Chapter 45: Celebrities and Paparazzi

  Eriol became a star figure watched by the entire continent.

  It's not because of that one time when Hakuin caused a commotion, although that was indeed exaggerated. Now everyone in the academy knows that the black-haired, long-legged loli who looks cute and gluttonous is Eriol's contract creature - although it's just an equal contract with no constraints, and she's still underage, but after all, that little girl is a black dragon!

  However, this will not attract the attention of the entire continent. Dragon Knights are rare but not unheard of, and besides, the contract signed by Eriol and Tsubasa is an equal one, so whether they sign it or not makes little difference.

  What really made Little Lori famous was the story that spread from the border army of the Tanzanian Empire about those hot-blooded trial students who overcame countless difficulties and finally broke through the invasion of the demons. After being exaggerated by the people, a genius little girl led her classmates to gather the residents of the underground world to form an alliance, cleverly using strategy to destroy the demon army (why it was a million you understand) and ultimately defeating the demon king, destroying the portal and saving the world. A Hollywood-style blockbuster script was born like this.

  So-called legends are all exaggerated and blown out of proportion by people - this is Xiao Loli's evaluation phrase for legendary-level tasks.

  Fortunately, these wet people can't imagine that the little loli is a shameless goddess who can transform once a month on a specific date, and the lovely silly natural fool is the reincarnation of the strongest demigod Heteroschiz. So they spread it in an exaggerated way, only talking about Eriol's brilliant achievement of burning millions of devils (or low-level demons) to ashes with a smile. On this point, Little Loli said that she really can't compare herself to those predecessors who committed arson in official places like Guandu, Chibi, and Yiling.

  You're just facing a group of intellectually disabled soldiers plus a brain-damaged commander, and you have the nerve to compare it to the three great battles of the Three Kingdoms period? Your face is almost as thick as the city walls!

  But anyway, the world knew about a little girl named Eriol Haris and her achievement of stopping the demon invasion. For the people, another legend born on the continent added a lot to their after-dinner conversations. So in this era where magic photography has been invented and photos are flying around, everyone wants to know -

  What does this elegant, virtuous, beautiful, refined, gentle and clever little loli look like in the legend?

  I only acknowledge "beautiful" among those adjectives, the others have nothing to do with the protagonist. I am not responsible for consequences such as shattered glasses, blindness, schizophrenia, and fainting caused by subjective misunderstandings.

  But the masses who did not know the truth were unaware of Xiao Loli's terrible personality, and they urgently wanted to satisfy their increasingly strong curiosity. So reporters from various newspapers on the mainland swarmed in like flies smelling a bad smell, trying to get a glimpse of this young girl at Hope Garden. At the same time that it made the hotel owners in Leiz City smile, it also gave the security guards and patrol teams at Hope Garden a headache.

  Thus, a thrilling story like an adventure movie unfolded fiercely within the academy between the reporters who had made every effort to sneak into the academy and the diligent guardians of the academy. Among them, countless admirable figures emerged, especially a heroic journalist with the code name "snake" was the most famous.

  The exhausted patrol team leader had no choice but to report to Dean Howard, who with a wave of his hand, conjured up a magnificent sky-blue barrier that enveloped the entire academy. From then on, entry and exit from the academy could only be done by swiping student or teacher ID cards at the entrance, while anyone else was rejected by the barrier.

  Even the most brilliant infiltration techniques were powerless against the powerful seal of a 5th-level peak mage, so the reporters had to give up this previously foolproof method and consider other approaches.

  Waiting for Eriol to come out of the school on her own is a foolish way of waiting. Real good reporters always take the initiative. The barrier indeed has the reporters at their wit's end, but it only targets outsiders and is ineffective against people inside the school. After failing to bribe the gatekeeper, they turned their attention to another special group within the school - the students who publish the campus magazine "Secret Garden", in a sense, their own colleagues.

