Candy, Popping Beans, and Rainbows

"Calm down, Dania, calm down!" Looking at Dania, whose eyes and mouth were emitting colorful light, Sigelika wanted to laugh but was afraid that Dania would notice if she laughed, so she turned her head away.

"Look me in the eyes, Sigelika!" Dania forcefully turned Sigelika's head back. "Do you think this is funny?"

As Dania spoke, colorful lights emanating from her mouth shone intermittently on Sigelika's face, like the lights in a nightclub, creating a comical and abstract scene that made Sigelika burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha... Yaya, your eyes... the way you look... really..."

"Is it funny?" Dania asked in an unfriendly tone, manipulating her Void Matter to conjure a hand and pick up a candy.

"You don't know what you're doing... umm... no... umm..." Sigelika had only uttered half a sentence when Dania forcibly stuffed a rainbow popping candy into her mouth.

"You have to eat it..." Dania said with a grim face, using the kindest tone to utter the most terrifying words, "If you don't eat it, I'll force you to eat ten servings of roasted fern jelly!"

"Wow... a tonic! I was wrong... mmm..."

Roasted fern fronds were Sigelika's least favorite food, let alone jelly made from roasted fern fronds—it was her nightmare!

"This tastes weird... hiccup... oh no... hiccup... I'm starting to talk... hiccup... hiccuping!"

"Hahahaha..." Dania was about to laugh at her best friend's embarrassing situation, but she quickly stopped laughing.

It was all because she saw Lu Guan, and at that moment, the colorful light emanating from her eyes shone like a spotlight on her boyfriend's face, turning his originally fair and handsome face into patches of red, green, purple, and yellow...

"Hi, good afternoon... darling..." Dania's smile froze, but she still stammered a greeting to Lu Guan.

"Um... Good afternoon." Lu Guan nodded, feeling incredibly glad he had forgotten to turn off his composure mode; otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have been able to hold back after seeing Dania's appearance.

If you laugh out loud...

The kidneys are probably going to suffer a lot tonight!

"Lu Guan... hiccup... Senior... Good afternoon... hiccup!"

"Good afternoon, Sigelika," Lu Guan asked. "You shouldn't sit down after eating so much. Walk around a bit to help digest."

"No... hiccup... that's not it... hiccup... actually it's... because... hiccup... Dr. Lu's candy... hiccup..."

"You mean this?" Lu Guan picked up the last rainbow popping candy on the table. "I heard Dr. Lu mention before that he made some candy that has magical effects when eaten. Is this it?"

If you could avoid the strange side effects by not trying this magical candy... well, that's... the mindset of a weakling!

As he spoke, he prepared to eat it.

"Senior... hiccup... don't eat... hiccup..." Sigelika wanted to stop Lu Guan's reckless behavior, but Dania stunned her with her sparkling eyes.

"What's wrong?" Lu Guan was about to turn around to check the situation when he saw Dania blinking and frantically giving Sigelika meaningful glances.

Lu Guan Dania's expression, Lu Guan's mouth moved faster than his brain, and a thunderous statement blurted out. "Teammate, teammate, turn off Flashbang..."

"Eat it!" Dania instantly bristled, snatched the candy from Lu Guan's Lu Guan, and forced it into his mouth.

The candy entered his mouth, first with an extreme sourness that made Lu Guan's expression contort, followed by a cloying sweetness that could choke his throat, and then a beany taste combined with the aroma of strawberries that exploded in his throat.

How to describe it? It's like a strawberry mapo tofu wrapped in 1982 white sugar and then coated with citric acid, blending all the flavors into this candy in layers...

Unsurprisingly, Lu Guan's body also began to undergo strange changes. "Holy crap, what's this taste like? What's so special about this?"

He started saying the opposite of what he meant... literally.

"Idiot, you fell for my joke!" Dania grinned triumphantly at Lu Guan. "Now we're even!"

"You won't even look at me!" Lu Guan shook his head, took out a tablet computer, and started writing on it.

"I can communicate by handwriting, but you can't turn off your colorful flashing."

"Lu Guan... hiccup... senior... is really... hiccup... a genius... I can... hiccup... do that too... hiccup!" Sigelika said, mimicking Lu Guan and taking out a tablet as well.

"Damn it... you two actually ganged up on me!" Dania fumed, and then started blinking frantically at Lu Guan and the other man.

Buhou family members, her flashbang can be on forever!

Watching the three laughing and joking from a short distance away, Lacerta sighed, "Youth is wonderful... so full of energy..."

