Through the window crack, a dark shadow flew out from under the eaves, soaring towards the sky.

Troy slowly opened the wooden window, his forest-green eyes fixed intently on that slender figure.

The wild wind dispersed the dark clouds, and moonlight poured down.

Troy's eyes gradually widened, as if he had seen something incredible.

Huge white wings swept across the night sky. The girl flying under the moonlight resembled an immaculately pure angel from mythology, or perhaps one of those breathtakingly beautiful moon goddesses from tribal legends who descend in the dead of night to comfort poor souls trapped in nightmares.

Troy had excellent eyesight. Even from hundreds of meters away, he could still see half of the angel's dazzling profile.

Her face was exposed in the cold moonlight, as white as porcelain. Her enormous wings were like two beautiful sacred fans, with pure white feathers resembling wisps of clouds, shimmering with a radiance too bright to look at directly.

Troy clutched his chest, where his heart ached dully.

For him, this was both a beautiful dream and a nightmare.

In mid-air, Luo Wei glanced back stealthily, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

She hadn't expected Troy's hearing to be so sensitive. She had only opened the window briefly, yet it had woken him up.

Fortunately, she had a very strong intuition about being watched, allowing her to quickly switch to white skin when he first looked, narrowly preserving her precarious secret identity.

Luo Wei had previously used her natural skin because she thought black was more suitable for concealment in the night. But now that she had been discovered, she realized she had been short-sighted.

Black wings were indeed good for hiding, but once exposed, the consequences could be severe.

White wings, though conspicuous, offered a convenient excuse if discovered. She could always claim to be the messenger of some minor wild god, like the Pigeon God or Seagull God.

Thinking this way, Luo Wei flew back to school.

The pure white silhouette descended from the starry sky, landing in the rose garden with a body full of clear radiance, causing even the gorgeous roses to shyly close their buds.

A raven with pitch-black feathers perched on a willow tree by the lake, recording this scene with its blood-red bead-like eyes before fluttering towards the boys' dormitory.

"Tap tap tap, tap tap tap—"

Kael was awakened by the sound of the raven pecking at the window frame. When he got up from bed, his eyes were as gloomy as if he wanted to kill someone.

"You beast, if this isn't important, I'll really wring your neck!"

He strode over, pushed open the wooden window, and grabbed the raven inside.

"Caw— Caw—" The raven made a coarse, hoarse sound, a white shadow flashing in its red eyes.

"What the hell is this?"

Kael pinched the raven's neck, squinting his left eye and widening his right, pressing close to the raven's bean-like pupil to look inside, as if peering into a thin kaleidoscope.

After a while, he released the raven, his eyes full of excitement.

"So it's not a witch's bloodline, but an angel's bloodline?"

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"My dear elder sister is indeed good at making friends, but what's the use of just making friends?"

Kael clenched his fist, revealing a look of certainty: "Just as she doesn't know how she falls short compared to me, she also won't know how easy it is for me to take away her connections."

Especially when that connection is an unworldly young girl. If he just slightly displays his status and gallantry to her, and shows her a bit of pity, she will fall madly in love with him.

Once he has control over her fragile, love-starved little heart, no matter what he orders her to do, even if it's to take off her clothes and kneel down, she will do so willingly.

Just like those daughters of ministers outside the palace.

However, Kael grabbed the raven and looked again, a hint of confusion appearing on his face.

"How come I only saw her coming back, but not going out?"

"Caw— Caw—"

"You say you were watching my sister outside when you suddenly saw a flash of white light in the sky, and that's when you followed it to the girls' dormitory?"

"Caw gak—"

"From now on, Chad will be enough to watch my sister. You should focus on keeping an eye on Luo Wei."

......

This night was very long for some people, like Kael and Troy.

But for Luo Wei, it was just a blink of an eye. Before she could fully wake up, it was time for class again.

Magic Rune class.

Professor Mike spent half an hour explaining speed-enhancing runes and growth-accelerating runes to them, then left the rest of the time for them to practice on sand tables.

He also assigned homework, requiring them to germinate a seed and make it bloom within a week.

Professor Mike was a shrewd old man. To prevent students from cheating, he gave different seeds to each person.

"Some seeds may look the same, but the colors of the flowers they produce can be vastly different. Don't think about buying flowers from the market to fool me. Some of your seeds have been boiled and won't sprout."

He tapped on the teacher's desk, laying out the harsh truth upfront: "If anyone's flower doesn't match the specifications, or if seeds that should sprout don't, and seeds that shouldn't sprout do, I'll deduct all their class points!"

Luo Wei summarized in her heart: Growing flowers according to instructions doesn't earn points, but failing to do so results in point deduction.

Professor Mike was indeed an interesting person.

She picked up the flower seed, suddenly remembering a text she had learned as a child:

A teacher gave flower seeds to the children, asking them to grow the most beautiful flowers. However, on the day of checking the assignments, one child came to school holding an empty flower pot.

Everyone was mocking that child, but only the teacher praised him.

Because this was a test of honesty, using a bag of boiled seeds to screen out the most honest person.

So, was Professor Mike testing their honesty or their ability?

The adult world might be quite different from that of children.

Luo Wei carefully put the seed and the iron plate for engraving runes into a cloth bag, then stood up and followed everyone out of the classroom.

"Luo Wei, let's walk together!"

Jane affectionately clung to her. She was a true lady, with her only unconventional behavior being her fondness for physical closeness with beautiful girls.

Luo Wei had once seen her clinging to the "Savage Witch" from the neighboring class, a short-haired girl with a rather volatile temper who came from the City of Exile in the North—a place full of chaos and bloodshed.

Now, Jane seemed to have latched onto her, coming over every day to hold her arm for a while, as if this allowed her to absorb enough energy to be happy for the entire day.

"Do you want to go to the academy cafeteria, or eat outside?" Luo Wei asked for her opinion.

Since she had her own kitchen in the small courtyard, she rarely ate at the academy cafeteria. On the occasional times she did go, it was to see Winnie and Balk.

It's worth mentioning that Hawkins' shop had produced the first batch of pure white wool sweaters and sent her two sets. Luo Wei planned to change into them this afternoon.

"Let's go outside," Jane was as delighted as a bird released from its cage, "I received a bag of gold coins from my mother, so I can eat at Escari for another month!"

"Alright, then let's go to Escari Dessert House." Luo Wei was happy to bring some business to her own shop.

The two were chatting and laughing as they left the teaching building. Just as they reached the sword practice square, a familiar raven flew towards them, startling Jane into covering her mouth with a small cry.

"Toby, stop it, you're flying recklessly again!"

A tall chestnut-haired young man came running after the raven. When he saw Luo Wei, his face suddenly lit up with delight: "What a coincidence, junior. We meet here again."

To be continued