  This time, the reporters easily obtained Alisha's photos - of course, they were just ordinary class photos. As for those weirdos who thought of other strange photos, they should go face the wall. While being amazed by her looks, the reporters became even more interested in her. Human curiosity is endless, especially when it comes to prying into others' privacy. So, they requested an investigation into Alisha's hobbies, interests, favorite foods, measurements (although it seemed unnecessary), weight, height, fashion sense, whether she had a boyfriend, unconscious habits, weaknesses, whether she had body odor, which hand she used more often, whether she had any special hobbies, and even her current physical development stage - had she started menstruating? And so on. The reporters presented these bizarre requests to the editor-in-chief of "Secret Garden" with a straight face, making one wonder if they had been hit in the head by a door and were still dizzy from it.

  After reading through the request that used up a kilogram of printing paper, the editor-in-chief, who was already sweating profusely, immediately slammed his hand on the table and said: "Mobilize all our paparazzi teams! Stake our dignity as men on it! We must uncover all the secrets of the beautiful women in the Soy Sauce Department! Even if we can't find any, we can fabricate them! Go! No matter what scene you capture, even if Eliya, the master of the Rear Palace, accidentally knocks over Erihisha, take a close-up shot of it! It's solid evidence that these two are in a relationship!"

  Don't you have some professional ethics?

  I am a divider line

  Joy and Tom were hiding in a small grove of trees beside the old highway on the back mountain, where they were now crouching behind bushes to monitor the situation on the road. Both of them had accepted temporary employment with "Secret Garden", and thanks to their identity as classmates of Eriol, they could always find out her destination in advance and make preparations, which was highly anticipated.

  Tom carefully removed the twigs from Joey's body, but accidentally brushed against a bush, causing it to rustle.

  "Easy does it!" Joey cautioned in a low voice, "We're carrying the hopes of the entire class, no, the entire school's male population on our shoulders, so we absolutely must take some stunning photos of those beauties! We can't let them down!"

  Your fighting spirit is burning in the wrong place, right!? Moreover, it seems that even the main theme has been intentionally altered!? They just wanted to investigate some ordinary private secrets, not take a fatal photo!!

  Tom softened his facial lines, after splashing flowers and small bubbles in the background, looked at Joy with a hopeful face: "En, I believe that if it's you, it will definitely succeed!"

  Joey put down the magical projector in her hand with a resolute face, stretched out her hand and gently touched Tom's cheek: "Of course, because you are by my side."

  Alright, I apologize. But since moe anime often has BL undertones, it's not excessive for me to do this once, right?

  Just as the two of them were burning with passion, members of the Soy Sauce Club who happened to be passing by on their way to the club room after school walked along the road.

  Mishael is a natural airhead, everyone knows that. But being a natural airhead doesn't mean she's very forgetful, so after thinking deeply for a long time, Mishael finally remembered something that Eriol had been deliberately hiding from her.

  "Airi, I remember that when we were underground, I blocked the black ball fired by that big guy, right?" Michelle asked Aili, who was walking ahead of her. "Why don't I have any memories of the battle after that?"

  "You fainted." Little Lori said with a straight face.

  At this time, everyone stopped and looked back - Hilt's entrusted, Erihlya told the whole Miso tribe about Michelle being the reincarnation of the former, except for Michelle herself who didn't know, everyone else knew. After the initial shock, everyone still treated Michelle as usual. This is also the result of the crowd's nerves being trained by various daily routines without taboos.

  "Huh? Is that so? Then how did we win the battle afterwards? I remember everyone was out of strength back then?" Michelle asked, tilting her head.

  "It's because a purple-haired loli who was passing by selling soy sauce saved everyone." Sophia said with a smile, shaking her fan.

  Tsukika: "Sofia, Kuroki..."

  Sophia (covering her face with a fan): "How annoying, Yue Ge, don't spout nonsense."

  "Lavender-haired loli?" Michelle was taken aback.

  "Wow! She's incredibly powerful! It only took her two or three hits to take down that demon." Eriol said without turning around, being pulled by the hem of her clothes by Michelle - "You're trying to stifle a laugh, aren't you? Don't you see Mercury-lan giving you a disdainful look over there?"

