Chapter 1 The Eaves

The mottled wood grain on the eaves had withstood wind and rain, remaining as resilient as ever. The dark,沉香-infused color of the wood exuded the fragrance of time, and each impact of raindrops produced a soft sound.

Raindrops slid down the eaves, carrying the coolness of the air. They fell and struck the earth, splashing up tiny circles of water.

"Alright, Hyperion, you should go up now. The wind is getting stronger."

"Okay, see you at school tomorrow!"

They had agreed to find Dean Lauren tomorrow to submit their application and complete the procedures.

After saying goodbye to Hyperion.

Lanqi opened his umbrella, rested it on his shoulder, squatted down, and smiled silently at his shadow.

He reached out his hands towards his shadow.

After waiting for a while, Cat Boss jumped out of his shadow and climbed onto his hand.

"Lanqi, meow… why can you find me…"

Cat Boss nestled in Lanqi's arms, being held by him, and asked with some guilt.

"Don't hide in my shadow when it's raining today. You'll catch a cold,"

Lanqi said gently.

"Umm… sorry, meow…"

Cat Boss buried its head in even greater remorse.

So Lanqi had already discovered it, but instead of blaming it, he was so gentle.

It would never secretly hide in Lanqi's shadow again.

Lanqi smiled, holding the little black cat and walking home with the umbrella.

Actually, he tried this every time after leaving Cat Boss's restaurant to see if Cat Boss was in his shadow.

It just so happened to be raining today, so he tried it under the eaves and unexpectedly caught a cat.

"Why do you follow me, Cat Boss? Is there anything special about me?"

Lanqi asked.

"What do you think of Hyperion and Tata?"

Cat Boss asked curiously.

Hyperion had been staying at Cat Boss's restaurant these days and quickly became friends with it.

Cat Boss discovered that Hyperion was also a good kid, and Lanqi only seemed more normal when he was with Hyperion.

It now didn't know whether to ship Lan-Tata or Lan-Hyperion.

And what puzzled it the most was why they could get along so harmoniously…?

Cat Boss had been quite shocked during this period.

According to its experience, when a man and two women who are close to each other stay together, there should be explosive shura scenes every day!

This made it toss and turn, unable to sleep, so it chose to observe Lanqi again, or simply ask him directly.

"Comrades and teachers,"

Lanqi replied.

"Don't you have any other thoughts?"

Cat Boss raised its head and stared into Lanqi's emerald green eyes and asked again.

It was determined to understand Lanqi's attitude towards Tata and Hyperion today.

"Everyone is unique to me."

Lanqi said with a smile, like a loving child of the world.

"Then who do you like more?"

Cat Boss asked for a long time without getting any information, and its tone was raised slightly.

You can't be impartial this time, can you?!

"My love is equal to all beings."

"…Meow!"

Cat Boss was a little anxious,

"Don't you have any human desires?"

How could it have encountered such a male protagonist of a love story who wasn't human! The love story it was watching got stuck with Lanqi!

"I think I do."

Lanqi thought for a while and still answered solemnly.

"Hmm?"

Cat Boss immediately concentrated.

Since he still had desires, it meant that he wasn't a saint without desires and might have a romantic route!

"I want world peace,"

Lanqi said.

"…"

It felt that this guy wasn't kidding and was telling the truth.

According to what it had learned about Lanqi recently through listening to Tata and Hyperion's conversations, he was a guy with a rather weird style, and anything he targeted would definitely not end well.

Hearing Lanqi say that he wanted world peace, Cat Boss only felt horrified and dared not speak anymore along the way.

…

Before long, Lanqi returned to his dormitory at number 101.

Lanqi turned on the light, put down Cat Boss, hung his coat on the coat rack, and went straight to the card-making workshop converted from a spacious storage room.

This card-making process was quite dangerous, and he even spent a lot of money to purchase an extra set of the highest-specification explosion-proof barriers.

The door to the card-making workshop was opened, and a trace of seriousness appeared in Lanqi's eyes. The originally tidy workshop was now covered with various drawings pinned to the walls with thumbtacks.

The workbench was also piled with various materials and the remnants of damaged heavy weapons, and the Great Poet of Love was sitting at the workbench, making preparations.

The Great Poet of Love had been left in the card-making workshop before setting off in the morning. She was still very enthusiastic about card-making, and once she focused on it, even Lanqi couldn't call her away.

However, as soon as he came back, Lanqi found that the Great Poet of Love had changed again.

She skillfully coiled her hair into an exquisite bun at the back of her head. Each strand was carefully arranged to make it look orderly and elegant. Some stray hairs gently hung on the sides of her cheeks or behind her neck.

At this moment, the Great Poet of Love had changed into a white shirt and a slim-fitting black suit skirt, looking very capable, and had also put on golden cosmetic contact lenses.

Lanqi was taken aback when he first noticed the Great Poet of Love. At first glance, she was no different from the real Talia.

"I asked you to learn from Tata to give me some mental pressure when making cards, not to do it to this extent…"

Lanqi only felt that if Talia discovered the Great Poet of Love like this, something big would happen again.

And Cat Boss, who had followed from the ground to the door of the card-making workshop, had also crashed.

It felt that these two would kill themselves someday.

Tata was so angry last time, and this time they felt it wasn't big enough?

"You said this card-making is very important, so I dressed up like this to satisfy you."

The Great Poet of Love spread her hands helplessly and sighed, as if she felt that Lanqi was difficult to serve.

"Stop talking, stop talking, you're making it worse."

Lanqi waved his hand, not wanting to pay attention to the Great Poet of Love anymore, walked to the safe, opened it, and took out two materials stored inside.

In his left hand was a stone with a strange silver-gray substance covering its surface. In fact, it was a heart that had not decayed after a long period of time. Just touching it would feel an indelible strong vitality beating.

Under the light of the workshop, Lanqi could clearly see the flowing light inside, and the miraculous ancient magic was flashing.

In his right hand, he held a pure red leaf-shaped crystal, which was a pink sacred-level material obtained after decomposing the self-destructing spell [Spark of Destruction] seized from Fenix.

Cat Boss violently shook its head on the ground, full of suspicion about its cat life.

Although it couldn't tell what level these two materials were, they clearly exceeded its understanding!

"Lanqi, meow! Do you have any common sense? These two materials have no compatibility at all!"

"Don't worry, I'm an expert in both sealing and fire."

Lanqi walked unhurriedly to his workbench. His workbench was already covered with his material calculation ratios, card-making process drafts, and scrolls filled with human magic text and demon magic text.

"I will become a seal master who brings warmth and peace to everyone."

Lanqi stared at the table and muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)