Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 267 Still a Homebody

"I don't know, I don't pay much attention to celebrities,"

Eri shook her head and turned her attention back to her textbook, but her eyes kept drifting towards the classroom door, clearly also full of curiosity about the mysterious transfer student.

Lin Xiuyi didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry in her previous life, and it's the same after her rebirth.

Of the three, Kogoro Mouri is the biggest fan of celebrities, especially beautiful female stars.

But after he went into the classroom and put down his backpack, he also went to the window and stared at the transfer students at the school gate.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyi had no choice but to give up asking him.

As the time for class drew closer, the crowd at the school gate grew larger and larger, with noise rising and falling, and disturbances continuing.

"Honestly, class is about to start, how come so many people are still missing?"

Ms. Murakami walked into the classroom with a displeased expression. Seeing that less than half the students were seated, she immediately became furious.
"Lin Xiuyi, go to the school gate and bring that transfer student in."

"Me?" Lin Xiuyi pointed to himself in surprise.

"Otherwise what? You're the class monitor!" Murakami-sensei said irritably. "That transfer student was assigned to our class, and as the class monitor, this is your responsibility."

"...Alright," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, seeing that she couldn't refute him, and got up to walk towards the school gate.

……

At the school gate, the crowd grew larger and larger like a tide. The girl frowned deeply, wanting to use magic but worried about being seen.

With class about to start, the girl clasped her hands together and put on a pitiful look: "Classmates, could you let me out?"

The surrounding crowd, however, seemed frozen in place, remaining unmoved and still surrounding her.

"Hey, you idiots, get out of my way!" The girl's face turned red with anger, and she finally couldn't help but curse.

The surrounding crowd was not angry at all; on the contrary, they were clearly more excited. Many people had expectant expressions on their faces, as if they were saying, "Give me a few more insults."

...It will take another ten minutes or so for the effects of the charm magic to wear off.

The girl looked at the dense crowd around her with a mournful face, her eyes filled with helplessness.

Fortunately, these people were only under the influence of a bewitching spell, but their moral bottom line still existed. Although they were extremely infatuated with the girl's appearance, they did not do anything excessive.

"It seems I'll have to stay here until the magic wears off. Today is my first day of school!" the girl thought to herself, feeling frustrated.

Just when she was filled with despair, Lin Xiuyi squeezed into the crowd again: "Class is about to start, the teacher asked me to take you to the classroom."

"Do you think I don't want to?" The girl rolled her eyes at Lin Xiuyi. "With all these people blocking the way, even if I wanted to get out, I couldn't!"

"What exactly happened?" Lin Xiuyi looked around at the students who were staring blankly with infatuated expressions. "You're just average-looking, why..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl glared at him fiercely: "What did you say? I'm average-looking? Are you blind? I'm a genuine beauty!"

"Heh, someone actually claims to be a beautiful girl?" Lin Xiu sneered. "No wonder you used to be a con artist, you really have a thick skin."

“…Hey,” the girl said, her face ashen, “did you come back just to get yelled at?”

"Didn't I tell you? The teacher asked me to take you to the classroom," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, spreading her hands. "It's because you were assigned to our class, and I'm your class monitor."

“…What a terrible day,” the girl said, her face full of frustration. “Just wait, they’ll be gone in about ten minutes.”

“Ten minutes or so, class will be in session by then, I can’t wait that long,” Lin Xiuyi said, grabbing the girl’s hand and starting to push her out of the crowd.

"Hey, when did I give you permission..." The girl paused for a moment, then immediately tried to shake off the other person's hand in annoyance.

“I didn’t call you ‘Hey,’” Lin Xiuyi said impatiently. “Shut up if you want to leave.”

The girl pursed her lips in grievance, a tear glistening in her eye, and let Lin Xiuyi pull her along, struggling to squeeze out of the crowd.

"It's no use, they'll come after us..."

Before the girl could finish speaking, Lin Xiuyi pulled her towards the back of the school.

She staggered and almost fell over.

The girl asked in surprise, "...Why go to the back? Isn't the school building in the front?"

"How can I get you to the classroom like this?" Lin Xiu frowned even more when she saw that the group of people at the school gate had actually caught up with them. "Are students these days so crazy about idols?"

