Not only had he failed, but the plan had also backfired, infuriating Kael so much that he berated Chad viciously last night.

As his memory returned to the present, Kael looked at the beautiful junior student before him, unable to feel any tenderness. Now, whenever he saw her face, all he could think of was that spider lunging at him, making even Luo Wei's gentle smile appear somewhat savage in his eyes.

However, considering Luo Wei's identity as an angel's descendant, Kael couldn't bring himself to give up.

After some hesitation, he still invited her, "Would you like to have a meal together, junior? I heard that Esqueire Dessert House has launched a new set meal called a beef burger. Shall we try it together?"

Luo Wei admired Kael's strong psychological resilience. After losing face so badly in the store last time, he still dared to go back. His pursuit of good food was indeed persistent.

But then again, although Kael looked mature, he was actually just a 17-year-old kid. In her previous life, he wouldn't even have graduated from high school yet!

While pondering, Luo Wei put on an awkward expression, "I'm sorry, Senior Kael. Thank you for your invitation, but I already have plans, and besides, Professor Lilith..."

Kael's smile stiffened. After he had sobered up last time, Sister Wang had whipped him ten times, and the scars on his back hadn't even healed yet.

Sister Wang was so angry, surely because she was afraid Luo Wei would be won over by him. Luo Wei's refusal to accept his invitation now must also be because of what she said!

Harboring resentment towards Lilith, Kael lowered his voice, "Junior, you don't really believe what she said, do you?"

"Did she say I have a bad temper, that I'm stupid and vicious?"

"That's all false!"

"She's the one who's truly vicious! I didn't lie a single word that day. She killed her husband with her own hands, just to get his inheritance!"

"This... can't be," Luo Wei covered her mouth in shock, "Professor Lilith doesn't seem like that kind of person!"

"How doesn't she? She's good at pretending to be kind to deceive people. She never does anything without benefit. When she accepted my cousin James's proposal, she was just after his substantial family fortune."

Seeing that she still didn't believe him, Kael lowered his voice even more, "Do you know why she came to teach here? It's to recruit unsuspecting students from the academy to work for her."

"Think about it, why did she give you a recommendation letter for the academy in the first place? She just wanted to use you!"

"Wait," Luo Wei looked at him with a peculiar expression, "Senior, how do you know that Professor Lilith gave me an admission recommendation letter?"

Kael hesitated, his voice faltering, "Well, um, that's because every year when new students enroll, professors have senior students help organize documents. I happened to see your recommendation letter with my Sister Wang's personal seal on it."

After explaining, he thought this reason should be convincing enough. After all, professors did indeed have students help with document organization, though noble students generally wouldn't do such tedious work.

The real reason was that he had planted his own spy in Sister Wang's guard team.

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He just didn't know why that spy disappeared after coming to Siria and never sent him any more messages.

Chad found out from Robert that the spy, along with several other knights, had been swallowed by monsters.

Nonsense, how could there be monsters in Siria that he didn't know about?

It must be that Sister Wang discovered that knight was his man and killed him outside the city!

The more Kael thought about it, the more terrifying Lilith seemed. He suddenly shuddered, quickly looking around, and only relaxed when he didn't see Lilith's figure.

To be honest, those ten lashes on his body really hurt, no less intense than his father king's beatings.

"Well, junior, I'll be going now. Let's make plans next time when you're free!"

Kael shrank his neck, feeling as if Sister Wang was watching him from some corner nearby, and the whip marks on his back started to ache again.

"Alright, Senior. See you next time."

Luo Wei showed an apologetic smile, watching as Kael scurried into the crowd with quick steps.

Her gaze became meaningful. That crow was indeed Kael's summoned beast, Toby.

She had only mentioned seeing a crow outside the window, without specifying it was at night, yet Kael hurriedly jumped to say Toby doesn't go out at night. This attempt to cover his identity was really poorly thought out.

Stupid and vicious?

That description was quite fitting.

Now, the identity of the person who wanted to kill her was clear—it was Kael.

She just didn't know why he suddenly changed his attitude and wanted to befriend her.

Could it be that he realized he couldn't kill her and decided to join if he couldn't beat her?

Luo Wei left the school with her small wooden sword, strolling leisurely back to her small courtyard.

"Troy, how did you dispose of that Infernal Arachne I gave you back then?" she turned to face Troy behind her as they entered the courtyard.

"Burned it," Troy met her eyes and elaborated, "First cut it in half with a sword, then burned it to ashes."

"Then why did I—" Before Luo Wei could finish, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow leaping from her shoulder towards Troy's neck.

Troy reacted quickly, dodging to the side and drawing his sword to slash at the blurry black figure.

"Wait!" Luo Wei hurriedly stopped him. "Don't cut it, it's that Infernal Arachne."

Troy couldn't stop his sword in time, but at the last moment, he managed to divert its path, causing the blade to strike the stone tiles, sending sparks flying.

"How is there another Infernal Arachne?" He looked sharply at the large, furry spider on the ground.

"Strange, I didn't bring it out," Luo Wei picked up a stick and crouched down to poke the spider, which grabbed the stick with its pincers.

The strength felt the same as the spider from last night.

"Did you see where it crawled out from?" Luo Wei wondered.

"Didn't see clearly," Troy frowned, "It seemed to suddenly appear on your shoulder."

"Bella, bring a cup out here," Luo Wei called out loudly.

"Yes, mistress!" Bella's reply came from the kitchen, and soon she ran over with a cup, screaming when she saw the spider on the ground.

"Oh my goodness, where did this spider come from? It's so big!"

"Quiet, don't scare it," Luo Wei took the cup from her hand, turned it upside down to trap the spider on the ground, and stepped on the bottom of the cup.

"You still want to keep it?" Troy looked at her disapprovingly, "Infernal Arachnes have a painful, paralyzing venom. Let me kill it with my sword and burn it."

"Yes, mistress, spiders are poisonous. Be careful it doesn't hurt you," Bella also said worriedly.

"Shh," Luo Wei put her finger to her lips and said softly, "Don't make noise. Look, it's about to pass through the wall."

Troy shook his head, "Even if it's not a juvenile Infernal Arachne, even an adult one doesn't have that ability."

"Then watch carefully, it's not an ordinary Infernal Arachne," Luo Wei said seriously.

"What's so extraordinary about it?" Troy looked at her foot amusedly.