"Settle in first. I'll find a chance to arrange for you to meet your other senior brothers and sisters!" Gu Yu looked at Su Mo and shrugged helplessly.
"All right!" Su Mo nodded.
Carrying the Ink Zither on her back, Luo Yin found an empty room and settled herself in.
The little girl looked at Su Mo and said brightly, "I want to stay with Young Master."
Gu Yu looked at the two of them and nodded helplessly. "Suit yourselves. I'm tired, so I'm going to rest too. I've practically run across more than half the realm these past two days... Find somewhere to stay yourselves. Pick whichever place you like. They're all empty anyway!"
"There's a lake out back, with a few empty houses beside it. You can go take a look."
"Also, don't make a fuss if you run into anything that isn't quite normal. You'll get used to it eventually... There's nothing normal in this Academy..."
With that, he turned and left on his own.
"I want to live by the lake... By the lake..." the little girl immediately cried out happily.
"All right, all right..." Su Mo stroked her head dotingly, then took her hand and headed toward the back, where Third Senior Sister had pointed.
Su Mo took the little girl to the lakeside houses Third Senior Sister had mentioned. They picked two neighboring houses and settled in.
...And just like that, they had made a home at the Academy.
The sky darkened. After settling the little girl down to rest, Su Mo sat cross-legged on a rock beside the lake.
The wind blew, and the trees stirred. Was it the trees moving, or the wind...?
Su Mo gazed at the darkening sky and sank into thought.
Though, on the surface... the matter in West