052 Dekan’s Transformation
“Eh……”
Mia hesitated for a moment.
She naturally leaned on the shoe cabinet with her elbow, then patted Alice’s back and said to her:
“Alice, let me accompany you back to your dorm.”
Mia had already hidden Dekan’s shoes before opening the door.
She couldn’t let Alice find Dekan’s shoes in the shoe cabinet.
Although there was nothing between her and Dekan.
If Alice saw them, it would be impossible to explain.
“It’s been days since I last tidied up…”
Alice mumbled.
“It’s fine, I can help you clean up.”
“This can’t be… I came to bother you in the middle of the night and woke you up…”
Alice’s voice grew softer.
“It doesn’t matter. I was actually staying up late doing experiments anyway.”
As Mia spoke gently, she was trying to lead Alice away from the dorm.
However, Alice clung to Mia tightly, her body shaking, seemingly greatly resistant to the dark corridor outside.
“Mia, just stay with me for a while…”
Alice’s tone was almost pleading.
“Mm.”
Mia sighed helplessly.
She slowly turned and moved Alice’s gaze away, taking a pair of slippers out of the shoe cabinet for Alice.
Then she guided Alice into the living room.
Mia settled Alice on the sofa, handed her a thin blanket, and poured her a glass of hot water.
Despite Mia walking back and forth in the living room, Alice’s eyes never left her.
Alice, who had just woken up from a nightmare, was still in a very fragile state.
It seemed she had been terrified.
Mia sat beside Alice, stroked her hair, and whispered:
“Alice, don’t worry. There are no demons in the academy.”
“But I’m still so scared. I dreamed that I fell into a Demon Academy. I was so small, and then there was a scary demon chasing me, holding a purification card and saying he would dry up my blood…”
“…”
Mia finally understood.
Alice’s nightmare was based on images from the Demon Academy and the unforgettable impression Dekan had left on Alice back at the cardmaker’s association.
Causing quite a stir.
Mia: “Was the demon in your dream similar in appearance to Dekan?”
Alice: “…Yes.”
“There’s nothing to be afraid of then. It was clearly just a dream. Dekan is human… human after all.”
Mia paused for a moment, feeling that it was more precise to describe Dekan as ‘human.’
As he doesn’t really act like one most of the time.
“Mm-hmm.”
Alice nodded and quietly contemplated.
Upon hearing Mia’s reasoning, she gradually began to feel that the dream she had experienced no longer seemed as real.
Now it felt safe, and she felt at ease with Mia by her side.
Upon reflection, those terrifying dreams were impossible, all fake.
Just like it was impossible for Dekan to suddenly appear in Mia’s dorm.
In reality, Dekan cannot transform into the form of a demon.
Seeing Alice finally calming down, Mia said:
“Alice, you’re still too focused on what happened at the cardmaker’s association that day. You don’t need to think about it too much. You’re not a bad person, it was Dekan who did wrong.”
“So embarrassing… Every time I think about what I said to him that day, I don’t know how to face him. But he was truly evil!”
Alice covered her head, her expression becoming both embarrassed and angry.
“He deliberately pretended to be humble, and now upon reflection, I can see that he was looking at me as if I were a fool. And then he praised me sincerely with such earnestness… ‘ululating nonsense rua’…”
The more Alice spoke, the angrier she became, her speech becoming slurred with excitement.
She obviously was regaining her spirit.
Mia listened to Alice’s incessant complaints with a smile.
As long as Alice regained her spirit, she could send her back soon.
…
In the lab, Dekan watching the clock felt increasingly drowsy.
His eyelids began to droop.
Mia had cast a “Sound Isolation” magic on the room when she left.
So Dekan didn’t have to worry about making slight sounds and being discovered in the lab.
But the downside was he didn’t know of the outside situation.
He couldn’t leave before Mia came back, it was truly inconvenient.
A lab is no place to sleep well.
At least there should be a sofa.
But there was no helping it. He was too tired, couldn’t go on, and fell asleep.
Dekan leaned on the table and quickly drifted off.
Not long after.
Dekan’s body, resting face down on the table, trembled lightly, then he slowly raised his head.
He looked around, seemingly a little perplexed.
“Did this guy not return to his dorm today?”
He muttered to himself.
He skimmed through the books and notes on the table, and observed the medicine bottle carefully.
The bottle reflected Dekan’s face and his cold expression.
Though his appearance hadn’t changed, his pupils were imbued with a deep golden hue, and a horn-like protrusion had appeared on the upper right side of his forehead.
It was completely different from the succubus form he had taken at the Demon Academy.
Though he was a demon, there was a hint of sublime sacredness about him.
“Apparently, I fell asleep studying in the lab. Good, he hasn’t been constantly thinking about those twisted sister cards.”
Though there was no smile on his lips, his tone seemed a bit lighter.
Then he gently put down the medicine bottle, stood up from the chair, walked to the door, and pushed it open.
The warm and soft light seemed to make his eyes somewhat uncomfortable for a moment.
He hadn’t expected a living room filled with daily warmth outside.
And he certainly hadn’t expected there to be other people.
Those golden eyes instantly locked onto Mia and Alice seated on the sofa.
“Eh?”
Mia and Alice noticed the “Demon Dekan” stepping out of the lab immediately.
Mia first looked baffled, and then her entire body emitted a terrifying killing intent as she shielded Alice. A deep purple dagger with crystalline luster appeared in her hand.
Mia’s normally gentle and carefree demeanor had vanished, replaced only by sharpness in her gaze.
The “Demon Dekan” looked at the two women with a puzzled expression.
Even though he had no hostility, the dangerous aura emanating from him was like that of a Demon King arriving, instantly chilling the air.
At the moment “Demon Dekan” and Mia were facing off.
Alice’s seemingly short-circuited brain finally began to work again.
Is this a dream?
Or reality?
She only felt an endless terror like an ocean engulfing her and nearly suffocating her.
“Ah… ah…”
Alice’s face gradually turned stricken with fear, her eyes becoming more and more red.
She tried to speak, but couldn’t control her vocal cords.
She only felt her legs go weak, her body trembling violently.
And then her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
