Sirin and Wendy quickly noticed the two spectators below as well. Sirin's expression was fine; after all, she wasn't familiar with them and had only met Theresa before. But Wendy's face instantly flushed red, and the attack in her hand came to a halt.
Seeing Wendy stop, Sirin did not want to take advantage of her either. Otherwise, the person before her might say she had only won through a sneak attack, so she stopped as well.
Sirin: "What? Can't hold on anymore? Herrscher of Shame."
Wendy ignored Sirin's mockery and merely flew down, her face bright red.
Seeing that Wendy was no longer fighting, Sirin followed her down.
Wendy flew before Theresa and the others, her face completely red as she asked, "Principal Theresa, when did you get here?"?(????ω????)?
Theresa: "Hurricane Blade looked really cool!"o(￣▽￣)ｄ
Wendy:o(*////▽////*)q
She suddenly felt that things like the world... really were better off destroyed!
At that moment, Wendy felt like a Three-Good Student who acted obedient and serious every day, only to suddenly be caught by her parents while going crazy in her room one day.
Visible to the naked eye, Wendy was like a boiling kettle, with steam gradually rising from her head.
Sirin also noticed Theresa at this point. "Little girl, long time no see.☆"
Theresa and the others looked at Sirin warily.
"Who are you calling little girl?!"(o｀ε′o)
"What? With that figure, aren't you a little girl?☆"
"I just developed late! I'll grow taller sooner or later!"(;｀O′)o
"Several decades late?☆"(￢_￢)
"You..."(;｀O′)o
Just as they were about to continue arguing, Himeko interrupted them.
"Hello, miss. You're Sirin, right?"
In truth, Himeko and Theresa had already noticed when they arrived that Sirin bore no hostility toward them. After all, it was apparent from the battle just now. Though the two had seemed to be fighting fiercely, neither had any killing intent; it had felt more like playing around.
Moreover, Sirin had appeared once before and had not attacked Wendy or Mei, which suggested that she might truly no longer intend to destroy humanity.
Hearing Himeko's voice, Sirin finally turned her gaze toward Himeko beside her.
"That's right, it's me."
Seeing Sirin respond, Himeko continued.
"Um~ The body you're using now belongs to my student Kiana. Could you please return this body to her?"(???ω???)
Himeko was a little nervous when she said this. Although Sirin did not seem to intend to attack them, if she wanted to come out and move about freely, she needed to use Kiana's body.
Asking her to return the body to Kiana was basically the same as asking a prisoner who had just been released to willingly return to prison, wasn't it?
Under such circumstances, it would have been perfectly normal for Sirin to turn hostile and attack them.
At this moment, Theresa could no longer care about Sirin calling her a little girl. This concerned her great uh... second or third... Anyway, it concerned her niece's body, so she watched Sirin nervously as well.
Seeing how wary they were, Sirin felt rather helpless.
"How many times do I have to say it?! I'm not interested in this body!"
Himeko and the others relaxed their guard slightly, but still asked cautiously:
"Then why did you take over Kiana's body?"[?_??]
"Tch!" Sirin said disdainfully. "If it weren't for Bella, I wouldn't want to use this body at all!☆" After all, who knew whether that Grassworm's genes would affect her!
Of course, Sirin did not say that last sentence aloud.
Theresa asked excitedly:
"Then can you let Kiana come out?"(?ω?)
Sirin refused Theresa's request.
"Not yet."
"Why?"[?_??]
Theresa and Himeko were somewhat confused. Hadn't she said she wasn't interested?
Sirin quickly answered their question.
"Because Bella is still waiting for me to return in triumph! I can't disappoint my retainer.☆"(﹡?o?﹡)
"Oh! Right." Sirin seemed to suddenly remember something. "My other half is with her too.☆"
"Your other half? Mei?"(?⊿?)?
"That's right, her.☆"(?˙▽˙?)
"In that case, let's hurry and find them!"
As she spoke, Theresa ran toward the hospital. She also dragged along Wendy, who was still muttering things like, "The world... destroy it... I can't face anyone anymore... It's over..." beside her.
Sirin and Himeko followed as well.
Very quickly, they found the two busy in the kitchen.
"Little Bella, look! Just add some starch to this meat and mix it evenly, then add a little oil to lock in the moisture. That way, when you stir-fry it, the meat won't turn tough!"
Mei handed Bella a bowl of prepared meat.
"Wow! Teacher Mei is amazing!"(?ω?)
Bella eagerly accepted the bowl, then handed Mei several skewers of roasted chicken wings.
"Teacher Mei, hurry and try them! These are Her Majesty the Queen's favorite roasted wings."(?ω?)
Mei accepted the skewers, sampled them a little, and gave her assessment.
"These roasted wings taste very good."`(*∩_∩*)′
Hearing Mei's evaluation, Bella cheered excitedly.
"Yay!"
But Mei suddenly changed her tone, placing the roasted wings onto a plate as she said to Bella:
"However, there are still a few small problems with these roasted wings."
"What problems?"
Hearing that the roasted wings she had carefully prepared for Her Majesty the Queen had problems, Bella immediately grew nervous.
Mei did not keep her in suspense. She cut open a Roasted Wing, exposing the bone inside.
"Little Bella, touch here."
Bella carefully placed her hand on it, then suddenly cried out:
"So cold!"
Bella turned to look at Mei.
"Teacher Mei, what's going on?"
Instead of answering Bella's question, Mei asked her, "Little Bella, when you made roasted wings before, did you buy them from the supermarket and cook them right away?"
Bella did not know why Mei was asking this, but she still honestly answered her question.
"Of course! They were for Her Majesty the Queen to eat, so naturally I had to use fresh ones."
"That's right, Little Bella. The chicken wings you usually use are fresh or chilled. There's no problem preparing those kinds of wings this way, but look..."
Mei pointed at the plate of roasted wings. "These chicken wings were frozen, and they haven't been taken out for long. So although you used your power to thaw them quickly, it only thawed and softened the meat; the bones were still icy. Therefore, while grilling them, the surface of the chicken looked cooked, but because the bones were still cold, the outside cooked while the inside remained cold."
"So that's how it is!" Bella looked at Mei gratefully. "Thank you, Teacher Mei. I almost let Her Majesty the Queen eat undercooked roasted wings."
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