Oh My God, It's Tender... Battle Wolf!

A week had passed since Xiao Ling returned to school.

During that week, besides cuddling with Aemeath and the others and paying attention in class, he occasionally went looking for the whereabouts of his other companions on campus.

As for why he didn't just ask someone? With his current reputation, the moment he asked about anyone, people would think another beautiful girl was about to fall victim to him. His reputation was at minus 10086.

So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided not to trouble anyone else.

Monday morning.

A new week had begun, and Xiao Ling, having just enjoyed his weekend, was back to the dull routine of school.

School was dull, but with beauties at his side, it wasn't quite so unpleasant.

Inside the classroom.

"This girl really can sleep anywhere..."

Xiao Ling couldn't help remarking as he watched Dania, who had fallen sound asleep on her desk the moment she arrived.

Honestly, when it came to falling asleep in seconds, Sister Dania was an absolute authority. If she couldn't fall asleep on her desk within ten seconds, it would count as breaking character.

What if Dania got called on to answer a question? Please. With Sister Dania's grades at the Star Torch Academy, she could answer fluently even if she slept through class without listening.

After being called on a few times before and nearly failing to answer, Dania had realized she had a problem. So every night, while playing games and scrolling through her phone, she would set aside some time to look over the next day's lessons, lest she find herself unable to answer again.

Dania: Studying is so I can sleep better in class~

Unfortunately, Little Ai and the others all had their own classes, so they had gone their separate ways after reaching the school gate. Only Dania was in the same class as him.

If it had been any of the other girls, he could have chatted with her to pass the time. But Dania went to sleep as soon as she entered the classroom, and he felt bad disturbing her. Besides, if he woke her up, she would probably start messing with him again.

Ah, in any case, he might as well slack off and watch videos.

In the hallway outside the classroom, five minutes before class.

"Sorry, sorry! Coming through, coming through!"

A graceful figure was weaving nimbly through the crowd of students strolling along.

Her rose-red twin tails flew as she ran, like banners flying high, and every curve of her body radiated a wild beauty. Yet her female uniform cleverly softened that untamed energy, adding a touch of gentleness. The wolf ears atop her head and the wolf tail behind her also swayed as she ran... Wait, how could her tail move?!

In any case, she reached Xiao Ling's classroom in under three minutes. After entering and looking around, she saw that the only empty seat was beside Xiao Ling and immediately ran over to sit down.

"Phew~ Good, good, I made it..." the graceful figure murmured, sounding especially relieved.

Xiao Ling was watching videos with his earphones on and didn't notice at all that a wolf-eared girl had sat down beside him.

After putting her shoulder bag in the desk drawer, the girl suddenly sensed something. Her wolf-like, keen sense of smell quickly led her to Xiao Ling beside her.

"Hmm... It's very familiar... That's a scent only my partner has!"

Xiao Ling hadn't been watching videos for long when he felt someone staring at him, so he looked in the direction of the gaze-

Pale green eyes met black ones in an instant.

"Lu...!"

"It really is you, partner!" Lupa gave a little cheer and, without the slightest hesitation, rubbed her face against Xiao Ling's.

"Snap."

Xiao Ling didn't know if it was his imagination, but he seemed to hear someone snap a pen in their hand.

But he couldn't worry about that. His immediate priority was to push this tender cat... no, battle wolf, away a little. Otherwise, he felt he would be making the headlines on the school forum again tomorrow.

"Um, Lupa, let's keep some distance for now. We're in the classroom, and the two of us doing this doesn't look very good," Xiao Ling reminded her, making a point of mentioning that they were in the classroom.

"Hm? Oh, oh! Sorry, I was so excited to see you, partner, that I forgot class was about to start." Lupa smiled a little sheepishly and scratched her head.

"Come to think of it, partner, you go to school here, so why haven't I seen you before?"

"Because I took some time off..." Xiao Ling said helplessly. "Something unexpected happened."

"Was it because of this pink-haired girl on your right?" Lupa pointed at Dania beside Xiao Ling. "It's very faint, but I can sense a scent on her that I really hate. One part comes from the same source as the Lament Leviathan, but the other disgusts me even more..."

Xiao Ling's eyes suddenly went wide. Damn, someone's using cheats. How am I supposed to play against that?!

"Partner, she's asleep right now. How about we take this chance to..." Lupa's expression turned somewhat fierce, and she made a "finish her off" gesture.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't do that, don't do that-!" Xiao Ling immediately stopped Lupa. "She's in the same situation as Mia. They were both forced to become Threnodian Resonators..."

Xiao Ling then gave Lupa a concise account of Dania's life.

"Hmph, the Fractsidus again." Lupa spat in displeasure. "Those guys really are like maggots clinging to your bones. They just won't go away."

Now, when she looked at the sleeping Dania, her earlier hostility was gone, replaced by sympathy for what she had been through.

"She must have had a hard life, becoming something like that out of nowhere..."

"It wasn't too bad. Her friends were always there with her." Xiao Ling smiled with relief. "Although in the end, she still chose to sacrifice herself to protect them."

"Well, that's all in the past. Now she's just an ordinary girl. That's good."

"Mm-hmm, you're right. In this world, she can live happily in the sunlight like everyone else." Lupa wholeheartedly agreed with Xiao Ling.

"If only Mia could too... Never mind, it's nothing."

Xiao Ling watched the faint sorrow appear on the little wolf's face, something she rarely showed, and let out a quiet sigh inwardly.

Mia was already dead, so of course she couldn't be counted among those who might have been forced to transmigrate. Besides, Lupa must have tried looking for traces of Mia in this world before.

"It's okay. At least I found you, partner, so it's not like I came away with nothing~" Lupa said with a radiant smile, her eyes narrowed. The little canine teeth she revealed made her look even cuter.

Though Lupa was usually carefree and as passionate as the blazing sun, she was actually quite sensitive in private, which gave her a different kind of gap moe.

Xiao Ling couldn't find the words to comfort her, so he rubbed her head instead.

Lupa froze for a moment, then obediently closed her eyes. She even seemed inclined to rub against Xiao Ling's palm. Her wolf tail swished back and forth, and she looked to be in a rather good mood.

For a moment, Xiao Ling felt that life was peaceful and pleasant, and even the sound of the teacher's lecture gradually faded away-

Wait?

Xiao Ling suddenly felt a murderous gaze fixed on him. His body shuddered instinctively, making Lupa flinch a little as well.

They both looked toward the lectern, where the male teacher was glaring viciously at the flirting pair as though he wanted to butcher them.

The two gave embarrassed chuckles, then promptly sat up straight and listened to the lecture.

The teacher's robust voice rang out again, as though the awkward scene in which their intimate behavior had plunged the classroom into dead silence had never happened.