"Wait, Luo Shu, you said someone climbed into your bed in the middle of the night?"
While eating a bun, with a bit stuck to her cheek, Kisara was shocked:
"Who has such bad intentions? We all agreed to let you rest properly yesterday."
"She's an unruly child, I've already warned her."
Luo Shu had no intention of exposing Mia. Instead, he was eating breakfast while browsing through the department files organised by Megumi Kato.
They were all reception documents for Chiba Port, page after page, densely packed, piled up into a small mountain on Luo Shu's desk.
No wonder Yukino Yukinoshita was in such a bad mood last night. She had been working overtime until Luo Shu returned and still hadn't finished everything, who knows how late she stayed up.
"An unruly child..." Kisara was still pondering who in the Familia could earn such an evaluation.
Aya Natsume? No, that couldn't be right. She was with Ayano Kannagi and the others all day yesterday, completely without opportunity to cause trouble.
Mukuro Hoshimiya?
That didn't fit either. Mukuro Hoshimiya couldn't get used to sleeping in beds on the surface and slipped back to the starry sky in the middle of the night, even reporting her safety to Luo Shu in the main group chat.
Kotori Itsuka? Even more impossible. A tsundere-type girl wouldn't do something so bold.
But aside from these, who else in the Familia could possibly be deemed an unruly child?
Could it be someone from the Familia living on the fifth floor at the time?
Miss Kikyo, who just moved in? But she couldn't imagine that one attempting a night assault.
Chisato? That couldn't be right either. Chisato seemed to support Takina getting closer to Shu-kun more.
"It feels like with La Folia-san gone for just one day, Shu-kun's bedroom has become chaotic..."
Just as Kisara was feeling confused, Eriri, sitting on the nearby sofa, couldn't hold back anymore and asked Luo Shu:
"Hey~ Luo Shu."
Luo Shu raised an eyebrow to glance at Eriri. Although he knew the girl meant no harm, her tone really wasn't very pleasant.
However, Eriri seemed completely unaware of this, instead trying her best to use a fierce tone to ask:
"How did yesterday's ritual go?"
"After bullying me so much recently, the thing you came up with definitely didn't work, right?"
"Hmph, I can tell from your tired face that you messed things up. Serves you right for always thinking of ways to bully me!"
"So you failed~"
Luo Shu didn't answer, just finished eating the bun in his hand, then signed the document in front of him, crossing his arms.
Seeing that Luo Shu was ignoring her, Eriri's expression became slightly unnatural, but she still said:
"But since you failed, you probably need to prepare the materials again, right?"
"Although I definitely won't cooperate with you, if you apologise to me, it's not like I couldn't help you a bit."
Hearing this, Luo Shu turned his head and looked at Eriri in surprise:
"No way, are you saying you'll help me together with Sayuri?"
"Ha!!" Eriri instantly raised her voice, eyes wide open: "You! Are you dreaming?"
"Enigma is one thing, but her? Absolutely not, I'd rather die than help you together with her, don't even think about it!!"
"Oh."
Luo Shu responded very perfunctorily, pulled a tissue from the table to wipe his hands, removing traces left from eating the bun, then glanced at Eriri and said:
"But I appreciate your efforts with yesterday's ritual materials, Eriri."
"Thanks to you, the ritual went very smoothly. I've successfully been promoted."
"Oh, by the way, Eriri, you didn't check the system's main chat group yesterday, did you?"
"I remember I notified everyone there."
"Eh?" Eriri froze for a moment, then flusteredly opened the system's main chat group, quickly scrolling to find the message Luo Shu had posted.
[Luo Shu: Have safely completed the ritual promotion and am currently rushing back to the garrison. Please inform all members.]
"There really is one..."
Eriri paused blankly, then muttered:
"Then wasn't my early morning completely wasted..."
To think she, a night owl, had stayed up all night without sleeping, waiting for Luo Shu to return. She had drifted in and out of consciousness until morning before going downstairs to check the situation.
And it turned out Luo Shu had already posted in the main group chat?
Why didn't she see that group message?
Oh, right, it seems she blocked the main group after being teased by so many people last time...
So, it probably doesn't require her anymore...
Eriri felt vaguely disappointed, her mouth unconsciously pursing as if she wanted to cry, yet no tears appeared.
Regarding this, Luo Shu remained completely calm: "Although the promotion matter has concluded, the research on Classes hasn't ended yet."
Hearing this, Eriri immediately turned to look at Luo Shu, her eyes holding a faint trace of hope.
At this moment, without even looking at Eriri's expression, Luo Shu continued while signing documents:
"Although it hasn't been tested yet, the Divine Pantheon was upgraded yesterday and gained a Class Derivation System and Class Template."
"I have a strong intuition that this is quite important and requires further research with someone."
"If it really has the function I'm imagining, then Eriri, you'll still need to stay at the garrison for a while longer, cooperating with me and La Folia to perfect the derivation of the Spirit Sorcerer Class..."
"After all, this is something to be delivered to the Aldegia Royal Family."
After speaking, Luo Shu looked up at Eriri with an amused expression:
"So, Eriri, your difficult days will need to continue for a while longer. Please try to mentally prepare yourself."
Eriri snorted and stood up directly:
"It's all just your usual bullying tactics anyway."
"In any case, I definitely won't help you. Or rather, you should be secretly pleased if I don't hold you back."
As she spoke, Eriri walked directly toward the office door, turning back to make a face at Luo Shu before leaving:
"Just wait for your failure!"
With that, Eriri swayed her speed-boosting twin tails and strode out of the office.
Judging from her eager, bouncing figure, she seemed to be in quite a good mood.
Regarding this, Kurumi Tokisaki merely glanced over before revealing a gentle smile:
"Ara ara, Eriri-san really is like a child who just got candy~"
Kisara couldn't help but comment:
"Is this what Luo Shu meant by 'tsun without dere'? What an easily provoked and infuriating personality."
Luo Shu, by now accustomed to this, even felt somewhat inclined to summarise:
"With Eriri, if you interpret her words oppositely, you'll be right eighty percent of the time. For the remaining twenty percent, just think of it as her acting spoiled."
"If you really find her words unpleasant, just bully her directly. She'll surrender immediately and let you bully her however you want."
"That's just how her personality is."
Luo Shu shrugged, then organised the reports before looking up at Kisara:
"Although it might be somewhat troublesome, Kisara, I might need your help with the Class derivation, too. After all, the Class for demons still needs to be delivered to the demons in the Underworld."
Hearing this, Kisara immediately clenched her small hands, saying with a nervous expression:
"If it's Shu-kun's request, I'll do my best to help."
"Just do what you can, no need to feel pressured."
Luo Shu comforted Kisara, then took out his phone to check the time, finally muttering:
"By my calculations, Mia should have brought Lacus and the others over by now."
"Then it seems the template for SDS's standard Classes should also be considered..."
If Class deduction and Class Templates could achieve this.
Perhaps the SDS is about to achieve greatness?
Hah, that joke isn't funny at all...