After having returned to the dorm that day, Halloween Week, where the school decorates the entire school was in full swing. However, Lotus had little time to care about that as she returned to her ring to research alchemy. Over and over again, she made numerous pills and, over and over again, she created many potions.
Each night, she examined the footage with the butterfly's help. While she watched on one of the butterflies, Crystal, herself, was busy cultivating with Little Jun and giving him advice. For now, it was agreed that the child would wait for a few more years before taking the risk to have the ability to take on a more humanoid form. Instead, Lotus went ahead and checked on the rose she had replanted followed by the Niersi Lily and the Black Opal Coral that had finished its breakthrough just the other day and now had a glittering shine to it like a galaxy under the sea water lake she had found.
The next day, after having finished her cultivation, she looked down upon the red needles she had condensed from pure fire element energy. She smiled and played with it in her hands as she muttered in delight, "With this, I can do a lot more little tricks!"
However, her smile quickly disappeared as a cold glint filled her chest, "However, this won't be enough. If she could fall for little tricks like these I wouldn't have made it back into another world instead."
She looked down upon her hand with a scowl and called Xiao Li. The guy immediately appeared before her as if he was a genie in the children books she had seen the other children hear from the caretakers.
"How are the matter's I've handed to you?" She asked him.
Xiao Li bowed his head with a smile, "Do not worry, master."
He then whispered into her ear, "He has become no different than a eunach cleaning the mansion's dungeon room under my watch."
That's right. Xiao Li was basically the entire Little Realm. It doesn't matter in or out. He can see the entire world as if he had eyes on the back of his head. For her being, he willingly shut his eyes away from her room if she asked at all.
She smiled rather satisfied and nodded her head, "Good."
Since he is not of the people of this world and the world doesn't allow something like this, thinking up the idea of harming his assets was out of the option. The most she can do is catch him then drag him into her realm as pertained to her respect to the world her foster mother raised her in. As for others, she had turned into reptiles and animals she had plans for. She smiled and handed him the pill she made before adding onto her words, "Both yours and your sister's have the same quality, so you've both been rewarded equally. There's no need for you to hand over yours, but you may if you want to."
Xiao Li suddenly paled a little when he heard her words with a jolt as he carefully looked up nervously but soon realized that his master had decided not to punish him for using his sister's ideas. The spirit smiled in relief and said unable to contain his joy, "Thank you, Master!"
Lotus had little time to think much else but focus on her cultivation again. Like that two more days in the realm passed with ease as she focused solely on her practice and training.
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Four more days passed when she was certain that it would be the best time to leave for the outer realm again. As soon as she left her ring in her uniform, Lotus left her room and found that everything was decorated in junk!
Lotus blinked in surprise before she suddenly recalled the manner of celebration this world's Halloween has and understood that the cobwebs and white tattered drapes brought back from the trash was to be used as Halloween decorations. Halloween certainly is an unusual event...
With the house empty, Lotus left for the kitchen knowing that the event was still going on. She used her ability and snuck out of the dorms shortly after.
She made her way to the kitchen stealthily avoiding the people on the road making their way to the stamp stand that was an activity for the visitors who live on Philosopher's Isle.
Philosopher's Isle is the island where Night Raven College rest on for about a hundred years now. The residents of the island gave their permission for the existence of the school on the island and their respect towards the school for using their island towards educating young future magicians. Events such as these and the magift tournament was one that allowed the people living on the island and supporting them to have the chance to enter the school grounds that is usually closed to outsiders as a form of gratitude to these people for contributing and respect for their cause.
The Isle naturally has an immense aura of mana making it easier for them to cast magic with ease. However, Lotus knew that would change the moment they leave the school. It was the same when they left for Coral Sea.
Shortly after entering the kitchen she was met with a familiar figure of a Scarabia student that afternoon. Why did she know this?
Because the student is in the dorm uniform. Curious, she waited at the door watching him use the ingredients around the kitchen while a whole chicken rests on the basket in her hands.
Without much thoughts of anything mischievous for once, she watched him effectively use the spice in the cabinets and on the counter. She watched curiously as he easily dropped in the spices into the mix of pot. This smell...
"Curry?" She whispered in awe, "It'd be good for a cold season and it could help retain warmth in the body..."
Lotus watched on as he threw in the bay leaf and the powdered spices. She knew that it'd probably be a while before he could finish, so she called out, "Excuse me. Can I start boiling the chicken in a pot first? It'd be too time consuming if I do it later because it won't cook thoroughly."
The boy turned to her in surprise.
He didn't even seen her standing there this whole time!
He nodded his head with slight surprise, "Huh?! S-sure..."
"Thanks!" She smiled and hurried to the stove before pulling out the pot she needed.
In less than five minutes, she had the chicken in a pot of water and herbs over the fire stove. She then returned to the door and waited. The student returned to focusing on his pot of curry. However, there was an awkward atmosphere mixed with a little intensity. Lotus smiled mischievously. How could she not know of this?
It only makes her want to continue watching his movement!
She watched as his movement paused and she sighed and nodded her head before walking away till she was out of his sights.
Finally, the student breathed a sigh of relief and slight annoyance before he returned to his work. It was about half an hour later before he finished cooking and packed away the food. He then turned around before his eyes widen in surprise when he saw that she had returned to remove the white-greyish foam off of the water surface. H-How long has she been here?!
Despite his annoyance, he quickly left in a huff but was rather curious how the student was able to pull off this sort of invisibility? It was then that he noticed that she didn't have a ribbon on her arm to his surprise. He had heard of the student who didn't have magic but paired up with a cat monster who had a lot of magic. In a matter of one day, he became the supervisor with the camera as evidence. It's said that they soon received a new student who was in a similar predicament, but with no one was willing to take him in for a tour. Around thirty-three students would tour around the school on the first day of school per dorm. Not many would take into consideration for a student who has no magic. However, many were shocked when they learned the same student that didn't join them for the walk ended up catching the Pomefiore's attention and the teachers' attention during the finals.
It also wasn't difficult for him to guess what she had done to the Savanaclaw students that tried to frame her since the teacher had said they would return after one more week. However, he still wasn't certain whether to take her as an acquaintance or be wary of her. She is certainly very hard to read unlike her prefect and the cat monster. With this in mind, he walked back to the dorm with the food in hand knowing that their dorm leader had finished his shift at the stamp stand.