“…I’m not a celebrity,” the girl muttered under her breath, before Lin Xiuyi quickly pulled her to the back of the teaching building.

"No, I can't, I can't run anymore!" The girl gasped for breath, covered in sweat, her hands gripping the wall, her body trembling slightly. "I... I rarely exercise like this."

Lin Xiuyi intended to take her for a walk around the teaching building, and then, taking advantage of the fact that the people at the school gate weren't paying attention, lead the girl into the teaching building.

Judging from the girl's appearance, she was no longer able to run.

He looked around and noticed that a window in the first-floor corridor of the teaching building was open: "Quick, climb in from there."

"Huh? Isn't this a bit high?" The girl looked at the window, which was level with her chest. "I can't climb up..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Lin Xiuyi suddenly squat down, then grab the girl's legs with both hands and lift her up.

The girl was wearing a skirt, and when Lin Xiuyi hugged her like that, she immediately screamed, "Pervert! What are you doing!"

"Hurry up and go in," Lin Xiuyi said, ignoring the girl's struggles, and shoved her through the window before jumping in himself.

As soon as the two climbed through the window, the students who had been chasing them also ran nearby. After not seeing the girl, they continued their pursuit.

"Hey, how exactly did you seduce them?" Lin Xiuyi looked at the students' backs in surprise. "They're acting so strangely."

"...How should I know!" The girl tilted her head guiltily. "Where's the classroom? Hurry up and take me there."

Although Lin Xiuyi was puzzled, he didn't think too much about it.

He had seen similar situations many times in his previous life. Those extreme female fans were much more fanatical than these students surrounding the girls when they chased after their idols.

"Come with me," Lin Xiuyi said, getting up first and walking towards the classroom. After taking several steps, he noticed the girl was still sitting on the ground. "Why aren't you moving?"

"I can't walk anymore," the girl said with a pained expression. "Didn't I just say that I rarely exercise?"

"It's only a hundred or two hundred meters from the school gate to here. You couldn't walk after just a few steps?" Lin Xiuyi said incredulously. "You're not a college student who stays in the dorm playing games all day. Didn't you ever have PE class before?"

"...This is my first day of school," the girl said, blushing slightly. "Before, I always studied magic...courses at home."

“At home… so she’s a rich young lady,” Lin Xiuyi shook her head. “The tutor your family hired makes you not do any exercise at all; he’s completely unqualified.”

"A private tutor?" The girl paused for a moment, then, seeing Lin Xiuyi looking at her, she could only nod quickly. "Yes, a private tutor. I have several private tutors at home."

“…Wait a minute, something’s not right,” Lin Xiuyi thought to herself, “If you really were a rich girl, why would you set up a fortune-telling stall on the street to swindle money?”

"...I'll say it again, I wasn't scamming money!" the girl said angrily. "I was looking for someone! Looking for the person who turned the wheel of my fate." "The wheel of fate...you've been watching too many novels and anime, haven't you?" Lin Xiuyi sighed. "No wonder your stamina is so poor, turns out you're a homebody."

"What is a 'homebody'?" the girl asked, tilting her head in confusion.

“She’s the kind of girl who stays at home all day and never goes anywhere,” Lin Xiuyi replied casually.

“Oh, then I’m a homebody,” the girl nodded frankly. “I usually stay at home researching magic… studying, and sometimes I only go out once every two or three months.”

"Hang in there a little longer," Lin Xiuyi reached out and pulled the girl up, then helped her walk towards the classroom. "Once we get to the classroom, close the door, and they won't be able to find you."

……

Classroom of Grade 1, Class A.

"We've brought the person back, Mr. Murakami," Lin Xiuyi reported, quickly passing the hot potato to the homeroom teacher.

“So cute…” Murakami-sensei’s eyes sparkled.

The students in the classroom all looked over with fascination.

Lin Xiuyi looked around and saw that even the usually calm Eri Kisaki was staring at the girl with excitement.

"...Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? What exactly are you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the students in the classroom, who had been completely absorbed in their studies, suddenly seemed to have been doused with cold water and snapped back to reality.

