Hah! Women!

The last row across and the row nearest the windows lengthwise was the prime spot in the classroom. From here, one could take in everything to the left and ahead at a glance, bask in the sunlight, admire the view through the glass, and avoid any troublemakers pulling stunts from behind. Thanks to Tornado's "friendship," there was no reason for Bred not to fight for it—especially since the guy occupying it looked easy to bully.

"What are you standing around for? Hmph~~~ If you don't like it, get lost!"

With a meaningful tilt of her head and an arrogant, tsundere snort, Tornado was extremely displeased by the other boy's slow reaction.

The next moment.

"Sorry, I just wanted to strike a cool pose. Got it, I'll move right away~"

Whoosh!

He packed his schoolbag at an unbelievable speed, moving as neatly as a well-trained soldier. The boy who had been monopolizing the two-person desk fled in disgrace.

Before leaving, he even remembered to bow and apologize.

"Trying to look cool? Take a look at yourself first! Purple cabbage! Ugly nose! Panda eyes! Idiot..." With her hands on her hips, Tornado fired off a torrent of vicious insults like bullets, every bit as fierce as an old woman cursing at the entrance of a market.

"Pfft~"

Bred could not hold it in and laughed on the spot. Tornado's venomous tongue had painted a remarkably vivid picture. In a sense, he knew that boy—Spandam.

Tornado stopped talking instead, looking slightly embarrassed.

"What a twisted personality. It makes me curious about what she's been through," Bred's thoughts wandered. "Once we get closer, should I hold up a bottle of Grow-Taller Milk and ask her, 'I have Grow-Taller Milk. Do you have a story?' She probably... maybe... won't punch my head in, right?"

"Bred, Bred?" Mosquito Girl gently nudged Bred and pointed at the two-person desk. "There are three of us."

Tornado was remarkably straightforward. With a wave of her hand, she chased away the people at the neighboring desk as well, then pushed the two desks together.

"That blue-haired girl in the office—why wasn't she with you? Isn't she your friend?" Once they were seated, Bred was the first to find a topic of conversation.

"Esdeath? I only taught some idiots from the advanced class a lesson. She either kills people or scares them insane. It's different, so the academy punished her with confinement. I just admitted I was wrong and it was OK." Tornado crossed her arms and emphasized, "Besides, I have you now. She's not my friend! Bih secretly kept growing taller behind my back, hmph~"

Bred: "..."

Heh. Women.

"Why can you fly?" Bred changed the subject. He wanted to know exactly what kind of power Tornado possessed.

Tornado answered willfully, "I fly because I want to fly~"

"..."

Bred: Are you messing with me?

"I don't know either. Even those scientists who brought me to Mary Geoise don't know. What useless trash! They promised before..." Tornado trailed off, then suddenly paused and bared her teeth and claws. "Just think of me as a witch! A witch! So? Are you scared?!"

Bred broke into a brilliant smile and brazenly flicked Tornado on the forehead. He answered her joke—which seemed like a joke but was not really a joke—with one of his own. "I'm the Demon King!"

"Ugh!"

Tornado covered her forehead, her expression rather strange.

Meanwhile, Mosquito Girl pouted and leaned over resentfully, staring fixedly at Bred.

Understanding Mosquito Girl's intent, Bred rolled his eyes and wordlessly gave her a forehead flick too.

"Good heavens~"

"That short-tempered midget with a personality as nasty and lowly as her height didn't get angry?"

"Is being pretty really that amazing?!"

"..."

As for the bratty children in the classroom, the instant Bred brazenly flicked Tornado on the forehead, they had already rushed to the door in panic, wary of Tornado possibly exploding in rage. What happened next nearly made their jaws drop—Tornado actually looked adorably dazed?!

"Children, what are you doing? Class is about to begin!"

A teacher urged them from the hallway. The students returned in twos and threes, and the white-haired old teacher followed them into the classroom. He brought Bred a full set of textbooks and took the opportunity to tease Tornado for not studying properly.

From Bred's observations, the teachers of the "literacy class" were ordinary people. Still, he was not certain, so he asked, "The lower-class teachers... don't seem very strong. Aren't they agents, Tornado?"

"Oh, that's normal. They're just teachers." Tornado rested her chin on the desk and answered lazily.

Brilliant sunlight shone over Tornado's lush, naturally curled green hair, making Bred absurdly wonder, Is she photosynthesizing?

"Ding-ding-ding~~~"

With the ringing of the bell, class began.

Because they had to accommodate Bred, a child who had enrolled midway through the term, the teacher thoughtfully led the students through a brief review of letters, words, and other lessons.

That was already enough.

Bred was astonished to discover that everything he saw and heard remained vividly etched in his memory. With his mature mind and mentality, he could even draw inferences from one example to another. Before long, he had escaped illiteracy and learned to write and read books. Even when he encountered rare characters, he could look them up in a dictionary.

Thus, on his first day of school, Bred felt that he would qualify to advance to the advanced class in less than a week.

Evening.

"Did things go smoothly today, Bred?" Xue Fazi gently took care of Bred during dinner. Worried about his ability to look after himself, she had timed her visit for when Bred got out of school and came over to make him dinner.

As he ate and flipped through a book, Bred said, "It went smoothly. Don't worry about me, Auntie."

"That's good. Did you make any friends?" Xue Fazi asked again.

"I did," Bred said.

Bred suddenly looked up, briefly stunned. He realized that not only did he possess a photographic memory, but he also had the talent to focus on two things at once. He had an exceptional brain!

"What's wrong?" Xue Fazi asked with concern.

Bred smiled faintly. "Nothing."

Xue Fazi did not leave until bedtime. As Bred browsed through the books, he finally learned what kind of creature Mosquito Girl was.

The precise scientific terms were—magical beast, super-dangerous species, and demi-human.

Beasts with a certain degree of human intelligence were known as magical beasts; otherwise, they were simply beasts. Most magical beasts could also speak human language.

Super-dangerous species were the powerful among magical beasts. They were generally enormous in size or possessed special abilities, sometimes both—for example, the Sea Kings that ruled the deep sea, and the giant toads of Mount Myoboku from Wano Country's ninja legends.

Demi-humans specifically referred to those with human-like appearances. Furthermore, magical beasts were not necessarily super-dangerous species, but demi-human magical beasts were always super-dangerous species.

"Say, Joanna? Just how strong are you?" Bred asked with great interest.

Mosquito Girl considered it carefully before answering honestly, "I don't know. Um... Dr. Genus said that I can heal my injuries by sucking blood and continuously strengthen my body... In any case, I'll protect you, Bred."

"Dr. Genus?" Bred probed.

Mosquito Girl hugged Bred tightly without saying a word.

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