Who hid My Corpse!

Yes, Hewinia was sure that Molly was just making excuses to get close to her in order to win her favor so she could remain in the Orchestra.

As for why Hewinia was so sure,

it was because she had done the same thing.

During that year at the Three Colleges, she used various excuses to approach people who could help her.

Among them were professors, mentors, senior students, and some peers.

First, she determined what the other person excelled at, then pretended to be completely inept at it to approach them, providing them with enough emotional value to gain their favor, and then obtaining what she wanted.

She had been doing this for a year.

So when Molly made her request, she already understood everything.

However, she did not refuse.

Or rather, why refuse?

Hewinia gladly agreed.

Thus, after every practice session, she would meet with Molly in the library and then guide her.

Just like today.

"Using Magic Power to reverse light up a note twice?" Molly muttered, "To be able to do that, Miss Hewnia truly is amazing."

Hewinia slightly curled her lips in a very pleased manner.

Then, as she flipped through a book, she casually said, "Speaking of which, why do you have to ask me? There are more Golden Notes in the academy, aren't there? Aren't there also the Taichu Two Families?"

"Ah? The Taichu Two Families... they wouldn't bother with someone like me."

"Is that so?" Hewinia asked, "What sort of people are they then?"

"They are..."

In such sporadic conversations, Hewinia was gathering more and more information, even coming to know about the Golden Sound Players sent to the Orchestra from the Taichu Two Families.

While Molly was talking, Hewinia was leisurely reading her book, merely observing her from the corner of her eye.

Indeed, the reason Hewinia had not yet chosen the final piece of music was because of Molly.

The piece that suited Hewinia best was not suitable for Molly, who struggled with it.

If Hewinia chose that piece, Molly would undoubtedly be the first to be eliminated, and then she wouldn't come to Hewinia anymore.

That was why Hewinia was stalling, hoping to "extract" more useful things from Molly first.

This was mutually using each other.

As she watched Molly, Hewinia suddenly thought of Professor Arianna.

The woman who had seen through Hewinia's intentions long ago, yet had still played along with her.

So, the feeling she had now while looking at Molly, was it the same as Professor Arianna's when she looked at her before?

Hewinia couldn't help but think.

At that moment, a "cooing" sound reached Hewinia's ears, and she turned her head to see the snow-white owl tilting its head and staring at her.

"Miss Hewnia... is this your owl?" Molly asked.

Hewinia hummed affirmatively, and then took the envelope from the owl's claw.

While opening the letter, Hewinia's expression didn't change, but she wasn't aware that her breathing had unconsciously slowed down.

She only returned to normal after reading the contents of the letter.

A letter without much substance, written by Hewinia's "loving" "mother."

Although it was still unclear whether Mandy truly knew Hewinia's real identity or not, the letter, polished by Ivan, portrayed very well the image of a mother and daughter who were missing each other lovingly, leaving no room for anyone to doubt anything.

There really was nothing to doubt.

The only useful thing, to Hewinia, is that the Hailuo Family had found Ogg who had been sent back to the Seed District and given him a job and his freedom.

Although not great, it was at least better than becoming a Sire.

And this was the limit of what Hewinia could do as of now.

Of course, it was not over yet.

If it ended there, once something happened to Hewinia, the Hailuo Family was very likely to vent their anger on this sole friend Hewinia ever mentioned.

So...

She lifted her head, looking at the pen in Molly's hand, and asked, "Could you lend me the pen?"

"Oh, of course."

Molly, who had been paying close attention to Hewinia, immediately handed over the pen.

Molly asked with some curiosity, "Miss Hewinia, are you writing a letter home?"

"Yes," Hewinia replied with a smile as she wrote, "You know I came from the Three Colleges, right?"

"Of course!"

"You also know that students from the Three Colleges are not as outstanding as those from the First Academy, right?"

"This..." Molly nodded, "I have heard such things."

"Because it's true," Hewinia said half-truthfully. "Unlike the First Academy, many students from the Three Colleges can't even find a job after graduation, unable to live as Players."

"There's such a thing?" Molly first expressed surprise, then turned puzzled, "But, what does this have to do with the letter you are writing to your family?"

"Oh, because I have quite a few friends like that who, after graduation or for various reasons left school, are now having a hard time, even being sent back to the Seed District," Hewinia answered. "So they all come to me, hoping I can help them."

"Uh, will you help them?"

"Of course," Hewinia replied with a smile. "They are my friends after all."

Hewinia said "they" because she was already writing about the second person.

She planned to list, one by one, those from her memories who weren't doing well after graduation, then let the Hailuo Family track each one down.

There were quite a few such people.

Hewinia even planned to include the names of the two girls from the Seed District who had been poisoned earlier.

This way, the Hailuo Family would gradually realize that Hewinia's actions had no real significance; it was just her acting kind hearted or a subtle retaliation against Ivan trying to manipulate her, otherwise why would Hewinia include the names of deceased people?

To say they were friends was clearly not even recognizing them.

Thus, after initially helping a few, the Hailuo Family would stop regarding Hewinia's requests.

Naturally, they wouldn't consider whether the first boy Hewinia saved, named Ogg, was special.

For the massive Hailuo Family, once they stopped caring, they would quickly forget about Ogg.

This way, no matter what happened to Hewinia in the end, they wouldn't take their anger out on Ogg.

That was enough.

"Miss Hewinia... you really are kind-hearted." After hearing Hewinia's explanation, Molly couldn't help but exclaim, "I've never seen someone so good to their friends."

"It's quite normal," Hewinia smiled. "Friendship is mutual, after all. I'm good to them because they've been good to me... back when I was at the Three Colleges, they often took care of me, helped me, so it's normal for me to return the favor."

"That's nice..." Molly seemed envious, "Such beautiful friendship."

Hewinia nodded slightly, then put the finished letter back into the owl's claws and released it to fly again.

Afterward, she gazed at the small, diminishing black shape and suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong, Miss Hewinia?" Molly asked curiously.

"I miss my friends," Hewinia said softly. "Here, it's just me alone."

Molly opened her mouth, looking at Hewinia's somewhat sad eyes, struggled for a moment, then stuttered,

"Then, can I be your friend?"

Hewinia looked at Molly with some surprise.

After a while, she smiled and said,

"Of course."

Role reversal, successful.