  Sophia covered her mouth with a fan and smiled slyly, "And after capturing the devil, that loli even snuggled into Ilya's arms and acted coquettishly."

  Mitsurin Karara had a petrifying sign: "Saa... kya?"

  "That's right, Misha." Little Lori struggled to hold back her smile, "She also said that she liked Ilya the most. At that time, I heard it very clearly."

  "Uuuuh!?" Tianran was indeed shocked, she hastily turned to Ilya who was bitterly smiling on the side, "Ilya is this true!? How are you going to answer her?"

  Perhaps because the two black-bellied jokes infinitely amplified Michelle's natural foolishness, this girl who rarely tripped while walking and was defined by Eriol as not completely naturally foolish suddenly slipped forward. In an instant, she pushed her hands wildly, and Eriol, who was closest to her, was caught off guard from behind and also fell forward with a loud thud.

  Mitsuki's front was Mercury Lamp and Tsubasa Yoru, Chairman-sama reacted quickly, flapping his wings and flying away on the spot; Tsubasa Yoru, who was licking a lollipop, didn't have time to come back to himself, was knocked down by Tenrai with a single slap, falling face down. Of course, no one was hurt in this - but Tsubasa Yoru, did you need to hold up the lollipop with unyielding determination like a brave warrior so it wouldn't touch the ground!? Nearby Ilya turned away with embarrassment when Mitsuki's skirt flipped over and her small shorts were exposed - of course, it's also possible that Chairman-sama was blocking his view.

  As for Eriol on the other side, she faced Sofia who was slow to react when she fell forward. The two good friends who were both腹黑 (lit. "dark belly", meaning having a hidden agenda) and had great chemistry ended up hugging each other as they fell to the ground, creating a classic scene of little Rorolina pushing down Sofia, with her right hand supporting the ground and her left hand reaching for Sofia's chest, filled with warm and beautiful emotions.

  Then, something that left all the speechless onlookers aghast happened: Eliyha, who was sitting on top of Sophia, used her right hand to brush aside the hair hanging down beside her ear (what about your left hand? Why didn't you move it away!?) and leaned in, making as if she were going to kiss her. And Sophia, for some reason, actually cooperated by putting on a blushing expression that seemed to say "I'd rather not but I will".

  All of this is so loving that even Li Hua Yin, who always treated Ailisiya as his legitimate wife, was stunned on the spot.

  A blue lightning bolt shot out of Little Lori's suddenly raised left hand and flew directly into the nearby woods. Accompanied by two miserable cries, Joie and Tom, who were covered in black soot, dropped their damaged magic projector and fled far away, emitting a burning smell and thick smoke. Two more victims were added to the paparazzi under Little Lori's Real Eye skill.

  As soon as they saw the magic projector, everyone knew what was going on. They looked at the two abdominal black women who stood up supporting each other, and the sweat on their heads just couldn't stop.

  "It's a waste for both of you not to be actors." Cecilia sighed, covering her forehead.

  "We're too kind." They chimed in unison.

  "I wasn't praising you!!"

  Chasi, who was helping Ramielle get up, had a worried expression on his face: "The previous journalist's sneaky infiltration has just subsided, and now it's the boys' turn to sneak peeks everywhere? Good grief, when will this ever end?"

  "It's going to take some time, I suppose." Sophia closed her fan and analyzed, "After all, Eliysha and the others just accomplished a miracle not long ago. Now is the golden opportunity for various versions of legendary poems to be sung by traveling bards. As long as this enthusiasm hasn't dissipated, people's attention won't shift away."

  "What a legendary poem of your sister!" Elisia spat, "If it weren't for that purple-haired loli who saved us, the continent would be singing praises of a heroic sacrifice by now!"

  "You're just a blonde-haired kid, what qualifies you to call others Lolita?"

  The little loli stiffly turned her head: light purple long hair, blood red eyes, poker face, 1.4 meters tall... who else could it be if not Heterochromia Irises!?

  "Don't switch identities so casually, okay?! This is a school, big sister! And every time you switch identities, where does this fitted outfit on your body come from? What happened to Michelle's original clothes?"

