Yan seemed a little curious about the little girl too, but he asked nothing.
The little girl with the White-Armored Earth Dragon had already sidled up to Na'er as though they were old friends. She crouched down and looked up at her.
"My name's Tuoba Ying. What's yours?"
Na'er glanced at her, then at Lu Mingfei. Only after receiving his silent permission did she whisper, "Na'er."
"Na'er! That's a pretty name!"
Tuoba Ying clapped and laughed, revealing a pair of shallow dimples.
"Come play with me from now on. I've got your back!"
Lu Mingfei watched the little girl who had awakened the White-Armored Earth Dragon martial soul, but said nothing more.
Hu Liena led Lu Mingfei and Na'er across the square and deeper into the academy.
The students behind them followed their retreating figures with their eyes, whispers rising one after another.
"Who's that guy?"
"Hu Liena actually brought him in herself!"
"No idea. Never seen him before."
"The little girl beside him is pretty cute, though."
"Could he be some relative of His Holiness the Pope?"
"Don't go making wild guesses. Careful, your mouth could get you into trouble."
Lu Mingfei heard every word, but his face remained expressionless.
He had long since grown used to people talking about him.
At Cassel College, as the only S-rank freshman, he had been the center of attention wherever he went.
Even if that S-rank assessment had been a colossal mix-up in the first place.
Spirit Hall Academy's Academic Affairs Office was on an upper floor of the academy's main building.
Hu Liena pushed the door open and went inside.
A middle-aged female teacher wearing silver-rimmed glasses sat inside, sorting through a pile of files.
When she saw Hu Liena, she said,
"Hu Liena, you're here."
"These two are new