"Yao Guang has never even met Peppy. As far as she knows, Peppy doesn't exist in this world at all!"
"Pfft—!"
Rosalyn spat out her tea.
This time, she successfully got her revenge, spraying Sandrone right in the face with tea.
Miss Marionette's makeup was instantly ruined. She sat there blankly, droplets of water dripping from her long, curled lashes as she stared at Rosalyn with trembling pupils.
But Rosalyn had no attention to spare for her. She only shrieked incredulously at Jiang Lianqiu, "Your reason for objecting is that the Xianzhou general doesn't know Peppy, not that Peppy is a dog!?"
"Is that strange?" Jiang Lianqiu asked in confusion, then added, "Peppy is really smart. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a pet dog—after being fitted with a Synesthesia Beacon, it can communicate normally with people. It even knows linear algebra and advanced physics, understands the languages and writing systems of twenty-eight races, and its test scores leave Kiana and March 7th miles behind..."
March 7th: "..."
The girl was dumbfounded.
Even with a lightbulb perched on her head, it couldn't suppress the tidal wave of complaints surging through her heart.
She reached up and pulled the lightbulb off her head. Clutching her head, March 7th squatted on the ground and wailed miserably, "Can't This Young Lady even compare to a dog?!"
Jiang Lianqiu shot her a sidelong glance. "Peppy is already preparing to take the Erudition Society's certified scholar examination. Professor Ratio personally said it's the best student he's ever seen! His previous students weren't even as good as a dog."
His words left not only March 7th, but everyone else speechless as well.
The lightbulb—dazed and flickering—rolled across the ground and came to a stop by Columbia's feet.
The warm glow from the lightbulb outshone