As she spoke, she nudged Lu Hes, who was trying not to laugh, with her elbow. "Hey Dr. Lu, do you have any more candy? I could have some..."

"There's still quite a bit left." Lu Hes nodded, taking a brand new bag of Rainbow Beans Popping Candy from his pocket. "But it's still in the experimental stage, so I don't know exactly what the effects will be..."

"That's exactly what we want—the unknown!" Lacerta smiled as she took the candy. "Isn't the purpose of the Stardust Academy to explore the unknown?"

She was already looking forward to seeing Chisa's reaction after she ate it.

"... Remember to give me feedback." Lu Hes instantly understood Lacerta's true intentions and said helplessly, "To be precise, it still needs improvement, at least the taste needs some refinement..."

"Last time, a student from Huanglong gave feedback that the candy he ate tasted like spicy Mengzhou vinegared fish at the end..."

"... That's hellish." Lacerta's lips twitched. "I'm getting more and more excited about her reaction..."

Lu Hes chuckled, "You'd better take good notes of her reaction, but whatever you do, don't mention in front of her that I made this thing."

night.

Lu Guan lay on the bed, his consciousness entering the system space.

"Hmm~ Little one, why aren't you sleeping so late? Do you miss your mom?" "Sora's " voice was even more childish than last time, and her originally gentle, mature voice gradually became a little crisper.

"... I've come to see you because I have important business." Lu Guan ignored Sora's words and sat down beside her. "Are you already unable to suppress the ' Desolation '? I can feel your power..."

"Shh!" Sora put a finger to Lu Guan's lips. "Don't say such unromantic things..."

"You have to tell me the specifics," Lu Guan said helplessly, brushing Sora's fingers away. "Do you know how worried I was about you?"

Upon hearing this, Sora's delicate body trembled violently.

"Actually... it's not a big deal." Sora shook her head. "I knew this day would come, it's just a little earlier than I expected..."

"The Shorekeeper said, 'You contacted her?'"

"Hmm~ Not only the Second Instance, but I also spoke with her about the first one. As for the Tuner they mentioned, you don't need to worry, she will arrive at the appointed time."

"Hmm... Are you really alright?" Lu Guan looked at Sora with concern. "I should be capable enough to handle some more severe ' Desolation ' now, or else..."

"No rush..." Sora smiled mysteriously. "Your priority right now isn't dealing with the ' Desolation '..."

"Then..." Lu Guan was about to speak when he suddenly felt the body outside the system sink, forcing him to exit the system space.

When he opened his eyes again, Dania, now in her "Form of Disillusionment, was straddling him, looking at him with hostility.

Around noon today...

"I am guilty, I repent!" Lu Guan immediately chose to follow his heart, "I shouldn't have mocked the way you looked..."

"Am I that vengeful?" Dania said, both amused and annoyed. "I have something else to say!"

Lu Guan was a little confused. He couldn't understand Dania's thoughts at all and could only ask, "What's wrong?"

"Sigelika's gaze towards you today was very strange, didn't you notice?" Dania's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Really?" Lu Guan scratched his head. He was so busy playing with Dania that he hadn't noticed Sigelika's condition.

"Something's really off!" Dania emphasized. "She keeps calling me 'senpai' so affectionately! Didn't you notice?"

"What's the big deal?" Lu Guan shrugged. "Sigelika calls everyone 'senpai,' does that count?"

"The key is her expression! I've never seen her make that face before!" Dania emphasized again. "Tell me the truth, did you try to provoke my best friend when I wasn't looking?"

"No way!" Lu Guan felt very wronged.

But when he opened the system interface, he was immediately stunned.

[Sigelika]

[Current favorability: 40]

[Thoughts on the host: Yaya's boyfriend is a very impressive senior! I want to get closer to him!]

No, when did Sigelika's affection level reach its limit?

Then he remembered [Bond: Peerless Best Friends].

[Effect: When the host attempts to romance a character who has a best friend, it will simultaneously increase the best friend's affection level.]

According to the rules of Affection Value, 1 point of Affection can actually be converted into 10 points of goodwill. So, based on the frequency of his interactions with Dania...

Has Dekopon's affection level already reached its limit?

Thinking of this, Lu Guan looked at Dania with a guilty conscience. "Xi, can we reconcile?"

"Reconcile? I'll make sure you don't have the energy to flirt with other women!"

[Ding! Dania's Affection Value +1]

[Ding! Dania's Affection Value +1]

[Ding! Dania's Affection Value +1]