In the astonished gaze of the girls in the girls' dormitory, Yann followed Niya into her room—a small room that resembled a storage closet.
There was only a simple bed, a window, a desk, and a chair.
Although the layout here was simple and the lighting not so good, Niya had managed to keep it spotless. It was evident that she was a very meticulous person.
Sunlight streamed in through the window, casting light on the textbooks on the desk. A textbook filled with various notes, with a quill pen beside it.
Truly a modest life. After sizing up the room, Yann gave a fair assessment. While other girls shared a dormitory with several others, their rooms were much larger than Niya's and lacked comparable decorations. Let's not forget, Sacred Heart Academy was a prestigious institution in the Eastern Province, and its facilities were top-notch.
"This room... feels a bit frugal..." After Niya entered and closed the door, she blushed embarrassedly upon seeing Yann examining her humble room.
Seeing Niya like this, Yann couldn't help but understand her embarrassment about her modest room.
He shook his head immediately. "Not at all, I find it quite nice. It's much better than the cave I used to live in, where there was no sunlight at all."
Niya also caught on to Yann's attempt to spare her feelings, feeling a warmth in her heart, and her fondness for Yann increased slightly.
"Moreover, the inhabitant of this room is my little beauty, isn't it? Just smelling the air here makes me intoxicated!"
Yann's lewd remark immediately extinguished the slight affection Niya had just felt.
"Get lost! Who's your little beauty?" Unlike her timid demeanor in front of others, Niya was more open in front of her familiar, her pet.
Though she spoke words of dislike to Yann, Niya harbored no actual resentment toward him. Instead, Yann's earlier act of standing up for her made Niya feel unexpectedly warm inside.
This feeling of being protected was something Niya had always longed for but never received. The protection she had received before was merely a facade, false protection from those who coveted her.
Such protection was not what Niya needed. But Yann's protection was completely different—he was her servant, genuinely protecting her out of a desire to do so! It was not driven by ulterior motives!
"Hehe!" Yann drew the curtains of the window.
He didn't want others to discover the fact that he was actually a tentacle monster. Now everyone was talking about Niya bringing back a powerful undead warrior. If they were to find out that what Niya had brought back was just a tentacle monster, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
"That last hit, are you okay?" Niya asked with concern.
She had heard of Sherman's innate strength, and coupled with his status as a first-grade sixth-tier student, the all-out sneak attack didn't seem like something that could be easily taken!
Even if he wasn't directly hit, the indirect shock could be fatal! Just like that big hammer, if you were wearing a bulletproof vest and hit someone with it, it could easily be fatal!
"Oops, still saying it's not mine, isn't that caring for me?" Yann exclaimed lightly.
"No... I'm not caring for you! Just as your master, it's courtesy to ask! It's just courtesy, courtesy, do you understand? It's not what I want to do!" Niya explained in a fluster, as if covering up something.
"Yes, yes, I know it's just courtesy." Yann's helmet nodded, "I'm fine, don't forget, I'm just a tentacle without organs. As long as I'm not directly split in half by something sharp, I'm fine. Blunt weapon attacks or vibration damage have no effect on me."
Yann's answer pleased Niya.
"But..." Yann drew out his sword.
"Crackle!" In Niya's astonished gaze, the sword disintegrated into pieces in mid-air, making a crackling sound as it fell to the ground.
Although the relatively slender one-and-a-half-handed sword had blocked the attack of Sherman's heavy sword, the sword body had suffered devastating damage! Fortunately, Yann had retracted the sword into its scabbard before it shattered completely, but what would happen next was uncertain! If they saw that Yann's weapon had already shattered, they would definitely rush up!
"This sword itself is quite old, and the good steel has been corroded and weakened. Plus, it just suffered a huge blow, so it shattered even before we got to the dormitory." Yann tossed the hilt of the sword to the ground. "It's a pity. If I had known, I would have just taken that kid's big sword earlier. Consider it compensation for my intervention."
Yann's words chilled Niya's heart, but at the same time, she felt relieved. Fortunately, Rylee and the others were intimidated by Yann's momentum and retreated, otherwise...
Two fists are no match for four legs, especially when one side is unarmed! Niya's combat power could be ignored, and her magic was hardly usable.
Now that Yann, who had lost his weapon, was essentially powerless, and Yann no longer had a physical body to practice dark magic, and Niya herself had no combat power.
In ten days, Niya would have another challenge! The reason she had gone out was to capture a powerful magical pet or obtain equipment to defeat her opponents, or to be killed directly by the guarded magical beasts!
Unexpectedly, she found a powerful magical pet, a former sovereign-level expert! But it was only in the past, now it was just a tentacle monster, and the only remaining combat power of this tentacle monster had also been lost!
"Then..." The surprised expression Niya had originally revealed for Yann's combat power faded away, replaced by a sorrowful expression. "Then, in ten days, for the challenge..."
Yann had long known from Niya why she had gone to the cave—to a remote place where a powerful magical pet was said to be, to enhance her own strength!
Naturally, Yann also knew about the challenge.
"Don't worry about the challenge. There's still ten days left, and I know my limits. Don't worry, isn't there me?" By now, Yann had taken off his armor, revealing his soft tentacled body, like a puddle of mud.
"By the way, do you have any money here? I'll go buy a sword and some materials to carve some runes, and also draw some runes on a few more pieces of equipment to prepare for the upcoming battles."
Niya twisted her body, blushing, and lowered her head.
"I see... I'll earn it myself. Knowledge is power..." Yann said helplessly.
His master, besides being cute, really hadn't accomplished anything.