The girl lightly tugged at the hem of her skirt with both hands, looking down as she walked slowly and anxiously across the campus beside her mentor, Isabelle.
She shouldn't have run back to her room. She knew perfectly well that once she returned, she would have no reason to refuse.
The girl's feelings were incredibly complicated at that moment.
"If you can't even walk after just this much, things might get very difficult later, you know?"
Isabelle's voice suddenly sounded beside the girl's ear. The girl even felt her earlobe being lightly bitten. The electric sensation made her scalp tingle and rapidly drained away what little strength she had left.
"Until evening, your task is to move around the Academy grounds in your current state." Isabelle narrowed her eyes and smiled. "You aren't allowed to deliberately hide. You have to walk around openly. And you can't let anyone grow suspicious. Otherwise, the one whose reputation will be ruined is you, Dashu. Understand?"
"Y-yes... I understand."
The reply seemed to use up the last of the girl's dwindling strength. Almost in despair, the girl helplessly watched her mentor, Isabelle, quietly leave.
The girl... Dashu looked up and surveyed his surroundings.
Perhaps he should be grateful. Because of the parade, most of the students had temporarily gone out. Freedom City Academy seemed unusually deserted at that moment.
The cross-dressed girl took a deep breath and calmed her emotions.
She couldn't deliberately hide, so she could only go to an area where students usually rarely gathered. Since students normally seldom visited such places, there were naturally even fewer people there today.
That didn't count as deliberately hiding.
The cross-dressed boy quickly thought of a suitable place. He had already found one.
Like the Rose Mansion, a building with