Xi De and Alexia sparred all afternoon, and Xi De felt as if Alexia was cooperating with him, but it also didn't quite feel that way.
"It's so similar, it feels like looking in a mirror! The same weakness and powerlessness," Alexia said, looking at Xi De.
"Are you referring to swordsmanship?"
"Exactly. Why are our swordsmanship so ordinary, making us so weak, while Milia's swordsmanship is so strong?"
"You should ask Milia that!" Xi De replied.
"You're right!"
"Xi De, could you help me with something?"
"No..."
"I'll give you a million Zeny if you succeed!"
"Gladly!"
"I thought I just heard someone say no!"
"You're hearing things!"
"Really?"
"You really are hearing things!"
"Alright then!"
"So what do you want me to help you with? Don't call me for fights, I can't win. I'm not good at thinking either! And I can't do troublesome things!" Xi De said.
"You really are a useless Bochi!"
"I'm proud of it!" Xi De said with great pride.
"As a mob character, I think I've played my role very successfully! I'm truly proud of myself!" Xi De thought to himself.
"It's nothing too difficult!"
"Xi Nuo is your brother, and his girlfriend is Milia. I want to be Milia's apprentice. I want to become as strong as her!"
"I can only convey the message, I can't guarantee it will happen!" Xi De said.
"Just conveying the message is only 100,000 Zeny!"
Alexia immediately chose to lower the price.
"Then I'll do my best!"
After school, Xi Nuo and Alexia went shopping, and eventually, the two parted ways on the train.
After Xi De returned, he told Xi Nuo about Alexia wanting to be Milia's apprentice.
"This matter is very easy, not too difficult at all!" Xi Nuo replied.
"As expected of a like-minded Eminence in Shadow, you truly are my best partner!"
"So, how much money is Alexia planning to give you after it's done?"
"What money?"
"If she wasn't giving you money, would you have mentioned this?"
"Um... a million Zeny!"
"That's easy money, earning a million Zeny just by saying a sentence!"
"You earned a lot of money in the cafeteria that day too, wasn't that several million?"
"It was several million, yes, but someone seems to have pocketed over a hundred thousand!"
"Cough, cough, cough, look at the moon, it's already a crescent. The moonlight tells me that someone is going to scheme today, and my chance to appear as the Eminence in Shadow has arrived!" After Xi De finished speaking, he transformed into a shadow and flew into the sky... Time rewound to when the sun had set, and Xi De had just gotten off the train.
Jeno Griffith, disguised on the train, watched Xi De leave, then approached Princess Alexia, who was alone.
Princess Alexia seemed tired from shopping and was a bit drowsy. She simply sat in her seat and closed her eyes to rest.
The entire train car only contained the disguised Jeno and Princess Alexia.
The sun had completely set, and the city gradually grew dim.
Jeno came to Alexia's side and struck her neck with a hand chop.
Alexia suddenly opened her eyes and dodged the attack at the same time.
"Milia, I won't fall for the same trick twice!"
The disguised Jeno was surprised.
It was then that Alexia realized the person wasn't Milia, but a burly man who was completely covered.
"You..."
Before Alexia could utter a second word, Jeno knocked her unconscious with another hand chop.
"You scared me, I almost thought Alexia was hiding her strength!"
Jeno stuffed Alexia into a sack and carried her away.