manage later.”
“Oh, oh.”
Mu En nodded blankly:
“Does the senior need my help?”
“Help?”
Anna shot Mu En a flirtatious glance:
“Junior, you skip class to come find me to study; do you really have time to help me?”
“Uh…”
Mu En awkwardly scratched his head:
“Actually, it’s not that I don’t have time; it’s just that for some reason, I must pass the basic magic concepts exam in a month, so all my time and energy have to be directed towards that.”
“Pass?” Anna raised an eyebrow.
“The first-year exam?”
“Second year.” Mu En forced a smile, “Is it hard, senior?”
“Yeah, very hard.”
Anna thought for a moment and said seriously:
“But it doesn’t seem impossible.”
……
After Mu En left, Anna looked at the birds resting on the branches outside the window and gently called out:
“Go.”
The birds were startled and quickly flew away.
She sighed softly: “That green-haired one from the news agency really likes to spy.”
In the deserted library, Anna rolled up her sleeves.
On her fair skin, faint traces of scales could be seen.
“After the moon was chased away, it became a bit more settled.”
Staring at her wrist, Anna murmured softly, self-soothing:
“Don’t rush, Anna, don’t rush, there’s still time.”
“Even if it really comes to that…”
Anna’s gaze flickered to the library’s main door, as if chasing someone’s silhouette.
……
“I feel like I’m a bit closer to the sixty-point goal.”
After leaving the library, Mu En couldn’t help but stretch, feeling cheerful.
Another fulfilling morning.
“So next…”
Mu En thought for a moment and decided to take advantage of the time to have lunch first.
Once the cafeteria got crowded, it would waste a lot of time.
“Hmm?”
But after taking just a couple of steps, Mu En’s brows furrowed again.
An elusive gaze, like a sharp blade, gently scraped against his back, bringing a chill.
Like a maggot clinging to bone, it was hard to shake off.
“It seems ignoring it won’t work.”
Mu En’s expression turned cold.
He certainly didn’t want a pervert following him around.
With the keen perception honed from countless deaths in the black book, Mu En moved slowly, pinpointing the direction bit by bit.
Outside the library was a dense forest.
As a hiding place, it is more than sufficient.
As long as one understands a bit about concealment techniques, it is quite easy to hide in such places.
However, at this moment, there is no wind.
Therefore, even the slightest movement will create a clear rustling sound in the forest.
If one cannot move, no matter how well hidden, there will always come a moment of being discovered.
Moreover, the opponent’s hiding skills do not seem to be particularly impressive.
Mu En’s hawk-like gaze swept over and quickly identified a patch of bushes in the shadows.
In the gaps of the bushes, a small corner of clothing could be faintly seen swaying.
“Even if you like to act like a pervert, you should at least hone your tracking skills before coming out.”
Mu En chuckled coldly, gradually approaching the bushes, and suddenly thrust his hand inside.
“Come out, you dead pervert!”
“Wah! Don’t grab me, I didn’t mean to!”
“Eh?”
To his surprise, what he pulled out from the bushes was not a muscle man with a scarred face, but rather…
A little girl?
Mu En looked at her in confusion.
The little girl was wearing a school uniform, and judging by the style, she should also be in the second year like him. Her thick, smooth black hair was styled into two large braids, and she wore a pair of oversized black-framed glasses, with a few freckles faintly visible on her face.
Overall, she seemed like the kind of girl who would be lost in a crowd, extremely inconspicuous.
But as Mu En looked at her, he felt she was quite familiar.
It seemed like… he had seen her somewhere before?
PS: There will be more later.