Alexia met Xi De after school.
"I heard you've been suffering lately!" Alexia asked, looking at Xi De.
"That's right! I was terribly wronged!" Xi De replied.
"I successfully became an apprentice! Thank you, I wouldn't have this strength without you!"
"Then..." Xi De rubbed his hands, his meaning already very clear.
Alexia took out a million Zeny in gold coins and gave them to Xi De.
"Jeno is dead, so there's no need for us to keep pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend! And I have someone I like now! Can you help me arrange a meeting with Student Xi Nuo?"
Inside a private room in the school cafeteria, Alexia sat at the head of the table, waiting for Xi Nuo to arrive.
Xi Nuo pushed the door open.
Milia followed closely behind him.
"Milia, why did you come along too!"
"You're meeting my boyfriend alone, why shouldn't I come!"
Milia's attitude towards Alexia was still very poor.
This made Alexia even more certain of one thing: Xi Nuo must have put in a lot of effort.
He must have convinced Milia; otherwise, with Milia's attitude towards her, how could she have introduced her?
"Xi Nuo, thank you!"
"Thank me for what?"
"Did she discover my identity? Impossible! I had no chance of being exposed! Could it be..." Xi Nuo thought to himself.
"Milia's master came to find me, you convinced Milia, didn't you! Thank you very much!" Alexia bowed to Xi Nuo.
"..."
"Ah, right, I convinced her! After all, Xi De specifically asked me, so of course I helped!"
"Thank you so much!"
Alexia walked directly to Xi Nuo's side, grabbed his hand, and thanked him sincerely.
It was clear that Alexia was very excited.
"Slap!"
Milia slapped Alexia's hand away.
"Thank him if you're going to thank him, why are you touching him? I shouldn't have gone to my master in the first place!" Milia shouted.
"Milia, can I call you Senior Sister now!"
"You're not allowed to call me that, I don't agree!" Milia said.
"Okay, Senior Sister!"
"I think you want to be hung from a tree again!"
Xi Nuo patted Milia's shoulder.
Milia stopped arguing with Princess Alexia and sat directly in a chair.
"Xi Nuo, I'm very curious, what exactly does Milia see in you? There's such a big difference in your strength, why have you been boyfriend and girlfriend for so long!"
Alexia's words were accurate; the strength gap between Xi Nuo and Milia was indeed very large.
"Because I'm handsome!" Xi Nuo replied.
"You really are humorous!"
Alexia felt that Xi Nuo and being handsome had absolutely no connection.
"Who are you calling humorous? Brother Xi Nuo is speaking the truth!" Milia said.
Alexia suddenly froze. Milia's meaning was that she admitted she liked Xi Nuo because he was handsome.
"Student Xi Nuo should be described as ordinary-looking! Student Xi Nuo, I don't mean anything else by this! Don't overthink it!"
Milia was about to say something else, but Xi Nuo grabbed her hand.
Milia suddenly became much calmer.
"Student Xi Nuo, have you ever thought about getting a different girlfriend?"
Alexia was prepared for Milia to explode in anger, but Milia said nothing.
"What does Princess Alexia mean by that?"
"Literally, I find you very interesting, and I want to be your girlfriend!"
...Alexia wanted to understand Xi Nuo. She was genuinely curious about what magic Xi Nuo possessed that made Milia so devoted to him.
Alexia guessed that Xi Nuo probably liked her; otherwise, why would he help her convince Milia? Just based on a word from Xi De, it couldn't be.
Alexia guessed correctly again; it was precisely because of a word from Xi De that Xi Nuo sought out Princess Alexia.
Both sides were silent for a while.
What Alexia couldn't understand was that Milia, who had disliked her intensely from the beginning, was now silent, completely unconcerned that her boyfriend might be taken by her.
Yet, she usually seemed very concerned about Xi Nuo.
Alexia was a bit confused.
"Then let's try it. I haven't experienced what it's like to have a princess as a girlfriend yet!" Xi Nuo said.
"You're just dumping Milia like that?"
"Am I?" Xi Nuo asked.
"No, you're not!" Milia said.
The two of them were like a double act, one asking, one answering.
"Milia, have you been drugged? Why aren't you reacting at all!" Alexia asked.
"So you want me to hang you up and beat you, is that it?"
"Milia, can we talk alone?"
"No! I hate you!" Milia refused Alexia's invitation and turned to leave.
"You two are so messy! I'm a bit confused; you don't seem to care about Milia's feelings, and she doesn't seem to care about you finding another woman! I truly don't understand!"
"So why does Princess Alexia want me to be your boyfriend?" Xi Nuo asked.
"I've become curious about you. I'm curious why you were able to convince Milia, who is so hostile towards me! I want to understand you, and becoming your girlfriend makes it easier for me to understand you!"
"Aren't you afraid Milia will lay hands on you?"
"Anyway, with her master present, she won't go for the kill. A little injury is nothing, I can handle it!"
"You really have a relentless drive to achieve your goals!"
"Of course, I am a princess!"
"Then, Your Royal Highness, you can boldly guess why Milia is so obedient to me?"
"Boldly guess? Then I'll guess. I guess you are Milia's master!" Alexia said.
Alexia chose the boldest and most unlikely idea.
"Of course, that's definitely impossible, right..." Alexia added.
"Congratulations, you guessed correctly!"
"What did you just say?" Alexia couldn't believe her ears.
"I said you guessed correctly!"
"Impossible, you can't be Shadow. Shadow has such strong power, and your power is only slightly stronger than my former self, how could you be Shadow!"
"Look at your right hand!"
Alexia looked at her right hand.
There was the mark left by Shadow, a mark that Princess Alice couldn't even see.
Alexia clearly saw the red spider lily moving. What was originally a mark now began to grow on her hand, eventually becoming a real spider lily, standing upright on her hand.
"This!"
Alexia looked up at Xi Nuo.
The person in front of her had already transformed into Shadow.
"You really are Shadow!"
"That's right!"
Xi Nuo retracted the slime suit on his body, which transformed into a ball of magic and returned to his body.
"Then why do you silently live as an ordinary student when you possess such power!"
"Is there any benefit to being famous?"
"..."
"Is that so? There really isn't much benefit to being famous!"
"I like a low-key life, and I also like beautiful and charming women!"
"Alexia, are you ready?"
"I might not be fully ready, but if you need me to, I will do anything!" Alexia said with firm resolve, looking at Xi Nuo.