Mephistopheles' Daily Life (III)

But I waved to them. "Keep it up, newbies. I've accepted your gifts, thank you. But if you come back next year, don't bring any gifts if your shield couldn't even block three of my fireballs. You don't deserve them. Also, first-year students, study for a couple more years. You need to be able to sit still and not act like a jumping-around chimpanzee."

Two newbies were still waving goodbye to me. Yeah, those were the two freshmen whose shields couldn't stop the three fireballs. Mel saw them and immediately cast two paralysis spells on them, so they're lying on the ground now.

After we went inside, I saw Ruiduo happily rolling around in the pile of gifts, Nova and Yamier were sorting through the magical materials, the black cat that the student had given me was happily following the elves, Anna was still struggling on the ceiling, and Moli had disappeared somewhere. But when I turned around, I saw that Mel's face was cold, and she seemed to be quite angry.

I couldn't help but laugh, "You were just comforting me, now that I know they don't really hate me, shouldn't you be happy with me?"

"Don't you know the modern meaning of giving chocolates and roses?" Mel said stiffly, pointing at me aggressively.

Well?

Mel pressed on, "On my birthday, you didn't even spend time with me properly, and you even gave me a ton of chocolates and roses. Do you want a divorce? Have you finally decided to abandon me and become a High Priest in Shadow Moon?"

"No!" I panicked and quickly hugged Mel. "I didn't! How could I leave you!"

"The flowers and the chocolate?"

"Hmm... you know, I'm from another time, I'm immature." I said ingratiatingly, kissing Mel's puffed-up cheek.

But Mel turned his head sharply away from my lips and said, "And what about the gift you prepared for me?"

Um... I feel a little guilty... I...

"Books and potions again, just like every year?" Mel raised an eyebrow. "Look how many different kinds you've collected today!"

"I'm sorry..." I lowered my head in shame, not daring to look at Mel's expression.

So you're still planning to leave me!

"No!" I hurriedly denied loudly.

Mel stared intently at me, his bright blue eyes giving me the creeps. He said, "Alright, you'll have to prove it."

That's no problem, of course, but how do we prove something like that? We don't have time travel magic, nor do we know how to make prophecies. I'm certain I'll never leave Mel, but if we want to prove that, wouldn't we have to wait hundreds of years?

All I heard Mel say was, "I'll keep going until dawn."

Okay... wait a minute?

I stared in disbelief. "You..."

I almost laughed out of anger! Did you have to be so direct? And dawn? Mel, when did you become a paladin? Your stamina is already that amazing?

While I stared in disbelief, Mel continued, "You go first, you'll be done soon anyway, then I'll have you sit on top of me and serve me, and also—"

I quickly covered Mel's mouth with my hand. I felt like my head was steaming, not just from embarrassment, but also... Mel, you just played me again! You weren't angry with me at all, you were just teasing me on purpose! I finally understand you!

Mel's eyes curved into two small crescent moons. He smiled smugly, licked my palm, and I quickly let go, startled. Then he continued, "Anyway, Xipei promised me. Xipei is the most trustworthy mage I've ever met. I believe he won't go back on his word!"

I...

I shook my head helplessly. There was nothing I could do; it was Mel's 333rd birthday today.

"Let's go, let's go! Xipei never goes back on his word." I pushed him upstairs.

Well, it seems I'll have to spend this year's birthday... well, in my bedroom.

Author's Note:

Xixi has finally become the nightmare of all the magic academy students. Congratulations, Xixi!!! Mel, take advantage of Xixi's gentleness and keep up your evil schemes! And congratulations to Mel, Mel's long-lasting spell can be cast all night long!

Chapter 124 Mephistopheles' Daily Life (Part 3)

The progress is going much more smoothly than I expected!

--Xipei quickly agreed to move into the tower. He readily agreed as soon as I mentioned it; I had prepared many reasons to persuade him, but I didn't need to...

Xipei... Xipei probably likes me a little too, right?

I... I'm so excited I want to... well, to use Anna's internet slang, I'm so excited I want to run laps downstairs! But of course I won't actually go. A mage running wildly around his residence sounds like he's had a failed experiment and damaged his brain; he could easily be mistaken for a warlock who ate too much in the middle of the night.

But just imagine, every morning when I open my eyes, I'll see the best Xipei lying next to me, his hair scattered on the pillow, intertwined with mine, and then we'll say good morning to each other, get dressed together, and go downstairs for breakfast... Ah, no, no, I'm so excited!

If you draw back the curtains in the morning, Xipei's eyes will be illuminated perfectly by the morning light.

His eye color was much softer than mine, perfectly matching his personality. It was a light blue with a grayish tint, unlike mine, which was a super tacky blue. My eye color was so ordinary and unremarkable, yet Xipei would look into my eyes with a smile, as if he really liked them... He always made me feel itchy inside, and I really wanted to kiss his eyelids.

So I quickly began preparations. First, I had to move my tower over. My teacher and I had always lived in the Elven Forest. I hadn't moved since my teacher left, but I still knew how to move a mage tower, at least I had a lot of theoretical knowledge.

I had Anna leave the tower and buy a ticket to come over by airship—after all, it was my first time actually moving a mage tower. Theory is one thing, but in practice, it always takes time to get used to it. I wasn't sure if I would cause any damage to the creatures inside the tower when I tore open the dimensional boundary and teleported it from the Void. Even on a slow and comfortable airship, some people still get seasick due to different body types. I had to be responsible for my apprentice's safety. Although I often called her a bad elf with dark skin, Anna was still a very good apprentice.

She helped me put some slimes, gutter rats, goblins, and other creatures in the tower. I cast a spell, splitting space and calling my tower from the warp. Through the mental connection, my mage tower quickly broke through spacetime and appeared from the Void. I made it land precisely on the prepared base, fixed it, activated the magical channels, and then went inside to check.

Hmm... The goblins are jumping around, the rats are trembling, probably scared, and the slime... the slime has been torn to pieces, but judging from the remains, it was the goblins who tore it apart, not when I moved it.

Then next time, we should be able to teleport Anna along with us from the Void Transfer.

Around dawn, I finished tidying up the tower almost overnight. My apprentice Anna, bleary-eyed, tumbled off an aerial tram and stumbled over to me, rubbing her eyes and muttering, "Teacher, why did you suddenly move? Are you planning to woo some beauties in the capital?"

I glared at her. Dark elves always speak so crudely, and I can't seem to shake this bad habit of hers no matter what I do. A mage who swears all the time is never proper.

"Wait a minute." Anna's eyes widened, all sleepiness gone. "Teacher, you haven't already won over a beauty, have you? I remember you were writing love letters live during the summit a few days ago, that Xipei... she hasn't fallen into your clutches yet, has she?"

What nonsense! Is your teacher some kind of terrifying demon king? How did he become a demon's claw? Your teacher and your future teacher, Ms. Xipei, are mutually in love; there's no story of a demon king abducting a beauty!

Because I didn't speak immediately, Anna jumped up the next second. "My God! Praise be to nature, praise be to the Tree of Life, praise be to the red-eyed spider's leg hair in the dungeon... My teacher is in love?"