Mo Yi could tell what she was thinking and smiled.
"St. Freya Academy is a good place. Strictly speaking, I'm also a current student at St. Freya Academy—just one in a parallel world."
"This is the first I've heard of that—"
That immediately piqued Jiu Xiao's interest. With a look of utter curiosity, she asked, "But isn't St. Freya Academy a girls' school?"
Mo Yi quipped,
"Don't you know that male students at magic high schools or elite girls' academies are standard protagonist fare?"
"You really dare to say that—"
Jiu Xiao chuckled.
"But since you're this Savior's contractor, it would be strange if you weren't special."
"Jiu Xiao, you have great potential, and I believe you'll become a Savior—"
Mo Yi looked at Jiu Xiao very seriously and said,
"But the potential within you needs sufficient training and experience before it can be brought out."
"Why are you suddenly being so serious?"
Jiu Xiao said suspiciously,
"Are you leaving?"
"The Wind Herrscher has already been captured, so my mission in this world is complete. What remains is repairing the spacetime tunnel connecting the two worlds."
Mo Yi explained,
"If we leave it alone, it could very well cause some major disaster."
"So that's how it is—"
Jiu Xiao rubbed her chin and said,
"That's understandable. After all, in plenty of anime and novels, once the hero defeats the Demon King, he has to leave, or he'll end up being schemed to death by the king or someone else."
"But what about Little Ai Mi... I mean, Lady Cecilia?"
When it came to Cecilia, Jiu Xiao felt it was better to remain respectful—not only because she was Kiana's mother, but because she was about to become Jiu Xiao's direct superior. Staring at Mo Yi as though he were a scumbag,