  "I can change clothes freely."

  "Are you Elusa from FT?!"

  "Cough, cough!" Sophia interrupted the daily routine that seemed to be continuing, "Hilt, let's not switch personalities in public places from now on, it'll be troublesome if we're discovered."

  Xiti'er nodded and burrowed into Yilia's arms, nudging twice before turning back into Michelle.

  "Huh? Why is everyone staring at me like that?" Michelle woke up with a start, then found herself in Ilya's arms and quickly struggled out of them. "Why was I in Ilya's embrace?"

  I really can't remember anything at all...

  "You fainted just now." Sophia said with a smile, covering her mouth with a fan, "You need to pay attention to strengthening your nutrition in the future."

  Alicia gazed at Sophia's plump and tender pale pink lips, and couldn't help but wonder what it would have been like if she had really kissed her just now.

  Sophia smiled slightly and walked up to Eri's front, gently lifting her chin with her hand. In the little loli's shy expression, she slowly leaned down, gently pressing her face forward.

  "Tweet!"

  The two pairs of cherry lips stuck together like magnets. Eriol was struck by lightning, her whole body stiffened and straightened, biting her teeth to resist Sophia's tongue. Sophia didn't rush, she gently touched the little loli's front teeth with the tip of her tongue, hinting at her to open her mouth, while wrapping her left arm around her slender waist, and gently stroking her back with her right hand, helping her relax.

  Under Sofia's comfort, Eriol hesitated to open her mouth, but closed it back in fear at the last moment. Sophia, who noticed this, remained calm and suddenly reached out with her left hand to grab Eriol's buttocks when she wasn't paying attention. Eriol couldn't help but gasp in surprise, but Sofia took advantage of the opportunity and inserted her agile tongue into Eriol's mouth.

  "Ummph!" Under Sofia's agile and varied tongue, which twirled, sucked and pulled, Eriol's exclamation finally turned into a muffled hum emitted by her adorable nose.

  As Sofia's patience teased, Eriol's eyes gradually became dazed, her body also went limp and leaned against Sofia's, and she began to actively respond to the other's movements. Sofia didn't hesitate either, immediately embracing Eriol (due to height reasons) into her arms, using her own tongue to lead Eriol's small tongue in a beautiful waltz.

  The romantic French kiss lasted until they were both out of breath before it finally came to an end. As the two reluctantly parted, a bright thread of saliva was left on the tip of their tongues, which were half-open due to their heavy breathing...

  At this time, a tall girl with fiery red ponytail and refreshing appearance came to the side of the two, haha smiled, and in Eli's shy Sofia's resentful expression, she hugged the two girls and walked into the woods by the road...

  "Hey! Snap out of it!" Elisia's loud voice suddenly rang in Li Hua's ear, "Were you just imagining some terrible scenes?"

  "No! Absolutely not!" Li Hua hastily denied.

  "You're still saying no, but your mouth is already watering!"

  Li Hua hastily wiped her mouth with her hand - the corners of her mouth were dry, and she didn't wipe away anything except for bacteria.

  "...you were indeed filling in some pretty terrible content just now."

  Looking at Eriol's contemptuous and mercury lamp-like gaze, Li Hua couldn't help but bang his head on the ground due to the huge disparity between fantasy and reality.

  "Change your hairstyle to twin tails before COS for me!"

  I am Hei Zi's dividing line

  In a very suspicious little black house, many wolf-like eyes are staring at an object.

  It was a thin object, not much thicker than paper, about the size of a postcard - it was a photograph made from the plate that Joy had taken out before Eriol's lightning arrow arrived. At this time, it has not yet been imaged, but it has already been surrounded by a group of people.

  "It's done! Turn on the lights."

  Under the gaze of the crowd, Joy carefully picked up the photo and examined it under the light.

  The entire screen was filled with blue lightning, just like the close-up shot of a laser cannon firing in a science fiction movie. Nothing else could be seen.

  "That despicable little demon must have calculated the timing!!" Joey's angry and indignant roar echoed through the room.

  Is your bullet time just for show?