The expressions on everyone's faces returned to calm, as if their earlier fascination had been nothing more than a dream.

"So she was the transfer student."

"She's really pretty."

"It's a pity that Fujimine isn't here, otherwise we could compare the two of them and see who is prettier."

……

The students chattered excitedly about their new classmates, and Mr. Murakami returned to his usual self.

"Lin Xiuyi, you can go back to your seat now. This is Koizumi, please introduce yourself to everyone."

Lin Xiuyi walked back to her seat and turned to look at Fei Yingli next to her: "Why were you staring at her so infatuatedly just now?"

"Really?" Fei Ying thought for a moment. "For a split second just now, I did think she was very pretty, but then I suddenly felt that although she was pretty, she was just so-so. It's strange, how could my thoughts change so quickly..."

This girl definitely has a problem...

Lin Xiu rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.

Could it be that in this world of science fiction, besides drugs that can shrink people, there are also drugs that can make those around them lose their minds and become insanely obsessed?

While he was pondering the problem, the girl standing on the podium, looking at the dozens of pairs of eyes below the stage, began to tremble slightly.

As a homebody who doesn't often interact with people, she was so nervous that she broke out in a cold sweat.

The reason the girl thought of casting a charm-enhancing spell on herself when she left home in the morning was to prepare for this moment.

Unexpectedly, the magic was used incorrectly and turned into seduction, and now the seduction magic has lost its effect.

"My name is Koizumi..."

After stammering for a long time, the girl still couldn't finish saying her name.

Seeing how nervous she was, Murakami-sensei could only try to smooth things over.
"Everyone saw what happened at the school gate just now. Koizumi was probably frightened, so let me introduce myself for her."

"The transfer student's name is Akane Koizumi. She has always been educated at home by a tutor and has never attended school."

"I hope everyone will take good care of her in the future."

"Okay, let me see where you're sitting?"

Murakami-sensei looked around the classroom; the only empty seat was where Fujimine Yukiko would sit.

"Fujimine won't be back for a while, so you can sit in her seat for now. I'll have the class monitor get you another set of desk and chair later."

“…Oh,” Akane Koizumi, not wanting to face the gazes of everyone anymore, didn’t care that the seat was right next to Hideaki Hayashi and quickly walked over.

"Hehe, now even Curly-haired Fox's spot in the class has been taken," Eri Kisaki said with a hint of schadenfreude.

"The teacher said it was only temporary," Lin Xiuyi reminded him helplessly.

Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting in front of him, saw the beautiful girl with bright red hair walking over and hurriedly stood up, with a fawning smile on his face, and pulled out a chair for her.

"Thank you," Akane Koizumi said politely.

"You're welcome, you're welcome," Kogoro Mouri chuckled twice, then turned around to see Shuichi Hayashi and Eri Kisaki looking at him with disdain.

"I'm just taking care of the new student!" Kogoro Mouri explained guiltily.

“Mori is right,” Mr. Murakami said with an approving expression. “Hayashi Hideichi, you are the class monitor. Take good care of the new student. When you have time, take her to visit the school.”

"Yes," Lin Xiuyi replied reluctantly.

……

During lunch break, Lin Xiuyi took out his lunchbox, intending to have lunch with Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri.

Seeing Akane Koizumi sitting alone at the table looking somewhat lost, he sighed and put down his lunchbox.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the cafeteria."

"Just tell me where it is," Akane Koizumi said shyly, "so as not to keep you from having dinner."

"If you go too late, there won't be any food left in the cafeteria," Lin Xiuyi said, and took the lead in walking out of the classroom.

Seeing this, Akane Koizumi quickly followed her out.

"Shuichi is really lucky to be able to accompany beautiful women in a legitimate way..." Kogoro Mouri muttered enviously.

“I’ll call Ruri and tell her what you just said tonight,” Eri said coldly.

"No, Ruri will be angry if she finds out," Kogoro Mori quickly begged for forgiveness. "Besides, it wasn't me who asked Shuichi to accompany the transfer student, so don't take your anger out on me."

……

“Look, this is the cafeteria,” Lin Xiuyi pointed to the two long lines in front of him. “Go and line up.”

(End of this chapter)