I Came to Invite You to Perform with Me

This must have been the most difficult lesson He Wei Ni Ya had ever taken.

Because she wanted to salvage her image in Professor Ariana's eyes, she didn't dare to talk to Auger during the class. She could only listen attentively and occasionally respond to Professor Ariana's glances, which put a great burden on her already poor mental state and made her almost fall asleep several times.

When the class ended, He Wei Ni Ya collapsed onto the table and let out a heavy sigh, "Finally over."

Auger had already put his coat back on, and the scent of He Wei Ni Ya emanating from it made him absent-minded throughout the entire class. He unusually didn't pay attention and just drifted through the time in a daze, not even realizing that class was over.

He didn't even hear He Wei Ni Ya calling him; it was only when He Wei Ni Ya tapped him on the head that he came back to his senses.

"Ah... what's wrong?"

"Why do you seem so absent-minded?" He Wei Ni Ya tilted her head. "Didn't you sleep well?"

"Well..."

Auger didn't know how many hours he had slept. He couldn't even remember when he fell asleep last night. He only remembered that when he woke up, it was almost dawn, and He Wei Ni Ya had already left.

He Wei Ni Ya was about to bring up the book with him when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure outside the teaching building. She immediately patted Auger on the shoulder, said "See you next class," and quickly left the classroom, leaving Auger alone in a daze, not understanding what had happened.

The reason He Wei Ni Ya was in such a hurry to leave was quite simple.

Because she saw Doss.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother!"

Doss was walking with two school workers on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, heard He Wei Ni Ya's voice and stopped in his tracks, looking at He Wei Ni Ya with some surprise as she ran towards him like a little rabbit.

"He Wei Ni Ya? What brings you here?"

He Wei Ni Ya stopped in front of him, seemingly exhausted from running this distance, so much so that she could barely stand and could only support herself on her knees, panting heavily.

This action also allowed Doss to see the faint golden notes appearing on the back of her neck.

Although he had seen it many times before, Doss still felt a little restless. He immediately walked towards He Wei Ni Ya, took her arm, and helped her up, his voice becoming much softer as he spoke.

"Just call me if you need anything, and I'll come find you."

He Wei Ni Ya seemed oblivious to anything amiss with Doss's actions, simply saying in a naive tone, "Ah, I saw you, so I came to find you. What are you doing...?"

She took a step back and looked Doss up and down.

Are you working?

Doss is also a fourth-year student, and he plans to stay at the school's School Worker Department after graduation.

So he is already working in the School Worker Department, and accompanying his Mentor Lai Ang Na on his mission to Lyra was one of his tasks.

There was only one reason why He Wei Ni Ya approached her junior Senior Brother at this time.

Her cheerful expression suddenly turned tense, and then she lowered her voice and said, "Is someone else going to get hurt by that Snowthorn Beast?"

Doss looked surprised when he heard He Wei Ni Ya's question.

The announcement about the Snowthorn Beast injuring people had already been posted, but because the Grand Ceremony, which takes place only once every twenty years, was about to begin, it attracted the attention of the entire academy, so much so that the students were not paying much attention to the Snowthorn Beast that had caused the injury.

In Doss's opinion, He Wei Ni Ya, being a Gold-ranked being, should be more concerned about the Grand Ceremony, but unexpectedly she took the initiative to ask about the Snowthorn Beast.

And it's "again".

Does she already know what happened last night?

Doss looked at the two school janitors behind him, one fat and one thin, with some confusion. The fat janitor shrugged and said with a smile, "Looks like what happened the day before yesterday scared you, He Wei Ni Ya."

"What happened the day before yesterday?"

"Yes," the chubby school janitor said. "It was right here the day before yesterday that He Wei Ni Ya saw... well, a rather bloody scene."

Only after the two school staff explained did Doss learn that He Wei Ni Ya had seen the scene of the first victim's crime at this location the day before yesterday.

No wonder they rushed over to ask questions as soon as they saw them here.

Doss understood.

"He Wei Ni Ya, although I really want to comfort you and tell you that nothing happened and everything is safe... unfortunately, your fears have come true." Doss shook his head and said, "Indeed, there were new victims last night."

He Wei Ni Ya was about to feign surprise when Doss spoke.

"And there were two of them."

He Wei Ni Ya was genuinely surprised this time, and she instinctively thought she had misheard, "What?"

"Two, He Wei Ni Ya, there are two." Doss raised his voice to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. "There were two victims last night, one a second-year student and the other a fourth-year student, so things are much more serious than we thought."

... Two people?

That fourth-grader must be Ayman.

So who is that second-year student?

He Wei Ni Ya was a little confused.

... Could it be that while she was attacking Ayman, the Snowthorn Beast was also attacking another student at the same time?

But let's put aside whether such a coincidence is even possible.

The traces of her battle with Ayman could definitely not have been left by Snowthorn Beast, right?

So why did they make that judgment?

Before He Wei Ni Ya could figure it out, Doss leaned in again and whispered something.

"There's something else I shouldn't tell you, but I'll tell you anyway."

"We suspect that what's hiding in the Forbidden Forest isn't Snowthorn Beast at all; there was never a Snowthorn Beast to begin with."

"But a musician disguised as Snowthorn Beast."

He Wei Ni Ya's eyes widened little by little.

He Wei Ni Ya never expected things to develop this way.

The musician disguised as Snowthorn Beast.

Because the first two opponents were second-year students, it was easy for them to make their move. However, Ayman was a fourth-year student, so it wasn't as easy for him to make his move. That's why the school staff were alerted, and in their haste to escape, they were unable to continue their disguise.

Although this logic is barely plausible.

But He Wei Ni Ya still felt it was somewhat far-fetched.

Regardless, if they think this way, at least He Wei Ni Ya won't have to worry about them finding her for the time being.

... But I still feel like something's not quite right.

As He Wei Ni Ya frowned and pondered the matter, she suddenly heard a commotion coming from the dock.

She turned her head and saw a lot of people gathered there.

Have other students from other colleges come?

She had just thought that when someone shoved her, accompanied by an urgent "Get out of the way."

That voice sounds very familiar.

It's Olenna.

He Wei Ni Ya managed to stop, then looked up and saw Olenna rushing towards her, clearly unaware that she had bumped into He Wei Ni Ya.

Remarkably, He Wei Ni Ya saw emotions of "joy" and "anticipation" on Olenna's face.

Could it be...?

He Wei Ni Ya thought of something.

Olenna pushed through countless people and finally saw the young man surrounded by the crowd.

She couldn't help but smile.

Because this is her brother.

Olenna immediately called out "Finnis" and ran towards him.

And sure enough, Finnis looked at her, a smile appearing on his face.

Sure enough, he came looking for me!

Olenna rushed to Finnis and opened her arms to give him a hug.

However, Finnis acted as if he didn't see her and walked straight past her.

Olenna's smile froze.

She instinctively turned around and saw Finnis walk up to a woman she least wanted to see.

"Golden notes always attract each other, but I'm still happy to see you as soon as I get off the ship."

Finnis smiled at He Wei Ni Ya.

"I've come to invite you to play a piece with me."

"Miss He Wei Ni Ya."