Dania and Siglica

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"What a hassle..."

After Mo Bai and Mo Hei used shadows to bring Dania back to the Academy, Mo Bai began complaining as he turned the purple Wheel in his hand.

It was Mahoraga's Gluttony Wheel, which held Cursed Tools Mahoraga had made and devoured for storage.

Once they reached the Academy, Mo Bai selected a Cursed Tool from it to keep anyone from noticing them.

After looking through the options, he took out a small octagonal mirror.

[Light Extinction]

It was an ordinary Second-Grade Cursed Tool that bent light to make its user invisible.

But it could neither hide nor eliminate heat, and it did nothing to conceal leaking Cursed Energy or Resonance.

That meant Mo Bai, Mo Hei, and Dania could not enter any part of the Academy that required special checks.

As for why they had risked coming back...

"I want to celebrate my birthday~"

"Is today your birthday?"

At Dania's request, Mo Bai and Mo Hei both gave her a skeptical look.

"Nope," Dania said.

Her matter-of-fact attitude made Mo Bai feel as though she had gone back to her old self.

Lazy, with a touch of willfulness.

"But I grew up without parents, and the Remnant Star Society abducted me when I was little. I've never celebrated a birthday before. I want to see what it's like."

With that, Dania looked at Mo Bai and Mo Hei with pitiful eyes.

"It's the only thing I can think of that might make me happy. Will you do this for me...?"

Remembering Losera's task, neither Mo Bai nor Mo Hei could refuse Dania's expectant gaze.

As it turned out, she wanted to celebrate her birthday at the Academy.

And that was how Mo Bai and Mo Hei had ended up bringing her back through