"Hey, see that Resonator over there..."
"Yeah, I see her."
"What do you think? She doesn't look like a student or a teacher."
"Yeah, I see her."
"Hey! I'm asking you a question!"
"Yeah, I see her. She's gorgeous..."
"You're hopeless..."
Sure enough, Gabriella's striking looks and her free-spirited Seven Hills style, so different from anything at Star Torch Academy, stood out.
She immediately drew the attention of plenty of students.
A few curious students wanted to add her on Feixun, but her aloof air kept almost everyone at a distance.
As for Mo Bai, who was acting as her guide?
Honestly, he felt a little awkward.
It wasn't because of the students staring at them. After everything he had been through, his social anxiety had long since faded.
What embarrassed him was realizing, once they reached the cafeteria, that he didn't know quite enough about the Academy...
He was supposed to be her guide, yet he barely knew his way around the Academy himself...
Damn it. I should've asked Lynae to stay.
Regrets aside, Mo Bai used the cafeteria vouchers Lynae had given him to order plenty of food.
"Can you... really eat this?"
Gabriella took a bite of jelly and, sure enough, looked baffled.
The food she had eaten while hunting Echoes in the wild hadn't been great, but at least it had tasted like something.
How could food that looked so fancy have no flavor at all?
"Ahem. Bad luck. Give it to Chimera."
Mo Bai hadn't expected Gabriella to be so unlucky. She had picked one of the worst things on the menu at random.
Chimera, listening from inside Gabriella, took offense.
"I'm not a trash can, kid."
The sudden appearance of that huge Echo head naturally startled some nearby students.
Fortunately, Gabriella kept Chimera in