K City No. 2 High School, although an average school, perhaps because it was close to the largest private aristocratic school in the city, also received a lot of extra attention. Therefore, this school benefited somewhat from its proximity, most notably in its large area.
In terms of campus size alone, its area almost matched that of Canglan Private High School. The architectural layout was also quite distinctive, with the entire school divided into four main building areas distributed in a clockwise direction in the four cardinal points: high school teaching area, comprehensive office area, junior high school teaching area, and dormitory area. Between these four areas were numerous flower beds and ponds, giving it a European garden-like aesthetic when viewed from above. At the time, the designer, inspired by the luxurious aristocratic school across the street, ambitiously aimed to construct a European garden-style campus. Although each building bore the marks of the designer's efforts, unfortunately, his ambition far surpassed his skill. The resulting mix of Gothic, Oriental, Arabian, and Greek elements turned the campus into something resembling a whimsical theme park. The most obvious feature of this fantastical style was at the front of the high school teaching building: two vermilion columns topped with a tall obelisk—a combination of Oriental and Gothic architecture.
At the center of the campus was a building of a different style. Initially, the designer planned to place a large fountain there, with a group of marble sculptures in the middle and a small garden around it for student rest. Regrettably, a shortage of funds after completing the eclectic mix of buildings left this ambitious plan unfulfilled, turning the area into a weed-covered wasteland for some time until recent years when the school's leadership came up with a brilliant idea—
Four toilets rose from the center of this vacant land...
The layout of this school's buildings filled me with great resentment, primarily because the high school and junior high school teaching buildings were located at opposite corners of this enormous campus. Collecting Pandora after school required a long, arduous trek of over ten minutes, passing through the largest toilet area in the school—absolutely dreadful.
"Such a foolish architectural layout," Sandora remarked as we passed the central toilet area (囧).
See? Even an alien could see the folly of such a design.
On the way, Sandora asked me through a spiritual connection, "Isn't that little girl a General-level High-level Xyrin Apostle? Why do you still need to pick her up from school?"
I briefly explained Pandora's disguise as my blind sister to Sandora, realizing how convenient spiritual connection was—at least in terms of information transfer speed, this high-bandwidth transmission method was much more efficient than speaking.
"I see... The world of Carbon-based life is really strange, but it sounds quite interesting!"
"...I really don't know how you Xyrin Apostles usually live. It seems like you don't have any family relationships?"
"How could that be? We also have familial relationships, but they are different from those of Carbon-based life. Besides—we shouldn't say 'you,' we should say 'we.' Don't forget, although you're a Carbon-based life, you're also a High-level Xyrin Apostle."
I nodded repeatedly, "Alright, I've got it. By the way, how did you integrate into human society? Not planning to keep it a secret from me, are you?"
"Well, let me give you a small hint. I am currently a great~ no~ble~"
Seeing Sandora's radiant smile, I felt a chill down my spine: What kind of astounding move was this utterly out-of-line character planning?
At that moment, a clear girl's voice suddenly called out from ahead, "Are you Lili's brother? Come quickly! Lili is being bullied!"
I looked up, spotting a thin, short-haired girl running towards me. I vaguely remembered she was a classmate of Pandora, always kind to the "blind" and "unfortunate" Pandora. Sadly, because she was not an important character, the author had not given her a name... cough, cough, let's pretend you didn't hear that.
"Huff, puff—" The unknown girl panted heavily as she reached me, gasping, "I finally found you, come quickly, Lili is being bullied by some students from another school!"
"Being bullied?" I asked quizzically, "Really? By whom?"
"It seems to be some wealthy students, rumored to be from Canglan. You should go take a look!"
Sandora and I exchanged glances, each thinking, "What is that girl up to?!"
Though I didn't believe that Pandora, with combat abilities equivalent to a heavy-army division, could be bullied, for the sake of humanity's future, I immediately followed the girl towards the junior high teaching area.
Under the junior high school's teaching building, we saw a crowd gathered.
Sandora and I reached the edge of the crowd but couldn't get through, so I had to shout, "Lili, are you in there?"
Only then did I remember that I could contact Pandora through our spiritual connection...
At this moment, Qianqian's voice emerged from the crowd, "Ah Jun? You're here!"
It turned out Qianqian had arrived before us.
After much effort, Sandora and I finally broke through the circle and saw the scene inside.
In a space of about ten meters in the middle, Pandora stood expressionless, her unfocused gray eyes directed forward. Behind her, Qianqian clutched her shoulder tightly with a tense expression. Opposite them stood several young people of a similar age to us, dressed luxuriously. The leader seemed vaguely familiar, although I couldn't recall where I'd seen him before.
Our appearance immediately drew the circle's attention. Qianqian excitedly called out, "Ah Jun, you're here!" then noticed Sandora, frowning, "Sandora, mind your step..."
I truly admired this girl's linguistic aptitude.
Opposite Qianqian, the young people appeared slightly surprised at our arrival, then collectively turned their gaze to the princess-like, noble Sandora, gasping in awe.
"Pandora, what's going on?" I asked the expressionless little loli through our spiritual connection.
"Those carbon-based creatures' leaders claimed an interest in Sister Qianqian and tried to take her away. I intervened."
So that's what happened. Glancing at the wealthy young men opposite, I could already guess the truth—they weren't bullying Pandora but Qianqian? What a cliché plot.
Since they dared target Qianqian, they had it coming. I had been itching to see the effects of Sandora's physical enhancements on me, along with familiarizing myself with my newly acquired Xyrin remote support attack abilities. If I was careful, I believed it was possible to leave them half-breathing.
While contemplating how best to experiment my new abilities on them, the leading young man spoke, addressing Qianqian.
"So, beautiful, have you decided? Why not come with me? Then you won't have to stay in this dilapidated school with these poor students. You could live a life beyond your wildest dreams—I promise to treat you like a princess..."
It seemed even his lines were unimpressive, despite his brand-name attire...
"The blonde beauty over there," the wealthy young man suddenly turned to Sandora, who watched curiously, "Although this Chinese girl is a strong competitor for you, my generous self will allow every girl a fair chance. If you agree, perhaps I could..."
...Is this guy an idiot?!
Not just me, everyone around, including the seventh graders, looked at the showoff wealthy youth in the middle as if he were a total fool. To reach such a level of narcissism, he might as well be a god...
Just as I was about to lose patience and proceed with a delightful one-sided beatdown, Sandora chuckled softly and then spoke in an icy, chilling tone, "Heh—it seems something unpleasant is about to happen today..."
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